Urban and municipal planning and policy Books
Yale University Press Landscapes of London
Book SynopsisThe idea of a "Greater London" emerged in the 18th century with the expansion of the city's suburbs. In this book, the author traces this growth back to the 17th century, when domestic retreats were established in outlying areas. It shows London as the forerunner of the complex, multifaceted modern cities of today.Trade Review"Elizabeth McKellar is one of the most perceptive and sensible of architectural historians, and she understands London like few others. Her new book Landscapes of London will be important because we now know so much architectural innovation stemmed from cities and the mercantile classes that lived in them."—Simon Thurley, BBC History Magazine -- Simon Thurley * BBC History Magazine *Book of the Year, TLS * TLS *‘That rare thing, a scholarly volume of interest to the non-specialist. Tracing suburbia since the 17th century, McKellar shows historic London as the forerunner of today’s culturally and architecturally complex, multi-faceted cities; she made me look at the layers of the city I thought I knew with fresh eyes.’—Jackie Wullschlager, The Financial Times -- Jackie Wullschlager * Financial Times *"This book, a major contribution to cultural history, establishes that a suburban culture existed in London's rural-urban interface much earlier than the early-19th-century time period posited by conventional scholarship. McKellar employs a variety of sources, including guidebooks, art, music, and literature, to document the culture of the inhabitants of the suburban landscape that emerged in this zone in the 17th century."—E.H. Teague, CHOICE -- E.H. Teague * CHOICE *Winner of the 2017 Elisabeth MacDougall Book Award by the Society of Architecture Historians. -- Elisabeth Blair MacDougall Book Award * Society of Architectural Historians *
£999.99
WW Norton & Co The Planning Game
Book SynopsisCan planners—or anyone—improve a neighborhood, city, suburb, or region? Planning does work: this book explains how.Trade Review"[H]ighly readable . . . Anyone who teaches – or is preparing to teach – introductory planning, economic development, or real estate development in the American context should be familiar with the Garvin perspective on planning and the greatest hits catalogued in this book. . . . Students of economic development, real estate development, and public works – Garvin’s future ‘stars’ – could be well-served by the city case studies and their inclusion of both the projects and the people." -- Journal of Planning Education and Research"The Planning Game, with clarity of voice and purpose, is a timely resource of insights and ideas much needed at this time." -- e-Oculus"The book is a fine production, with high quality illustrations, and would be of interest to a diverse audience beyond those with a planning expertise. . . . Each person and city is the subject of of a detailed and substantial chapter, and each personality, project and process has been thoroughly researched and compellingly communicated through writing and illustration." -- Urban Design (UK)"[B]eautifully illustrated . . . Original maps and custom photographs enrich Garvin’s verbal descriptions of these transformative projects. Those alone are worth the price of the book, but what really makes his scholarship exceptional is the knowing interpretation of how the players played the game successfully: their strategies, their playing the rules, and their physical imprints on the respective cities. . . . Read this book to uncover the extraordinary knowledge and insights he possesses. It’s an experience of discovery and inspiration for city lovers everywhere." -- Constructs"Author Alexander Garvin, an urban planner and academic, brings a down-to-earth practicality leavened with just enough starry-eyed idealism to his exploration of how to build better cities. . . . The colorful personalities of the planners behind the transformations and the colorful maps and photos make for easy reading or grazing." -- The New York Observer"This extremely beautiful, large-size, superior-quality hardcover book is very illuminating, informative, and insightful. It contains 202 full-color diagrams, maps, and photographs – created especially for this book – that add tremendous value to this one-of-a-kind treasure." -- Bizindia"Alex Garvin’s The Planning Game delivers a most articulate and compelling reminder that the fundamental rules of effective city planning are timeless. Here, lessons from the greats and their cities—from Haussmann, Burnham, Moses, and Bacon—serve as a wonderfully practical guide for current players in the game. The Planning Game is a total pleasure to read." -- Daniel Doctoroff, CEO of Bloomberg L.P. and former deputy mayor of the city of New York"The insights Alex Garvin brings to The Planning Game are the product of hands-on experience dealing with real cities, and he supports them with absolutely fascinating historical material. I found this book to be a practical and indispensable road map for communities wishing to achieve excellence." -- Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr., City of Charlestown, South Carolina"No one writes about the modern city with more knowledge, insight, and imagination than Alexander Garvin. The Planning Game is about hope and possibility. The color illustrations alone are enough reason to spend precious hours alone with this book." -- Kenneth T. Jackson, Jacques Barzun Professor of History at Columbia University and former president of the New-York Historical Society
£45.59
Taylor & Francis Ltd Cartographic Turn Mapping and the Spatial
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPart 1. Who is the Author of this Map? 1. Whose Maps from Whom? (Stéphane Roche & Michael Goodchild) 2. Traces as Collective Sign Production (Boris Beaude) 3. Mapping Otherness (Emanuela Casti) 4. Author, Communicator and the Map (Patrick Poncet) Part 2. Ethics and Aesthetics 5. Maps, Perspective and the Philosophy of Space (Patrice Maniglier) 6. Images of the City and Political Intrigue (Michel Lussault) 7. Layar and the Reality of Dreams (André Ourednik) Part 3. Ethics and Politic: Where is "Us" on the Map? 8. The Map between Morals and Ethics (Jacques Lévy) 9. Semiology of Controversies (Elsa Chavinier, Jacques Lévy) 10. Where is the Individual in Statistical Cartography (Hervé Le Bras)
£68.40
John Wiley & Sons Inc Becoming an Urban Planner
Book SynopsisBecoming an URBAN PLANNER Are you considering a career in urban planning? Becoming an Urban Planner is the best place to start. Through in-depth interviews with more than eighty urban planners across the United States and Canada, this book gives you a valuable insider's look at your future profession as it is lived and practiced. Becoming an Urban Planner introduces you to the urban planning professionits history, what you must know to prepare for a career in planning, and the different types of planning jobs. Beyond the basics, though, it shows you the realities of what it's really like to be a planner today. You'll learn about: The skills you'll need and how to hone them in school and on the job Potential career paths and what people in these positions do Using internships, job shadowing, and other opportunities to break into the field Deciding among planning specialties and moving between public and private sectors Table of ContentsAbout The Authors xi Preface xii Acknowledgments xiv 1 Becoming an Urban Planner: What Planners Do 1 Employment in Planning 3 A Young Profession: Planning Emerges in the Late Nineteenth Century 5 An Age of Idealism in Design 6 The Advent of Zoning 9 Policy Planning Emerges Simultaneously 10 Planning and Social Injustice 11 Planning In the Late Twentieth Century 12 Urban Planning Is about the Future 13 Urban Planning Is about Place 14 Urban Planning Is about Helping Other People Make Decisions 17 The Planning Process 18 Profile: Getting People Involved in the Process 19 Buyer Beware: Things You Might Not Like About a Career in Planning 23 What Kind of Salary Can a Planner Expect to Make? 25 Skills for Becoming an Urban Planner 26 2 Becoming an Urban Planner: Education 31 What Research Shows About Plannersʼ Education 31 Preparing for a Professional Education 32 Communicating in Words 42 Communicating through Pictures 45 Being Comfortable with Numbers 50 Drawing, Planning, and Urban Design 54 Picking a College Major 60 And on to Graduate School 63 Choosing the Right Graduate Program 65 Accreditation 69 What's In A Name? 70 Theses, Projects or other Capstone Requirements 70 Applying to Graduate School 70 Financing a Planning Education 73 Planning Curriculum: Knowledge, Skills, and Values 74 Specializations 78 Dual-Degree Options 78 Alternative Paths 79 Public Administration 79 Urban Studies 80 Economics 81 Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and urban Design 81 Civil Engineering 81 Planning Law 82 Profile: Becoming a Land Use Lawyer 84 Conclusion 85 3 Becoming an Urban Planner: Experience 87 Informational Interviews 88 Job Shadowing 89 Volunteer Experience 90 Internships 92 Cooperative Education 94 Peace Corps and AmeriCorps VISTA 94 Networking to Break the Ice 96 Career Ladders: Moving Ahead From That First Job 97 4 Planners’ Many Paths 99 Many Paths into a Planning Career 99 Profile: Entering the Field 100 Profile: Using Your Analytic and Creative Talents 102 Profile: Applying a Talent for Mapping 104 Who Influenced You? 109 Where Do You Want to Work? 117 Profile: Becoming a Developer 119 Profile: Becoming a Small Town Planner 122 Profile: Establishing a One-Person Planning Firm 124 Profile: Making Transitions 127 Planning Timeframes 131 Current Planning 131 Profile: Enforcing Codes and Reviewing Plans 133 Profile: Addressing the Challenges of Long-Range Planning 136 Profile: Improving Quality of Life in the Long Term 138 Profile: Creating Comprehensive Plans 140 At What Geographic Scale Do You Want to Work? 144 Profile: Working with Communities 145 Profile: Bridging Rural and Urban Areas 148 Profile: Planning in a Midsized City 150 Profile: Becoming a Planning Director 153 Profile: Charting Another Path to Planning Director 159 Profile: Merging Regional and Local Planning 164 Profile: Planning at the Regional Scale 167 Profile: Planning at the State Level 170 Profile: Leading a State Planning Agency 173 Profile: Planning in the Federal Government 175 Profile: Consulting for the Federal Government 178 What Planning Topics Interest You? 179 Urban Design 179 Profile: Designing Places 181 Profile: Using Urban Design to Create Consensus 185 Housing Planning and Policy 189 Profile: Filling Housing Needs 190 Economic Development Planning 193 Profile: Planning for Economic Development: Public Sector 195 Profile: Planning for Economic Development: Consulting 198 Historic Preservation Planning 200 Profile: Protecting, Preserving, and Planning for Historic and Cultural Resources 202 Community Engagement and Empowerment 205 Profile: Engaging Neighborhoods 208 Profile: Listening to People 211 Environmental and Natural Resources Planning 216 Profile: Advocating for Sustainability 219 Profile: Specializing in a Holistic Way 221 Geographic Information Systems 222 Profile: Specializing in GIS 223 Land use Planning, Law, And Code Enforcement 225 Profile: Bridging Technical Disciplines 227 Profile: Specializing in Code Writing 231 Profile: Specializing in Land Use Law 232 Profile: Assessing the Economic Impacts of Land Use Decisions 234 Transportation Planning 238 Profile: Developing Transportation Models 239 Profile: Planning for Transit 243 Profile: Advocating for Transit and Transportation Improvements 245 Profile: Integrating Land Use and Transportation 247 Planning For Sustainability 250 New Urbanism 252 Profile: Applying the Principles of New Urbanism 253 Profile: Fostering Transit-Oriented Development 256 Profile: Creating Change and Livable Communities 260 Profile: Planning for Bicyclists and Pedestrians 262 Emerging Specializations In The Era Of Sustainability 263 Profile: Planning for Hazards and Emergencies 264 Profile: Developing Green Communities 266 Profile: Planning for Sustainable Energy 268 Teaching Others to Become Planners 270 Profile: Becoming a Planning Professor 271 Profile: Moving from Planner to Professor 275 Profile: Being Called to a University Career̶ With a Practical Slant 279 Challenges and Rewards 281 5 What Is the Future of Planning? 293 Economic Recession and Planning 293 Profile: Coping with Layoff 294 Geospatial Technology and Planning 295 Profile: Adapting Zoning to the Twenty-first Century 295 Rediscovering Public Health 296 Profile: Planning Healthy Communities 297 Carbon, Climate Change, Peak Oil, and Planning for Sustainable Energy 300 Planning For Climate Adaptation 301 Planning For Climate Mitigation 304 A Bright Future for Planning 306 Resources 307 References 311 Index 313
