What role does place differentiation play in contemporary urban redevelopment processes, and how is it constructed, practiced, and governed? Under heightened forms of interurban competition fueled by processes of globalization, there is a desire by place-makers to construct and market a unique sense of place. While there is consensus that place promotion plays a role in reconstructing landscapes, how place differentiation operates – and can be operationalized – in processes of urban redevelopment is under-theorized in the literature. In this thesis, I produce a typology of four strategies of differentiation – negation, coherence, residue, multiplicity – which reside within capital transformations and which require activation by a set of social actors. I situate these ideas via an examination of the redevelopment of the Gooderham and Worts distillery, renamed the Distillery District, which opened to the public in 2003. Under the direction of the private sector, the site was transformed from a space of alcohol production to a space of cultural consumption. The developers used a two pronged approach for the site’s redevelopment: historic preservation and arts-led regeneration. Using a mixed method approach including textual analysis, in-depth interviews, visual analysis, and site observation, I examine the strategies used to market the Distillery as a distinct place, and the effects of this marketing strategy on the valuation of art, history, and space. Two central arguments direct the thesis: first, in an attempt to construct place differentiation, what emerges is a sense of sameness which limits the potential of the district and produces a disconnect between the space and its users; second, it is only by understanding how differentiation operates in discourse and practice that alternative formations of place-making can emerge and socio-spatial disconnectedness can be rethought.

The goal of this thesis is to examine the way in which economics shape suburban Famous Players megaplexes in Montreal and how they abet a destruction of urban community. I use Jameson and the critique of the Situationiste International to demonstrate the value, in this case, of examining the relationship between the economic and community. Jameson aptly describes an economic disorientation and identity crisis created by postmodern capitalism. The SI brings to light a loss of enchantment resulting from mass produced products and spaces. I describe the way in which the symbolism, architecture, and aesthetics of the megaplex are a direct result of the space's capitalist needs and form a place that is alienated, in every sense, to locality. Sorkin and Auge serve to further illustrate the way in which postmodern spaces are rootless non-places and risk destroying vital aspects of locality. I will also explore, using Buck-Morss and Eagleton, how the bonds of the megaplex non-place community are maintained through the sensual pleasure of virtual entertainment. I will argue that this entertainment and space, dislocated from community, abets a slow deterioration of identity with relation to place.

Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-99). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-153). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Mémoire (M.E.S.R.)- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1982. / Document électronique également accessible en format PDF. CaQCU

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf [76]).

Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-33).

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:30:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2003-07-04Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:00:39Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 paiva_jem_dr_rcla.pdf: 4592159 bytes, checksum: c8428e661143e1d7140f2b8b297bdf8b (MD5) / Este trabalho busca caracterizar a situação da qualidade de vida em Minas Gerais na perspectiva do desenvolvimento humano sustentável nos anos de 1991 e 2000 e sua evolução nesse período. Inicialmente é trabalhada a parte conceitual, enfatizando-se os aspectos que constituem o conceito e que norteiam a composição do banco de dados usado no trabalho. Para a caracterização da situação estadual, procedeu-se às classificações utilizando a ACP/Análise das Componentes Principais, resultando num conjunto de componentes explicativas das situações nos dois momentos, seguindo-se a geração cartográfica e as caracterizações e análises procedentes. Assim, foram identificados os aspectos de infra-estrutura e capacidades individuais, trabalhados com base em cartogramas, balizando-se os resultados obtidos com o IDH-M/Índice Municipal do Desenvolvimento Humano, verificando-se uma alta correlação entre eles. As análises ressaltam a não homogeneidade das situações, com o Estado geograficamente dividido em duas realidades distintas, o norte englobando os níveis mais baixos de qualidade de vida e o sul as situações melhores, com o município de Belo Horizonte grandemente diferenciado do restante do Estado, sendo analisada a evolução da situação no período em termos dos aspectos relevantes que caracterizam a qualidade de vida no Estado. / This work characterized the status of quality of life in Minas Gerais State, guided by the manageable human development perspective, in 1991 and 2000 and its evolution in the period. Initially, the conceptual background was established by emphasizing the aspects that constitute the mentioned perspective and that constrained the database formulation embraced in this work. To characterize the state s situation, the classification through Principal Component Analysis PCA was carried out, which resulted in a set of components that explain the situation in both moments. The cartographical generation, characterization and analysis followed this. Thus, the infrastructure and individual capabilities aspects were identified and were analyzed through cartograms. The obtained results were confronted with the Municipal Human Development Index M-HDI, and it was possible to verify a high correlation between them. The analysis emphasized a non-homogeneous situation, being the Minas Gerais State geographically divided into two distinct realities the north presented the lowest levels of quality of life and the south, better conditions. In this set, Belo Horizonte deeply differs from the rest of the state. At the end, the situation evolution in the period was analyzed in terms of the relevant aspects that constitute the quality of life in the State.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-05-17T16:51:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2016-05-17T16:54:35Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000864073.pdf: 2880400 bytes, checksum: 6e6f269dda572870b87b9847c3c80fc3 (MD5) / O processo de produção do espaço em prol da produção de infraestruturas capazes de promover o bem-estar social, a seguridade e o direito à moradia é hoje, e provavelmente sempre foram, o principal causador de entraves para a manutenção do equilíbrio natural do meio ambiente. A atividade de mineração, particularmente, caracteriza-se como uma das formas mais graves de degradação ambiental, em decorrência da magnitude do espaço a ser explorado, supressão de vegetação nativa, descaracterização da paisagem natural, inserção de substâncias contaminantes no processo de extração, dentre outros males. Além destes relacionados diretamente ao processo de exploração, existem aqueles ligados ao processo de transporte, transformação e comercialização da matéria-prima minerada. Logo, fica evidente que as cidades já nascem em locais ambientalmente debilitados e permanecem em condições críticas ao longo dos tempos, pois o ecossistema urbano sempre está em processo de expansão. Desta forma, a escolha do objeto de estudo deste trabalho deu-se a partir da análise da relação entre a qualidade de vida e a atividade de mineração constante em uma área degradada. Diretamente, busca-se uma investigação acerca dos conflitos socioambientais associados ao uso e ocupação de área de degradação urbana decorrente da atividade extrativista mineral que tem capacidade potencial de atingir as comunidades residentes ao seu entorno. Para tanto, o recorte espacial foi a Vila Monte Verde, localizada no bairro Cidade Industrial situado na zona Norte da cidade de Teresina, capital do Estado do Piauí. Justifica-se a seleção dessa vila, devido à crescente e intensa atividade de extração de material mineral utilizado na construção civil e a proximidade destas áreas à comunidades habitacionais. Sendo assim, a presente pesquisa procura analisar o impacto ambiental do processo de exploração não somente no meio físico, mas também / The process of transformation of the space towards the production of infrastructures that promote social well-being, security and the right to housing are today, and probably always have been, the main cause of fairness by maintaining the natural balance of the environment. The mining activity, particularly, is characterized as one of the most severe forms of environmental degradation, because of the magnitude of the space to be explored, suppression of native vegetation characterization of the natural landscape, insertion of contaminants in the extraction process, among other evils. Apart from these directly related to the exploration process, there are those linked to the transport process, processing and marketing of raw materials mined. It soon becomes apparent that cities are born in environmentally impaired sites and remains in critical condition over time, as the urban ecosystem is always in the expansion process. Thus, the choice of the subject matter of this work is due to analysis of the problem of understanding existing between the quality of life and the constant mining activity in a degraded area. Directly search is an investigation about the socio-environmental conflicts associated with the use and urban degradation footprint resulting from mineral extraction activity that has the potential ability to achieve the communities to its surroundings. Thus, the spatial area for this research was the Vila Monte Verde, located in the Industrial City neighborhood located in the northern part of the city of Teresina, Piauí state capital. Justified the selection of this village, because the growing and intense material mineral extraction activity, used in construction and the proximity of these areas to residential communities as well As the present study seeks to prove that the environmental impact of the exploration process does not occur only the physical environment but also the social aspects, and how these transformations and...

