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The Interstitial Spaces of Urban Sprawl
This book proposes the idea of interstitial space as a theoretical framework to describe and understand the implications of in-between lands in urban studies and their profound transformative effects in cities and their urban character. The analysis of the interstitial spaces is structured into four themes: the conceptual grounds of interstitial spaces; the nature of interstices; the geographical scale of interstices; and the relationality of interstices. The empirical section of the book introduces seven cases that illustrate the varied nature of interstitiality to finally discuss its implications in the broader field of urban studies. Reflections upon further lines of enquiry and theories of urbanisation, urban sprawl, and cities are highlighted in the conclusion chapter. This is the ideal text for scholars of urban planning, strategic spatial planning, landscape planning, urban design, architecture, and other cognate disciplines as well as advanced students in these fields.
Cristian
CristianI've seen and done a lot of bad things in my life. People who know me would say I'm a man with no soul, a man with no real purpose in life. I can get something done with zero remorse and go home like nothing ever happened. When our family stumbles across Dimitri Ivanov's Human Trafficking ring, nothing about it seemed to faze me, until I saw her... #127. Now a fury like I've never felt before consumes me. I've killed men before without blinking, and I'll set the whole world on fire to find her. EverlyWhy the fuck did I stick my nose in something that wasn't my business? I should have just left well-enough alone, but I didn't and now I'm being hauled off to some faraway place like cat...
Neoliberalism and Urban Development in Latin America
In the 1970s and following on from the deposition of Salvador Allende, the Chilean dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet installed a radical political and economic system by force which lent heavy privilege to free market capitalism, reduced the power of the state to its minimum and actively suppressed civil society. Chicago economist Milton Friedman was heavily involved in developing this model, and it would be hard to think of a clearer case where ideology has shaped a country over such a long period. That ideology is still very much with us today and has come to be defined as neoliberalism. This book charts the process as it developed in the Chilean capital Santiago and involves a series of ca...
Urban Design Under Neoliberalism
This book discusses the status of urban design as a disciplinary field and as a practice under the current and pervasive neoliberal regime. The main argument is that urban design has been wholly reshaped by neoliberalism. In this transformation, it has become a discipline that has neglected its original ethos – designing good cities – aligning its theory and practice with the sole profit-oriented objectives typical of advanced capitalist societies. The book draws on Marxism-inspired scholars for a conceptual analysis of how neoliberalism influenced the emergence of urbanism and urban design. It looks specifically at how, in urbanism's everyday dimensions, it is possible to find examples ...
Contingencies in Urban Future-Making
In an era of rapid change and growing uncertainty, we are facing an urgent question: How can cities be built for futures that defy prediction? The contributors to this volume tackle this challenge by exploring the role of contingency in urban future-making. Through a range of case studies, they examine relevant aims, strategies, and decision-making processes in both past and present contexts. They reveal how unexpected events and unpredictable factors unsettle established urban conditions but also spark new ideas and possibilities for rethinking and reshaping the city. The volume shows how urban future-making involves navigating highly uncertain environments and extreme conditions, opening new spaces of knowledge and action.
Sustainability Initiatives across Brazil’s Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education
This publication brings together 57 projects developed by institutions of the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific, and Technological Education (RFEPCT), selected from more than 300 submissions to Public Call REI/IFPE No. 11/2024. Organized according to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN 2030 Agenda, the projects were presented at the 3rd National Meeting on Innovation in Professional and Technological Education (InovaEPT) in 2025 and highlight how science, technology, and social commitment can be integrated to generate innovative and sustainable solutions. The publication comes at a special moment, marked by the COP30 being held in Belém, Pará, Brazil, and rep...
Recent Developments in Geospatial Information Sciences
This book presents a selection of manuscripts submitted to the 3rd International Conference on Geospatial Information Sciences (iGISc) 2023, a hybrid conference held in November 2023. These papers were selected by the Scientific Program Committee of the Conference after a rigorous peer-reviewed process. They represent a sample of the wide range of applications that characterize the interdisciplinary research areas of the Geospatial Information Sciences. It especially represents a fabulous opportunity to exhibit research carried out by young researchers and showcase it to the rest of the world and enhance the growth of the sciences while, at the same time, enforces them to level up with other research at the international level.
Blanton Museum of Art: Latin American Collection
The Blanton Museum of Art's Latin American catalogue will be the first publication in the museum's history to present a complete and in-depth study of the institution's notable Latin American collection. The Blanton's holdings comprise one of the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive collections of modern and contemporary Latin American art in the country, and include works by many artists not represented elsewhere in U.S. collections. The collection contains more than 1,800 modern and contemporary paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures, reflecting the great diversity of Latin American art and culture. More than six hundred artists from Mexico, South and Central America, and the Carib...
The Weightless
Cristian counts everything: rations, credits, hours of light, heartbeats between train stops.Inside the Dome, the world hums like a dying machine. Outside, chaos reigns. Between them, Cristian tries to protect his brother from a government that catalogues even love as a liability. Cristian faces the impossible arithmetic of mercy in a system that punishes it.Spare, lyrical, and unflinchingly humane, the novel is about trauma, endurance, and the small acts of grace that outlive oppression.