£36.05
John Wiley & Sons Inc LiveWork Planning and Design
Book SynopsisAlthough the live-work concept is now accepted among progressive urban design and planning professionals, the specifics that define the term, and its application, remain sketchy. This encyclopedic work is sure to change that, providing the critical information that is needed by architects, planners and citizens. -Peter Katz, Author, The New Urbanism, and Planning Director, Arlington County, Virginia Live-Work Planning and Design is the only comprehensive guide to the design and planning of live-work spaces for architects, designers, and urban planners. Readers will learn from built examples of live-work, both new construction and renovation, in a variety of locations. Urban planners, developers, and economic development staff will learn how various municipalities have developed and incorporated live-work within building codes and city plans. The author, whose pioneering website, www.live-work.com, has been guiding practitioners and users of live-work sinTrade Review"Dolan's book is an enormously knowledgeable guide to fitting work and living back together. It will be useful to architects, planners, builders, developers, and, most of all, urbanists." (Bettercities.net, June 2012)Table of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1: Introduction: A Brief History and Description of Live-Work 1 The Modem and the Shipping Container 2 Zero Commute Living 4 Overview of Live-Work 5 Live-Work Types and Terminology 6 Live-Work Planning and Urban Design 6 The Role of Artists 7 Building Codes 7 Common Mistakes in Live-Work 8 Retrofitting Suburbia 8 Chapter 2: Defining Live-Work 10 Live-Work Use Types 11 Home Occupation 11 Live/Work 12 Work/Live 14 Live-Work Proximity Types 16 Live-With Proximity Type (Synonym: Loft) 17 Live-Near Proximity Type 17 Live-Nearby Proximity Type 18 Live-Work Project Types 19 Warehouse Conversion (District) 19 Home Office 20 Townhouse Project Type (Synonym: Shophouse) 21 Flexhouse Project Type: A Building that Learns 21 Courtyard Live-Work 22 Urban Loft Complex 23 High Density/Podium 24 Other Definitions Related to Live-Work 25 Lifestyle Loft (Synonym: Lawyer Loft) 25 Telecommuting 25 Telework Center (Synonym: Coworking) 25 Cohousing 25 Cohort Housing 26 Zero-Commute Living 26 Zero-Commute Housing 26 District 26 Neighborhood 26 Live-Work Neighborhood 27 New Urbanism 27 Smart Growth 27 Form-Based Coding 27 The Transect 27 Work-Use Intensities in Live-Work 28 Chapter 3: Designing Live-Work: Meeting Its Unique Needs 29 Genesis of Live-Work Design 29 User Needs and Live-Work Design 31 Project Types 34 Renovation versus New Construction 34 Rental versus For Sale 35 Artists’ Lofts versus “Lifestyle Lofts” 36 Work/Live and Home Occupation 36 Design Elements in Live-Work 37 Residential and Workspace Facilities 37 Level of Finishes in a Live-Work Unit 39 Accommodating and Relating to the Outside World 40 Employees 40 Walk-in Trade versus Client Visits by Appointment 40 Parking: Open Commercial Access versus Residential Privacy and Security 40 Design for Community 42 Making a Place That Is More than the Sum of the Number of Units 42 Common Residential Facilities 43 Coworking Space 43 Business Center 43 Other Common Work Facilities 43 Formal Community Types 44 Common Live-Work Unit Designs 44 Live-With Proximity Type 44 Live-Near Proximity Type 46 Live-Nearby Proximity Type 47 Other Unit Configurations 49 Development Types 49 Live- Work Renovation Development 49 Urban Infill Development 49 Greenfield Development 51 Design of Project Types 52 Project Type: Warehouse Renovation 52 Case Study: Willow Court 53 Case Study: Clocktower Lofts 55 Case Study: California Cotton Mills Studios 56 Project Type: Live-Work Courtyard Community 58 Case Study: South Prescott Village 59 Project Type: Flexhouse 59 Case Study: Serenbe 63 Case Study: The Waters 64 Case Study: Seaside 66 Case Study: Mount Laurel 67 Case Study: Hampstead 68 Case Study: Glenwood Park 68 Case Study: Pinetree Studios 69 The Urban Design of Townhouses and Flexhouses 71 Project Type: Housing over Retail and Live-Nearby 71 Case Study: Rosemary Beach 72 Case Study: Celebration 73 Project Type: Infill Lofts 73 Case Study: Yerba Buena Lofts 74 Project Type: Podium/High-Rise Liners, Flexhouses, and Lofts 75 Case Study: Liner Units at The Sierra 75 Chapter 4: The Market for Live-Work 77 Examining the Market for Live-Work 77 The End-User Market for Live-Work 78 The Developer/Investor Market for Live-Work 85 Case Study: The Lofts at Habersham 87 Marketing Live-Work 90 Norton Commons 90 The Basics of Marketing 91 Selling Live-Work 91 Marketing Materials 92 Marketing Communications 92 Conclusion 93 Chapter 5: Live-Work and Community: A Natural Marriage 94 Introduction Zero-Commute Living 95 Building Live-Work, Building Community: An Interview with Architect Thomas Dolan 96 Community Building with Live-Work 99 Neighborhood Scale 99 A Live-Work Neighborhood 100 A Complete Neighborhood 101 A Lifelong Community 101 Live-Work Building Types and Community 103 Design for Community in Multi-unit Live-Work Buildings 104 An Important Discovery: The Live-Work Courtyard Community 106 Case Study: Ocean View Lofts 107 Chapter 6: Live-Work Planning Issues and Regulatory Solutions 110 Introduction 111 Placemaking with Live-Work and Form-Based Codes 113 The Best Locations for Live-Work 118 Planning for Live-Work Types as Parsed by Work-Use Intensity 120 Home Occupation 120 Live/Work 121 Case Study: James Avenue Live-Work Compound 122 Work/Live 123 Planning for Live-Work Types as Parsed by Proximity Type 124 Live-With Proximity Type 124 Live-Near Proximity Type 125 Live-Nearby Proximity Type 127 Planning for Live-Work Types as Parsed by Project Type 128 Artists’ Work/Live Rental Renovation 128 Market Rate Live-Work Condominium Renovation 129 New Construction Lofts 130 The San Francisco Experience 130 Live-Work Courtyard Communities 133 Townhouse Live-Work 134 Flexhouse 134 Development Standards 136 Relaxed Development Standards 136 Work Uses Permitted 137 Employees and Walk-In Trade 137 New Construction versus Renovation 137 Separation of Functions 139 Maximum and Minimum Unit Size 139 Proportion of Live to Work Area 140 Open Space 140 Parking and Traffic 140 Loading 143 Noise and Odor Generation 143 Design Review 144 Inclusionary Zoning 144 Codes and Permitting Processes 144 Social Issues and Planning Responses 145 Warehouse Conversions and the SoHo Cycle 145 The New Urban Workplace 146 Rental versus Ownership 147 Imported NIMBYism and its Impact on Commercial and Industrial Districts 148 Residential Reversion 148 Work/Live in Vancouver 149 Disclosures, Covenants, Lease Clauses, and Nuisance Easements 149 Gentrification 150 Neighborhood Amenities 150 Neighborhood Revitalization 150 The Role of Artists in a City 151 Urban Live-Work Revitalization Stories 151 The Continuing Role of Artists and Others in the Evolution of Live-Work 154 Legalization of Illegal or Quasi-Legal Live-Work 156 Tribeca and Uptown: A Tale of Two Cities, Three Thousand Miles, and Forty Years Apart 156 Case Study: Dutch Boy Studios 160 Industrial Protection Zones 162 Do-It-Yourself Development 101, A Possible Scenario 163 Affordability 164 Compact, Pedestrian-Oriented Communities 165 Chapter 7: Live-Work Building Code Issues 167 Regulating This Strange Animal Called Live-Work 167 Overall Building Life Safety 168 Building Code Primer 169 Occupancy and Occupant Load Factor 168 Construction Type, Height, and Allowable Area 173 Wall Rating and Openings in Walls Near Property Lines 176 Exits/Means of Egress 177 Sprinklers 178 Fire Alarms and Smoke Detectors 179 Hazardous Occupancy 180 Lateral Forces, Seismic Standards, and Change of Occupancy 181 Floor Loads 183 Codes That Apply within Live-Work Units 183 Fire Separation within a Unit 183 Separation between Units and between Units and a Corridor 184 Emergency Escape and Rescue 184 Mezzanines and Sleeping Lofts 185 Habitability Issues: Minimum Residential Facilities 189 Noise and Sound Transmission 195 Energy Conservation 196 Accessibility 197 Administrative Modification Requests 197 Shell Construction 198 Building Code Issues by Project Type 198 Townhouse 198 Flexhouse 199 Home Occupation 199 New versus Renovation 199 Master Building Code Matrix 199 Chapter 8: Epilogue 200 Appendix A: Toward a Model Live-Work Planning Code 202 Use of Appendix A Tables 202 Work Uses Permitted 202 Work Use Intensities and Allowable Unit Areas 202 Live-Work Location and Project Types 207 Walk-in Trade and Employees by Location and Project Type 207 Live-Work Planning Topics, Objectives and Suggested Regulations 207 Appendix B: Model Live-Work Building Code System 213 2009 International Building Code Section 419 213 Building Code Provisions Not Spelled Out in IBC Section 419 213 Code Provisions that Apply in Live-Work Renovations Only 219 Artists’ Relaxations 219 Legalization Process 221 Shell Construction 221 Mixed Occupancy 221 Use of the Model Live-Work Building Code System 221 Appendix C: Live-Work Resources 223 Books 223 Web Sites 225 Endnotes 226 Index 227
£69.26
Wiley Privately Owned Public Space The New York City
Book SynopsisHailed by the Wall Street Journal as a "juicy little time bomb of a book", Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience examines for the first time, New York Citya s 39--year mixed experience with the production of more than 500 plazas, parks, and atriums located on private property yet by law accessible to and usable by the public.Trade Review"This extensive work provides for the first time a detailed look at the city's experience, pro and con, through photographs, maps, site plans, observed behaviors, and extensive notes." (Urbanparadoxes.com, 5/08) "The Introduction to Privately Owned Private Space is a history of New York City's attempts at planning and zoning beginning in 1916 and continuing to the present. The detail of the history is sharp while not talking down to the novice, and the politics is fascinating." (ArchitectureWeek.com, April 25, 2001) "The book should also appeal to any enthusiast of urban spaces anywhere in the world, because the lessons learned in the "Big Apple" are applicable anywhere. This is a history book, an incredibly detailed map of the New York City, and a lesson in civics all rolled into one." (F.L. Andrew Padian, ArchitectureWeek.com) "This long overdue collaborative effort among urban planning professor Jerold Kayden, New York City's Department of Planning, and the Municipal Art Society, and involving dozens of researchers, is one of the most important books to be published about New York City in years.... Along the same lines, in today's publishing environment, most commercial trade publishers would not likely be interested, and too many high-quality, general interest, New York City-related titles must vie for the limited resources of a few university presses or very small publishing houses that do not have the resources to take on this kind of project -- congratulations to John Wiley for publishing this book." (Bradley Beach Books, 9/01)Table of ContentsTHE CONTEXT. History. Law: Design, Operation, and Enforcement. Record. Research. THE SPACES. Lower Manhattan. Midtown Manhattan. Upper Manhattan. Brooklyn and Queens. Afterword. Notes. Bibliography. Table: Privately Owned Public Spaces, by Address and Classification. Photography Credits. Contacts. Index.
