1st Edition
Defining the Urban Interdisciplinary and Professional Perspectives
1.Introduction. Defining the Urban: Why Do We Need Definitions?
Part I: Academic Disciplines
2. Sociology: The Sociological "Urban"
3.Geography: Rethinking the "Urban" and Urbanization
4. Anthropology: The Death and Rebirth of Urban Anthropology
5.History: Understanding "Urban" from the Disciplinary Viewpoint of History
6.Economics
7.Ecology: Science and Ethics
8.Environmental Psychology: Views of the "Urban" from Environmental Psychology
Part II: Professional Practices
9.Public Policy: Looking for the "Urban" in Public Policy
10.Architecture and Urban Design: Leaving Behind the Notion of the City
11.Civil Engineering: Unlocking the Potential of Future Cities through Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
12.Urban Planning
13.Urban Governance: Transcending Conventional Urban Governance
14.Social Work: Social Work Intersections with Urbanism
15.Public Health: Urban Health: History, Definitions, and Approaches
16.Law: The Concept of "Urban" in Law
Part III: Emerging Approaches
17.Geospatial Techniques
18.Urban Political Ecology: Landscapes of Power
19.Urban Metabolism: Conceptualizing the City as an Organism
20.Transition Theories
21.Complexity Science: The Urban is a Complex Adaptive System
22.Science Fiction: The Urban in Posthuman Science Fiction
Synthesis
23.Defining the Urban: A Quixotic Pursuit
Biography
Deljana Iossifova is a Senior Lecturer in Urban Studies at the School of Environment, Education and Development, University of Manchester.
Christopher N. H. Doll is a Research Fellow at the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), Tokyo.
Alexandros Gasparatos is an Associate Professor at the Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S), University of Tokyo.
"This book should be a compulsory addition to the book shelf of anyone interested in the contemporary urban condition. It asks some of the most fundamental questions of our time: What is urban? If it exists, how is it best researched, planned, built, and governed? The volume covers an impressive breadth of theoretical perspectives and offers practical tools to anyone looking to innovate their conceptual and methodological tool kit. It is an invaluable resource for seasoned researchers and novice students of the urban alike."
Mike Davis, Professor Emeritus, University of California, USA.
