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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Cheshmehzangi, Ali

Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer

Springer Nature, Singapore, 2021

Singapore, Singapore

2, 20210402

Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Author
1 Urban Memory: Cognition, Signs, Symbols, Identity, and Beyond
1.1 Memory and the City
1.2 Memory of the City
1.3 Memory of the Place: Navigating Through Mental Maps
1.3.1 Cognition, Socio-Spatial, and Behaviours
1.3.2 Cognition, Image, and Visual Reality
1.3.3 Cognition and the Representation of Social Relations
1.3.4 Cognition, Space, and Mental Maps
1.4 Memory Through Signs and Symbols
1.5 Memory and Place Identity: From Experience to Cognition
1.6 Beyond What Urban Memory Offers
References
2 Memory and Cities: Discovering Transitions Through Urban Maps
2.1 The Complexity of Urban Palimpsests
2.2 Urban Palimpsests and Memory of Cities
2.2.1 Palimpsests and Urban Landscapes
2.2.2 Palimpsests and Urban Form
2.2.3 Palimpsests and Urban Land-Use
2.2.4 Palimpsests and Urban Identity
2.2.5 Palimpsests and Urban Texture
2.2.6 Palimpsests and Urban Image
2.3 City Transitions and Their Impacts on Urban Memory
2.3.1 Urban Landscapes in Transition: The Case of PuDong District in Shanghai, China
2.3.2 Following the Informal Form to Make the Formal Layout: The Case of Oshodi Neighbourhood in Lagos, Nigeria
2.3.3 Prioritising Urban Land-Use in Shifting Singapore’s Image and Spatial Configuration
2.3.4 Making Memories Through Multiple Identities of Cancún, Mexico
2.3.5 A Combination of Collective Memory, Youth Memory, and New Memories of Olympic Park in London, the UK
2.3.6 Building the Image Through the Gradual Pace of Monumental Urbanism in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
2.4 From Urban Maps to Mental Maps
References
3 The Significance of Place in Mind: Comprehending Memory Through Urban Places
3.1 Capturing the Time: Space Through Collective Memory
3.1.1 From What We Perceive to What We Remember
3.1.2 The Influence of Experience on Memory of Place
3.1.3 A Brief Introduction to Cognitive Mapping in Mind
3.2 Recording in Mind: Urban Experience and Spatial Processes
3.2.1 Toronto, Canada: A Diverse City of Multiple Layers and Mixed Cultures
3.2.2 Ipoh, Malaysia: A Hidden Dragon That Is Not Yet Awakened
3.2.3 Bath, UK: A Manifestation of Urban Preservation
3.2.4 Shanghai, China: A Mixture of Traditions, Colonial Past, and Modern City of the Future
3.2.5 Cape Town, South Africa: The Regenerated Sites That Belong to a Longer History of Port Culture and Identity
3.2.6 Santiago, Chile: The Prime Image of the Nation with Cultural, Historical, and Musical Memories
3.2.7 Barcelona, Spain: The City That Offers Many Things Through Restless Experiences
3.2.8 Kyoto, Japan: A Cultural Capital with Many Symbolic Representations
3.2.9 Los Angeles, the USA: Where Places Belong to Movies and Movies Belong to Places
3.2.10 Chongqing, China: A Polycentric Hilly City with a Mixture of Heritage, History, and Modernity
3.3 From Mental Maps to Urban Memories
References
4 Urban Memory, Experiences, and Palimpsests: The Continuity and Discontinuity of Places
4.1 Places of Significance: Examples
4.1.1 Amsterdam, the Netherlands
4.1.2 Andorra La Vella, Andorra
4.1.3 Athens, Greece
4.1.4 Baku, Azerbaijan
4.1.5 Bangkok, Thailand
4.1.6 Biharamulo, District of Kagera Region, Tanzania
4.1.7 Byblos, Lebanon
4.1.8 Cardiff, Wales
4.1.9 Changsha, China
4.1.10 Chongqing, China
4.1.11 Colombo, Sri Lanka
4.1.12 Derby, the UK
4.1.13 Dubai, the UAE
4.1.14 Foshan, China
