Cities Rethought | A New Urban Disposition

Gautam Bhan (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 1509565612 / ISBN 13: 9781509565610

Published by Polity Press, 2025

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Cities Rethought | A New Urban Disposition | Gautam Bhan (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2025 | Polity Press | EAN 9781509565610 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cities Rethought | A New Urban Disposition
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1509565612
• ISBN 13: 9781509565610
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 213W x 137H x 19D millimeters 213 millimeters width by 137 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 520 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

In a world of disruptions and seemingly endless complexity, cities have become central to thinking about the future of humanity. Yet the study of cities is fragmented among different silos of expertise, diverse genres of scholarship, and widening chasms between theory and practice. How can we do better? 

Cities Rethought suggests that we need to remake the way we see and know cities in order to rethink how we act and intervene within them. To this end, it offers the contours of a new urban disposition. Its normative, analytical, and operational elements offer an opportunity for scholars, practitioners, and citizens alike to approach the complexity of cities anew.

Written collectively for a wide audience, the text draws from cities across the global north and south, speaks across diverse genres of ideas, and reflects on the lived experience of the authors as both researchers and practitioners. It is an essential text for anyone committed to knowing their own cities as well as finding ways to meaningfully intervene in them.

About the Author

Gautam Bhan is Associate Dean of the School of Human Development at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
Michael Keith is Director of PEAK Urban and the Centre on Migration Policy and Society at the University of Oxford.
Susan Parnell is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Bristol and Emeritus Professor at the University of Cape Town.
Edgar Pieterse is Professor and Founding Director of the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town.