Games and Play in the Creative, Smart and Ecological City (Routledge Research in Sustainable Urbanism)

Synopsis

This book explores what games and play can tell us about contemporary processes of urbanization and examines how the dynamics of gaming can help us understand the interurban competition that underpins the entrepreneurialism of the smart and creative city. Game and Play in the Creative, Smart and Ecological City is a collection of chapters written by an interdisciplinary　group of scholars from game studies, media studies, play studies, architecture, landscape architecture and urban planning. It situates the historical evolution of play and games in the urban landscape and outlines the scope of the various ways games and play contribute to the city’s economy, cultural life and environmental concerns. In connecting games and play more concretely to urban discourses and design strategies, this book urges scholars to consider their growing contribution to three overarching sets of discourses that dominate urban planning and policy today: the creative and cultural economies of cities; the smart and playable city; and ecological cities. This interdisciplinary work will be of great interest to students and scholars of game studies, play studies, landscape architecture (and allied design fields), urban geography, and art history.

Copyright:

2021

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

258 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000217780

Related ISBNs:

9780367618193, 9781003007760, 9780367441234

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

03/30/21

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Dale Leorke and Marcus Owens

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government, Sociology

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Dale Leorke

Edited by:

Marcus Owens