Łukasz Stanek
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816666164
- eISBN:
- 9781452946658
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816666164.003.0001
- Subject:
- Architecture, Architectural Theory and Criticism
This chapter addresses two crucial issues surrounding Henri Lefebvre’s theory of space. First, what does it mean to read Lefebvre’s Marxist theory in line with the regression of socialism after the ...
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This chapter addresses two crucial issues surrounding Henri Lefebvre’s theory of space. First, what does it mean to read Lefebvre’s Marxist theory in line with the regression of socialism after the end of the Soviet Union and other socialist states, after the vanishing international communist movements, and after the decline of the communist parties? Second, what is the relevance of Lefebvre’s work for urban research today after the political and economic end of the regimes that instrumentalized Marxist rhetoric? This chapter explains the frailty of this theory by giving a historical account of its formulation.Less
This chapter addresses two crucial issues surrounding Henri Lefebvre’s theory of space. First, what does it mean to read Lefebvre’s Marxist theory in line with the regression of socialism after the end of the Soviet Union and other socialist states, after the vanishing international communist movements, and after the decline of the communist parties? Second, what is the relevance of Lefebvre’s work for urban research today after the political and economic end of the regimes that instrumentalized Marxist rhetoric? This chapter explains the frailty of this theory by giving a historical account of its formulation.
Gina S. Lovasi, Ana V. Diez Roux, and Jennifer Kolker (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- October 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780190885304
- eISBN:
- 9780190885335
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190885304.001.0001
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Epidemiology, Public Health
This book will orient public health scholars and practitioners, as well as professionals from related fields such as the social sciences and design professions, to the tools and skills needed for ...
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This book will orient public health scholars and practitioners, as well as professionals from related fields such as the social sciences and design professions, to the tools and skills needed for effective urban health research, including foundational concepts, data sources, strategies for generating evidence, and engagement and dissemination strategies to inform action for urban health. The book brings together what the researchers are learning through ongoing research experience and their efforts to inform action. Chapters also feature brief contributions from other urban health experts and practitioners. The book highlights throughout the public health importance of urban environments and the critical need for diverse interdisciplinary teams and intersectoral collaboration to develop and evaluate approaches to improve health in urban settings. Urban health professionals are often charged with working in ways that take a systems perspective and challenge conventional silos, while also engaging in more traditional public health actions and research strategies. The text is infused with themes emphasizing the importance of place for health, the potential to link evidence with action, and the critical need to attend to health inequities within urban environments. By providing a primer on the range of activities and capacities useful to urban health researchers, the book supports reader in their own professional development and team building by covering a range of relevant skills and voices. The primary audience includes trainees at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels who are interested in creating actionable evidence and in taking evidence-informed action to improve health within urban settings.Less
This book will orient public health scholars and practitioners, as well as professionals from related fields such as the social sciences and design professions, to the tools and skills needed for effective urban health research, including foundational concepts, data sources, strategies for generating evidence, and engagement and dissemination strategies to inform action for urban health. The book brings together what the researchers are learning through ongoing research experience and their efforts to inform action. Chapters also feature brief contributions from other urban health experts and practitioners. The book highlights throughout the public health importance of urban environments and the critical need for diverse interdisciplinary teams and intersectoral collaboration to develop and evaluate approaches to improve health in urban settings. Urban health professionals are often charged with working in ways that take a systems perspective and challenge conventional silos, while also engaging in more traditional public health actions and research strategies. The text is infused with themes emphasizing the importance of place for health, the potential to link evidence with action, and the critical need to attend to health inequities within urban environments. By providing a primer on the range of activities and capacities useful to urban health researchers, the book supports reader in their own professional development and team building by covering a range of relevant skills and voices. The primary audience includes trainees at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels who are interested in creating actionable evidence and in taking evidence-informed action to improve health within urban settings.
Jennifer Kolker, Claire Slesinski, Amy Carroll-Scott, and Jonathan Purtle
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- October 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780190885304
- eISBN:
- 9780190885335
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190885304.003.0015
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Epidemiology, Public Health
As mentioned earlier in Part IV, research alone does not lead to change. Those committed to improving urban public health have a responsibility to translate and disseminate what they learn about ...
