Mobilities and Neighbourhood Belonging in Cities and Suburbs
Contemporary city and suburban dwellers are constantly on the move. Does this mean they lack a sense of belonging to their neighbourhoods, or does enhanced mobility co-exist with feelings of community and belonging? This collection examines these question
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Mobilities and Neighbourhood Belonging in Cities and Suburbs Edited by
Paul Watt Senior Lecturer, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Peer Smets Assistant Professor, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Selection, introduction, conclusion and editorial matter © Paul Watt and Peer Smets 2014 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2014 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-00362-1 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables
vii
Preface and Acknowledgements
ix
Notes on Contributors
x
1 Introduction Paul Watt and Peer Smets
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2 Local and Transnational Everyday Practices in Four European Cities: Are New Barbarians on the Road? Alberta Andreotti, Patrick Le Galès and Francisco Javier Moreno Fuentes
23
3 Consumption Practices and Local Belonging Among Condominium Residents in Mexico City Angela Giglia
42
4 Living in a(n) (un)Gated Community: Neighbourhood Belonging in Lisbon’s Parque das Nações Maria Assunção Gato
60
5 Belonging and Microsettings in a Rotterdam Housing Complex Peer Smets and Annemette Hellinga
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6 Neighbours, Newcomers and Nation-Building: Producing Neighbourhood as Locality in a Post-Apartheid Cape Town Suburb Anna Bohlin
100
7 East London Mobilities: The ‘Cockney
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