" 'Frankfurt auf den Balearen': The 'detached bubble-zone', or the creation of the new German 'Extra-metropolitan' Suburbia "
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CONFERENCE NAME:
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Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Dessau Germany
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CONFERENCE YEAR:
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2001
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Conference Presentation
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Tourism, Suburbia, Mental Spaces.
Working paper presented at the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Dessau, Germany (2001). Doctoral Thesis (in progress) at the Human Geography Dept., Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (2003)
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Architecture/Urban Planning
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http://www.bauhaus-dessau.de/k2t3/armando/index.html
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LANGUAGE:
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English
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PUB ID:
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103-396-803
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2003/11/16 09:20:28 US/Mountain)
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ABSTRACT:
Contemporary time-movement conditions today allow for new spatial and geographical dynamics for the establishment of new settlements. At the time cities allow for the creation of "exurbia" around them, traditional suburbia pushes for new frontiers, territories where the ideals of post-war suburbanization (safe distance from the city, homogeneity of population, establishment of own infrastructure) are accomplished creating the perfect bubble of urban isolation, perfect living conditions and the negation of cultural & demographic local characteristics, regardless of the real distance from the city. Many German cities are examples of growing exurbia, where the original suburban condition is extrapolated from the region, and funnelled through the airport. The speculative "new" suburbia occurs then in a territory much beyond the city region. The island of Majorca in Spain has become the clearest example of this phenomenon. During the last 5 years, devaluated tourism has evolved into a more specialized established German presence, and periods of staying became longer and more frequent. This became essential to the island, where a third of the land and resources in 1997 were in German hands. Therefore a new suburban living condition: A settlement away from the city, strictly family-oriented, isolated from the city while maintaining a two-way clear link with it, enjoying its own way of life & separate infrastructure. Traditionally, geography dictated limitations that are now overruled. The explosion of Mass Tourism and part-time living 'Feriensiedlungen' allow now for the creation of this mental suburban space with ideal surroundings: Perfect climate, imported familiarities, consistent ethnicity.
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