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Sociology of Space

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This blog has two broad goals: Using the social sciences to understand the human dimensions to space and place, how and why spaces are created and used, and the relationships we have to the places of our everyday lives. ...and, looking at how we can positively change spaces for the future. Looking at issues of urban design, incorporating ecological sustainability and building local communities. Some of the best content from Tumblr and unique posts that I find. Managed and curated by Xander Bolton Find me on the links below!
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Hi there to all my followers!!!

Bit of an out of the blue housekeeping message.
Basically I have been logged out of my account by tumblr to change my password but I cant get into my old email thats liked to the account to change the password! Im still trying but it is not looking too good!
Luckily atm my phone is still logged in to post this. But i dont think theres anyway to change my account info without getting into the email account which I also cant get into.
This is really upsetting as I really love this blog but this might be the end.
I still cannot beleive how popular this blog has been and I find it amazing that there are so many others out there who share the same intetests as me!
I have loved interacting with others and seeing all the other great content posted.
Thankyou again to every single one of you that have followed this blog! You have kept giving me the motivation to continue posting through the years!
Hopefully I will be back under another guise in the near future.
For now thankyou!
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urbangeographies

GENTRIFYING NEW YORK:  Which districts are most affected?

As reported by Richard Florida in CITYLAB, a new report from NYU’s Furman Center charts changes in neighborhoods over decades. Not surprisingly, the impacts are not evenly distributed:  some districts have been largely transformed by the influx of affluent residents, while others have remained more stable. 

The report released on Monday by my colleagues at NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy tracks the pattern of gentrification across 55 New York City neighborhoods, following changes in the age, income, and education of residents moving into and out of these neighborhoods, as well as the changes in housing prices and rents.

The report divides the city’s neighborhoods into three categories: gentrifying (those that were low-income in 1990 and experienced rent growth above the median between 1990 and 2010-2014), non-gentrifying (those that started off as low-income in 1990 but experienced more modest growth than gentrifying areas), and higher-income (those that had higher incomes in 1990 and thus were already gentrified).

The map above shows the location of the three types of neighborhoods across the city. The gentrifying neighborhoods (shown in dark blue) are mainly located in upper Manhattan near Harlem and across parts of Brooklyn, especially in areas adjacent to Lower Manhattan. Note the non-gentrifying neighborhoods (shown in light blue) next to many of the gentrifying neighborhoods, which reflects the juxtaposition of concentrated advantage and disadvantage in New York City today.

See full article here…

#new york#gentrification#cities#urbanism#space#place#maps#sociology#geography
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Growing the Urban Forest
With urbanisation and climate change both on the rise, what steps can be taken to improve the green canopy in cities?
sourceable.net

“Green infrastructure represents one the most powerful approaches to both mitigate the effects of climate change and make cities more livable. Parks, for example, are multi-functional, providing recreation and social spaces while offering the benefits of cooling through evapotranspiration, reducing air pollution, and consuming carbon dioxide.”

#urbanisation#public space#green#environment#sustainability#cities#space#place#climate change#society#pollution
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Opinion: It's not just housing
Dr Lee Beattie, Deputy Head of Urban Planning and Design at the University of Auckland, on Auckland's housing issues.
ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Great article about Auckland’s housing issues. How they’re going to be fixed without top level intervention, I have no idea. We need a Singapore style mass build of public housing. All Kiwi’s should deserve a home of their own and not have to compete against investors and immigrants.

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sociology-of-space

An important article to consider how just building housing is not going to solve social problems, there also needs to be a focus on liveability, establishing good transport links and fostering community building and integration. 

#urban planning#cities#housing#society#community#space#place#sociology#transport#design
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Bathing in a swimming pool on a summer’s day in Nova Holanda, Maré

Photograph: Elisângela Leite/Horniman Museum

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creatingcity
To think about the city is to hold and maintain its conflictual aspects: constraints and possibilities, peacefulness and violence, meetings and solitude, gatherings and separation, the trivial and poetic, brutal functionalism and surprising improvisation. ~Lefebvre

Lefebvre 1996: 53 (via creatingcity)

#city#quote#sociology#philosophy
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