£69.26
The University of Michigan Press New Global Cities in Latin America and Asia
Book SynopsisProposes new visions of global cities and regions historically considered ‘secondary’ in the international context. The arguments are not only based on material progress, but also on the growing social difficulties experienced by these metropolises.Trade Review“. . . fills an important gap in the literature and offers a novel and comparative vision of a process that is currently in full development.”— Rafael Martín Rodríguez, Fudan UniversityTable of Contents Introduction by the editor PART I ASIA: CENTRE OF GROWTH AND GLOBALITY Chapter 1 Chinese Cities from the Ground to the Sky: Building Suzhou as a Global City beyond the Tradition Raffaele Pernice Chapter 2 The Urban Geographies of a Small Island: A Dialectical Spatial Approach Gang Hong Chapter 3 The rise of Chongqing and Queretaro: the territorial dimension of the divergent trajectories of two emerging urban economies in China and Mexico Miguel Hidalgo Martinez Chapter 4 Migration, expatriation, and heterosexuality in a globalized city – Singapore Liangni Sally Liu Chapter 5 City-regions reconsidered Allen J. Scott PART II LATIN AMERICA: OPENING, GLOBALIZATION AND CRISIS Chapter 6 Global Cities in Peripheral Countries: Argentina in the New International Labor Division Ulises Girolimo, and Patricio Feldman Chapter 7 Regional Planning, Development, and Governance of Metropolitan Secondary City Clusters: Case Study of Santiago and Central Chile Region Brian Roberts, JosÉ TomÁs Videla, and Marcela AlluÉ Nualart Chapter 8 Change of the society consumption in Peru during the globalization process Nadia Nora Urriola Canchari Chapter 9 Urban Conflict and Transnational Crime in Latin American Cities John P. Sullivan Chapter 10 The emergence of a global urban region: The Urban Corridor automotive and aeronautical in the Central - BajÍo Region, Mexico AdriÁn Moreno Mata Chapter 11 Economy, Inequalities and Cities. Chinese influence in Latin America Pablo Baisotti Conclusion Contributors
£35.10
The University of Michigan Press The Infrastructures of Security
Book SynopsisFocuses on not only the turn toward technological solutions to managing the risk of crime through digital (and software-based) surveillance and automated information systems, but also the introduction of somewhat bizarre and fly-by-night experimental ‘answers’ to perceived risk and danger.Table of Contents Table of Contents Abbreviations List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Chapter One Policing the Post-Liberal City: Paradoxes and Contradictions Chapter Two Johannesburg in the Geographic Imagination: Agoraphobia and other Obsessions Chapter Three Vulnerable Bodies: Self-Protection in a Risky World Chapter Four The Surveillant Assemblage: The Hyper-panoptic Imagination Chapter Five The CCTV ‘Revolution’ [With Nicky Falkof] Chapter Six Colliding Worlds in Micrososm Chapter Seven Security by Design: Spatial Management in the Hypermodern City Epilogue Introduction Epilogue 1 Jane Alexander Security Exhibition Epilogue 2 Mosquito Lightning [Carla Busuttil and Gary Charles] Bibliography
£65.50
University of California Press My Los Angeles
Book SynopsisAt once informative and entertaining, inspiring and challenging, this book provides an understanding of urban development and change over the past forty years in Los Angeles and other city regions of the world.Trade Review"An accessible, informative and often entertaining intellectual memoir and tour of the city as seen through the L.A. School, which has contributed some of the most provocative and productive ideas to our understanding of cities in recent history." -- Jon Christensen Los Angeles TimesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 * When It First Came Together in Los Angeles 2 * Taking Los Angeles Apart 3 * Inside Exopolis: Views of Orange County 4 * Comparing Los Angeles 5 * On the Postmetropolitan Transition 6 * A Look Beyond Los Angeles 7 * Regional Urbanization and the End of the Metropolis Era 8 * Seeking Spatial Justice in Los Angeles 9 * Occupy Los Angeles: A Very Contemporary Conclusion Appendix 1: Source Texts by the Author Appendix 2: Complementary Video Sources Index
£64.00
University of California Press My Los Angeles
Book SynopsisAt once informative and entertaining, inspiring and challenging, this book provides an understanding of urban development and change over the past forty years in Los Angeles and other city regions of the world.Trade Review"An accessible, informative and often entertaining intellectual memoir and tour of the city as seen through the L.A. School, which has contributed some of the most provocative and productive ideas to our understanding of cities in recent history." -- Jon Christensen Los Angeles TimesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 * When It First Came Together in Los Angeles 2 * Taking Los Angeles Apart 3 * Inside Exopolis: Views of Orange County 4 * Comparing Los Angeles 5 * On the Postmetropolitan Transition 6 * A Look Beyond Los Angeles 7 * Regional Urbanization and the End of the Metropolis Era 8 * Seeking Spatial Justice in Los Angeles 9 * Occupy Los Angeles: A Very Contemporary Conclusion Appendix 1: Source Texts by the Author Appendix 2: Complementary Video Sources Index
£27.00
University of California Press Fantasy Islands
Book SynopsisThe rise of China and its status as a leading global factory are altering the way people live and consume. This book probes Chinese, European, and American eco-desire and eco-technological dreams, and examines the solutions they offer to environmental degradation in this age of global economic change.Trade Review"Julie Sze has written a perceptive and engaging account of the hopes and dreams embodied in Dongtan and why the project was such an abysmal failure. A mix of critique and reportage, the weaving of a theoretical approach with that of a traveler whose father coincidentally grew up on Chongming, Sze masterfully unpicks the strands of what was intended as the world's largest new environmental city... An impressive achievement in looking through new eyes at China's efforts to deal with its environmental challenges." -- Mark L. Clifford Asian Review of Books "Sze's exploration of the official self-delusion and public eco-desires that sustain fantasies such as Dongtan is compelling... What Sze's exploration of the narratives of eco-modernism shows well is how flexible the creed of environmentalism can be - and how that quality can be manipulated." -- Fred Pearce New Scientist "Recommended reading for both those trying to get to grips with green purchasing in developing countries, as well as those interested in what the people on the street think of planning green and thinking huge. It is also a refreshing read compared to media coverage on the issue, which tends to label developments as 'hilarous' or 'bizarre', or just interview the big names involved, without providing much on-the-ground insight." -- Michael Veale LSE Review of Books "Carbon-neutral, zero-waste and home to 500,000 people: the Chinese eco-city of Dongtan seemed a radical urban dream. But the city, to be sited near Shanghai on Chongming - the world's biggest alluvial island - remains a blueprint. As Julie Sze argues in this thoughtful ... analysis of Chinese "eco-desire", the culprit could be irreconcilable beliefs in harmony with nature, and the ability of autocratic political structures to enact radical change." -- Barbara Kiser Nature "A fascinating story for readers interested in modern China, urban history, and global studies of ecology and the environment!" -- Carla Nappi New Books Network/New Books in East Asian Studies "A thought-provoking new book." -- Jan McGirk China Dialogue "It is easy to paint a black-and-white picture of China's environmental policies. But in Fantasy Islands, Julie Sze is able to bring a more nuanced view... In Fantasy Islands, the author raises some excellent questions about global efforts to deal with climate change through technological solutions." -- Joan Mooney Urbanland "Fantasy Islands accessibly introduces paradoxes of greening China's future." -- G. W. McDonogh CHOICETable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Fear, Loathing, Eco-Desire: Chinese Pollution in a Transnational World 2. Changing Chongming 3. Dreaming Green: Engineering the Eco-City 4. It's a Green World After All? Marketing Nature and Nation in Suburban Shanghai 5. Imagining Ecological Urbanism at the World Expo Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Select Bibliography Index
£22.50
University of California Press The Road to Resegregation
Book SynopsisHow could Northern California, the wealthiest and most politically progressive region in the United States, become one of the earliest epicenters of the foreclosure crisis? How could this region continuously reproduce racial poverty and reinvent segregation in old farm towns one hundred miles from the urban core? This is the story of the suburbanization of poverty, the failures of regional planning, urban sprawl, NIMBYism, and political fragmentation between middle class white environmentalists and communities of color.As Alex Schafran shows,the responsibility for this newly segregated geography lies in institutions from across the region, state, and political spectrum, even as the Bay Area has never managed to build common purpose around the making and remaking of its communities, cities, and towns. Schafran closes the book by presenting paths toward a new politics of planning and development that weave scattered fragments into a more equitable and functional whole.Trade Review"[A] deep and complex analysis of why the Bay Area of Northern California . . . remains deeply racially and class segregated and facing an affordable housing crisis." * Journal of Urban Affairs *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface: The Personal and the Political Introduction: Ghosts in the Machine 1 • The Suburbanization of Segregation 2 • The Postindustrial Garden 3 • The Dougherty Valley Dilemma 4 • The Reproduction of Babylon and the Gentrification Dilemma 5 • Silicon San Francisco and the West Bay Wall 6 • The Altamont Line and the Planning Dilemma 7 • The Regionalist Dream 8 • The Unrealized Coalition Conclusion: Resegregation and the Pursuit of Common Purpose Notes References Index
£27.00
University of California Press Flame and Fortune in the American West
Book SynopsisInvestigates the ongoing politics, folly, and avarice shaping the production of increasingly widespread yet dangerous suburban and exurban landscapes. In this book, the 1991 Oakland Hills Tunnel Fire is used as a starting point to better understand these complex social-environmental processes.Trade Review"Simon’s book will only become more and more important as our reckoning with climate change becomes more urgent." * U.S. Studies Online *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction PART I FLAME AND FORTUNE IN THE AMERICAN WEST: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INCENDIARY 1. The 1991 Tunnel Fire: The Case for an Affluence-Vulnerability Interface 2. The Changing American West: From "Flammable Landscape" to the "Incendiary" PART II ILLUMINATING THE AFFLUENCE VULNERABILITY INTERFACE IN THE TUNNEL FIRE AREA 3. Trailblazing: Producing Landscapes, Extracting Profits, Inserting Risk 4. Setting the Stage for Disaster: Revenue Maximization, Wealth Protection, and Its Discontents 5. Who's Vulnerable? The Politics of Identifying, Experiencing, and Reducing Risk PART III HOW THE WEST WAS SPUN: DEPOLITICIZING THE ROOT CAUSES OF WILDFIRE HAZARDS 6. Smoke Screen: When Explaining Wildfires Conceals the Incendiary 7. Debates of Distraction: Our Inability to See the Incendiary for the Spark PART IV AFTER THE FIRE: THE CONCOMITANT EXPANSION OF AFFLUENCE AND RISK 8. Dispatches from the Field: Win-Win Outcomes and the Limits of Post-Wildfire Mitigation 9. Out of the Ashes: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and Financial Opportunism Conclusion: From Excavating to Treating the Incendiary Notes References Index
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University of California Press Shaking Up the City
