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9783037781319

The Image and the Region-Making Mega-City Regions Visible!

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    9783037781319

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    3037781319

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-03-11
  • Publisher: Prestel Pub
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Summary

Mega-city regions are currently a frequent topic of discussion. Researchers are exploring the fundamentals for understanding the role of metropolitan regions and their social, economic, and cultural developments on a national and European basis. The responsible decision makers in politics and business are calling for new measures for greater urban areas. But that is just the start of the problem: Europe seems to lack an awareness for metropolitan regions. For the majority of politicians, planners, institutions, and residents the features of mega-city regions remain invisible. They are scarcely charted; there are no concepts for representing them or any direct sensory understanding of them in everyday life. The book is based on the understanding that the visual depiction of mega-city regions is fundamental to identifying, acting, and developing within existing concentrations of urban populations. Through essays from various disciplines the book approaches the phenomenon and discusses the necessity to visualize mega-city regions.

Table of Contents

Calling for Picturesp. 9
Mapping Hybrid Value-Added Landscapesp. 37
Governing Polycentric Urban Regionsp. 59
Accessing Global City Regionsp. 69
Cooperating and Competingp. 81
Managing Reputationp. 97
Visioning and Visualizingp. 107
Revealing the Social Topography of Mega-City Regionsp. 127
Experiencing Urban Regionsp. 141
Stimulating the Second Spacep. 155
Visualizing Desires, not Citiesp. 169
Perceiving and Visualizing Changing Environmentsp. 181
Going Beyond Identityp. 189
Setting up Perception Instrumentp. 207
Adding Value to Spatial Developmentp. 253
Appendixp. 275
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