Urban and municipal planning and policy Books
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Urban China in Transition
Book SynopsisUsing an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China's major cities. It deals with a diversity of trends and analyzes their sources. Every chapter is co-authored by an urban China expert and an outside expert on the wider topic. Together they offer a broad historical and theoretical comparison.Trade Review“On the whole, this collection offers undergraduates an accessible introduction to contemporary urban developments in China and to a wide range of qualitative and quantitative analyses commonly used in the social sciences. Summing Up: Highly recommended.” (CHOICE, February 2009) These essays on recent Chinese urban developments--particularly trends in migration, labor economics, housing, economic and sociospatial inequality, and governance--offer macro and micro perspectives through analysis of nationwide patterns or developments in specific cities, thus capturing the regional diversity and types of cities in China. Editor Logan is careful not to present the Chinese instance as exceptional, but to situate it within a wider context through comparative analysis. He pairs up scholars from different disciplines and areas for each essay in order to set up comparison between Chinese urban developments and those in the US, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Logan asked the contributors to view their data through four theoretical lenses: modernization (Simon Kuznet's model), dependency/world system, developmental state, and market transition. By doing so, contributors discover meaningful differences that reveal trends unique to the Chinese context. On the whole, this collection offers undergraduates an accessible introduction to contemporary urban developments in China and to a wide range of qualitative and quantitative analyses commonly used in the social sciences. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All academic levels/libraries. -- L. Teh, University of Chicago (Choice, February 2009)Table of ContentsNotes on the Contributors viii Series Editors’ Preface xiii Acknowledgments xiv Introduction: Urban China in Comparative Perspective 1John R. Logan and Susan S. Fainstein Part I: Market Transition in Work Units and the Labor Market 25 1 Two Decades of Reform: The Changing Organization Dynamics of Chinese Industrial Firms 27Shahid Yusuf and Kaoru Nabeshima 2 The Myth of the “New Urban Poverty”? Trends in Urban Poverty in China, 1988–2002 48Simon Appleton and Lina Song 3 Class Structure and Class Inequality in Urban China and Russia: Effects of Institutional Change or Economic Performance? 66Yanjie Bian and Theodore P. Gerber 4 Gender and the Labor Market in China and Poland 89C. Cindy Fan and Joanna Regulska Part II: Changing Places 113 5 Urbanization, Institutional Change, and Sociospatial Inequality in China, 1990–2001 115Michael J. White, Fulong Wu, and Yiu Por (Vincent) Chen 6 Growth on the Edge: The New Chinese Metropolis 140Yixing Zhou and John R. Logan 7 Mirrored Reflections: Place Identity Formation in Taipei and Shanghai 161Jennifer Rudolph and Hanchao Lu 8 Is Gating Always Exclusionary? A Comparative Analysis of Gated Communities in American and Chinese Cities 182Youqin Huang and Setha M. Low Part III: Impacts of Migration 2039 Urbanization in China in the 1990s: Patterns and Regional Variations 205Zai Liang, Hy Van Luong, and Yiu Por (Vincent) Chen 10 Trapped in Neglected Corners of a Booming Metropolis: Residential Patterns and Marginalization of Migrant Workers in Guangzhou 226Min Zhou and Guoxuan Cai 11 Migration and Housing: Comparing China with the United States 250Weiping Wu and Emily Rosenbaum Part IV: Social Control in the New Chinese City 269 12 Economic Reform and Crime in Contemporary Urban China: Paradoxes of a Planned Transition 271Steven F. Messner, Jianhong Liu, and Susanne Karstedt 13 Migration, Urbanization, and the Spread of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Empirical and Theoretical Observations in China and Indonesia 294Christopher J. Smith and Graeme Hugo 14 The State’s Evolving Relationship with Urban Society: China’s Neighborhood Organizations in Comparative Perspective 315Benjamin L. Read and Chun-Ming Chen Subject index 336 Author index 355
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Urban China in Transition
Book SynopsisUsing an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China's major cities. It deals with a diversity of trends and analyzes their sources. Every chapter is co-authored by an urban China expert and an outside expert on the wider topic. Together they offer a broad historical and theoretical comparison.Trade ReviewThese essays on recent Chinese urban developments--particularly trends in migration, labor economics, housing, economic and sociospatial inequality, and governance--offer macro and micro perspectives through analysis of nationwide patterns or developments in specific cities, thus capturing the regional diversity and types of cities in China. Editor Logan is careful not to present the Chinese instance as exceptional, but to situate it within a wider context through comparative analysis. He pairs up scholars from different disciplines and areas for each essay in order to set up comparison between Chinese urban developments and those in the US, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Logan asked the contributors to view their data through four theoretical lenses: modernization (Simon Kuznet's model), dependency/world system, developmental state, and market transition. By doing so, contributors discover meaningful differences that reveal trends unique to the Chinese context. On the whole, this collection offers undergraduates an accessible introduction to contemporary urban developments in China and to a wide range of qualitative and quantitative analyses commonly used in the social sciences. