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Housing --- Metropolitan areas. --- Prices.

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Cities in a World Economy examines the emergence of global cities as a new social formation. As sites of rapid and widespread developments in the areas of finance, information and people, global cities lie at the core of the major processes of globalization. The book features a cross-disciplinary approach to urban sociology using global examples, and discusses the impact of global processes on the social structure of cities. The Fifth Edition reflects the most current data available and explores recent debates such as the role of cities in mitigating environmental problems, the global refugee crisis, Brexit, and the rise of Donald Trump in the United States.

Urban economics. --- Sociology, Urban. --- Metropolitan areas.

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Brendan Simms spannt über die Großräume einen weiten Bogen von der Entfaltung des Begriffs im 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur konfliktreichen Gegenwart. Schwerpunkte sind Carl Schmitts Konzept des Großraums in der NS-Zeit und die parallelen Vorstellungen Hitlers sowie andererseits die der alliierten Kriegsmächte und das Nachleben der Konzepte im kalten Krieg. Der Autor geht dann auf die gegenwärtigen Großraum-Vorstellungen in Rssland und der VR China ein und endet mit einem Blick auf die Europäische Union. Zum Abschluss stellt sich Brendan Simms die Frage, ob das Großraum-Konzept einen zufriedenstellenden Rahmen für das Verständnis der aktuellen Weltlage bieten kann.

Cold War. --- Metropolitan areas --- Schmitt, Carl,

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Energy Transition in Metropolises, Rural Areas and Deserts presents detailed field studies of energy transition in Lille, Riyadh, Fayence, Bokhol, Ouarzazate and the Arabian Desert. It analyzes local actions and good practices - according to the resources and constraints involved - in the process of removing the obstacles to the transition. Solutions are sought for the right type of space for buildings, transport, industry and services, and targets are set for Europe, the Middle East and Africa as part of the Paris Climate Agreement. As a pedagogical tool, this book is aimed at not only politicians and professionals, but also any members of the public who wish to learn about changes in production and energy consumption.

Energy development. --- Energy policy. --- Energy consumption. --- Renewable energy sources. --- Metropolitan areas --- Rural development. --- Desert resources development. --- Environmental aspects.

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This book derives from observations of the contemporary built environment and its contradictions. The suburban retail spaces, specifically the suburban shopping mall, and the changes caused by them within urban organisms are the object of the investigation synthesized in the volume. The topic is very crucial for the development of the contemporary city. It constitutes at the same time a problem (large commercial structures' spread is 'destroying' traditional commercial urban fabrics) and an opportunity (shopping malls are the most vital parts of the new suburbs and can play the role of community nucleus in urban and suburban areas). Furthermore, the spread of e-commerce forces these structures to functional and spatial transformations that brings also a new relationship with the city. The analytical reading, supplemented by generative and design projections, is carried out by using the conceptual and methodological tools of urban morphology, specifically those of the typological processual approach. From this specific point of view, the suburban shopping mall is read as an organism (a complex system characterized by mutual solidarity and interdependence among component elements) in itself, and as a sub-organisms belonging to the largest territorial organism. The book is intended to offer, to operators, scholars, researchers, professionals and students, a reading and design method, to interpret an important aspect of the contemporary built environment by analyzing the suburban commercial space case. It offers at the same time a model applicable to other specific not-commercial cases, to defining paths for further research and design developments.

Geography. --- Buildings—Design and construction. --- Building. --- Construction. --- Engineering, Architectural. --- Regional economics. --- Spatial economics. --- Sociology, Urban. --- Landscape architecture. --- Geomorphology. --- Geography, general. --- Building Construction and Design. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- Urban Studies/Sociology. --- Landscape Architecture. --- Horticultural service industry --- Landscape gardening --- Landscaping industry --- Urban sociology --- Cities and towns --- Spatial economics --- Economics --- Regional economics --- Regional planning --- Regionalism --- Space in economics --- Architectural engineering --- Buildings --- Construction --- Construction science --- Engineering, Architectural --- Structural design --- Structural engineering --- Architecture --- Construction industry --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Geomorphic geology --- Physiography --- Physical geography --- Landforms --- Design and construction --- Suburbs --- Shopping malls --- Social aspects. --- Malls, Pedestrian --- Malls, Shopping --- Pedestrian areas --- Retail trade --- Shopping centers --- Arcades --- Outskirts of cities --- Suburban areas --- Suburbia --- City planning --- Metropolitan areas --- Growth --- Regional and Spatial Economics. --- Urban Sociology. --- Design and construction.