The City and the Region(1st Edition) (European City in Transition) by FrankEckardt, Dieter Hassenpflug Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2005 by Peter Lang Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-8204-7789-3, ISBN: 0-8204-7789-3
"The issue of regionalization has become a crucial point in the process of European Unification. The region has attracted a wider audience, but the term remains attached to a variety of different definitions linked to spatial, historical, social, political and cultural discourses. The macro trends of globalization, the debate on political steering and the sociological perspective on the regionalization of life worlds however fit together ..."
"This book intends to expand our knowledge on the complex relationship between the globalizing city and the localizing world. The volume takes the stance that the conceptualization of urban life under global conditions can only be reflected from multiple points of departure. The book is meant to confront certain aspects of urban discourse and to point out differences and commonalities of the included case studies from all over the world. ..."
""Most of the studies represented here are the result of an international workshop at the Bauhaus-University Weimar, October 2002, ... [when] the European Urban Research Association and the Forschungs-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft Hessen GmbH ..."
"The consequences of the industrial transition with regard to its social, political and architectural effects are the issue of this book. Today, the basis of urban growth lies more in the hands of those who consume and therefore organize their social potential. As the consumption city is not simply one new industry that comes next, the mixture of different life styles is the necessary matrix for revitalization of urban life. Difference a ..."
"Content: New information and communication techniques have significant influences on urban life. In this book, international and interdisciplinary research, projects and considerations about the emerging 'Mediacity' are presented. Contributions from scientists, artists, and architects from 14 different countries are analyzing, researching and creatively approaching the cultural, social, political, and economical phenomena of the encount ..."
Gentrifizierung Forschung und Politik zu städtischen Verdrängungsprozessen (essentials) (German Edition) by FrankEckardt Paperback, 56 Pages, Published 2018 by Springer Vs ISBN-13: 978-3-658-21713-6, ISBN: 3-658-21713-8
Stadtforschung Gegenstand und Methoden (German Edition) by FrankEckardt Paperback, 244 Pages, Published 2014 by Springer Vs ISBN-13: 978-3-658-00823-9, ISBN: 3-658-00823-7
"Das Lehrbuch wendet sich an Studierende der Architektur, Stadtplanung, Urbanistik, Kunst und Kulturwissenschaften. Es soll den Studierenden ermöglichen, für ihr Studium und ihre Studienprojekte eine theoretische und methodische Grundlage zur Hand zu haben. Dabei soll einerseits ein Übersichtswissen vermittelt werden, in welcher Weise unterschiedliche Herangehensweisen aus den Sozialwissenschaften genutzt werden können, um konkrete Probl ..."
"Akteurszentrierter Institutionalismus in der Politikforschung, Opladen; Burth, H.-P.
/Görlitz, A. (Hg.) (2001) Politische ... London; Jouve, B./Lefebvre, C. (eds) (2002)
Metropoles ingouvernables, Paris; Jouve, B./Booth, P. (eds) (2004) Democraties
..."
"The on-going crisis in Europe has dramatic impact on the life in many Southern European cities: Unemployment, social deprivation, poverty, political instability, severe cuts in the welfare state budgets and a wide spread feeling of despair have eroded much of the social foundation of the cities. In this book, contributors from Spain, Greece, Portugal and Italy provide an insight into the complex interference between the different aspect ..."
Handbuch Stadtsoziologie (German Edition) by FrankEckardt Hardcover, 843 Pages, Published 2012 by Vs Verlag Für Sozialwissenschaften ISBN-13: 978-3-531-17168-5, ISBN: 3-531-17168-2
"Das Handbuch bietet einen umfassenden Überblick zur Stadtsoziologie. Zunächst werden die wesentlichen Ausgangspunkte dargestellt (von Weber über Simmel zu Giddens). Anschließend werden die wesentlichen konzeptionellen Debatten nachgezeichnet: Von den "Mega-Cities" zur "Eigenlogik von Städten", um darauf folgend die Themenfelder der Stadtsoziologie - von "Gentrification" bis zu den "Schrumpfenden Städten" - zu analysieren."
"Mit seinem Buch "City of Quartz" hat Mike Davis im Jahr 1990 eine intensive Recherche zu aktuellen Themen der Stadtentwicklung anhand von Los Angeles vorgelegt. Dabei hat er nicht nur quasi die zwei Jahre spater stattfindenden Unruhen vorhergesagt, sondern eine weitergehende Theorie der post-liberalen Stadt entwickelt, die die Stadtsoziologie im hohen Mass beunruhigt hat. Ist Los Angeles erst der Anfang? Davis ist ein kritischer Histori ..."
