04685nam a22005175i 4500 978-3-031-59314-7 DE-He213 20251030112104.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240528s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031593147 978-3-031-59314-7 10.1007/978-3-031-59314-7 doi GF RGC bicssc SOC015000 bisacsh RGC thema Major French Cities facing Metropolization [electronic resource] / edited by Alain Bourdin. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XXIV, 232 p. 28 illus., 19 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Part 1 . Does the Knowledge Economy Create the Metropolis? -- 1. Metropolization through Knowledge and Creativity? French Metropolises According to Urban Planners (Christophe Demazière, Divya Leducq) -- 2. When Technopolises have Lost their Resilience: The Grenoble Paradox (Magali Talandier) -- 3. Between Knowledge and Creative Economy: the Milan Urban Region as a Spatial Interface (Simonetta Armondi, Stefano Di Vita, Corinna Morandi) -- Part 2: Networks and Mobility - is a Metropolis all about Networks? -- 4. The Future of the Metropolis Network (Nathalie Roseau) -- 5. High Speed Rail and Intermediary Metropolitan Areas: how an International Perspective can Shed Light on the Particularities of the French Model (Philippe Menerault & Cyprien Richer) -- 6. Networks and the Metropolis -- Part 3. Is the Metropolis a Type of Society? -- 7. Society at the Core of Metropolises (Alain Bourdin) -- 8. When Tourism Transforms the Metropolitan Space and Society: the Case of the Île-de-France Region (Maria Gravari-Barbas) -- 9. Post-Migration and the Transformation of Urban Life: Experiences from Germany (Frank Eckardt) -- Part 4. The Form of the Metropolis -- 10. Are Metropolises Taking Form? (Antoine Bres) -- Part 5. Issues for Metropolises -- 11. Climate Issues in France: the Metropolis against the State? (Jean-Baptiste Marie) -- 12. Which Future for Metropolitan City Regions in Europe? Seven Narratives (Klaus R. Kunzmann). This book characterizes a type of city, i.e. the metropolis, by using characteristics which have very little to do with its size. It distinguishes between metropolises and megacities and defines these different characteristics by bringing together elements related to facilities, accessibility and economic power on one hand and other elements which relate more to the capacity for innovation and, more generally, to the knowledge society and economy. All of which demonstrate the process of metropolization, as well as elements of daily life and, more generally, elements which relate to the urban experience. To live in a metropolis is not only to benefit from more urban amenities, but also to live in a different way, in particular, in a world which is much more diverse in every respect. Based on a series of metropolization criteria constructed and discussed, this book goes beyond ordinary statistical approaches to integrate the interterritorial scale of metropolitan systems as well as their qualitative dimension. Following in Simmel's footsteps, it shows that a city is also an atmosphere, a mentality, a spirit, all of which are poorly captured by statistical data. As such, the book focuses on five major themes: networks, economic development, social issues, urban form and the ecological and digital transition. The books makes an interesting read for urban planners, sociologists, planners and architects, and all specialists working in this field. Human geography. 58506 Architecture. 66049 Urban policy. 57466 Human Geography. 58506 Cities, Countries, Regions. 66052 Urban Policy. 57466 Bourdin, Alain. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 77627 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031593130 Printed edition: 9783031593154 Printed edition: 9783031593161 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59314-7 ZDB-2-SLS ZDB-2-SXS 60212 60212