URBAN THEORY BEYOND THE WEST Since the late eighteenth century academic engagement with political, economic, social, cultural, and spatial changes in our cities has been dominated by theoretical frameworks crafted with reference to just a small number of cities in the ‘Global North’. This Taylorbook offers an important & antidote Francis to the focus of urban studies on cities in ‘the West’. Urban Theory Beyond the West contains 20 contributions from leading scholars, raising importantNot conceptual for issues aboutdistribution cities throughout the world and at dif- ferent levels of urban hierarchy. Past and current theoretical developments are reviewed and organized into four parts, focusing on de-centring the city, order/ disorder, mobilities, and imaginaries. There are three kinds of chapters published in this volume: theories generated about urbanity ‘beyond the West’; critiques, reworking, or refining of ‘Western’ urban theory based upon conceptual reflection on cities beyond ‘the West’; and hybrid approaches that develop both of these perspectives. Urban Theory Beyond the West offers critical and accessible reviews of past and current theoretical developments, providing an original and groundbreaking contribution to urban theory. It is essential reading for students and practitioners interested in urban studies, development studies and geography. Tim Edensor teaches cultural geography at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. His research interests include tourism, materialities, and mobilities. Mark Jayne is a Lecturer in human geography at the University of Manchester, UK. His research interests include consumption, the urban order, city cultures, and cultural economy. 9780415672719_A01.indd 1 7/15/2011 5:32:46 PM Taylor & Francis Not for distribution 9780415672719_A01.indd 2 7/15/2011 5:32:46 PM URBAN THEORY BEYOND THE WEST A world of cities Edited byTaylor Tim Edensor & and Francis Mark Jayne Not for distribution 9780415672719_A01.indd 3 7/15/2011 5:32:46 PM First published 2011 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by RoutledgeTaylor & Francis 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2011 forNot editorial selection for and matter, distribution Tim Edensor and Mark Jayne; individual chapters, the contributors The right of Tim Edensor and Mark Jayne to be identified as editors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data <<to come>> ISBN 13: 978-0-415-67271-9 (hbk) ISBN 13: 978-0-415-67272-6 (pbk) ISBN 13: 978-0-203-80532-9 (ebk) Typeset in 10/12.5pt Bembo by Graphicraft Limited, Hong Kong 9780415672719_A01.indd 4 7/15/2011 5:32:46 PM CONTENTS List of plates viii List of figures x List of tables xi Notes on contributorsTaylor & Francis xii Acknowledgements xviii 1 Introduction:Not urban for theory beyonddistribution the West 1 Tim Edensor and Mark Jayne PART I De-centring the City 29 2 No longer the subaltern: refiguring cities of the Global South 31 AbdouMaliq Simone 3 China exceptionalism? Unbounding narratives on urban China 47 Choon-Piew Pow 4 Urban theory beyond the ‘East/West divide’? Cities and urban research in postsocialist Europe 65 Slavomíra FerenFuhová 5 Urbanism, colonialism, and subalternity 75 Swati Chattopadhyay 9780415672719_A01.indd 5 7/15/2011 5:32:46 PM vi Contents PART II Order/disorder 93 6 Governing cities without states? Rethinking urban political theories in Asia 95 Yooil Bae 7 Public parks in the Americas: New York City and Buenos Aires 111 Nora Libertun de Duren 8 An illness called Managua: ‘extraordinary’ urbanization and ‘mal-development’ in Nicaragua 119 Dennis Rodgers 9 The concept of privacy and space in Kurdish cities 135 Hooshmand Alizadeh 10 The networked city: Popular modernizers and urban transformation in Morelia, Mexico, 1880–1955 155 ChristinaTaylor M. Jiménez & Francis PART III Not for distribution Mobilities 171 11 Distinctly Delhi: affect and exclusion in a crowded city 173 Melissa Butcher 12 Shanghai borderlands: the rise of a new urbanity? 