EUKN - European Urban Knowledge Network - Urban Networks

Urban Networks – Network Urbanism

Introduction

Urban networks, network cities, networked cities and city networks are widely discussed, but there has hardly been debate on what constitutes an urbanism of networks. It is time to shift network urbanism from the realm of general debate to that of identifying the task-specific tools and techniques required for its implementation. This book does so.

Description

Urban Networks – Network Urbanism provides theoretical groundwork, historical perspective, detailed arguments and explanatory case descriptions for network-oriented thinking in developing urban and regional spatial strategies. The key argument is that the development of technical networks and urban development go hand in hand and need to be dealt with as such by urban planners. This book gives special attention to the territorial effects caused by the automobile system and to the geography of ICT. It provides pointers to deal with the huge challenges facing urban planning with regard to changes of scale, technological progress, the "two-track city", and network liberalisation.

Urban Networks – Network Urbanism is a collection of key articles by Gabriel Dupuy on the relation between urban infrastructure networks and urban development. His work on ‘network urbanism’ has been a primary source in the French and Spanish speaking world for two decades and this book provides the first overview of his work in English. Dupuy’s work stands out for its concreteness and clarity. This makes his work readily applicable in the context of spatial planning.

Background information

Table of contents

Foreword
Introducing Urban Networks – Network Urbanism

Part I Networks: Past and Present Challenges for Urban Planning

A Revised History of Network Urbanism
Urban Planning in the Network Age: Theoretical Pointers
Social Scope of Networks
Network Visualization Tools for Urban Planners

Part II Network Territoriality: Golden Age and Crises in Cities Around the World

Infrastructure Networks and Territoriality in the Outer Suburbs of Paris
Adapting French Cities to Car Traffic during the Post-war Years: Uncle Sam’s Math Lesson
Crisis in the Urban Infrastructure Networks: The Case of Buenos Aires
Networks versus Territorial Sovereignties: A Comparative Study of Eurovision

Part III Motor Cars: System, Network and Dependency

The Automobile System: A Territorial Adapter
From the Magic Circle to Automobile Dependence: Measurements and Political Implications
Mobility of the Poor in Two European Metropolises: Car Dependence versus Locality Dependence
Car Dependence: Prospective Studies and Avenues of Research

Part IV ICTs: Interconnections and Divides

The Icelandic Miracle: The Internet in an Emergent Metropolis
Networks and Borders: The Resistible Rise of ICTs in Saint Pierre et Miquelon
The Urban-Suburban Divide
The Digital Divide: Primarily a Matter of Geography?
Around Ile-de-France: In the Grips of a Digital Divide or Merely Lagging?

Part V New Tools for Planners

Networks and Urban Planning: Evolution of a Two-Way Relationship
Progressive Network Urbanism: The Way Ahead for Urban and Physical Planners

Publication date

/09/2008

Researcher

Gabriel Dupuy

Article info
ISBN: 978-90-8594-019-7

Links

Click here for the introduction to the book, by Jeroen van Schaick and Ina Klaasen Click here to order "Urban Networks – Network Urbanism" by Gabriel Dupuy (€47,50)

Document type

research

Themes

Urban Policy

Keywords

Skills & capacity building