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Stadtentwicklungsprozesse
Stadtforschung
Theoriebildung
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- ISBN 9783868595406
- Dimensions: 150 x 220mm
- Publication Date: 24 Oct 2018
- Publisher: JOVIS Verlag
- Publication City/Country: DE
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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How does theory relate to practice? How should practice inform theory?
Scholars all over the world struggle with these questions, particularly in urban research which offers simultaneously a field of deep theory and a very practical place of work. For the study of contemporary urban development in all its complexity, these questions are of utmost importance. The experiences of urban crisis require action that is informed, guided and grounded to improve living conditions. But the most important challenges of 21st century urbanisation are exacerbated by a growing gulf between theoretical understandings and practical considerations.
The contributions to this book, from a range of internationally renowned and younger scholars, explore the dynamics that shape urban theories and professional practices today. Drawing on rich experiences in research, policy and practice in various global contexts, the authors give reflective and personal accounts that provide insights into the ways in which urban researchers make use and sense of theory.
Prof. Dr. Monika Grubbauer, Chair in History and Theory of the City explores the historical development of cities and urban societies and the related economic, social and cultural processes of urban transformation from an interdisciplinary and international perspective and with a special focus on the role of urban design and planning in these processes. Kate Shaw is an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow in Urban Geography and Planning. She is currently completing a book entitled The Squander and Salvage of Urban Waterfronts. Before accepting the Future Fellowship Kate was a research fellow on an ARC discovery project in the Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning at Melbourne University titled Planning the 'creative city': reconciling global strategies with local subcultures (2009-2012). Before this, she was research associate on an ARC linkage project titled Transnational and Temporary: students, community and place-making in central Melbourne (2005-2008). Prior to becoming research-only, Kate taught planning law, statutory planning and urban design, and ran classes on political economy, gentrification and the cultures of cities. She has received several awards for publications in these areas and is regularly invited to advise city councils and local campaigns on matters of planning and policy.
