{"product_id":"urban-contract-hardback","title":"Urban Contract - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eToday, the increasing mobility of capital, people and information has changed the space relations of urban societies. Contractual relations have increased in every field of social life: in the economic field, but also in the political, and in creative and scientific areas. Contracts are not only legal frameworks or economic aggregates of individuals, but socially embedded forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe concept of urban contract proposed in this book combines the theoretical body of economic-juridical literature on the contract with that of historical-anthropological and socio-spatial literature on the city. Through a diverse range of ten city case studies, \u003ci\u003eThe Urban Contract\u003c\/i\u003e compares European, North-American and Asian Urban Contracts. It concludes with a theoretical proposal for understanding the deep dialectical nature of Contract Cities: their reciprocity and competition, their dual trend towards growth and decay, their cyclical nature as agents of change and disruption of the social forms of urbanity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45599646089454,"sku":"9781472445902","price":252.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781472445902.jpg?v=1721455065","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/urban-contract-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}