4.1.15 Frankfurt, Germany
4.1.16 Fuzhou, China
4.1.17 Glasgow, Scotland
4.1.18 Hong Kong, China
4.1.19 Istanbul, Turkey
4.1.20 Kampala, Uganda
4.1.21 Kathmandu, Nepal
4.1.22 Kiev, Ukraine
4.1.23 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4.1.24 Leeds, the UK
4.1.25 London, the UK
4.1.26 Manama, Bahrain
4.1.27 Manchester, the UK
4.1.28 Montevideo, Uruguay
4.1.29 Montreal, Canada
4.1.30 Moscow, Russia
4.1.31 Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
4.1.32 Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada
4.1.33 Ningbo, China
4.1.34 Nottingham, the UK
4.1.35 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
4.1.36 Osaka, Japan
4.1.37 Oxford, the UK
4.1.38 Phnom Penh, Cambodia
4.1.39 Pisa, Italy
4.1.40 Seoul, South Korea
4.1.41 Shanghai, China
4.1.42 Shantou, China
4.1.43 Shenzhen, China
4.1.44 Shiraz, Iran
4.1.45 Singapore, the City-Country of Singapore
4.1.46 Sydney, Australia
4.1.47 Taipei, Taiwan
4.1.48 Tokyo, Japan
4.1.49 Valletta, Malta
4.1.50 Vientiane, Laos
4.1.51 Xiamen, China
4.1.52 Yangon, Myanmar
4.1.53 Yerevan, Armenia
4.2 When Places Meet People and When Experiences Create Memories
References
5 Capturing the Realities of Experience: Case Study Example of the City of Changsha, China
5.1 The Narrative: Experience of the Past and Its Traces in Present
5.2 The Impacts of Physical City Transitions on Community Memory
5.3 Case Study Research
5.3.1 Case Study Introduction
5.3.2 The Palimpsests of the Past from Nostalgic Memories
5.3.3 The (Re-)Creation of the New from the Alienated Old
5.3.4 Capturing the Realities of Experience for New Memories
5.4 The Significance of Spatial and Community Change in Physical City Transitions
References
6 Reproducing the Perception of Place: Case Study Example of the City of Nottingham, UK
6.1 Introduction to Reproducing the Perception of Place
6.2 An Overview of Social-Behavioural-Perceptual Correlations
6.2.1 Behavioural Analysis Through Observational Mapping
6.2.2 Social Analysis: Questionnaires and In-Depth Interviews
6.2.3 Perceptual Analysis: Mental Mapping
6.3 Case Study Research: A Brief Introduction
6.4 Data Analysis and Findings: Place Reproduction and Memory (Re-)Creation
6.4.1 Example 1: The Old Market Square (OMS) Without Any Temporary Events/Activities
6.4.2 Example 2: The Old Market Square (OMS) with the Christmas Market in Winter Time
6.4.3 Example 3: the Old Market Square (OMS) with the Regular ‘Fruits and Vegetables Market’
6.4.4 Example 4: the Old Market Square (OMS) with the Nottingham Beach Event During the Summer Period
6.5 The Significance of Socio-Spatiality and Socio-Temporality of Place
References
7 Remembering Through Naming and Palimpsests: Case Study Example of the City of Shiraz, Iran
7.1 Memory of Palimpsests and the Act of Remembering
7.2 Remembering Through Naming: Our Response to Toponyms Transitions
7.3 Case Study Research
7.3.1 Case Study Introduction
7.3.2 City Transitions and Their Impacts on Main Nodes of the City
7.3.3 Data Analysis and Results: Remembering Through Naming
7.4 Findings: The Act of Remembering Through Time
7.5 The Impacts of Socio-Political Transitions on the Memory of a Place
References
8 Recording Urban Memory in City Transitions
8.1 Urban Memory: Past, Present, and Future of the Place
8.2 Place and Perception: From Urban Memory to Place Identity, or Vice Versa?
8.3 Spatial Syntagma and Mental Maps of Cities and Places
8.4 The Significance of Place in Mind
8.5 The Role of Urban Memory in City Transitions
8.6 A Brief Insight on Future Research
References
Index

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