Book SynopsisShaking Up the City critically examines many of the concepts and categories within mainstream urban studies that serve dubious policy agendas. Through a combination of theory and empirical evidence, Tom Slater shakes up mainstream urban studies in a concise and pointed fashion by turning on its head much of the prevailing wisdom in the field. To this end, he explores the themes of data-driven innovation, urban resilience, gentrification, displacement and rent control, neighborhood effects, territorial stigmatization, and ethnoracial segregation. With important contributions to ongoing debates in sociology, geography, urban planning, and public policy, this book engages closely with struggles for land rights and housing justice to offer numerous insights for scholarship and political action to guard against the spread of an urbanism rooted in vested interest. Trade Review"Slater’s broad approach and global lens grant this book great potential to help scholars, especially younger ones, to rethink the logic behind research questions and approaches." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"Sitting down with Shaking Up the City: Ignorance, Inequality, and the Urban Question is like pulling up a chair with Tom Slater to talk about the state of play of urban studies. . . .Yet the highlight of this work is the intellectual contribution, which I see as holding the idea of epistemology – that is, the production of knowledge – and the idea of agnotology – that is, the production of ignorance – in tension with each other." * Urban Studies *"Shaking Up the City sets a new direction of critical urban geography." * Antipode *"Slater offers important insight for urban scholars and practitioners by showing how ideology, politics, and institutional arrangements interact to narrow urban policy choice sets." * Journal of the American Planning Association *"A detailed and very well-written account of several important concepts in critical urban theory." * Housing Studies *
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University of California Press Controlling Londons Growth
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University of California Press Controlling Londons Growth
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University of California Press Fragments of the City
Book SynopsisCities are becoming increasingly fragmented materially, socially, and spatially. From broken toilets and everyday things, to art and forms of writing, fragments are signatures of urban worlds and provocations for change. InFragments of the City, Colin McFarlane examines such fragments, what they are and how they come to matter in the experience, politics, and expression of cities. How does the city appear when we look at it through its fragments? For those living on the economic margins, the city is often experienced as a set of fragments. Much of what low-income residents deal with on a daily basis is fragments of stuff, made and remade with and through urban density, social infrastructure, and political practice.In this book, McFarlane exploresinfrastructure in Mumbai, Kampala, and Cape Town; artistic montages in Los Angeles and Dakar; refugee struggles in Berlin; and the repurposing of fragments in Hong Kong and New York. Fragments surface as material things, as forms of knowledge, as writing strategies. They are used in efforts to politicize the city and in urban writing to capture life and change in the world's major cities. Fragments of the City surveys the role of fragments in how urban worlds are understood, revealed, written, and changed.Trade Review"Fragments of the City is a beautifully written book, and it reads as if one listens to music – the pieces enter the senses, reach the soul, do their subconscious working, and bring out the listener/reader enriched, enlightened, inspired." * Planning Theory *Table of ContentsList of Figures Prologue Reading Fragments Pursuing Fragments Routes On the Margins An Urban World Pulling Together, Falling Apart Materializing the City Urban Life Support Volumetric Urbanism Fragmenting Cities Social Infrastructure Care and Consolidation Knowing Fragments In the Relation Presence-Absence The Gap Knowledge Fragments Writing in Fragments Montaging Urban Modernity Without Closure Points of Departure Fragments and Possibility Political Framings Attending to Fragments Maintaining In-Between Generative Translation Reformation Junk Art Relocating Surveying Wholes Political Becoming Occupation Being Present Provisioning Value Exhibiting Stories Walking Cities Encountering the City Intersecting Writings Routes and Their Limits Remnants Space and Time In Completion An Exploded View Experimenting Connective Devices Excursions Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Fragments of the City
Book SynopsisCities are becoming increasingly fragmented materially, socially, and spatially. From broken toilets and everyday things, to art and forms of writing, fragments are signatures of urban worlds and provocations for change. InFragments of the City, Colin McFarlane examines such fragments, what they are and how they come to matter in the experience, politics, and expression of cities. How does the city appear when we look at it through its fragments? For those living on the economic margins, the city is often experienced as a set of fragments. Much of what low-income residents deal with on a daily basis is fragments of stuff, made and remade with and through urban density, social infrastructure, and political practice.In this book, McFarlane exploresinfrastructure in Mumbai, Kampala, and Cape Town; artistic montages in Los Angeles and Dakar; refugee struggles in Berlin; and the repurposing of fragments in Hong Kong and New York. Fragments surface as material things, as forms of knowledge, as writing strategies. They are used in efforts to politicize the city and in urban writing to capture life and change in the world's major cities. Fragments of the City surveys the role of fragments in how urban worlds are understood, revealed, written, and changed.Trade Review"Fragments of the City is a beautifully written book, and it reads as if one listens to music – the pieces enter the senses, reach the soul, do their subconscious working, and bring out the listener/reader enriched, enlightened, inspired." * Planning Theory *Table of ContentsList of Figures Prologue Reading Fragments Pursuing Fragments Routes On the Margins An Urban World Pulling Together, Falling Apart Materializing the City Urban Life Support Volumetric Urbanism Fragmenting Cities Social Infrastructure Care and Consolidation Knowing Fragments In the Relation Presence-Absence The Gap Knowledge Fragments Writing in Fragments Montaging Urban Modernity Without Closure Points of Departure Fragments and Possibility Political Framings Attending to Fragments Maintaining In-Between Generative Translation Reformation Junk Art Relocating Surveying Wholes Political Becoming Occupation Being Present Provisioning Value Exhibiting Stories Walking Cities Encountering the City Intersecting Writings Routes and Their Limits Remnants Space and Time In Completion An Exploded View Experimenting Connective Devices Excursions Notes Bibliography Index
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Wiley Town Planning in Britain Since 1900
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Town Planning in Britain Since 1900
Book SynopsisThis book examines town and country planning policy in twentieth-century Britain as an important aspect of state activity. Tracing the origins of planning ideals and practice, Gordon Cherry charts the adoption by state, both at the central and local level, of measures to control and regulate features of Britain''s urban and rural environments. The author examines how town planning first took root as a professional activity and an academic discipline around the turn of the last century, largely as a reaction to the apparent problems of the late Victorian city. He shows, too, that this impetus for change coincided with a new perception amongst political thinkers of state planning as a legitimate and necessary function of Government''s intervention in social and economic affairs. Town planning, as a state activity in land use regulation, housing, industrial location, roads and transport, became an important beneficiary of these developments. The book highlights developments in pTable of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. The Collectivist Advance. 2. The Birth of Town Planning. 3. The Notion of State Planning. 4. Town Planning's Foothold, 1919-39. 5. Planning and the Corporate State, 1939-45. 6. The Attlee Years, 1945-51. 7. State Planning in Operation. 8. The Consensus Breaks, 1974-9. 9. The Post-war Settlement Remade: from 1979. 10. Town Planning and the Planning Ideal. References. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Postmodern Geography
Book SynopsisThis edited collection brings together some of the most authoritative voices in contemporary debates in geography: Michael Dear, Giuseppe Dematteis, Franco Farinelli, Cindy Katz, Don Mitchell, Gunnar Olsson, Neil Smith and Edward Soja to address the question of ''praxis'' within broader discussions of the postmodern in geography.Trade Review"A fine collection documenting the twists and turns of the debates on postmodernism in geography and urban studies. False god or saviour? You will find both views here. You will also find many fascinating intellectual moments - and not a little controversy." Professor Nigel Thrift, University of Bristol "This impressive anthology brings together the warring factions of American geographical theory - Marxism versus Postmodernism. Key figures of the Italian geographical tradition contribute a bold initiative to move geographical debates into line with current scientific standards. Their work, rarely available in English, is a 'must read' for those concerned with the representation of global flows and with cartographic practice." Professor Rob Shields, Carleton University "What is perhaps genuinely new about the book is its introduction of a number of Italian geographers' 'takes' on the topic, including Giuseppe Dematteis, Franco Farinelli, Vincenzo Guarrasi and Claudio Minca." Eric Laurier, University of Glasgow, Progress in Human Geography, Vol. 26Table of ContentsPreface. (Claudio Minca). 1. The Post Modern Turn. (Michael Dear). Part I: Cities. 2. Exploring the Postmetropolis. (Edward W. Soja). 3. Postmodern Geographical Praxis? Postmodern Impulse and the War against Homeless People in the "Post-Justice" City. (Don Mitchell). 4. Hiding the Target: Social Reproduction in the Privatized Urban Environment. (Cindi Katz). Part II: Scales. 5. Shifting Cities. (Giuseppe Dematteis). 6. Adventures of a Barong: A Worm's-Eye View of Global Formation. (Steven Flusty). 7. Rescaling Politics: Geography, Globalism and the New Urbanism. (Neil Smith). Part III: Mappings. 8. Millenial Geographics. (Denis Cosgrove and Luciana De Lima Martins). 9. Postmodern Temptations. (Claudio Minca). 10. Paradoxes of Modern and Postmodern Geography: Heterotopia of Landscape and Cartographic Logic. (Vincenzo Guarrasi). 11. Mapping the Global, or the Metaquantum Economics of Myth. (Franco Farinelli) 12. Washed in a Washing Machine™. (Gunnar Olsson). Afterword. (Edward W. Soja). Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Designing Cities
