Geographical perspectives on understanding urban issues
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The document summarizes a presentation given by Benjamin Hennig on geographical perspectives and the role of spatial thinking in understanding urban issues. It discusses how critical spatial perspectives have become for analyzing cities and urban life. A number of topics are covered in the presentation, including urban histories, reading the city, urban identities, transformation of cities over time, definitions of what constitutes a city, megacity regions, systems of cities, global trends in urbanization, and the importance of geography for understanding inequality and poverty within and between cities.
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- 1. Geographical perspectives The role of spatial thinking and geovisualisation in understanding urban issues IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick, 24th January 2018 Benjamin Hennig | ben@hi.is | www.viewsoftheworld.net
- 2. Urban World(s) "Never before has a critical spatial perspective been so widespread, so focused on cities and urban life, and so generative of new ideas about economics, politics, culture, and social change more generally.” Ed Soja (2011). "Beyond Postmetropolis.” Urban Geography 32(4), 451-469, quote from p. 451. Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018
- 3. Urban Histories Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018
- 4. “Reading” the City Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018
- 5. Urban Identities Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018 Bund Promenade
- 6. Urban Identities Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018
- 7. Transformation Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018
- 8. Future? “TheShanghaioftodayis just thebeginning.It isprepared tobea grandcity, justwaiting forthedevelopment ofChina. Andthetime isripe.“ (PaulGoldman, 1900)
- 9. Defining Cities What is the largest city in the world? Chongqing (30/8 million) Shanghai (23/35 million) Tokyo (13/37 million) … • Population? • Density? • Administrative Area? Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018 Build-up area Pudong Greater Shanghai
- 10. Megacity Rhein-Ruhr? Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018
- 11. Northern Powerhouse? Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018
- 12. System of Cities Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018 Central Places to World Cities Drawn by George van Otten and Dennis Bellafiore (2017) S. Vinciguerra, P.J. Taylor, M. Hoyler and K. Pain (2010)
- 13. City Systems Urban Zone Models to Smart Cities Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018 R. Pasi (2017) S. Vinciguerra, P.J. Taylor, M. Hoyler and K. Pain (2010)
- 14. The Smart Solution to Everything? Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018 http://www.smartcityresearch.com
- 15. An Urban World City Growth City Living Urban Slums Internet use Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018
- 16. Beyond the city Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018
- 17. Why Geography Matters “A decade into the 21st century, our world is more interconnected than ever before. Yet even as the global community becomes increasingly more complex and competitive, the world is changing at a rapid pace.” Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018
- 18. Earth at Night: An image of inequality
- 19. Self-similarity of space Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018
- 20. Global Poverty Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018
- 21. Poverty in Europe Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018
- 22. Regional Poverty in Europe Benjamin Hennig
- 23. Poverty in London Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018
- 24. A Social Atlas of London Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018
- 25. A Social Atlas of London Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018
- 26. A Social Atlas of London Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018
- 27. Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018
- 28. Communication and Storytelling Benjamin Hennig IM927 Digital Cities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives University of Warwick 24th January 2018 Jorg Sieweke
- 29. Thank you for listening! „Future is something which you have to go through. She is constantly tired. Little wonder, for within a relatively short time Mrs. Wang and her husband have to cope with things, for which in Europe a number of generations were necessary: the secular transition from land to town, from forced economy post-industrial self-realization, from the extended family to urban individualism. „Be entrepreneurs!“ said the party and dismissed its people into the future with only an emergency ration. Now it is free. Free of work, free of pay and free to look for their own living and shelter. What lasted a hundred years in Europe has to be achieved by Mrs. Wang and her family within one generation. That is hard work.“ (Die Tageszeitung, 11.08.2000/Supplement Le Mode diplomatique, p.7) Beyond the data…