Border Urbanism: Transdisciplinary Perspectives

✍ Scribed by Quazi Mahtab Zaman, Greg G. Hall

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 538
• Series: The Urban Book Series
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Border Urbanism presents a global array of authors’ research that tackles the perception, interpretation, and nature of borders from a transdisciplinary perspective. The authors examine ways in which borders attempt to define socially, economically, politically, and historically incompatible systems, from micro neighbourhoods to global macro territories, and how this blurs urban order that results in an absence of cohesion. Their analysis of contextual worldwide settings considers the unique issues and the broad scope of forces that shape borders and separate socioeconomic, political, cultural, and historical polarities.

The authors consider ways in which the resulting urban border conditions determine the mobility of goods, resources, and people and how these delineations define relationships that influence geopolitical relationships, socioeconomic transactions, and people’s lives at multiple levels. They address the temporal issues defined by a variety of unique urban conditions that result from these lateral thresholds. Each chapter contributes to a critical discourse of the subject of border urbanism and the phenomenon created by separation, demarcation, and segregation as well as by conflict and coexistence.

The transdisciplinary approach of Border Urbanism ensures that it will be of interest to individuals across a spectrum of professions and disciplines. Professionals such as urban planners, designers, architects, developers, and civil and environmental engineers and students of these disciplines will be particularly interested as will allied professionals and those not traditionally associated with urbanism; these include artists, sociologists, historians, lawyers, politicians, and civic and government leaders. The authors’ global perspectives, combined with their expertise in environmental, historical, cultural, social, political, and geographic areas, will appeal to anyone interested in border urbanism and its intersection with these areas.

