Mobilities and Neighbourhood Belonging in Cities and Suburbs [electronic resource] /
Watt, P.editor.
Smets, P.editor.
Contemporary city and suburban dwellers are constantly on the move. Does this mean they lack a sense of belonging to their neighbourhoods, or does enhanced mobility co-exist with feelings of community and belonging? This collection examines these questions through a unique series of neighbourhood-based global case studies.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Local and Transnational Everyday Practices in Four European Cities: Are New Barbarians on the Road?; 3 Consumption Practices and Local Belonging Among Condominium Residents in Mexico City; 4 Living in a(n) (un)Gated Community: Neighbourhood Belonging in Lisbon's Parque das Nações; 5 Belonging and Microsettings in a Rotterdam Housing Complex; 6 Neighbours, Newcomers and Nation-Building: Producing Neighbourhood as Locality in a Post-Apartheid CapeTown Suburb
7 East London Mobilities: The 'Cockney Diaspora' and the Remaking of the Essex Ethnoscape8 Teenagers' Mobilities and Sense of Belonging in the Parisian Sensitive Urban Areas; 9 Class, Community and Belonging in a 'Chav Town'; 10 Newcomers vs. Old-Timers? Community, Cooperation and Conflict in the Post-Socialist Suburbs of Wrocław, Poland; 11 In-Between Mobility in Toronto's New (Sub)urban Neighbourhoods; Conclusion; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contemporary city and suburban dwellers are constantly on the move. Does this mean they lack a sense of belonging to their neighbourhoods, or does enhanced mobility co-exist with feelings of community and belonging? This collection examines these questions through a unique series of neighbourhood-based global case studies.
Human geography.
Environmental management.
Urban geography.
Sociology, Urban.
Sociology.
Emigration and immigration.
Human Geography.
Environmental Management.
Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).
Urban Studies/Sociology.
Sociology, general.
Migration.