ISBN:
9781844074372
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (383 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version The Intercultural City : Planning for Diversity Advantage
DDC:
305.8
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
Description / Table of Contents:
The Intercultural City Planning for Diversity Advantage; Copyright; Contents; List of Boxes; List of Figures; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction: Setting the Scene; Who are we?; Why interact?; Acknowledging conflict; Rules of engagement; From diversity deficit to diversity advantage; And thanks . . .; Chapter 1 The Urge to Define, Sort and Categorize; A world of distinctions; Sorting and categorizing; Values and hierarchies; Simplicity and complexity; Breaking the unified canon; Diversity: The central dilemma of the age; Chapter 2 The Context of Diversity; People on the move
Description / Table of Contents:
The irrepressible urge for cross-pollinationExploring the landscape of diversity; The cosmopolitan city; Diversity in organizations; Innovation, networks and knowledge diffusion; Culture shock: Absorbing difference and diversity; Cultural diversity and public policy; International approaches; The UK approach; Managing the city of difference; Chapter 3 Living Apart: Segregation; A history of segregation; The classic ghetto; Ghettos, enclaves and citadels; The assimilationist city; The underclass; International variations; Good and bad segregation?; Emerging forms of segregation
Description / Table of Contents:
A place in the sun?Segregation in cyberspace?; The ecology of micro-segregation; Chapter 4 Living Together Then: A Short History of Urban Encounter; Intercultural cities in history; Persepolis; Rome; T'ang Dynasty China; Umayyid Córdoba; Constantinople; The Dutch Golden Age; Chapter 5 Living Together Now: Modern Zones of Encounter; Why interact?; The case for social mixing; Contact hypothesis; The interaction cycle; Zones of encounter; Housing and neighbourhoods; Education; The classroom environment; School twinning; Carrot or stick?; The workplace; The market place
Description / Table of Contents:
A history of intercultural tradeThe nature of modern retailing; Shopping as social linking; Ethnicity and shopping behaviour; The intercultural service encounter; The market as meeting place; The language of food; Friends and relations; Intimate interactions; Preconditions of contact; Meeting places; The public domain; Public space; On the beach; Out of town; In the park; Third places; Public institutions; Museums; Libraries; Sport; Arts; Cyberspace; Computer mediated communication; Social software; Of urban UbiComp and MMOGs; Summary
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 6 Diversity Advantage: The Benefits of Cross-cultural InteractionHybridity as a driver of innovation; Hybrid innovators stateside; Hybrid innovators in the UK; Preconditions of diversity advantage; Chapter 7 The City Through an Intercultural Lens; Cultural literacy; Seeing the world through an intercultural lens; A capacity to listen and consult; City-making through an intercultural lens5; Masterplanning interculturally; A new skill set; Making intercultural spaces; Education through an intercultural lens6; Chapter 8 A New Intercultural Citizenship; A system in crisis
Description / Table of Contents:
Open society under threat
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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