This book explores the hybridity of urban identities in multiple
dimensions and at multiple scales, how they form as catalysts and
mechanisms for urban transitions, and how they develop as city branding
strategies and urban regeneration methods. Due to rapid globalisation,
the notion of identity has become scarcer, more fragile, and inarguably
more important. Given the significance of place and displacement for
contemporary everyday life, and the continuous advancement of
technologies, identifying relations and values that define humans and
their environments in various ways has become crucial.
Divided into seven chapters, this book provides extensive coverage of
'urban identity', an often-overlooked topic in the fields of urbanism,
urban geography, and urban design. It approaches the topic from a novel
dual perspective, by exploring cities with tangible commonalities and
shared strategies for refining their identities, and by highlighting
cities and urban environments characterised by multiple identities.
Based on a decade of research in this field, the book provides a
multi-disciplinary perspective on urban identity. In addition to
comprehensive information for students, it offers a key reference guide
for urbanists, urban designers and geographers, architectural and urban
practitioners, decision-makers, and governing bodies involved in urban
development strategies.
