The City as Action - Retheorizing Urban Studies (Hardcover)

In constructing the urban as a set of interconnected actions, this book presents a less travelled route to understanding the city. It leads to a fresh perspective on several issues central to urban theory, including the uniqueness of a city alongside practices it shares with other urban places. This book presents an innovative theoretical contribution to the field of urban studies, bridging the gap between western centric scholarship and perspectives from the global South. It offers conceptually rich insights, combining notions of cities as organisms, and references to postcolonial urban studies, with insights around aspirations, capabilities, agency, and social identity. It develops concepts, like the Proximity Principle, that help explain the experience of a city. This conceptualization of the city as a process should interest all who are sensitive to cities, whether they study them in academia or simply develop close associations with specific urban places.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Global Urban Studies
Release date:	March 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Narendar Pani
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	152
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-205267-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General
LSN:	1-03-205267-8
Barcode:	9781032052670

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