Politics of urban knowledge : historical perspectives on the shaping and governing of cities /: historical perspectives on the shaping and governing of cities. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Bert De Munck, Jens Lachmund.
• Editors: Munck, Bert De, 1967-; Lachmund, Jens
• Contents: Part 1: WAYS OF URBAN KNOWING 2. The emergence of cartographic reasoning in a long-term perspective: Urban knowledge, craft corporations and body politics Jasna Seršić & Bert De Munck 3. The epistemological fields of urban intervention: Urban reform, surveys and historic centres, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Pieter Uyttenhove & Wouter Van Acker 4. From the 'scientized' to the 'sociocratic' city: The politics of knowledge and norm change in post-war urban planning in the Netherlands Tim Verlaan & Stefan Couperus Part 2: TRAJECTORIES OF URBAN KNOWING 5. Urban populations and urban problems in Quetelet's population statistics of the mid-nineteenth century Kaat Loukx 6. Knowledge appropriation in Belo Horizonte: Intertwining the urban, the suburban and the rural Patricia Capanema Alvares Fernandes & Viviana d’Auria 7. Decoding zoning: Categorisation and commonality in land-use planning knowledge Julio Paulos & Marko Marskamp 8. Between straight lines and winding alleys: Streets as boundary objects in the transnational modernization of urban planning in Iran Pouya Sepehr & Erik Aarden 9. Counting and caring for urban trees: Street tree surveys and citizen protest in twentieth-century West Berlin Sonja Dümpelmann 10. Knowledge-making and the quest for a sustainable city: Promoting community food growing in London Jens Lachmund 11. Smart cities, knowledge generation and the enduring pursuit of urban innovation Andrew Karvonen
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (269 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 307.1216; City planning -- History; Urbanization -- History; Knowledge management -- Social aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000852455; 9781000852431
• Related ISBNs: 9781032320533
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