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All academic levels/libraries. -- L. Teh, University of Chicago (Choice, February 2009)Table of ContentsNotes on the Contributors viii Series Editors’ Preface xiii Acknowledgments xiv Introduction: Urban China in Comparative Perspective 1John R. Logan and Susan S. Fainstein Part I: Market Transition in Work Units and the Labor Market 25 1 Two Decades of Reform: The Changing Organization Dynamics of Chinese Industrial Firms 27Shahid Yusuf and Kaoru Nabeshima 2 The Myth of the “New Urban Poverty”? Trends in Urban Poverty in China, 1988–2002 48Simon Appleton and Lina Song 3 Class Structure and Class Inequality in Urban China and Russia: Effects of Institutional Change or Economic Performance? 66Yanjie Bian and Theodore P. Gerber 4 Gender and the Labor Market in China and Poland 89C. Cindy Fan and Joanna Regulska Part II: Changing Places 113 5 Urbanization, Institutional Change, and Sociospatial Inequality in China, 1990–2001 115Michael J. White, Fulong Wu, and Yiu Por (Vincent) Chen 6 Growth on the Edge: The New Chinese Metropolis 140Yixing Zhou and John R. Logan 7 Mirrored Reflections: Place Identity Formation in Taipei and Shanghai 161Jennifer Rudolph and Hanchao Lu 8 Is Gating Always Exclusionary? A Comparative Analysis of Gated Communities in American and Chinese Cities 182Youqin Huang and Setha M. Low Part III: Impacts of Migration 2039 Urbanization in China in the 1990s: Patterns and Regional Variations 205Zai Liang, Hy Van Luong, and Yiu Por (Vincent) Chen 10 Trapped in Neglected Corners of a Booming Metropolis: Residential Patterns and Marginalization of Migrant Workers in Guangzhou 226Min Zhou and Guoxuan Cai 11 Migration and Housing: Comparing China with the United States 250Weiping Wu and Emily Rosenbaum Part IV: Social Control in the New Chinese City 269 12 Economic Reform and Crime in Contemporary Urban China: Paradoxes of a Planned Transition 271Steven F. Messner, Jianhong Liu, and Susanne Karstedt 13 Migration, Urbanization, and the Spread of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Empirical and Theoretical Observations in China and Indonesia 294Christopher J. Smith and Graeme Hugo 14 The State’s Evolving Relationship with Urban Society: China’s Neighborhood Organizations in Comparative Perspective 315Benjamin L. Read and Chun-Ming Chen Subject index 336 Author index 355
£18.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Worlding Cities
Book SynopsisWorlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study. Describes the new theoretical framework of worlding' Substantially expands and updates the themes of capital and culture Includes a unique collection of authors across generations, disciplines, and sites of study Demonstrates how references to Asian power, success, and hegemony make possible urban development and limit urban politics Trade Review“I am hopeful that this collection, along with others of its kind, will inspire new lines of research and theorisation that will help arrest the actual realities of cities in an era of planetary urbanisation.” (Urban Studies, 1 February 2015) Table of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Notes on Contributors viii Series Editors’ Preface xiii Preface and Acknowledgments xv Introduction Worlding Cities, or the Art of Being Global 1 Aihwa Ong Part I Modeling 27 1 Singapore as Model: Planning Innovations, Knowledge Experts 29 Chua Beng Huat 2 Urban Modeling and Contemporary Technologies of City-Building in China: The Production of Regimes of Green Urbanisms 55 Lisa Hoffman 3 Planning Privatopolis: Representation and Contestation in the Development of Urban Integrated Mega-Projects 77 Gavin Shatkin 4 Ecological Urbanization: Calculating Value in an Age of Global Climate Change 98 Shannon May Part II Inter-Referencing 127 5 Retuning a Provincialized Middle Class in Asia's Urban Postmodern: The Case of Hong Kong 129 Helen F. Siu 6 Cracks in the Façade: Landscapes of Hope and Desire in Dubai 160 Chad Haines 7 Asia in the Mix: Urban Form and Global Mobilities – Hong Kong, Vancouver, Dubai 182 Glen Lowry and Eugene McCann 8 Hyperbuilding: Spectacle, Speculation, and the Hyperspace of Sovereignty 205 Aihwa Ong Part III New Solidarities 227 9 Speculating on the Next World City 229 Michael Goldman 10 The Blockade of the World-Class City: Dialectical Images of Indian Urbanism 259 Ananya Roy 11 Rule by Aesthetics: World-Class City Making in Delhi 279 D. Asher Ghertner Conclusion Postcolonial Urbanism: Speed, Hysteria, Mass Dreams 307 Ananya Roy Index 336
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Locating Neoliberalism in East Asia
