As a continuation of ‘Identity of Cities and City of Identities’,
this book covers the arguments around the memory-experience-cognition
nexus concerning palimpsests and urban places. As cities experience
transitional phases of growth, development, decline, and decay, the
author urges considering the notion of urban memory in place-making
strategies and design decision-making processes. These explorations
would add value to primary fields of architecture, architectural
history, cognitive science, human geography, and urbanism. Divided
into eight chapters, this book puts together a comprehensive knowledge
of urban memory in city transitions. By studying urban memory, the
author delves into conceptions of mental mapping, knowledge of
environments, cognition of places, and the perceptual dimension of
urbanism. Undoubtedly, urban memory plays a significant part in the
future movements of humanistic urbanism. Given the significances of
scale, pace, and mode of city transitions globally, we should remember
who are the ultimate users of those living environments. Therefore, in
this book, the author debates two contradictions of ‘memory of place
vs. place of memory’, and ‘significance of place vs. place of
significance’. Each of these is believed to be a paradox of its own,
indicating places are significant through the systematic networks of
cities, memories are meaningful through the neural information
processing, and place memories are the essence of urban identities.
The book's ultimate goal is to demonstrate the effectiveness of the
space-time frame of place in making memorable places. Through the
comprehensive explorations of many global examples, we can evaluate
the significance of place in mind more carefully. This is narrated
based on the recognition of nostalgia in cities, socio-temporal
qualities in places, and the network of processes in our minds. In
return, the aim is to provide new knowledge to make memorable cities,
enhance social experiences, and capture and value the significance of
place in mind.
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The Significance of Place in Mind
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ISBN
9789811610035
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Springer Nature
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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