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Introduction
This chapter introduces research background, research question of the book, and summarised the content.
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Face: The Power Paradox
This chapter starts with moral face—one’s personal prestige and reputation in terms of ethics, and social face—one’s image such as success, honour or...
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Proximity-Based Planning and the “15-Minute City”: A Sustainable Model for the City of the Future
With the advent of technologies within the urban setup, the concept of smart cities is booming, leading to new possibilities for dwelling into...
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Jan Gehl
Jan Gehl was instrumental in develo** the idea of planning for cities and urban areas from a person perspective, putting people at the heart of...
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Morning Exercises in Parks and Social Space
In Chap. 1 , we listed the creation of an interactive community through morning exercises in parks as an example...
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Ältere Menschen im Wohnquartier Margaretenau in Regensburg – aktuelle Situation und zukünftiger Bedarf
Der Beitrag zeigt Ergebnisse einer Begleitstudie zur Restaurierung und energetischen Modernisierung des historischen genossenschaftlichen...
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The Role of the Perception of Fear in the Disintegration of Neighborhoods and the Appearance of Crime
The presence of the perception of fear in Latin American neighborhoods is a symptom of the economic inequality and insecurity experienced on a daily...
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On Complexity, Connectivity and Autonomy in Future Cities
The smart cities concept is gaining in popularity and as the advent of technology is cities is being enforced by both policies and private...
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Digital Economy and Interactive Communities
With subheadings of “The Production of Space”, “Thinking Geographically” and “The Spatiality of Social Life”, the first three sections of Chap....
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Housing and the Political Economy of Urban China
The chengzhongcun is a product of the unique political economic settings of post-reform China. This chapter begins with a discussion on the...
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Pop-up Cities: Refugee Camps between Transience and Resilience
In recent years, the world has experienced an unequivocal surge in refugee numbers. The current patterns of displacement are transgressing regional...
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Public Spaces and Placemaking Approach: The Implementation Strategies
The focus of this chapter is to identify the definitions of public spaces and the role they play in daily life, whether cultural or social. In...
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Sociability and Placemaking Methodological Framework Approach: Identifying a Public Space Index (PSI)
In this chapter, public life/public space metrics—as introduced by Gehl (Gehl Institute, The public life diversity toolkit 2.0., 2016) are used to...
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Longing for a lost New York: place and televisual nostalgia in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
This essay contributes to work in media geography by bringing the geography of nostalgia into conversation with media nostalgia. Through an analysis...
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Introduction: Is Public Social Life in Decline and Are Contemporary Masterplanning and Public Space Design Practices to Be Blamed?
The introduction introduces the topic and contents of this book and is presented in four sections. The first section sets the context and debates...
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Jane M. Jacobs: Edge of Empire. Postcolonialism and the City
Jane Margaret Jacobs ist eine australisch-britische Kultur- und Stadtgeographin, die sich angesichts ihrer Namensverwandtschaft mit der großen U....
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Conclusion
In the final chapter my intention is to find what I had proposed as a point of departure: how much or how little an ethnography of the Gitanos can...
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Jane Jacobs: The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Jane Jacobs Werdegang und ihre fortwährende Präsenz im Kontext der Stadtforschung – vor allem aufgrund ihres Hauptwerkes The Death and Life of Great...