City

PD Dr. phil. habil. Uwe Prell holds a doctorate in Political Science, habilitated in History, and is an author and lecturer in Berlin, Germany.

• THE CITY IS THE ANSWER. BUT WHAT WAS THE QUESTION?NOTE ON THE ENGLISH EDITIONI. THE DIFFICULTIES OF INTERDISCIPLINARITYII. ON THE BENEFITS OF A TOOLIII. THEORYA. The science of the city1. The big picture (urbanism)2. City as society (sociology and urban sociology)3. City as market (economics and urban economics)4. City as natural environment ((urban) geography, urban environmental management, and climate research)5. City as design space (spatial planning, urban planning, architecture, and urban morphology)6. City as policy (law)7. City as memory space (history)8. City as hope and disappointment (philosophy)9. Ways out of no man’s land (political science)10. The city: a puzzleB. The grand narratives1. The good city (Aristotle)2. The multifunctional city (Werner Sombart)3. Politics, the market, and city types (Max Weber)4. The blasé city dweller (Georg Simmel)5. The dense city (Lewis Wirth and the Chicago School)6. No city (Jürgen Friedrichs)7. The global city (Saskia Sassen)8. The ordinary city (Ash Amin and Stephen Graham)9. The open city (Richard Sennett)10. The experts’ insightsC. The wisdom of languages: the city is…1. The city is dense infrastructure (Egyptian)2. The city is citizenship (Greek)3. The city is power politics (Latin)4. The city is structured densification (Spanish)5. The city is lifestyle (French)6. The city is relevance (English)7. The city is rights (German)8. The city is the centre (Russian)9. The city is civilization (Arabic)10. The city is prosperity (Hindi)11. The city is the economy (Chinese)12. The city is a hub (Japanese)13. The genes of the cityIV. PRACTICEA. Zooming inB. Terms, concepts, and city types1. Megacity2. Global city3. Capital city4. Arrival city5. Smart city6. Neoliberal city7. Virus city8. Shrinking city and lost city9. Terms, concepts, and city types: valuable patterns?C. Urban issues1. Immigration and emigration2. Housing and living3. Society and the economy4. Movement and standstill5. Analogue and digital6. City and countryside7. City and world8. City and environment9. Diversity and reciprocitiesV. OUR FUTURE WILL BE DECIDED IN AND WITH THE CITYLiteratureIndex

Nicht nur ist das Buch von Uwe Prell empfehlenswert, aus meiner Sicht ist es ein sehr aktuelles Standardwerk zu den Thematiken der Stadt, vor allem dank des interdisziplinären Ansatzes für mich ein „Augenöffner“.Günther Bachmann, Stadtforschung und Statistik 1/2023