Orientador: José Gilberto Souza / Banca: Arthur Magon Whitacker / Banca: Everaldo Santos Melazzo / Banca: Samuel Frederico / Banca: Márcio Antonio Cataia / Resumo: A ocorrência de residências secundárias é significativa, principalmente no entorno dos grandes centros urbanos. Particularmente diferenciado é o espaço resultante da aglomeração de residências secundárias em condomínios fechados, diferenciando-se de outras formas de uso e ocupação do solo. Partindo da relevância e diferenciação desse fenômeno, o objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar a influência dos condomínios de residências secundárias na produção e organização do espaço. Para tanto, a partir de levantamentos bibliográficos e documentais, trabalho de campo, entrevistas e levantamentos quantitativos, este trabalho descreveu e analisou o processo de organização do solo decorrente da implantação dos condomínios de segundas residências da Rodovia Bunjiro Nakao (SP-250), na Região Metropolitana de São Paulo. O trabalho apresenta a realidade dos condomínios e de seus entornos, descrevendo processo de formação, características e dinâmica desse tipo de espaço especializado. A lógica desse fenômeno é discutida a partir da perspectiva da interação e dos conflitos entre os diferentes grupos de agentes sociais envolvidos, incluindo proprietários de residências secundárias, proprietários de terras, empresários, moradores do entorno e agentes públicos. Os resultados demonstram que os condomínios de residências secundárias trazem benefícios e prejuízos à sociedade das áreas onde são criados, reproduzindo a realidade de desigualdade e injustiça social / Abstract: Second home is the residential property not used permanently, which does not constitute the place of primary residence of a particular household. The actual occurrence of this type of property is significant, mainly in the surroundings of large cities. The space resulting from the agglomeration of second homes in private developments is particularly differentiated. This sort of urbanization differs substantially from other forms of land use and occupation, not constituting urban nor rural spaces. Based on the relevance and differentiation of this phenomenon, the objective established for this work was to analyze the influence of second homes developments in the space production and organization. This work described and analyzed the land use and occupation process resulting from the implementation of second homes developments on Bunjiro Nakao Highway (SP-250), in the proximities of São Paulo Metropolitan Region (RMSP). The analysis was based on bibliographical and documental surveys, fieldwork, in-depth interviews and quantitative data analysis. The study presents the reality of second homes developments and their environments, describing the creation process, characteristics and dynamics of this type of specialized space. The logic of this phenomenon is discussed in the perspective of the interaction and conflicts between the different groups of social agents involved, including owners of second homes, landowners, real state corporations, residents of the surroundings and public agents. The results show that second homes developments bring benefits and losses to the society, reproducing the reality of inequality and social injustice, but at the same time generating income and employment / Doutor