✦ Table of Contents

Praise for Border Urbanism
Contents
Editors and Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Part I Background to the Book
1 Border Urbanism—A Critical Discourse
1.1 Background to the Emergence of Border Urbanism Research Centre (BURC)
1.2 Border-Built Environment Nexus
1.3 Political Boundaries and Spatial Separation
1.4 Polarised Border Cities
1.5 Praxis of Border Urbanism
1.6 Geopolitics and Social Polarities
1.7 Border Typologies Investigated
1.8 Summary Statement of the Explorative Research
References
Part II Border-Built Environment Nexus
2 Territory and Water Landscapes: The Conurbations of Sabadell and Terrassa
2.1 Introduction: The Flood of 1962 and Spatial Segregation
2.2 A Territory Built by Rivers and Streams
2.2.1 Morphology of the Territory
2.2.2 Mobility Within the Territory
2.3 Three Points of View: Ecology, Landscape and Town Planning
2.3.1 Ecology
2.3.2 Landscape
2.4 Urbanism
2.5 Conclusion
References
3 Boundary Typologies and Their Effect on Paired Border Cities
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Distribution of the International Boundaries Around the World
3.3 Categories of International Boundaries in Terms of Relations of Neighbouring Countries
3.4 Categories of International Boundaries in Terms of Components
3.5 The Results of the Mapping of International Boundaries
3.6 Distribution of the Paired Border Cities Around the World
3.7 Partitioned Paired Border Cities
3.8 Duplicated Paired Border Cities
3.9 Cross-Border Activity-Dependent Paired Border Cities
3.10 Comprehensive Typology of the Paired Border Cities
3.11 Instead of the Conclusion
References
4 The Boundaries of Heritage: The Paradoxes of Ouro Preto
4.1 The Intense Urbanization
4.2 The Ouro Preto Paradox—The City of the Heritage and the Simulacrum
4.3 Heritage and Hybridism
4.4 Final Considerations
References
5 Regional Architecture in the Persian Gulf: Conflicting Architectural Narratives of Global–Local Border Convergence
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Modernism in the Gulf, 1950–1973
5.3 Ornament, Style and Identity, 1976–1998
5.4 Conclusion
References
6 Experiencing Authenticity Through Cultural Borders and Experimental Ethnography
6.1 Introduction to the Research
6.2 Authenticity and Cultural Borders
6.3 Methods of Investigation: Ethnography and Experimental Ethnography
6.4 Process of the Research
6.4.1 Rationale for Site
6.4.2 An Ethnographic Account of the Field—Shahi Guzargah (Delhi Gate to Rang Mahal High School)
6.4.3 Experimental Ethnography: Manipulation of Field
6.4.4 Perception as a Catalyst Towards Understanding Cultural Borders
6.5 Immersive Art Installation—Gape Within (I, II, VI)
6.5.1 Gape Within (I, II, VI)
6.5.2 Experience in Virtual Reality—Gape Within III
6.5.3 Immersion Through Print Media and Soundscape—Gape Within IV, V
6.6 Cultural Borders and Experimental Ethnography as Agents for Authenticity
References
7 Urban Liminality: Negotiating Borders and the Pilgrimage to the Monastery of St. George Koudounas
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Unmixing Population/Minority Landscapes
7.3 Performing Liminality
References
Part III Political Boundaries and Spatial Segregation
8 Borders for Peace: Controls Within a Kenyan Informal Settlement During Political Conflict
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Methodology
8.3 Results
8.4 Place Attachment
8.5 Messages for Peace
8.6 Learning from the Past
8.7 Peace in the Everyday
8.8 Breaking Down Barriers Within Kibera
8.9 Concluding Thoughts
References
9 Malaysia-Singapore Geopolitics Spatialised: The Causeway as a Palimpsest
9.1 Introduction: The Causeway as a Palimpsest
9.2 Contextualising the Johor–Singapore Relationship Through the Causeway
9.3 Geopolitical Events and the Transformation of the Causeway: The Becoming of Border Checkpoints
9.4 Expansions and Progressions
9.5 The Halved “Crooked Bridge”
9.6 Conclusion
References
10 Borders of Precincts: Unpacking the Politics of White Neighbourhood Identities in the Post-apartheid Black City
10.1 Introduction
10.2 The Fear of Post-apartheid
10.3 The Fear of Crime
10.4 Fear of Trust: The Corridors of Freedom
10.5 The Melville Precinct Plan
10.6 Borders
10.7 Conclusion
References
11 India’s Shift to Soft Power in Nepal: A Case Study of the Borderland City of Birgunj
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Indian Hard Power Diplomacy in Nepal: A Regional Bully?
11.3 Birgunj: The City that Brought a Nation to a Standstill
11.4 Indian Soft Power Diplomacy in Nepal: A New Beginning?
11.5 Internationalization of Nepal’s Conflict
11.6 India-China Rivalry
11.7 India’s Contemporary Political Situation
11.8 Perception of India’s Power and Influence in Madhesh
11.9 Conclusion
References
12 Regional Features of Agglomeration and the Antidote to Almaty’s Landlocked Condition
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Materials and Methods of Research
12.3 Results and Discussion
12.4 Conclusions
References
13 People, Places and Relationships
13.1 Introduction
13.1.1 Background
13.1.2 Definitions
13.1.3 Aims and Objectives
13.1.4 Scope and Limitation
13.2 Inferences from Literature Studies
13.3 Methodology
13.3.1 Overview
13.3.2 Process
13.3.3 Study Areas
13.4 Analysis and Strategies
13.5 Conclusion
References
Part IV Polarised Borders Cities
14 Border[s]lines Between Isolation and Connection: The Disused Railway in Aberdeen
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Definitions for the Abandoned Railway as Linear Space
14.3 Conclusions
References
15 Fragile Cartographies of Border-Fictioning
15.1 Beyond Territories/Beyond Borders
15.2 On Territories, Borders and the Irish Context
15.3 The Context of the Irish Borderland
15.4 Territorial Fictioning and Becoming-Borders
15.5 Spatial Practices in the Eile Project
15.6 Fictioning Cartographies of Fragile Border Imaginaries
15.7 Bordering Ecologies: Matter/Bodies/Sounds
References
16 Dissonant Living and Building in the No-Man’s Land on the Korean Peninsula
