ISBN:
9781442649606
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9781442626966
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1442649607
,
1442626968
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 358 Seiten
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Illustrationen
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23 cm
Series Statement:
Global suburbanisms
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als What's in a name?
DDC:
307.74
Keywords:
Suburbs
;
Suburbs
;
Names, Geographical
;
Suburbs Developing countries
;
Suburbs Developed countries
;
Names, Geographical
;
Names, Geographical
;
Suburbs Developed countries
;
Developing countries
;
Suburbs
;
Suburbs
;
Stadtumland
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Stadtrand
;
Vorort
;
Vorstadt
;
Peripherie
Abstract:
"'Borgata', 'favela', 'périurbain', and 'suburb' are but a few of the different terms used throughout the world that refer specifically to communities that develop on the periphery of urban centres. In What's in a Name? editors Richard Harris and Charlotte Vorms have gathered together experts from around the world in order to provide a truly global framework for the study of the urban periphery. Rather than view these distinct communities through the lens of the western notion of urban sprawl, the contributors focus on the variety of everyday terms that are used, together with their connotations. This volume explores the local terminology used in cities such as Beijing, Bucharest, Montreal, Mumbai, Rio di Janeiro, Rome, Sofia, as well as more broadly across North America, Australia, Southeast Asia, and elsewhere. Whats̉ in a Name? is the first book in English to pay serious and sustained attention to the naming of the urban periphery worldwide. By exploring the ways in which local individuals speak about the urban periphery Harris and Vorms bridge the assumed divide between the global North and the global South."--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction
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The naming process
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"Suburb is not a rude word in Australia": a lexical history
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Doubts about "suburbs" in Canada
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Defining peripheral places in Quebec: a review of key planning reports and the media, 1960-2012
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Bombay's urban edge: villages, suburbs, slums, and the expanding city
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Kampungs, Buitenwijken, and Kota Mandiri: naming the urban fringe on Java, Indonesia
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From Favela to Communidade and beyond: the taming of Rio de Janeiro
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Naming Rome's edge: cultural and political representations of the Borgata
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To name or not to name: contradictions in naming processes of one Bucharest district
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Some reflections on comparing (post-)suburbs in the United States and France
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Périurbain, from woes to words: political and social uses of a new administrative category
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The new neighbourhoods: the discursive (and other) transformation of South Sofia's modest beginnings
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Lost in translation: names, meanings, and development strategies of Beijing's periphery
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Concluding suggestions
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