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This book provides an overview of the Horizontal Metropolis
concept, and of the theoretical, methodological and political
implications for the interdisciplinary field in which it operates.
The book investigates the contemporary emergence of a new type of
extended urbanity across regions, territories and continents, up to
the global scale. Further, it explores the diffusion of
contemporary urban conditions in an interdisciplinary and original
manner by analyzing essential case studies. Offering extensive
content on the Horizontal Metropolis concept, the book presents a
range of approaches intended to transcend various inherited spatial
ontologies: urban/rural, town/country, city/non-city, and
society/nature. The book is intended for all readers interested in
the emergence and development of new approaches in cultural theory,
urban and design education, landscape urbanism and geography.
This book provides an overview of the Horizontal Metropolis
concept, and of the theoretical, methodological and political
implications for the interdisciplinary field in which it operates.
The book investigates the contemporary emergence of a new type of
extended urbanity across regions, territories and continents, up to
the global scale. Further, it explores the diffusion of
contemporary urban conditions in an interdisciplinary and original
manner by analyzing essential case studies. Offering extensive
content on the Horizontal Metropolis concept, the book presents a
range of approaches intended to transcend various inherited spatial
ontologies: urban/rural, town/country, city/non-city, and
society/nature. The book is intended for all readers interested in
the emergence and development of new approaches in cultural theory,
urban and design education, landscape urbanism and geography.
Two contrasting terms are joined to conjugate the traditional idea
of metropolis (the centre of a vast territory, hierarchically
organised, dense, vertical, produced by polarization) with
horizontality (the idea of a more diffuse, isotropic urban
condition, where centre and periphery blur). Beyond a simplistic
centre vs periphery opposition, the concept of a horizontal
metropolis reveals the dispersed condition as a potential asset,
rather than a limit, to the construction of a sustainable and
innovative urban dimension. Around 1990, Terry McGee, an urban
researcher at the University of British Columbia, coined the term
"desakota", deriving from Indonesian "desa" (village) and "kota"
(city). Desakota areas typically occur in Asia, especially South
East Asia. The term describes an area situated outside the
periurban zone, often sprawling alongside arterial and
communication roads, sometimes from one agglomeration to the next.
They are characterised by high population density and intensive
agricultural use, but differ from densely populated rural areas by
more urban-like characteristics. The new book The Horizontal
Meteropolis investigates such areas alongside examples in the US,
Italy, and Switzerland. The study highlights the advantages of the
concept and its relevance in economical, ecological, and social
aspects. The concept reflects a vision of global urbanisation that
no longer allows for "outside" areas and that will test the urban
ecosystem to its limits.
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