City Images and Urban Regeneration (The European City in Transition) by FrankEckardt, Peter Kreisl Paperback, 266 Pages, Published 2004 by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften ISBN-13: 978-3-631-50701-8, ISBN: 3-631-50701-1
"'City Images and Urban Regeneration' reflects upon extant and experimental concepts in urban planning, life, society and development. This volume integrates contributions deriving from both points of departure: the reflection on urban regeneration processes and the visual perception of urbanity. With this book, the editors want to take up the long debate on «guiding images» in urban planning and present some new approaches to them. Exam ..."
"Das Handbuch Wohnsoziologie will den aktuellen Wissensstand zum Thema Wohnen übersichtsartig wiedergeben. Dabei soll die Entwicklung des Themas mit Bezug auf den deutschen Wohnungsmarkt, Wohnungsbau und Stadtentwicklung dargestellt werden und wichtige Herausforderungen für das Wohnen der Zukunft identifiziert werden. Das Handbuch soll eine Lücke schließen, die sich seit der letzten Publikation von Häußermann und Siebel aus dem Jahr 199 ..."
Public Istanbul Spaces and Spheres of the Urban by FrankEckardt, Kathrin Wildner Paperback, 300 Pages, Published 2008 by Transcript Verlag ISBN-13: 978-3-89942-865-0, ISBN: 3-89942-865-X
"... academics, students and researchers. Santral Istanbul claims to be a centre of
gravity for the socially and economically underprivileged local communities in the
area and in Turkey by encouraging their participation and involvement in its
artistic activities. The university aims to provide artistic education for young
people from underprivileged regions to »underline how art can become a crucial
element for their lives«. Serhan ..."
The City and the Region(1st Edition) (The European City in Transition) by FrankEckardt Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2006 by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften ISBN-13: 978-3-631-52084-0, ISBN: 3-631-52084-0
"The issue of regionalization has become a crucial point in the process of European Unification. The region has attracted a wider audience, but the term remains attached to a variety of different definitions linked to spatial, historical, social, political and cultural discourses. The macro trends of globalization, the debate on political steering and the sociological perspective on the regionalization of life worlds however fit together ..."
Paths of Urban Transformation(1st Edition) (The European City in Transition) by FrankEckardt Paperback, 300 Pages, Published 2006 by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften ISBN-13: 978-3-631-52211-0, ISBN: 3-631-52211-8
"More than a decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the cities and regions of the former socialist countries are still in a phase of transition. The different political, social and cultural paths of their development are bringing up the question whether it is still adequate to qualify them as «post-socialist». How long will this «post» be of any meaning? This book discusses the differences and similarities of cities in Central and Eas ..."
Die ortlose Stadt(1st Edition) Über die Virtualisierung des Urbanen by Alain Bourdin, FrankEckardt, Andrew Wood Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2014 by Transcript Verlag ISBN-13: 978-3-8376-2746-6, ISBN: 3-8376-2746-2
"Über die Virtualisierung des UrbanenBroschiertes BuchIn atemberaubender Geschwindigkeit haben sich die neuen Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien einen zentralen Platz im Leben der meisten Menschen erobert. Das virtuelle Überwinden großer räumlicher Entfernungen ist damit zur Selbstverständlichkeit geworden. Mehr und mehr überholt sich die Vorstellung der langfristigen Bindung an einen Ort.Alain Bourdin, Frank Eckardt und Andrew ..."
"The consequences of the industrial transition with regard to its social, political and architectural effects are the issue of this book. Today, the basis of urban growth lies more in the hands of those who consume and therefore organize their social potential. As the consumption city is not simply one new industry that comes next, the mixture of different life styles is the necessary matrix for revitalization of urban life. Difference a ..."
City of Crisis The Multiple Contestation of Southern European Cities by FrankEckardt, Javier Ruiz Sánchez 264 Pages, Published 2015 by Transcript Verlag ISBN-13: 978-3-8394-2842-9, ISBN: 3-8394-2842-4
"As Carlo Cattaneo wrote1 in the mid-19th century, in the age of “free
municipalities” dating back to the medieval era, cities in the Northern and part of
Central Italy became powerful hubs of political control, production of
sophisticated goods, supralocal trade, financial innovation, sublime art and
culture. Cattaneo maintained that their “intimate union” with the agricultural
hinterland, especially in North and Central Italy, was ..."