References
17 Displaced: Vulnerability and Survival Within Segregated Undercaste Micro-Cultures
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Case: Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, Unity by Exclusion
17.3 Syrian Refugees: Breaking Points
17.4 Case: Puerto Rican IDPs in America, Citizens but not Americans
17.5 Puerto Rican IDPs: Breaking Points
17.6 Case: Minorities in the State of Georgia, Within and Without
17.7 Minorities in the U.S.: Breaking Points
17.8 Concluding Comments
References
18 Trailblazer of European Ideal: Frankfurt (Oder)—Slubice: Travel Notes
18.1 Premise and Research Goals
18.1.1 Twin Cities
18.1.2 The Final Object
18.2 Case of Frankfurt and Słubice
18.2.1 Introduction
18.2.2 Historical Background and Political Implications
18.2.3 Economic Aspects
18.2.4 Population Composition
18.2.5 Urban Structure
18.2.6 Urban and Territorial Infrastructure
18.2.7 Cultural and Educational Aspects
18.3 Conclusion
18.3.1 Potential Urban Projects
18.3.2 Other Research Developments
References
19 Spatial Transformations in Ceuta, Spain: Effects of a Low-Density Hinterland on a Border Enclave
19.1 Introduction: The Framework
19.2 Historical Background and Theoretical Approach to the Study of Ceuta's Borderland
19.3 Analysis of City Planning
19.4 Conclusions
References
Part V Praxis of Border Urbanism
20 Programmed Spaces: Redefining the Border Condition
20.1 Importance of Borders
20.2 Current Importance
20.3 Borders as Public Spaces
20.4 Demilitarized Zone
20.5 Addressing Conditions in the West Bank
20.6 Possible Change: Visions
References
21 Interrogating ‘post-Conflict’ Regeneration: A New Border in Northern Ireland
21.1 Introduction
21.2 Representation
21.3 Threshold
21.4 Post-occupancy
21.5 Conclusion
References
22 Cartographic Errors
22.1 Introduction
22.2 Location
22.3 Social Context
22.4 Intercultural Understanding
22.5 Teaching Pedagogy
22.6 Learning Barriers
22.7 Space as a Shared Language
22.8 Parents
22.9 Architecture as Mediator
22.10 Conclusion
References
23 Towards an Appropriate Development Approach for the Halayeb–Shalateen Border Region of Egypt
23.1 Introduction
23.1.1 A Historical Border Dispute
23.2 Research Aim and Methodology
23.3 A Rushed Intervention
23.4 The Working Team
23.5 The Political Dispute and Economic Activities
23.6 Socio-cultural Issues
23.7 Human Settlements, Infrastructure and Services
23.8 Natural Resources
23.9 The Planning Process
23.10 Setting Guidelines
23.11 The Development Perspective
23.12 A Theme Park in the South
23.13 A Frog Leap in Development or an Unrealistic Demand?
23.14 An Overambitious Vision?
23.15 Similar Past Development Attempts Were not Successful
23.16 The New Administrative Capital and Other Cities Under Construction
23.17 Recommendations for Developing the Region
References
24 Contested Border Urbanism: Learning from the Cyprus Dispute
24.1 Introduction
24.2 A Brief History of Cyprus and The Mixed Villages
24.3 Border
24.4 Collective Memory and Urban Architectural Identity
24.5 Being in Common
24.6 Conclusion
References
Part VI Geo-politics and Social Polarities
25 Walk the Line: Stone Walls, Lead Mines and Future Farming
25.1 Introduction
25.2 Rationale and Approach
25.3 The Walls
25.4 The Mines
25.5 Conclusion
References
26 Borders of Convenience: European Legal Measures and the Migration Crisis
26.1 Introduction
26.2 Borders of Convenience and Inconvenience in Europe
26.3 The European Union: The Fall and Rise of Borders
26.4 ECtHR Judgments: Inconvenient Borders
26.5 Conclusion
References
27 Indian Slums: The Boundary of Socially Constructed Temporal Borderlands. The Case of Anna Nagar, Wazirpur and Jijamata Nagar Micro-Cities
27.1 Introduction: Reflections on the Slum as a Temporal Borderland
27.2 Ordering Chaos
27.3 The Slum as an Opportunistic Organism
27.4 The Slum Has No Built Borders
27.5 Who Lives There? Sociological Transformation of the Slum
27.6 Case Studies: Anna Nagar in Hyderabad; Wazirpur in Delhi; and Jijamata Nagar in Mumbai
27.7 Anna Nagar Slum (Hyderabad)
27.7.1 The Site: Occupying Gaps of the Airport
27.7.2 Possible Origins
27.7.3 Modifications
27.7.4 The Hypothesis of Morphological Development of the Slum
27.7.5 Structure of the Slum Fabric
27.7.6 Housing and Materials
27.8 Wazirpur Slum (Delhi)
27.8.1 The Site: The Railroad Opportunity
27.8.2 Strategic Location: Living Next to the Train Tracks
27.8.3 The Hypothesis of Morphological Development of the Slum
27.8.4 Structure of the Slum Fabric
27.9 Jijamata Nagar’s Slum (Mumbai)
27.9.1 The Site: Taking Advantage of the Water
27.9.2 Origin of the Jijamata Nagar Slum and Hypothesis of its Morphological Development
27.9.3 Conflicts Over Land Speculation
27.9.4 Structure of the Urban Fabric
27.9.5 Housing and Materials
27.9.6 Graphical Comparison
27.10 Conclusions
References
28 A Neighbourhood of Fragmentation
28.1 Introduction
28.2 Methodology
28.3 A Divided and Fragmented Community
28.4 Buildings as a Discourse of Segregation and Fragmentation
28.5 New and Old—New Residents
28.6 Out-of-Place and In-Place Architecture
28.7 Religious Fragmentation
28.8 Photos as a Separate Entity
28.9 New Residents
28.10 Established Residents
28.11 Conclusion
References
29 Edge Town/Che Fang
29.1 Introduction
29.2 Urban–Rural Tension
29.3 Suzhou Changes
29.4 Conclusion
References
Part VII Border Typologies Investigated
30 Border Discourse: Pedagogical Perspective in Architecture and Urbanism
30.1 Border Typology as Discourse
30.2 European Transformative Border: The Hard-Soft Dilemma
30.3 Chinese Expanding Trade Borders: Immersion into the World Economy
30.4 The Global Transaction of Chinese Trades
30.5 The Rhetoric of Ethnicity and Borderlands of Chinatowns
30.6 Emergence of Chinatowns
30.7 Eluding Social Segregation in Society
30.8 Urban Conditions and Social Barriers
30.9 Borderless Society and the Liminal Border: Dissolution of the Border through Technology
30.10 Liminal Border Analysis
References
Index