Zhu, Jingyi;
Tong, Ming;
(2016)
Heterotopia and Equilibrium of Contested Urban Space:
An Investigation of an Accommodation-Assimilation Mechanism.
In: Perry, Guy and Ledwon, Slawomir, (eds.)
Proceedings of the 52nd ISOCARP Congress.
(pp. pp. 633-644).
ISOCARP: Durban, South Africa.
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Abstract
The cities in our generation are marked by the presence of discontinuous, highly contested urban spaces and extremely mixed population. Growing urban heterogeneity brings new urban materials for future development, as well as the question of how we can understand the space produced in this changing scenario and how the space itself adapts to multiple urban changes. In this article, we propose that the concept of heterotopia can be applied to understand such unsettling space produced within shifting urban paradigms, and through a mechanism of accommodation-assimilation, heterotopia has the ability to adapt to turmoils and changes. We use Milan Chinatown as an example to show how heterotopia can be used as an analytical tool to understand the transformation of urban space and the possibility this point of view offers to future planning practice.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Heterotopia and Equilibrium of Contested Urban Space: An Investigation of an Accommodation-Assimilation Mechanism |
| Event: | 52nd IsoCarp International Planning Conference |
| Location: | Durban, South Africa |
| Dates: | 12 Sep 2016 - 16 Sep 2016 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-94-90354-47-3 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://isocarp.org/app/uploads/2016/09/2016_Proce... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10176949 |
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