Book SynopsisDesigning Cities is the first reader to be published in the thriving field of urban design. It has been assembled to appeal to a broad range of readers interested in how the design of cities comes about. Provides a complex and integrated perspective on the field of urban design. Carefully structured, so that students will gain an understanding of the theoretical context from which urban design has emerged. Includes work by Manuel Castells, David Harvey, Christian Norberg-Schultz, Peter Marcuse and others. Table of ContentsPart I: Theory:. 1.The Process of Urban Social Change: Manuel Castells. 2. The Economic Currency of Architectural Aesthetics: Paul Walter Clarke. 3. The Post modern Debate over Urban Form: Sharon Zukin. Part II: History:. 4. The New Historical Relationship Between Space and Society: Manuel Castells. 5. Urban Landscapes as Public History: Dolores Hayden. 6. Harmonies of Urban Design and Discords of City Form: Abraham Akkerman. Part III: Philosophy:. 7. Social Justice, Postmodernism and the City: David Harvey. 8. The Phenomenon of Place: Christian Norberg Schulz. 9. Recapturing the Center: Mark Gottdeiner. Part IV: Politics:. 10. Why are the Design and Development of Public Spaces Significant for Cities?: A. Madanipour. 11. Cast in Stone: Monuments, Geography and Nationalism: N. Johnson. 12. Reflections on Berlin : The Meaning of Construction and the Construction of Meaning: Peter Marcuse. 13. Tilted Arc and the Uses of Democracy: Rosalyn Deutsche. Part V: Culture:. 15. Place-Form and Cultural Identity: Kenneth Frampton. 16. The Urban Landscape: Sharon Zukin. Part VI: Gender:. 17. Sexuality and Urban Space. A Framework for Analysis: L. Knopp. 18. Gender Symbols and Urban Landscapes: Liz Bondi. 19. What Would a Non Sexist City Be Like?: Dolores Hayden. Part VII: Environment:. 20. The Concept of Sustainability and its Relationship to Cities: Peter Newman and John Kenworthy. 21. Conservation as Preservation or as Heritage : Two Answers and Two Paradigms: G. H. Ashworth. 22. Zoopolis: Jennifer Wolch. Part VIII: Aesthetics:. 23. Aesthetic Theory: Jon Lang. 24. The Urban Artefact as a work of Art: Aldo Rossi. 25. Aesthetic Ideology and Urban Design: Barbara Rubin. Part IX: Typologies:. 26. The Third Typology: Anthony Vidler. 27. Typological and Morphological Elements of the Concept of Urban Space: Rob Krier. 28. Heterotopia Deserta: Sarah Chaplin. Part X: Pragmatics:. 29. The Design Professions and the Built Environment in a Postmodern Epoch: Paul Knox. 30. A Catholic Approach to Organizing what Urban Designers Should Know: Anne Vernez Moudon.
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Princeton University Press Cities in the International Marketplace The
Book SynopsisDoes globalization menace our cities? Are cities able to exercise democratic rule and strategic choice when international competition increasingly limits the importance of place? This book looks at the political responses of ten cities in North America and Western Europe as they grappled with the forces of global restructuring.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2003 Best Book in Urban Politics Award "This is a major study about western cities in the context of global capitalism and the large demographic shifts of the last thirty years. Through a mix of detailed empirical study and big conceptual questions the authors give us the instruments to capture and detect the ongoing weight of local politics in an exploding international marketplace that has made cities themselves an object for investment."--Saskia Sassen, editor of Global Networks, Linked Cities "An important comparative study of urban development process and politics... Savitch and Kantor's systematic study offers an array of explanations that are woven together to demonstrate several important concepts about planning policy and urban development."--Robyne S. Turner, Journal of the American Planning AssociationTable of ContentsList of Photographs ix List of Figures xi List of Tables xiii Preface xv Acknowledgments xix Chapter One: The Great Transformation and Local Choices 1 Chapter Two: Toward a Theory of Urban Development 29 Chapter Three: Ten Cities, Thirty Years 55 Chapter Four: Social- and Market-centered Strategies 101 Chapter Five: Driving and Steering Urban Strategy 149 Chapter Six: Dirigiste and Entrepreneurial Bargaining 171 Chapter Seven: Dependent Bargaining: Public and Private 223 Chapter Eight: Are Cities Converging? 267 Chapter Nine: Strategies for the International Marketplace 313 Chapter Ten: Conclusions: Cities Need Not Be Leaves in the Wind 346 Appendix: Sources and Notes for Figures and Tables 361 Source Notes 373 Glossary 391 Bibliography 395 Index 425
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Princeton University Press Atlas of Cities
Book SynopsisMore than half the world's population lives in cities, and that proportion is expected to rise to three-quarters by 2050. Urbanization is a global phenomenon, but the way cities are developing, the experience of city life, and the prospects for the future of cities vary widely from region to region. The Atlas of Cities presents a unique taxonomy ofTrade ReviewWinner of the 2014 AAG Globe Book Award for Public Understanding of Geography, Association of American Geographers One of The Globe and Mail 75 Book Ideas for Christmas 2014 "This fascinating survey effectively complemented and enriched by color maps, charts, and illustrations, celebrates the urban landscape's past, present, and potential for the future. Intended for the general reader, Knox's reference is recommended to anyone interested in urban studies and geography."--Library Journal (Starred Review) "[T]he large format of this coffee-table book provides room for a stunning abundance of photographs, charts, graphs, maps, and other enhancements that make Atlas of Cities as much a visual experience as a narrative one."--Ray Bert, Civil Engineering "This elegantly illustrated volume is a feast of maps and graphics... Geographers, sociologists, architects, and urban planners have contributed clear thematic chapters, and the result is a book that will encourage readers to think differently about many cities, including their own."--Graeme Wood, Pacific Standard "A cartographic buffet that lays out how our metropolises came to be and what makes them tick."--John King, San Francisco Chronicle "[T]his is a volume that could excite exploration of those more flexible sources, and its prose, design and illustration will surely achieve that for some who come across it--perhaps in libraries or classrooms."--Alan Mabin, Urban Africa "A lavish, exhaustive look at the history, transformation, and future of urban centres around the globe. The perfect book for the Richard Florida--who, coincidentally, wrote the foreword--in your life."--Globe and Mail "Much more than a book. Through innovative maps, charts, info-graphics and tables, Atlas lays out the cycles of consumption, creation, and decay that drive the living spaces that will soon house three-fourths of the human race, up from today's half. This book doesn't tell you about cities, it lets you understand them."--Dan Bischoff, Newark Star-Ledger "This atlas does not graph the usual geographic shapes of cities, but tries to diagram the many other dimensions within cities around the world. Taking example from many specific cities (such as Istanbul, or Cairo) it tries to dissect, almost like an x-ray, the many organs, tissues, cells, and anatomy of a typical city... This book will likely illuminate your world."--Kevin Kelly, Wink "The kind of book I imagine anyone in the field of Urban Studies would like to own... Atlas of Cities is not just a well-edited book full of useful didactical maps but also the kind of book that the members of our map-loving species want to have."--Manuel B, Aalbers, Urban StudiesTable of ContentsFOREWORD Richard Florida 8 INTRODUCTION Paul Knox 10 THE FOUNDATIONAL CITY Lily Leontidou, Guido Martinotti 16 Core cities Athens and Rome Secondary cities Knossos, Santorini, Sparta, Pella, Syracuse, Marseille, Alexandria, Constantinople, Babylon THE NETWORKED CITY Raf Verbruggen, Michael Hoyler, Peter Taylor 34 Core cities Augsburg, London, Venice, Florence, Innsbruck, Lubeck, Bruges, Paris, Ghent THE IMPERIAL CITY Asil Ceylan Oner 52 Core city Istanbul Secondary cities Rome, St. Petersburg, Vienna, London, Beijing THE INDUSTRIAL CITY Jane Clossick 70 Core city Manchester Secondary cities Berlin, Chicago, Detroit, Dusseldorf, Glasgow, Sheffield THE RATIONAL CITY Andrew Herod 88 Core city Paris Secondary cities Vienna, New York, London, Budapest, Washington, D.C. THE GLOBAL CITY Ben Derudder, Peter Taylor, Michael Hoyler, Frank Witlox 106 Core cities London and New York Secondary cities Frankfurt, San Francisco, Geneva, Mumbai, Nairobi THE CELEBRITY CITY Elizabeth Currid-Halkett 124 Core city Los Angeles Secondary cities New York, London, Milan, Mumbai, Las Vegas THE MEGACITY Jan Nijman, Michael Shin 140 Core city Mumbai Seconday cities Cairo, Mexico City, Jakarta, Karachi, Shanghai, Sao Paulo, New York THE INSTANT CITY Lucia Cony-Cidade 158 Core city Brasilia Secondary cities Abuja, Chandigarh, Canberra THE TRANSNATIONAL CITY Jan Nijman, Michael Shin 176 Core city Miami Secondary cities Vancouver, Hong Kong, Dubai, Singapore, Dublin, Los Angeles THE CREATIVE CITY Paul Knox 194 Core city Milan Secondary cities Paris, New York, London, Portland, Los Angeles THE GREEN CITY Heike Mayer 210 Core city Freiburg Secondary cities Stockholm, Portland, Curitiba, Masdar City, Gussing, Wildpoldsried THE INTELLIGENT CITY Kevin C. Desouza 226 Core city London Secondary cities Amsterdam, Tokyo, New York, Singapore, Seoul, San Francisco, Chicago, Sydney, Vienna APPENDICES Glossary 224 Resources 246 Contributors 250 Index 252 Acknowledgements 256
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Princeton University Press The Spirit of Cities
Book SynopsisRevives the classical idea that a city expresses its own distinctive ethos or values. This book explores how this classical idea can be applied to today's cities, and they explain why philosophy and the social sciences need to rediscover the spirit of cities.Trade Review"The affinity and intimacy recalled here inevitably evoke memories of and comparisons to one's own city experiences. The scholarly knowledge is often enlightening and instills the urge to go deeper into many of the urban histories that the authors place in front of the reader... After reading their city portraits, one is inclined to 'stroll' through one's own city with newly opened eyes, ready for surprises and the unraveling of hidden historic layers."--Florian Kossak, Times Higher Education "For this city lover their book was a passionate, profound and inspiring journey to the heart of the contemporary urban experience."--City-Lit Cafe "The call 'city-zens of the world unite' symbolizes the enduring importance of and unique characteristics associated with cities able and willing to withstand the pressures of globalization. Rather than suggesting the rise of uniformity fostered by globalization across cities, Bell and de-Shalit offer a series of fascinating and convincing case studies that counter this view... Personally familiar with Jerusalem, Montreal, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Oxford, Berlin, Paris, and New York, in their findings the authors describe unique ethes ranging from religious conviction in the case of Jerusalem to ambition in the case of New York."--Choice "This highly readable book ... is academically informed but will not strike the general reader as academic."--Sunder Katwala, British Future "The Spirit of Cities is a strange book, in a good way... [F]ascinating and informative... Bell and de-Shalit have created an admirable study that offers insight into all cities."--Stephan Delbos, Prague Post "Bell and de-Shalit put forth a provocative thesis, and they present it in a rich brew of insights, anecdotes, and ideas that can benefit anyone with a stake in the urban environment."--Stanley Stark, Oculus "The book is extremely interesting and entertaining for lovers of cities all over the world, and perhaps even for those who are not, because The Spirit of Cities is quite insightful and takes the reader on a thought-provoking personal journey. Moreover, the style of the book is attractively conversational (even autobiographical)... It is also worth mentioning that The Spirit of Cities, combining strolling and storytelling with cutting-edge theory, encourages debate on new ways of inquiry in the social sciences."--Agnieszka Ogrodowczyk, European Spatial Research and PolicyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Preface to the Paperback Edition: The City and Identity xi Introduction: Civicism 1 Jerusalem: The City of Religion 18 Montreal: The City of Language(s) 56 Singapore: The City of Nation Building 78 Hong Kong: The City of Materialism 111 Beijing: The City of Political Power 140 Oxford: The City of Learning 161 Berlin: The City of (In)Tolerance 191 Paris: The City of Romance 222 New York: The City of Ambition 249 Notes 279 Selected Bibliography 321 Index 333
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Princeton University Press Cities of Knowledge
