What's in a Name?

Talking about Urban Peripheries

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, City Planning & Urban Development, Science & Nature, Science, Earth Sciences, Geography, Social Science
Cover of the book What's in a Name? by , University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781442620650
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Publication: August 28, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781442620650
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Publication: August 28, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English

‘Borgata’, ‘favela’, ‘périurbain’, and ‘suburb’ are but a few of the different terms used throughout the world that refer specifically to communities that develop on the periphery of urban centres.

In What’s in a Name? editors Richard Harris and Charlotte Vorms have gathered together experts from around the world in order to provide a truly global framework for the study of the urban periphery. Rather than view these distinct communities through the lens of the western notion of urban sprawl, the contributors focus on the variety of everyday terms that are used, together with their connotations. This volume explores the local terminology used in cities such as Beijing, Bucharest, Montreal, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Sofia, as well as more broadly across North America, Australia, Southeast Asia, and elsewhere. What’s in a Name? is the first book in English to pay serious and sustained attention to the naming of the urban periphery worldwide. By exploring the ways in which local individuals speak about the urban periphery Harris and Vorms bridge the assumed divide between the global North and the global South.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

‘Borgata’, ‘favela’, ‘périurbain’, and ‘suburb’ are but a few of the different terms used throughout the world that refer specifically to communities that develop on the periphery of urban centres.

In What’s in a Name? editors Richard Harris and Charlotte Vorms have gathered together experts from around the world in order to provide a truly global framework for the study of the urban periphery. Rather than view these distinct communities through the lens of the western notion of urban sprawl, the contributors focus on the variety of everyday terms that are used, together with their connotations. This volume explores the local terminology used in cities such as Beijing, Bucharest, Montreal, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Sofia, as well as more broadly across North America, Australia, Southeast Asia, and elsewhere. What’s in a Name? is the first book in English to pay serious and sustained attention to the naming of the urban periphery worldwide. By exploring the ways in which local individuals speak about the urban periphery Harris and Vorms bridge the assumed divide between the global North and the global South.

More books from University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division

Cover of the book British Emigration to British North America by
Cover of the book The Sash Canada Wore by
Cover of the book A Quiet Evolution by
Cover of the book The Comedy of Entropy by
Cover of the book One Job Town by
Cover of the book Rationality and Cognition by
Cover of the book Rural Protest on Prince Edward Island by
Cover of the book Encyclopedia of Ukraine by
Cover of the book Influenza 1918 by
Cover of the book Schooling for Life by
Cover of the book Strangers in Our Midst by
Cover of the book Digital Currents by
Cover of the book Canadian State Trials, Volume II by
Cover of the book Objects of Culture in the Literature of Imperial Spain by
Cover of the book The Vigil of Quebec by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy