Beat the rise! Delivery fees are going up soon.

Close Notification

Your cart does not contain any items

Contingencies in Urban Future-Making

Pitfalls, Potentialities, and Transformative Practices

Joachim Thiel Monika Grubbauer Lucas Pohl

$80.95

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

QTY:

English
Transcript Verlag
27 January 2026
In an era of rapid change and growing uncertainty, we are facing an urgent question: How can cities be built for futures that defy prediction? The contributors to this volume tackle this challenge by exploring the role of contingency in urban future-making. Through a range of case studies, they examine relevant aims, strategies, and decision-making processes in both past and present contexts. They reveal how unexpected events and unpredictable factors unsettle established urban conditions but also spark new ideas and possibilities for rethinking and reshaping the city. The volume shows how urban future-making involves navigating highly uncertain environments and extreme conditions to open up new spaces of knowledge and action.
Edited by:   , ,
Imprint:   Transcript Verlag
Country of Publication:   Germany
Dimensions:   Height: 23mm,  Width: 15mm, 
ISBN:   9783837679007
ISBN 10:   3837679004
Series:   Urban Future-Making
Pages:   350
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Joachim Thiel (Edited by) Joachim Thiel is a senior lecturer with a habilitation in social-economic urban and regional research. He works at the research group of »Urban and Regional Economics« at HafenCity Universität Hamburg. His research focuses on large-scale urban development projects, urban smart city strategies, and urban testbeds in technological innovation trajectories. He is one of the deputy spokespersons of the DFG research training group »Urban Future-Making«. Monika Grubbauer (Edited by) Monika Grubbauer is a professor in history and theory of the city at HafenCity Universität Hamburg. She teaches historical and theoretical foundations in urban planning and urban design. Her research focuses on urban development politics, housing and urban policy, and knowledge practices in architecture and planning. She is the spokesperson of the DFG-funded research training group »Urban Future-Making«. . Lucas Pohl (Edited by) Lucas Pohl is a geographer and urban researcher whose work focuses on social and spatial theories, the built environment, and urban political ecologies. He is a professor of human geography at Universität Innsbruck. Previously, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and at HafenCity Universität Hamburg, where he was part of the research training group »Urban Future-Making«.

See Also