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As mentioned earlier in Part IV, research alone does not lead to change. Those committed to improving urban public health have a responsibility to translate and disseminate what they learn about urban health with those who make decisions about urban health, and with the input of those who are most impacted by those decisions. The authors start with chapter with a discussion of why dissemination is critical to urban health, how to plan for dissemination as research is initiated, and how to define and categorize urban health audiences. They then focus on two primary audiences for dissemination: policymakers/decision makers and community residents/leaders. They also discuss best practices for effective dissemination and the importance of measuring the impact of dissemination on urban health and action.Less
As mentioned earlier in Part IV, research alone does not lead to change. Those committed to improving urban public health have a responsibility to translate and disseminate what they learn about urban health with those who make decisions about urban health, and with the input of those who are most impacted by those decisions. The authors start with chapter with a discussion of why dissemination is critical to urban health, how to plan for dissemination as research is initiated, and how to define and categorize urban health audiences. They then focus on two primary audiences for dissemination: policymakers/decision makers and community residents/leaders. They also discuss best practices for effective dissemination and the importance of measuring the impact of dissemination on urban health and action.
Julie Ren
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- September 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781529207057
- eISBN:
- 9781529207064
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781529207057.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Culture
The concepts employed to understand cities around the world are sourced form a limited set of urban experiences. Comparative urbanism seeks to address this problem, but has yet to offer concrete ...
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The concepts employed to understand cities around the world are sourced form a limited set of urban experiences. Comparative urbanism seeks to address this problem, but has yet to offer concrete tools to do so. This book engages with comparative urbanisms as one of the most critical debates facing urban studies. Rather than corrective inclusion, an analysis of the premises behind comparative urbanism suggests that the focus should be on how cities and cases are compared. An epistemic inversion is necessary to redraw the relationship of models and cases. Employing an empirical study of art spaces in Beijing and Berlin to engage with this experiment, the qualitative investigation delves into their motivations and practices, discovering how non-profit art spaces claim and sustain their space in a competitive urban landscape. The nature of these art spaces as temporary is considered in the context of precarity and nomadism, but also challenged as the durability of many art spaces transcend the material space. The spaces of possibility that are exposed in a context of perceived inevitabilities reveal the function of aspiration. Aspiration, as a navigational capacity, is not only a function of the individual but also about the presence of elsewhere. This was significant for the imagination of the possible, and for their attainment.Less
The concepts employed to understand cities around the world are sourced form a limited set of urban experiences. Comparative urbanism seeks to address this problem, but has yet to offer concrete tools to do so. This book engages with comparative urbanisms as one of the most critical debates facing urban studies. Rather than corrective inclusion, an analysis of the premises behind comparative urbanism suggests that the focus should be on how cities and cases are compared. An epistemic inversion is necessary to redraw the relationship of models and cases. Employing an empirical study of art spaces in Beijing and Berlin to engage with this experiment, the qualitative investigation delves into their motivations and practices, discovering how non-profit art spaces claim and sustain their space in a competitive urban landscape. The nature of these art spaces as temporary is considered in the context of precarity and nomadism, but also challenged as the durability of many art spaces transcend the material space. The spaces of possibility that are exposed in a context of perceived inevitabilities reveal the function of aspiration. Aspiration, as a navigational capacity, is not only a function of the individual but also about the presence of elsewhere. This was significant for the imagination of the possible, and for their attainment.
Angelika Psenner
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- March 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780190498900
- eISBN:
- 9780190498924
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190498900.003.0013
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Asian and Middle Eastern History: BCE to 500CE
As conventional cadastral maps only show building perimeters, they contain no information about a city’s internal structure—that is, about the complex interplay of architecture and its social and ...
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As conventional cadastral maps only show building perimeters, they contain no information about a city’s internal structure—that is, about the complex interplay of architecture and its social and economic engagement. Urban planning seems to have little consideration for what goes on inside the buildings lining a street. The method of Urban Parterre Modeling described in this chapter refers to the city’s ground floor as a holistic urban system, covering both built-up and non-built-up areas. Street, ground floor, and inner courtyard are treated as separate entities, which brings out the interrelations between them, as it becomes clear that actual and potential ground-floor uses directly impact the correlated public street space. The chapter describes the development of the model and its present and future applications.Less
As conventional cadastral maps only show building perimeters, they contain no information about a city’s internal structure—that is, about the complex interplay of architecture and its social and economic engagement. Urban planning seems to have little consideration for what goes on inside the buildings lining a street. The method of Urban Parterre Modeling described in this chapter refers to the city’s ground floor as a holistic urban system, covering both built-up and non-built-up areas. Street, ground floor, and inner courtyard are treated as separate entities, which brings out the interrelations between them, as it becomes clear that actual and potential ground-floor uses directly impact the correlated public street space. The chapter describes the development of the model and its present and future applications.
