Paranoid Urbanism

Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-981-9240-23-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

This Open Access book explores the emergent phenomenon of ‘paranoid urbanism’ within contemporary urban planning, policy and politics. The authors explore the more recent literature on social mistrust, paranoia and conspiracy and discuss the specific spatial, material and social dimensions of urban paranoia. Using the 15-minute city and low-traffic neighbourhood policies as case studies, this book analyses the causes, mechanisms and effects of paranoid urbanism to suggest useful analytical tools to study and scrutinise processes of paranoid urbanism. The authors also propose ways to address and overcome the destructive effects of paranoid urbanism, including properly acknowledging – rather than dismissing out of hand – the social causes and concerns driving paranoid urbanism; and repairing and strengthening trust relationships among urban actors including community and neighbourhood groups.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Joss, Simon

Caprotti, Federico

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landespolitik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. What is Paranoid Urbanism? Atmospheres of Anxiety and Mistrust in the Contemporary City.- Chapter 2. Tracing Paranoid Urbanism: Methods for Analysing Policy, Space and Social Atmospheres.- Chapter 3. From Emergency Planning to Urban Backlash: Hackney’s Encounter with LTNs.- Chapter 4. Oxford: When 15-Minute Cities and LTNs Collide.- Chapter 5. Experimenting with Exeter: Urban Change, Anxiety, and Resistance.- Chapter 6. Crisis, Space and Resistance: A Thematic Analysis Across Three Cities.- Chapter 7. Towards Reparative Urbanism: Trust, Conflict and Urban Futures.

Über Autor(innen)

Simon Joss is Professor of Urban Futures and Head of School of Social & Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow, UK.

Federico Caprotti is Professor in Human Geography at the University of Exeter, UK.