Frank Eckardt

Kathrin Wildner

Istanbul is one of the largest and most dynamic metropolises on the European continent. In the context of processes of globalization and local urban planning projects urban space is continously contested. In this anthology forms, meanings and images of these urban spaces are discussed by architects, historians, and social scientists. Through interdisciplinary approaches of theory and case studies the book delivers a deep insight into the construction and constitution of public spaces and spheres in contemporary Istanbul.

Spaces and Spheres of the Urban

Public Istanbul

Anna Karwińska

The Tale of Urban Magics

Kraków and Weimar

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 encounter between media and urban space. The Editor: Frank Eckardt is professor for 'Sociology of Globalization' at the Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany. He holds a PhD in Political Science. His main field of research is urban studies. Since 2004, he ist the coordinator of the research project 'Mediacity'.

Understanding, Investigating and Approaching Mediacity

Media and Urban Space

This essential presents the state of urban research on gentrification in a condensed form. This term, which has been used in the scientific community since the 1960s, has now also become established in the public debate. It describes how rising rents in the cities and the lack of affordable housing lead to poorer residents being driven out of their neighbourhoods. It becomes clear in what way gentrification is a general principle of urban development and thus poses a considerable challenge to the social mix of our cities. It also shows what political measures should be taken from the perspective of research in order to prevent gentrification. This Springer essential is a translation of the original German 1st edition essentials, Gentrifizierung by Frank Eckardt, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2018. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors. The content New York as starting point Gentrification as a global phenomenon More recent gentrification research Gentrification in Germany Helpless? What to do against gentrification The target groups Students, teachers and researchers in architecture, urban planning, political and social sciences Practitioners from journalism and politics The author Frank Eckardt is professor for social science and urban research at the Bauhaus University Weimar.

Research and Policy on Urban Displacement Processes

Gentrification

John Eade

The Ethnically Diverse City

Originally presented as the author's Habilitation--Bauhaus-Universit'at Weimar.

Orientierungen im urbanen Labyrinth

Die komplexe Stadt

Laura Colini

Some of the contents: Rereading Bauhaus S. Parker: Building stories: Bauhaus and the narrative of modernity M. Miles: The wreck of hope: criticality as salvage G. Gilloch: Critical theory and Bauhaus Re-reading S. de Rudder: The Bauhaus and the city as white spot: How Gropius lost his reputation on the streets of New York N. Huber: Tracing transdisciplinary Research: Urban laboratories from Weimar to the American West F. Eckardt: Bauhaus and the New Frankfurt : Limited opportunities, limited concepts J. Clammer: Asia coming to Bauhaus: an untold story re-reading the City L. Marcus: The syntax of space J.R. Short: liquid cities: Understanding the urban Postmodern M. Breicocoli: The influx of the neo-liberal city L. Nyka: Transforming public urbanism M. Vaattovaara: How develop sustainable urban regeneration process? M. Cremaschi: New neighbourhoods in Europe M. Lopez: Participatory planning in conflict: the case study of Medellin.

A Contested Heritage for a Challenging Future

Bauhaus and the City

Sabine Meier

​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 1991 ergeben hat. Obwohl soziologisch ausgerichtet, ist die Publikation interdisziplinär ausgerichtet und wird von Autor/innen aus unterschiedlichen Disziplinen getragen.

Handbuch Wohnsoziologie

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.

Handbuch Stadtsoziologie

"MEDIACITY: Situations, Practices and Encounters" investigates how the social settings and spaces of the city are created, experienced and practiced through the use and presence of new media. It takes the position that new media enables different settings, practices and behaviours to occur in urban space. Contributions from academics, practitioners and activists from disciplines such as Media Studies, Architecture, Urban Studies, Cultural and Urban Geography and Sociology present a critical reflection on the processes, methods and impacts of technologies in urban space.The MEDIACITY Project seeks to facilitate the transfer of outstanding international knowledge at the Bauhaus-University Weimar in order to intensify research within the interdisciplinary fields of Media Studies, Architecture and Urban Sociology. It aims to research solutions for urban development in a knowledge based society.

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