193 Deljana Iossifova 13 Contemporary urban culture in Latin America: everyday life in Santiago, Chile 207 Jorge Inzulza-Contardo 14 Urban (im)mobility: public encounters in Dubai 217 Yasser Elsheshtawy 9780415672719_A01.indd 6 7/15/2011 5:32:46 PM Contents vii PART IV Imaginaries 235 15 Reality tours: experiencing the ‘real thing’ in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas 237 Beatriz Jaguaribe and Scott Salmon 16 Modern warfare and the theorization of the Middle Eastern city 259 Sofia T. Shwayri 17 Reading Thai community: reformation and fragmentation 271 Cuttaleeya Jiraprasertkun 18 Urban political ecology in the Global South: everyday environmental struggles of home in Managua, Nicaragua 293 Laura Shillington 19 Spectral Kinshasa: building the city through an architecture of words 309 Filip DeTaylor Boeck & Francis 20 Afterword:Not a world for of cities distribution 327 Tim Edensor and Mark Jayne Bibliography 331 Index 369 9780415672719_A01.indd 7 7/15/2011 5:32:46 PM LIST OF PLATES 3.1 Privately constructed suburban homes at the fringe of Kunming city 57 3.2 Skyscrapers and shopping malls dominate the urban landscapes 60 6.1 Seoul’sTaylor development & Francis 103 9.1 (a) and (b): Popular Kurdish dance (Rash-balak) 141 9.2 Typical urban settlements in the Zâgros mountains: (a) Mardin in TurkeyNot and (b) Amedyfor in Iraqdistribution 143 9.3 A traditional settlement of (a) Dowlob, (b) Awraman-e Takht, and (c) Pâlangân 144 9.4 (a), (b), and (c): Entrance doors in Sanandaj 147 9.5 Windows overlooking each other and the courtyard of adjacent houses: (a) and (b) the city of Sanandaj and (c) the city of Diyarbakir 148 9.6 Low walls and the spatial element of Bar-haiwân facing the public: (a) the city of Arbil; (b) the city of Amedy; (c) the city of Sanandaj 149 9.7 (a) and (b): Intimacy of the houses in Sanandaj 150 9.8 Comparing urban forms: (a) the Kurdish city of Mardeen; (b) the Persian city of Yazd; (c) the city of Sanandaj 151 11.1 Connaught Place, Ananya 179 11.2 Janpath, Vishaka 180 11.3 Sarojini Nagar 181 11.4 Select City Walk 183 11.5 Statesman Building, Vishaka 190 11.6 Rooftops, Nomi 190 12.1 The borderland between the old Village and the new Compound 195 12.2 Residents of the Village in their living room/kitchen/bedroom 197 12.3 Internal paths in the Compound 201 9780415672719_A01.indd 8 7/15/2011 5:32:46 PM List of plates ix 12.4 A scene from the past: rural newcomer wearing his pyjamas in public 202 12.5 The fence in front of a shop on the street between the Village and the Compound 204 13.1 (a) and (b): Images of high-rise buildings located since 2003 in western Bellavista 214 13.2 (a) and (b): The historic feel of Bellavista 215 14.1 Dubai’s first Masterplan by British architect John Harris 223 14.2 Ground analysis of Dubai (without the Palm Island) 225 14.3 Transnational spaces in Dubai? 226 14.4 Dubai Metro 229 14.5 Inhospitable spaces for pedestrians in Dubai 232 14.6 Empty spaces in Dubai 233 17.1 Life(less?) along the khlongs in (a) Nonthaburi; (b) Thonburi; and (c) Suan Luang 281 17.2 Community space of the wats in (a) Nonthaburi; (b) Thonburi; and (c) Suan Luang 283 17.3 Food and grocery stores along thanons in (a) Nonthaburi; (b) Thonburi; and (c) Suan Luang 285 19.1 Slum invasion of empoldered land 315 19.2 A newTaylor level of life: construction & in downtownFrancis Kinshasa 319 19.3 Construction of a ‘Modern Titanic’ 320 19.4 Location of the two future islands of ‘Cité du Fleuve’ in the CongoNot River for distribution 321 19.5 3D architectural animation of the Cité du Fleuve project 322 9780415672719_A01.indd 9 7/15/2011 5:32:46 PM LIST OF FIGURES 6.1 The pattern of regional disparity in Japan: population and GDP (%) 102 9.1 The basic plan of house design 152 13.1 The image of Bellavista neighbourhood from its residents 211 17.1 MapTaylor of Bangkok Region, displaying& Francis the locations of three case study areas 273 17.2 Simplified diagram of physical settings shared by the three caseNot studies for distribution 276 17.3 Ban Bangraonok, Nonthaburi, in 2004 277 17.4 Wat Paknam Fang Tai and its surroundings, Thonburi, in 2004 278 17.5 Soi On-nut 29 to Soi On-nut 33/1, Suan Luang, in 2004 279 9780415672719_A01.indd 10 7/15/2011 5:32:46 PM LIST OF TABLES 6.1 Indicators of regional disparity in South Korea (2000) 104 6.2 Flashpoints of decentralization reforms in Japan and South Korea 107 13.1 European, North American and Latin American inner cities in the Taylor1990s & Francis 209 13.2 Older and newer residents in Bellavista 212 Not for distribution 9780415672719_A01.indd 11 7/15/2011 5:32:46 PM NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS Hooshmand Alizadeh is Assistant Professor in Urban Design and Head of the Urban Planning and Design Group at the University of Kurdistan, Iran. His research interests include public spaces, urban form, urban regeneration, and the built formTaylor of Kurdish cities, and &he has Francispublished in journals including Cities, Urban Morphology, Kurdish Studies, International Journal of Kurdish Studies, International Journal of Environmental Research, Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineer- ing, and presentedNot widely for at international distribution conferences.