Post-revanchist cities?

Socio-economic Disadvantage in Post-Fordist Cities

New national and international economic and social forces have reshaped national geographies in general and the characteristics of cities in particular, resulting in a range of diverse social and spatial outcomes. These outcomes, which include greater differentiation across, within and between metropolitan regions and cities, have become a feature of the economic and social forces associated wi...

Qualitative scenario building for post - carbon cities

Architectural Culture in Translation: Post-was Cities and African Villages

By the end of World War II, much of Europe and several other regions worldwide were devastated. The war had killed 35 million people, while sustained aerial bombardment had badly damaged several major cities, among them Berlin, Dresden and Kassel, in Germany; London, in Britain; Warsaw, in Poland; Rotterdam, in the Netherlands; Tokyo, Nagasaki and Osaka, in Japan. After the conflict, geopolitic...

The Historic Centre in Spanish Industrial and Post-Industrial Cities

The congestion of the city area within the walls along the 19th century and the economic and social crisis of historic centres during most of the 20th century led to their deterioration. The theoretical conceptualization and practical implementation of domestic improvement and reform programmes have changed with time. With the beginning of the new century, urban dynamics in a globalized space a...

Two cities with no soul: Planning for division and reunification in post-war Mostar

Urban planning has played different roles ever since cities first came into existence – it has been used to build defensible cities, cities that are symbols of power and prestige, cities that are functional, and cities that are sustainable and equitable. Its role in the aftermath of conflict has also changed and evolved over the years, sometimes driven by design, sometimes by circumstance. Rece...