Mobile Urbanism: Cities and Policymaking in the Global Age
Eugene McCann (Ed.)
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Description for Mobile Urbanism: Cities and Policymaking in the Global Age
Hardback. Editor(s): McCann, Eugene; Ward, Mr. Kevin. Series: Globalization & Community Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 b&w illustration, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. .
Mobile Urbanism provides a unique set of perspectives on the current global-urban condition. Drawing on cutting-edge theoretical work, leading geographers reveal that cities are not isolated objects of study; rather, they are dynamic, global–local assemblages of policies, practices, and ideas.
The essays in this volume argue for a theorizing of both urban policymaking and place-making that understands them as groups of territorial and relational geographies. It broadens our comprehension of agents of transference, reconceiving how policies are made mobile, and acknowledging the importance of interlocal policy mobility. Through the richness of its empirical examples from Europe, North America, South ... Read more
Mobile Urbanism provides a unique set of perspectives on the current global-urban condition. Drawing on cutting-edge theoretical work, leading geographers reveal that cities are not isolated objects of study; rather, they are dynamic, global–local assemblages of policies, practices, and ideas.
The essays in this volume argue for a theorizing of both urban policymaking and place-making that understands them as groups of territorial and relational geographies. It broadens our comprehension of agents of transference, reconceiving how policies are made mobile, and acknowledging the importance of interlocal policy mobility. Through the richness of its empirical examples from Europe, North America, South ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Globalization & Community Series
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816656288
SKU
V9780816656288
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About Eugene McCann (Ed.)
Eugene McCann is associate professor of geography at Simon Fraser University. Kevin Ward is professor of human geography at the University of Manchester.
Reviews for Mobile Urbanism: Cities and Policymaking in the Global Age
"At the core of this book is the recognition that far and near no longer be taken for granted. This makes it possible to explore geographies of responsibility as they stretch across space, highlighting linkages that are otherwise rather too easy to avoid. It also makes it possible to explore the ways in which apparently distant phenomena can be drawn ... Read more