The Parlour And The Suburb

Author : Judy Giles
Publisher : Berg Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781845206277
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Parlour and the Suburb written by Judy Giles and published by Berg Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work argues that home and private life have been crucial spaces in which the interrelations of class and gender have been significant in the formation of modern feminine identities.

Author : Hilde Heynen
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415341394
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Negotiating Domesticity written by Hilde Heynen and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of essays to challenge and stimulate, examining the links between gender, domesticity and architecture from a number of different perspectives and disciplines.

Author : G. Pope
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137342463
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading London's Suburbs written by G. Pope and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-29 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of London suburban-set writing, exploring the links between place and fiction. This book charts a picture of evolving themes and concerns around the legibility and meaning of habitat and home for the individual, and the serious challenges that suburbia sets for literature.

Author : Michael Tichelar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000874524
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Labour in the Suburbs written by Michael Tichelar and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-04 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive economic, social and political study of the London suburb of Croydon from 1900 up to the present day. One of the largest London boroughs, Croydon, has always been a mixed residential suburb (mainly private but with some municipal housing), which has strongly influenced the nature of its political representation. It was never just an affluent middle-class suburb or ‘bourgeoise utopia,’ as suggested by traditional definitions of suburbia and in popular imagination. In economic terms it was also an industrial suburb after 1918. It was then transformed into a vibrant post-industrial service economy following rapid deindustrialisation and remarkable commercial and office redevelopment after 1960. In this respect Croydon is also an ex-industrial suburb, similar to many other outer London areas and other peripheral metropolitan areas. Croydon’s civic identity as a previously independent town on the outskirts of London remains unresolved to this day, even as its political representatives seek to redefine the borough as a more independent ‘Edge City.’ Author Michael Tichelar examines this suburb by looking at the suburban development of London, the changing politics of Croydon and policy issues during the twentieth century. Labour in the Suburbs will be of interest to the general reader as well as students of modern British history with special interests in electoral sociology, political representation and suburbanisation. It provides a template against which to measure the process of suburbanisation in the UK and internationally.

Author : Laura Vaughan
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1910634131
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Suburban Urbanities written by Laura Vaughan and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suburban space has traditionally been understood as a formless remnant of physical city expansion, without a dynamic or logic of its own. Suburban Urbanities challenges this view by defining the suburb as a temporally evolving feature of urban growth.Anchored in the architectural research discipline of space syntax, this book offers a comprehensive understanding of urban change, touching on the history of the suburb as well as its current development challenges, with a particular focus on suburban centres. Studies of the high street as a centre for social, economic and cultural exchange provide evidence for its critical role in sustaining local centres over time. Contributors from the architecture, urban design, geography, history and anthropology disciplines examine cases spanning Europe and around the Mediterranean.By linking large-scale city mapping, urban design scale expositions of high street activity and local-scale ethnographies, the book underscores the need to consider suburban space on its own terms as a specific and complex field of social practice

Author : Michael John Law
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1847799426
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The experience of suburban modernity written by Michael John Law and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The experience of suburban modernity looks at the history of the London suburbs in the interwar years. It shows that, contrary to those accounts that portray suburbia as static and boring, these suburbs were in fact at the heart of the adoption of private transport and new mobilities. Wealthier middle-class suburbanites enjoyed driving at speed on new arterial roads, visiting roadhouses for a transgressive night out, taking five-shilling flights from the local airport, and joining cycling and motorcycle clubs. All this fun came at a price for some in the form of thousands of deaths in road accidents, plane crashes on suburban housing and in the despoiling of the countryside through road development. This book will be welcomed by academics and students working in suburban studies, historical geography and interwar British history and can also be enjoyed by anyone interested in the history of London.

Author : Mary P. Corcoran
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815650922
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Suburban Affiliations written by Mary P. Corcoran and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-27 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the mid-1990s Ireland has experienced an extraordinary phase of economic and social development. Housing estates have mushroomed around towns and cities, most notably around the environs of Dublin. Seeking to understand the impact of these recent developments, Corcoron, Gray, and Peillon initiated the New Urban Living study, a detailed research project focused on four suburbs of Dublin. Suburban Affiliations represents the culmination of that research, offering an invaluable contribution to the study of suburbanization and to our understanding of the process of social change that has come to Ireland.

Author : C.A. Brebbia
Publisher : WIT Press
ISBN 13 : 1784662178
Total Pages : 615 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sustainable City XII written by C.A. Brebbia and published by WIT Press. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grouping a selection of papers from the 12th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability, this book refers to all aspects of urban environment and provides solutions that lead towards sustainability. The series maintains its strong reputation and a substantial number of contributions have been made from a diverse range of transnational delegates, resulting in a variety of topics and experiences. Urban areas face a number of challenges related to reducing pollution, improving main transportation and infrastructure systems and these challenges can contribute to the development of social and economic imbalances and require the development of new solutions. The challenge is to manage human activities, pursuing welfare and prosperity in the urban environment, whilst considering the relationships between the parts and their connections with the living world. The dynamics of its networks (flows of energy matter, people, goods, information and other resources) are fundamental for an understanding of the evolving nature of today’s cities. Large cities represent a productive ground for architects, engineers, city planners, social and political scientists able to conceive new ideas and time them according to technological advances and human requirements. The multidisciplinary components of urban planning, the challenges presented by the increasing size of cities, the amount of resources required and the complexity of modern society are all addressed. The published papers cover the following fields: Urban strategies; Planning, development and management; The community and the city; Infrastructure and society; Eco-town planning; Spatial conflicts in the city; Urban transportation and planning; Conservation and regeneration; Architectural issues; Sustainable energy and the city; Environmental management; Flood risk; Waste management; Urban air pollution; Health issues; Water resources; Landscape planning and design; Intelligent environment; Planning for risk and natural hazards; Waterfront development; Case studies.

Author : Alistair Kefford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108836690
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life and Death of the Shopping City written by Alistair Kefford and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-07 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the transformation redevelopment of Britain's cities from post-war reconstruction and modernist urban renewal to the present day.

Author : Paul Knox
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 030026920X
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London written by Paul Knox and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2024-04-23 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively new history of London told through twenty-five buildings, from iconic Georgian townhouses to the Shard A walk along any London street takes you past a wealth of seemingly ordinary buildings: an Edwardian church, modernist postwar council housing, stuccoed Italianate terraces, a Bauhaus-inspired library. But these buildings are not just functional. They are evidence of London's rich and diverse history and have shaped people's experiences, identities, and relationships. In this engaging study, Paul L. Knox traces the history of London from the Georgian era to the present day through twenty-five surviving buildings. Knox explores where people lived and worked, from grand Regency squares to Victorian workshops, and highlights the impact of migration, gentrification, and inequality. We see famous buildings, like Harrods and Abbey Road Studios, and everyday places like Rochelle Street School and Thamesmead. Each historical period has introduced new buildings, and old ones have been repurposed. As Knox shows, it is the living history of these buildings that makes up the vibrant, but exceptionally unequal, city of today.