Looking into urban toponymic verticality: An initial note

The current vertical/volumetric turn affected various academic fields, including urban scholarship. This short note broadens the critical literature by applying this emerging perspective on urban toponymic systems in the context of urban governance. Synthesizing the critical toponymic approaches wit...

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Main Author: Sergei Basik
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-09-01
Series:Urban Governance
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2664328624000391
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description The current vertical/volumetric turn affected various academic fields, including urban scholarship. This short note broadens the critical literature by applying this emerging perspective on urban toponymic systems in the context of urban governance. Synthesizing the critical toponymic approaches with the notions of volume and verticality of urban space, this paper advanced critical urban governance scholarship, introducing a concept of toponymic verticality. The short note reveals the spatial vertical stratification of the urban toponymic system, its place-making potential, and political-economic functionality. These initial findings can contribute to future research in practical aspects of the politics of “good” urban governance and potentially rethinking the traditional two-dimensional spatiality toward understanding the complexity of the spatial relations in urban landscapes through the verticality of urban place names.
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spelling doaj-art-0e44db3d8db34277b4331c1843b3e8f52025-08-20T02:17:41ZengElsevierUrban Governance2664-32862024-09-014319319710.1016/j.ugj.2024.09.001Looking into urban toponymic verticality: An initial noteSergei Basik0School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Conestoga College, 299 Doon Valley Drive, Kitchener N2G 4M4, Ontario, CanadaThe current vertical/volumetric turn affected various academic fields, including urban scholarship. This short note broadens the critical literature by applying this emerging perspective on urban toponymic systems in the context of urban governance. Synthesizing the critical toponymic approaches with the notions of volume and verticality of urban space, this paper advanced critical urban governance scholarship, introducing a concept of toponymic verticality. The short note reveals the spatial vertical stratification of the urban toponymic system, its place-making potential, and political-economic functionality. These initial findings can contribute to future research in practical aspects of the politics of “good” urban governance and potentially rethinking the traditional two-dimensional spatiality toward understanding the complexity of the spatial relations in urban landscapes through the verticality of urban place names.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2664328624000391Critical toponymyVolumeUrban toponymic verticalityUrban governance
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Looking into urban toponymic verticality: An initial note
Urban Governance
Critical toponymy
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Urban toponymic verticality
Urban governance
title Looking into urban toponymic verticality: An initial note
title_full Looking into urban toponymic verticality: An initial note
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title_short Looking into urban toponymic verticality: An initial note
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Volume
Urban toponymic verticality
Urban governance
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