Book SynopsisWhat is the magic formula for turning a place into a high-tech capital? How can a city or region become a high-tech powerhouse like Silicon Valley? For over half a century, through boom times and bust, business leaders and politicians have tried to become the next Silicon Valley, but few have succeeded. This book examines why high-tech developmenTrade Review"Margaret O'Mara's book shows how very far from simple was US experience when dissected in detail and how very hard it was in reality to emulate Silicon Valley/Stanford success even for other American cities. This is a very interesting book. And a very timely one. It is refreshing to read a book with the historical perspective that policymakers and analysts alike too often lack."--Jane Marceau, Australian Review "O'Mara's study is richly wrought, and her emphasis on place adds an important new dimension to discussions of Cold War political economy and its legacies."--Daniel Lee Kleinman, Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction Discovering the City of Knowledge 1 PART ONE: INTENT 1. Cold War Politics 17 Frameworks, 1945-1950 18 Policy and Geography, 1950-1965 36 Conclusion 55 2. "Multiversities," Cities, and Suburbs 58 The Scientist in the Garden 60 Economic Development Solutions 75 Conclusion 92 PART TWO: IMPLEMENTATION 3. From the Farm to the Valley: Stanford University and the San Francisco Peninsula 97 A Western Retreat 99 Hot and Cold Wars 103 Land Development 110 A Model City 127 "The Battle of the Hills" 132 Conclusion 139 4. Building" Brainsville" : The University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia 142 Franklin's University and Its City 143 From Computers to Medicine 146 Industrial Decline and Urban Renewal 151 Building University City 158 Scientific Industry Comes to West Philadelphia 166 Controversy and Protest 172 Conclusion 180 5. Selling the New South: Georgia Tech and Atlanta 182 The New Industrial South 185 Postwar Growth and Postwar Power 190 Expansion and Entrepreneurship at Georgia Tech 201 Selling Atlanta in the Space Age 207 Research Parks, Office Parks, and Another Stanford? 216 Conclusion 221 PART THREE LEGACY Conclusion The Next Silicon Valley 225 Notes 235 Index 291
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Princeton University Press Foundations
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Shortlisted for the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion, Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain""Winner of the Historians of British Art Book Prize, Contemporary Subject""[A] brilliant new history. . . . A highly convincing book, with the sort of clarity and panoramic scope that is too often, in books on this subject, lost in architectural and decorative minutiae."---Owen Hatherley, Tribune Magazine"Elegantly written. . . . [A] timely contribution."---Alistair Fair, Architectural History"An academic modernist sees opportunity in disruption."---John Gapper, Financial Times"[A] scintillating and thoroughly engaging book, which rightly urges us to pay closer attention to the built environment in our understanding of how modern Britain came to be."---Phil Child, Journal of Contemporary History"Foundations is a fascinating contribution . . . illuminating fluently and engagingly the still-hidden history of the mundane spaces that Britons have inherited, many of which they continue to inhabit."---Simon Gunn, Journal of British Studies"An excellent book. It is deeply researched, thoughtfully argued, and beautifully written."---Erika Hanna, American Historical Review
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Princeton University Press Disrupting D.C.
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An insightful look at Uber’s impact on Washington, D.C." * Publishers Weekly *"a fantastic look at how and why Uber was able to conquer our cities"---Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times"The global financial crisis of 2008 and the Great Recession offered an opportunity for an ideological break with what had been the defining neoliberal worldview of the previous 30 years. Instead it yielded continuity. Disrupting D.C.: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City...narrates that story, in careful and powerful detail."---Sandeep Vaheesan, American Prospect
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Renos Big Gamble
Book SynopsisTraces the transformation of Reno’s reputation from backward railroad town to the nationally known ‘Sin Central’ - as Garrison Keillor observed, a place where you could see things that you wouldn’t want to see in your own hometown.Trade ReviewNo place has worked harder than ‘the biggest little city in the world’ to shape its identity and reputation. Alicia Barber tells a fascinating story about the ways that insiders and outsiders have constructed and reconstructed Reno’s image in pursuit of the big bonanza of economic growth." - Carl Abbott, author of The Metropolitan Frontier: Cities in the Modern American West and Greater Portland: Urban Life and Landscape in the Pacific NorthwestTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Becoming “The Biggest Little City”1. “In the Middle of a Frightful Plain”: The Quest for a Reputation2. “A Frontier Post of Civilization”: Chasing Modernity in the Progressive Era3. Selling Reno in the Consumer Age4. “City of Sinful Fun”: Reno Hits the Mainstream5. Big City Struggles in the Biggest Little City6. A New Reno for the New MillenniumConclusionNotesBibliographyIndexBibliographyIndex
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University Press of Kansas No Ordinary Landmark
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University Press of Kansas No Ordinary Landmark
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Pluto Press Limits to Culture Urban Regeneration vs Dissident
Book SynopsisA critical look at cultural urban regeneration and how it is used as a political tool by the ruling elite to police populations.Trade Review'A clear sighted and important contribution. At last, a much needed corrective to the narrative of the 'creative class'. I really recommend it.' -- Anna Minton, Reader in Architecture at the University of East London and author of Ground Control'Builds on more than a decade of writing against the grain of culture-led urban regeneration. This book is not only critique but an attempt to re-imagine what a progressive future for cities might be' -- Justin O'ConnorTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction 1. Cultural Turns: A De-Industrialised Estate 2. Creative Classes: Aesthetics and Gentrification 3. Colliding Values: Civic Hope and Capital’s Bind 4. New Cool: England’s New Art Museums 5. New Codes: Culture as Social Ordering 6. New Air: Urban Spaces and Democratic Deficits 7. Dissent: Antagonistic Art in a Period of Neoliberal Containment 8. Limits to Culture: Art after Occupy Notes Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Planetary Gentrification
Book SynopsisThis is the first book in Polity's new 'Urban Futures' series. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, proclamations rang out that gentrification had gone global.Trade Review"This is an exciting and illuminating documentation of the ideologies and practices of gentrification in different parts of the globalizing world. Theoretically inspirational and empirically comprehensive, this book provides an excellent role model to show how critical comparative studies can be done for fruitful knowledge production. It makes a timely contribution that will be highly appreciated by all from the global North and South, East and West."George C. S. Lin, Hong Kong University "The authors are leading urban scholars from three continents, who advance the thesis of global gentrification and its attendant injustices through the informative lens of comparative urbanism. In doing so, they critically engage with 'both academic globalization and the globalization of capital'."David Ley, University of British Columbia "This book profoundly extends the scope of gentrification from its London-based origins to a globalizing urban world. Using a comparative perspective, the authors examine urban restructuring and displacement not as the spread of Western social-spatial forms, but as a process of planetary globalization. This book is the most lucid, nuanced and theoretically coherent treatment of gentrification and its manifestation to date."Fulong Wu, University College London"The stellar achievement of this book is its success in making sense of a planetary mélange of contemporary case studies of urban growth and development. The three coauthors bring perspectives steeped in Anglo American, Asian, and Hispanic cultural identities, yielding a densely textured portrayal of the sociopolitical dimensions of land development."Journal of Urban Affairs"[The authors] unlearn existing conceptualizations/theories, ideologies and practices/policies around gentrification, and question how experience from around the globe may enrich gentrification theory and concepts […]. Overall, they argue that the study of gentrification can help us to understand the complexity of urbanization processes […and] that the differences they identify are not radical enough to warrant dilution or dismissal of the term."Environment and Urbanization "[The authors] not only provide the reader with significant material that should start new and stimulating discussions in gentrification studies, but also challenge the way of understanding and investigating processes of gentrification. This book proves itself to be an important addition to further gentrification theory and an answer for the long-due desire to expand gentrification to the cities of the Global South."Urban GeographyTable of Contents1. Introduction2. New Urbanizations3. New Economics4. Global Gentrifiers: Class, Capital, State5. A Global Gentrification Blueprint?6. Slum Gentrification7. Mega-Gentrification and Displacement8. ConclusionReferences
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Emerald Publishing Limited International Urban Planning Settings
Book SynopsisA group of academics and practitioners in urban planning and development present an array of essays, primarily focused on Pacific Rim cities, that analyze successful policies and programmes in urban development and explain why they have worked. These essays identify a number of key themes of change that are leading to innovation in strategic planning and management of urban regions/cities in the context of globalization, economic restructuring, social change, and the changing interface between government, the private sector, and the community sectors. These themes include, among others: electronic commerce and its impact on urban development, community involvement in planning, historical preservation, strategies for central city growth and revival, private sector versus government leadership in planning, creation of new cities from scratch contrasted with reinventing existing cities, and tools for urban planning and management. This should be a useful tool to all those actively involveTable of ContentsInternational Urban Settings: Innovations in Planning Approaches (J.F. Williams, R.J. Stimson). Part I: City and Regional Planning Strategies. Planning for a vibrant central city: the case of Nayoya, Japan (A.J. Jacobs). An economic development strategy for Cairns (B. Roberts, J. Dean). 'Model Singapore': crossing urban boundaries (V. Savage, C.P. Pow). The Long Beach story: a California city, repositions itself (R.A. Watson, M. Perez). Shenzben: the pioneer city in China's economic transition (M.Y. Wang et al.). Criteria for urban development processes: managing the virtual organization (E.D.F. Wyeth). Part II: Participation, Partnerships, and Renewal. Against harbor reclamation in Hong Kong: lesson of success (C. Wing Ho). A partnership approach to urban renewal in Brisbane (T. Reddacliff, R.J. Stimson). Railways and reurbanisation in Perth: case studies of success in urban public policy (P. Newman). Kanazawa: creating a livable city through historic preservation (A. Tani et al.). Continuity and change in Macau's historic landscape during a period of transition (B. Taylor). Part III: Special Events and New Technologies. World's fairs and urban development: Lisbon and EXP098 (M.L Wilson, L. Huntoon). Planning issues and the new generation technology economy: comparative regional analysis and the case of the U.S. national capital region (R.R. Stough, R. Kulkarni). Electronic commerce: planning for successful urban and regional development (R.G. Fletcher et al.).
