The Social Fabric of the Networked City

by Pflieger; GTraldine

• ISBN13: 9780415461443
• ISBN10: 0415461448
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-25
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book is constructed around the work of Manuel Castells on the space of places, the space of flows and the networked city. Following an introduction by Castells in which he sets out the theoretical and empirical framework to be followed, the book will feature nine original contributions focusing on the transformation of the fabric of the networked city in terms of policies and social practices.

Table of Contents

Preface: The Networked City
The Social Fabric of the Networked City	p. 1
Skating over Thin Ice	p. 17
Spatial Patterns and Social Inequality in Switzerland - Modern or Post-modern?	p. 41
Public Space Management and Public Transport Quality - Vectors of Gentrification: Six Parisian Case Studies	p. 67
Architecture and Reflexivity	p. 89
Building Development in the 19th Century: between Planning Procedures and Local Action	p. 109
Innovation in "Urbanism" Thinking: Spectrum and Limit	p. 131
Urban planning in France in the 1960s: an affair of state (A state business?)	p. 157
Planning, power, and policy change in the networked city: the politics of a new tramway in the city of Bern	p. 169
Towards a Regulation of the Space of Flows via Environmental Conflicts: Airports and Airport Areas as Laboratories of Urban Sustainability?	p. 189
Conclusion: The Revenge of Places	p. 213
About the authors	p. 221
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