Synekism
Synekism[1] is a concept in urban studies coined by Edward Soja. It refers to the dynamic formation of the polis state — the union of several small urban settlements under the rule of a "capital" city (or so-called city-state or urban system). Soja's definition of synekism, mentioned in Writing the city spatially, is "the stimulus of urban agglomeration."[2]
Social science
[edit | edit source]From the social sciences' view, it is also a "nucleated and hierarchically nested process of political governance, economic development, social order, and cultural identity" Soja.[3]
In densely settled urban places, a critical mass provides potential for innovation that is not typically available in rural environments, therefore synekism can be thought of as the geographical relationships that create and give importance to cities.
Notes
[edit | edit source]Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (A review of Soja's Postmetropolis: Critical Studies of Cities and Regions, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..)
- Soja, Edward (2000). Postmetropolis: Critical Studies of Cities and Regions. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
- Lua error in Module:Cite_Q/config at line 10: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).