The volumetric city

Donald McNeill

doi:10.1177/0309132519863486

The volumetric city

Donald McNeill

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

This paper sets out a research agenda for the interrogation of urban space as being ontologically constituted by its volumetric properties: that is, the ways in which the arrangement of dimensions and capacities above, below and in relation to the surface of the city are measured. The paper reviews the nascent 'volumetric turn' in explaining the production of urban space, noting the growing interest among scholars in understanding how verticality, surface, and the subterranean relate to the power and political economy of cities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	815-831
Number of pages	17
Journal	Progress in Human Geography
Volume	44
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132519863486
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2020

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Keywords

cities and towns
engineering
property development
urban policy

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The volumetric city

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