The Horizontal Metropolis Between Urbanism and Urbanization [electronic resource] /
Viganò, Paola.editor.
Cavalieri, Chiara.editor.
Barcelloni Corte, Martina.editor.
This book provides an overview of the Horizontal Metropolis concept, and of the theoretical, methodological and political implications for the interdisciplinary field in which it operates. The book investigates the contemporary emergence of a new type of extended urbanity across regions, territories and continents, up to the global scale. Further, it explores the diffusion of contemporary urban conditions in an interdisciplinary and original manner by analyzing essential case studies. Offering extensive content on the Horizontal Metropolis concept, the book presents a range of approaches intended to transcend various inherited spatial ontologies: urban/rural, town/country, city/non-city, and society/nature. The book is intended for all readers interested in the emergence and development of new approaches in cultural theory, urban and design education, landscape urbanism and geography.
Part 1: Horizontal Metropolis: theories and roots, a transcultural tradition -- Chapter 1.The 'other' Horizontal Metropolis: Landscapes of urban interdependence(Nikos Katsikis) -- Chapter 2. Industrial Economy and Agrarian Urbanism(Charles Waldheim) -- Part 2: Horizontal Metropolis: a spatial, social and natural capital -- Chapter 14. The Art of Horizontal Urbanization: The urban questions of engineer August Mennes in the Antwerp agglomeration(Tom Broes) -- Chapter 15. Taking Care of the Residual Fraction: The provincial projects for the electrification in Belgium in a perspective of urbanisation(Dieter Bruggeman) -- Part 3:Horizontal Metropolis: Issues and challenges of a new urban ecology -- Chapter 26. Territorial Development and Governance of Metropolitan areas: Evolutionary trajectories and transformations in the last decade(Gioacchino Garofoli) -- Chapter 27. What is Happening to Industrial Districts? (Michele Cerruti But) etc.
This book provides an overview of the Horizontal Metropolis concept, and of the theoretical, methodological and political implications for the interdisciplinary field in which it operates. The book investigates the contemporary emergence of a new type of extended urbanity across regions, territories and continents, up to the global scale. Further, it explores the diffusion of contemporary urban conditions in an interdisciplinary and original manner by analyzing essential case studies. Offering extensive content on the Horizontal Metropolis concept, the book presents a range of approaches intended to transcend various inherited spatial ontologies: urban/rural, town/country, city/non-city, and society/nature. The book is intended for all readers interested in the emergence and development of new approaches in cultural theory, urban and design education, landscape urbanism and geography.
Human Geography.
Architecture.
Sociology, Urban.
Cities and towns-History.
Human Geography.
Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).
Urbanism.
Urban Studies/Sociology.
Urban History.