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John Wiley & Sons Chinas Urban Future and the Quest for Stability
Book SynopsisAssessing Chinese cities and urbanization in a time of slowing economic development, rising inequality, and unprecedented mobility.
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University of British Columbia Press Houser
Book SynopsisCatherine Bauer changed forever the concept of social housing and inspired a generation of urban activists to integrate public housing into the emerging welfare state of the mid-20th century. She was one of a small group of idealists who called themselves “Housers” because of their commitment to raising the quality of urban life through improving shelter for low-income families.Trade ReviewPeter Oberlander and Eva Newbrun have traced her career in meticulous detail and written a highly readable account of her life and times. Ostensibly a biography of Catherine, their book is simultaneously a biography of the Housing Movement that she helped to spawn and of the early City Planning Movement in which she was an active participant. -- Mel Webber * Berkeley Planning Journal 14 (2000): 138-140 *Houser is a well-researched and well-written biography of this talented woman. -- Graham Adams, Jr. * CBRA 2093 *Table of ContentsIllustrationsForewordPreface1 Early Years (1905-26)2 Learning Years (1926-30)3 Romantic Years (1930-33)4 Political Years (1934-36)5 Legislative Years (1936-38)6 Transition Years (1939-42)7 Academic Years (1943-64)PostscriptNotesBibliographyAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIndex
£26.99
University of British Columbia Press Planning Canadian Regions
Book SynopsisThe first book to consolidate the history, evolution, current practice, and future prospects for regional planning in Canada.Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Regional Planning in PerspectivePart 1: Foundations of Regional Planning1 Roots of Regional Planning 2 Key Features of Regional Planning3 The Imperative of Regional Boundaries4 Formal Bases of Regional PlanningPart 2: Planning Practice in Rural and Non-Metropolitan Regions5 Planning Rural Regions and Their Communities6 Regional Economic Development Planning7 Regional Planning for Resource Conservation and Development and the EnvironmentPart 3: Planning and Governing Practice in Urban-Based Regions8 Planning and Governing Metropolitan Areas9 Planning and Governing City-RegionsPart 4: The Future of Regional Planning in Canada10 The Continuing Need for Regional Planning11 The Future Shape of Regional Planning Appendix Notes; References; Index
£73.95
University of British Columbia Press Planning Canadian Regions
Book SynopsisPlanning Canadian Regions is the first book to consolidate the history, evolution, current practice, and future prospects for regional planning in Canada. As planners grapple with challenges wrought by globalization, the evolution of massive new city-regions, and the pressures for sustainable and community economic development, a deeper understanding of Canada's approaches is invaluable.Hodge and Robinson identify the intellectual and conceptual foundations of regional planning and review the history and main modes of regional planning for rural regions, economic development regions, resource development regions, and metropolitan and city-regions. They draw lessons from Canada's past experience and conclude by proposing a new paradigm addressing the needs of regional planning now and in the future, emphasizing regional governance, greater inclusiveness and integration of physical planning with planning for economic sustainability and natural ecosystems.PlaTrade Review"Two senior scholars have written an illuminating work on the origins, concepts, scope, practice, and potential of regional planning in Canada. Its coverage is truly national, and its spirit, appropriately, is universal, critical, and exploratory." - Len Gertier, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, School of Planning, University of WaterlooTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: Regional Planning in Perspective Part 1: Foundations of Regional Planning 1 Roots of Regional Planning 2 Key Features of Regional Planning 3 The Imperative of Regional Boundaries 4 Formal Bases of Regional Planning Part 2: Planning Practice in Rural and Non-Metropolitan Regions 5 Planning Rural Regions and Their Communities 6 Regional Economic Development Planning 7 Regional Planning for Resource Conservation and Development and the Environment Part 3: Planning and Governing Practice in Urban-Based Regions 8 Planning and Governing Metropolitan Areas 9 Planning and Governing City-Regions Part 4: The Future of Regional Planning in Canada 10 The Continuing Need for Regional Planning 11 The Future Shape of Regional Planning Appendix Notes; References; Index
£31.50
MN - University of British Columbia Press The Vancouver Achievement
Book SynopsisThis first comprehensive account of contemporary planning and urban design practice in any Canadian city examines the development of Vancouver's unique approach to zoning, planning, and urban design from its inception in the early 1970s to the present day.Trade ReviewThe Vancouver Achievement represents the most substantial evaluation to date on the role of planning and local policy concerning the reformation of land use and landscapes in Vancouver, including treatments of the planning record in suburban as well as in central city settings ... The Vancouver Achievement, in the comprehensiveness and depth of its analysis, supported by an extensive fieldwork program entailing interviews and documentary review, is itself a considerable achievement. -- Tom Hutton * BC Studies, Spring 2005 *The Vancouver Achievement is a solid book, promising a long shelf life for anyone wishing to learn about the history of planning and architecture in British Columbia. -- Jill Wade * Canadian Literature 184, Spring 2005 *Admirably organized and readable. * New Urban News *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Urban Design as Public Policy in North America1 Introducing VancouverPart 1: Setting a New Planning Agenda2 TEAM and the Reform of Planning, 1972-803 Creating a Livable Central Area, 1975-91Part 2: Designing Neighbourhoods4 Single-Family Neighbourhoods, 1980-20005 CityPlan, 1992-2000 6. Megaprojects on the Waterfront, 1987-20007 Downtown Vancouver, 1991-2000Part 3: Regulating Development and Improving Design8 Reforming Permit Processing and Development Levies, 1980-20009 Discretionary Control and Design Quality, 1997-200010 Conclusion: Assessing Vancouver’s Achievement PostscriptAppendices:1 Awards for planning and design in Vancouver2 Chronology of key planning initiatives, policy documents, government policies, and politics in the City of Vancouver, 1965-20013 Organization charts for the city planning function, 1975-2001GlossaryReferencesFigureCreditsIndex
£31.50
University of British Columbia Press Thinking Planning and Urbanism
Book SynopsisBy exposing the details of the Dundas Square area in Toronto, this book shows how city planners can be overwhelmed by the machinations of money and power, and why the planning field is ill-equipped to find creative solutions for post-industrial problems.Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1 Opening2 History (with Nik Luka)3 Regenerating4 Redeveloping5 Defending6 Implementing7 ClosingAppendix 1 Selected elements of the planning frameworkAppendix 2 ChronologyAppendix 3 Basic characteristics of the planning areaAppendix 4 Socioeconomic information about the planning areaAppendix 5 Seven development options, Yonge and Dundas area, December 1996Appendix 6 Financial plan and costing scenarios, Yonge and Dundas area, December 1996Appendix 7 Issues raised at public meetings and via correspondence regarding the redevelopment scheme, spring 1997Appendix 8 Bylaws before the Joint BoardAppendix 9 Decision of the Joint Board: Jurisdiction, conclusions and findings, decision and conditions, and obiter dictaAppendix 10 Sample calendar of events at Nathan Phillips Square, January to July 2000NotesReferencesIndex
£73.95
University of British Columbia Press Perverse Cities
Book SynopsisDistorted price signals and flawed public policy create powerful and largely hidden perverse subsidies and incentives that promote urban sprawl.Trade ReviewAnalytical and detailed in its approach and consistently daring in challenging accepted views of the causes of and solutions for urban sprawl. -- Donner Prize JuryTable of ContentsPreface1 The Price of SprawlPart 1: The Planning Problem2 Sprawl: A Planning Problem3 The Costs and Benefits of SprawlPart 2: The Problem with Planning4 The Costs and Benefits of Planning5 How Do Our Cities Grow? Plans versus Reality6 Prices Drive SprawlPart 3: Subsidies, Cross-Subsidies, and Mis-Incentives: How Public Policy Finances Sprawl7 Municipal Services: Costs and Prices8 Network Services: Costs and Prices9 Housing, Infrastructure, and Energy: More Mis-Pricing and Mis-Incentives10 Driving Sprawl: Pricing and Policy Mis-IncentivesPart 4: What to Do11 Principles for a Market-Oriented Approach12 A Toolbox of Market-Oriented Instruments13 Perverse Subsidies, Perverse CitiesNotesBibliographyIndex
£31.50
University of British Columbia Press Segmented Cities
