Urbanisation, unlimited

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Abstraction

   • Johannes Fiedler

   Pages 1-13

3. Brazilianisation

   • Johannes Fiedler

   Pages 15-20

4. Convergence

   • Johannes Fiedler

   Pages 21-32

5. Dispersion

   • Johannes Fiedler

   Pages 33-49

6. Expansion

   • Johannes Fiedler

   Pages 51-66

7. Gentrification

   • Johannes Fiedler

   Pages 67-79

8. Hegemony

   • Johannes Fiedler

   Pages 81-94

9. Modernisation

   • Johannes Fiedler

   Pages 95-106

10. Privatisation

    • Johannes Fiedler

    Pages 107-128

11. Regulation

    • Johannes Fiedler

    Pages 129-139

12. Segregation

    • Johannes Fiedler

    Pages 141-150

13. Urban Space (Erosion of)

    • Johannes Fiedler

    Pages 151-163

14. Vitality

    • Johannes Fiedler

    Pages 165-166

15. Back Matter

    Pages 167-175

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In a series of essays, the process of urbanisation – a human mega-trend acquiring unprecedented scale and speed as globalisation proceeds – is examined in the most diverse contexts and stages of development. Drawing on scientific references and identifying recurring themes like dispersion, privatisation and vitality, Fiedler devises the glossary for a cross-cultural understanding of the global urban system emerging. Images and anecdotal evidence reconnect these themes to local realities. The tone of the essays conveys a post-voluntarist attitude, derived from many years of professional experience – critical of both neoliberal practices and determinist ideas.

To “condemn the reality” of global urbanization “is fruitless”, writes Johannes Fiedler in this unlimited view of a world of constant motion, subject no longer to just its planetary rotations, but also to the constant push and pull of its various populations, some of whose giant constructions shift the earth’s axis.

From the foreword by Lars Lerup

• Consumer-driven Development
• Globalisation
• Post-voluntarism
• Urbanisation
• landscape/regional and urban planning
• urban geography and urbanism

• Vienna, Austria

  Johannes Fiedler

Johannes Fiedler is an architect and urban planner with a 25-year career as an international urban consultant. He has engaged in numerous projects in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. In the academic field, he has conducted research on global urbanisation issues and holds a doctoral degree in urban planning and contemporary history. For the past ten years he has been lecturing in urban design and planning at universities in Austria, Germany and, most recently, Ethiopia. His current research focuses on public space and spatial justice face is an architect and urban planner with a 25-year career as an international urban consultant. He has engaged in numerous projects in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. In the academic field, he has conducted research on global urbanisation issues and holds a doctoral degree in urban planning and contemporary history. For the past ten years he has been lecturing in urban design and planning at universities in Austria, Germany and, most recently, Ethiopia. His current research focuses on public space and spatial justice.

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