Book SynopsisThis book examines how urbanization and pluralization are shaping the world's cities and what can be done to encourage integration and minimize ethnic and nationalist tensions.Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Ethnic and Nationalist Politics in a Global and Urban World / Kristin R. Good, Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos, and Luc TurgeonPart 1: Globalization, Scale, and the Political Economy of Ethnically Plural “World Cities”1 Adding Human Diversity to Urban Political Economy Analysis: The Case of Russia / Blair A. Ruble2 Citizenship and Livelihood Struggles in Turbulent Times: The City and Ethnic Politics in Postcolonial Africa / Dickson Eyoh3 Gentrification, Social Mix, and the Immigrant-Reception Function of Inner-City Neighbourhoods: Evidence from Canadian Globalizing Cities / Alan Walks4 Globalization, Immigration, and Ethnoburbs / Wan Yu and Wei LiPart 2: Ethnolinguistic Configurations and Relations in Segmented Cities5 Cape Town’s “World-Class” Segregation / David A. McDonald6 Segmented Cities: Ethnic Conflict, Geographical Scale, and the Politics of Explanation / David Ley7 Immigrant Inclusion and Linguistic Struggle in the Brussels-Capital Region / Yoann Veny and Dirk JacobsPart 3: Managing Diversity through Local Institutions and Processes of Urban Governance8 Jerusalem: Conflict in the City of Peace / David Cameron9 Managing Multicultural Cities in Divided Countries / Scott A. Bollens10 Social Cohesion and Democratic Voice: Paths to Political Incorporation / Susan E. Clarke and Keeley W. StokesConclusion: Cities as Dynamic Sites of Integration and Segmentation / Luc Turgeon, Kristin R. Good, and Triadafilos TriadafilopoulosIndex
£26.99
University of British Columbia Press Land Politics and Livelihoods on the Margins of
Book SynopsisAn engaging study of the rapid urbanization of a former village subsumed by the expanding city of Hanoi.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 The Early Urban Transition (1920-40) 2 Uneven Socialist Revolutions (1940-65) 3 Eating by Points and Coupons Is Not Enough(1965-80) 4 The New Urban Territorial Order (1980-2010) 5 Land for Fresh Ghosts, Land for Dry Ghosts Conclusion Notes References Statutes Cited Index
£73.80
University of British Columbia Press Land Politics and Livelihoods on the Margins of
Book SynopsisAn engaging study of the rapid urbanization of a former village subsumed by the expanding city of Hanoi.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 The Early Urban Transition (1920-40) 2 Uneven Socialist Revolutions (1940-65) 3 Eating by Points and Coupons Is Not Enough(1965-80) 4 The New Urban Territorial Order (1980-2010) 5 Land for Fresh Ghosts, Land for Dry Ghosts Conclusion Notes References Statutes Cited Index
£23.39
University of British Columbia Press Public Interest Private Property
Book SynopsisThrough selected case studies, this volume explores the complex interplay between the public interest and private property rights in Canadian urban-planning policy.Trade ReviewThis collection accomplishes its goal, filling the gap in Canadian academic literature in the context of balancing private property rights and the public interest in urban planning … the problems identified in [Public Interest, Private Property] could have continuing relevance for future urban planning and legislation across Canada. -- Matthew Barnes * Saskatchewan Law Review *While these topics may seem familiar, the common thread – thinking deeply about private property rights – sets this collection apart and makes it an engaging read. The introduction alone would be worthwhile reading for any property law or planning law curriculum ... One of the reasons the book works so well is that at the heart of the collection is a shared belief among the writers in the value of dialogue as well as a desire to avoid artificially amplifying the public-private rights divide that can stunt public conversation of property rights. -- Michael Connell, WeirFoulds LLP * Canadian Law Library Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Marcia Valiante and Anneke SmitPart 1: Contextualizing Canadian Private Property and Public Planning1 Private Property in Historical and Global Contexts and Its Lessons for Planning / Harvey M. Jacobs2 Bumble Bees Cannot Fly, and Restrictive Covenants Cannot Run / Bruce ZiffPart 2: Public Interest, Participation, and Planning Law3 The Disappearance of Planning Law in Ontario / Stanley M. Makuch4 In Search of the “Public Interest” in Ontario Planning Decisions / Marcia ValiantePart 3: Recent Shifts in Canadian Urban Planning and Private Property5 Transforming Toronto: Implementation and Impacts of Metropolitan-Scale Plans / Pierre Filion and Anna Kramer6 Green Development: New Entanglements of Property, Planning, and the Public Interest / Deborah CurranPart 4: Private Property, Natural Resources, and Planning7 Private Tree Protection Bylaws: In the Public Interest? / Eran S. Kaplinsky8 Planning for Potable Water: Public Interest and Property Rights / Jane Matthews GlennPart 5: Issues in Canadian Expropriation Law and Practice9 Expropriation: The Raw Edge of the Conflict between Public and Private Interests / Stephen F. Waqué and Ian Mathany10 Making Up for the Loss of “Home”: Compensation in Residential Property Expropriation / Anneke SmitIndex
£26.99
University of British Columbia Press Montreal City of Water
Book SynopsisMontreal, City of Water investigates the development of the city over two centuries, tracing the relationship between the city’s inhabitants and the waterways that ring its island and flow beneath it in underground networks.Trade ReviewMontreal, City of Water is full of insights. -- Annmarie Adams * Scientia Canadiensis *The past was never paradise. Michèle Dagenais’s Montreal, City of Water: An Environmental History takes on the myth that Montrealers once enjoyed an idyllic relationship with the city’s streams and the St. Lawrence River; a relationship supposedly lost during the nineteenth century only to await recovery after the 1970s. Instead, Dagenais shows that there was never a break between people and the environment… -- Dale Barbour, University of Toronto * Network in Canadian History and Environment *Table of ContentsForeword: Water-Ville / Graeme WynnIntroduction1 Montreal: One City, One Island2 Sources of a New Definition of the City3 The St. Lawrence: “A Superb Instrument to be Developed and Moulded”4 From City to Island: The Extension of Water Systems and the Structuring of the Urban Fabric5 In Search of the Lost River, or, the Urbanization of the Rivière des Prairies6 The Weight of the Island: Connecting the City to the Continent7 One City, One Archipelago: A Utopia?Conclusion: In the Heart of the CityNotesBibliographyIndex
£56.10
University of British Columbia Press Montreal City of Water
Book SynopsisBuilt within an exceptional watershed, Montreal is intertwined with the waterways that ring its island and flow beneath it in underground networks. Even as the city has pushed its suburbs deeper into the interior of the island and onto the mainland, the daily lives and leisure activities of its inhabitants remain closely bound to water.Montreal, City of Water focuses on water not only as a physical element of the landscape both shaping and shaped by urban development but also as a sociocultural component of the life of the city. In exploring the dynamics governing the relationship between Montrealers and their environment, this unique study considers the role of water in the production and transformation of urban space over two centuries. It traces the history of urbanization and shines a light on current concerns about water pollution, river rehabilitation, and renewed public access to the riverfront and the power relations involved in addressing those conTrade ReviewMontreal, City of Water is full of insights. -- Annmarie Adams * Scientia Canadiensis *The past was never paradise. Michèle Dagenais’s Montreal, City of Water: An Environmental History takes on the myth that Montrealers once enjoyed an idyllic relationship with the city’s streams and the St. Lawrence River; a relationship supposedly lost during the nineteenth century only to await recovery after the 1970s. Instead, Dagenais shows that there was never a break between people and the environment… -- Dale Barbour, University of Toronto * Network in Canadian History and Environment *Table of ContentsForeword: Water-Ville / Graeme WynnIntroduction1 Montreal: One City, One Island2 Sources of a New Definition of the City3 The St. Lawrence: “A Superb Instrument to be Developed and Moulded”4 From City to Island: The Extension of Water Systems and the Structuring of the Urban Fabric5 In Search of the Lost River, or, the Urbanization of the Rivière des Prairies6 The Weight of the Island: Connecting the City to the Continent7 One City, One Archipelago: A Utopia?Conclusion: In the Heart of the CityNotesBibliographyIndex
£999.99
University of British Columbia Press Condo Conquest
Book SynopsisWhen condominiums first emerged in North American cities in the 1960s, they were a new kind of housing governed by boards of resident owners volunteering in a community. Condo Conquest shows how the condo and its inner governance have since become something else entirely, taken over or conquered by an assemblage of firms specializing in condo law, real estate, security, and property management, as well as growing numbers of non-resident investors who purchase condo units as commodities.Drawing on the accounts of residents and board directors in Toronto and New York and myriad other sources, Randy Lippert takes a close look at the inner workings of condoization. He shows how condo governance increasingly involves a complex set of legal, social, and spatial relationships among various elements assembled together, including commercial agents, forms of knowledge, and technologies. The first major study of condominium governance in North America, Condo ConquestTrade ReviewLippert's argument is based on extensive interviews with owners, condo corporation directors, property managers, realtors, and others in Toronto and New York. Lippert builds his case with a close reading of the documents that delineate condo living: statutes that seem to grow more elaborate with each legislative revision, as well as corporation bylaws, reserve fund studies, house-rules documents, and the shorthand legal opinions that flood into condos from the newsletters of lawyers representing boards, property managers, and builders. -- John Lorinc * Literary Review of Canada *Table of Contents1 Introduction2 Condo Owners and Boards3 Assembling the Condo: Processes, Agents, and Knowledges4 Governing Condo Renters5 Condo Governance, Legal Knowledges, and Surveillance6 Policing Condo Nuisance7 Ups and Downs of Urban Governance: High-Rise Condo Elevators8 Conclusion: Law Reform, Assemblages, and Condo FuturesNotes; References; Index
£62.90