Book SynopsisLocating Neoliberalism in East Asia: Neoliberalizing Spaces in Developmental States examines the influence of neo-liberal ideologies on urban and regional policies and practices in several Asian Pacific nations. Represents one of the few studies of neoliberal changes in East Asia, one of the most important topics in social science research over the past two decades Considers the Asian perspective by focusing on readings from Asian experts Pays special attention to the spatial'' dimension of the East Asian neoliberalization Examines the influence of neo-liberal ideologies on urban and regional policies and practices in several Asian Pacific nations Explores the evolving relationship between the two political economies Trade Review“However, this book has put on the agenda an important question about the recent fate of the developmental state and provided some thorough case studies, and perhaps it will inspire other scholars to take up this question.” (American Journal of Sociology, 1 September 2013) “It will surely find its way onto the reading lists of Master’s level courses both in social science and East Asian studies departments, as well as forming invaluable reading for researchers and commentators more broadly.” (International Journal of Housing Policy, 20 June 2013) Table of ContentsList of Contributors vii Series Editors’ Preface x 1 Introduction: Locating Neoliberalism in East Asia 1 Richard Child Hill, Bae-Gyoon Park, and Asato Saito 2 Industry Clusters and Transnational Networks: Japan’s New Directions in Regional Policy 27 Kuniko Fujita and Richard Child Hill 3 State-Space Relations in Transition: Urban and Regional Policy in Japan 59 Asato Saito 4 Developmental Neoliberalism and Hybridity of the Urban Policy of South Korea 86 Byung-Doo Choi 5 Spatially Selective Liberalization in South Korea and Malaysia: Neoliberalization in Asian Developmental States 114 Bae-Gyoon Park and Josh Lepawsky 6 Clusters as a Policy Panacea? Critical Reflections on the Cluster Policies of South Korea 148 Yong-Sook Lee 7 Moving toward Neoliberalization? The Restructuring of the Developmental State and Spatial Planning in Taiwan 167 Chia-Huang Wang 8 Neoliberalism, the Developmental State, and Housing Policy in Taiwan 196 Yi-Ling Chen and William Derhsing Li 9 Reforming Health: Contrasting Trajectories of Neoliberal Restructuring in the City-States 225 Stephen W.K. Chiu, K.C. Ho, and Tai-lok Lui 10 “Detroit of the East”: A Multiscalar Case Study of Regional Development Policy in Thailand 257 Richard Child Hill and Kuniko Fujita 11 Concluding Remarks 294 Bae-Gyoon Park and Asato Saito Index 303
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Land Development and Design
Book SynopsisDevelopment of brownfield land can address shortfalls in the availability of land for housing and other buildings, but these sites present a range of problems that must be overcome in any successful development.Table of ContentsAuthor Biography x Preface to First Edition xi Preface to Second Edition xiv Part One Planning and Development 1 1 The Development Process 3 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 The phases of redevelopment 6 Preparation 6 1.2.1 Phase 1 – Project inception 6 1.2.2 Phase 2 – Feasibility assessment 7 1.2.3 Phase 3 – Site assessment 8 Options 9 1.2.4 Phase 4 – Options assessment 9 1.2.5 Phase 5 – Working design of the preferred option 10 Design 12 1.2.6 Phase 6 – Detailed design 12 1.2.7 Phase 7 – Regulatory and planning 13 1.2.8 Phase 8 – Legal, property and funding 14 Delivery 15 1.2.9 Phase 9 – Financial appraisal 15 1.2.10 Phase 10 – Works procurement and execution 18 1.2.11 Phase 11 – Sales and marketing 19 1.3 The 2008–9 ‘credit crunch’ and its impact on property markets 20 1.4 Summary 21 2 Planning Policies and Development 23 2.1 Introduction 23 2.2 Planning policy statements and guidance notes 24 2.3 The Urban task force and the urban white paper 27 2.4 Urban land-use policies and the national brownfield strategy for England 30 2.5 The housing green paper and land for housing 39 2.6 The london brownfield sites review 41 2.7 Summary 43 2.8 Checklist 44 3 Project Inception, Developers and Feasibility 45 3.1 Introduction 45 3.2 Recession and property values 46 3.3 Land for development 49 3.3.1 Residential development 51 3.3.2 Commercial development 52 3.4 Assessing the market potential 54 3.4.1 Market research 56 3.4.2 Using the tools to assess market potential 59 3.5 Forecasting rents and prices 63 3.6 Summary 64 3.7 Checklist 65 Part Two Land 73 4 Site Assembly, Investigation and Assessment 75 4.1 Introduction 75 4.2 Site assembly 78 4.3 The historical study 79 4.3.1 A practical example 82 4.3.2 Maps, scales and other sources of information 93 4.3.3 Reporting the historical study 95 4.4 Walk-over survey 96 4.5 Intrusive and other forms of site investigation 101 4.5.1 Sampling strategies 103 4.5.2 Laboratory analysis 107 4.6 The final report 108 4.7 Summary 111 4.8 Checklist 111 5 Environment and Ecological Considerations 112 5.1 Introduction 112 5.2 Natural colonisation of brownfield land 112 5.3 Environmental assessment 115 5.4 The importance of landscape 117 5.5 Soils and substrates: the platform for development 118 5.6 Biodiversity of previously developed land 121 5.7 Policy and legislative framework for biodiversity conservation 123 5.8 Ecological surveys and the formation of new habitats 125 5.9 Land and development in a changing climate 129 5.10 The response to climate change 131 5.11 Summary 135 5.12 Checklist 135 6 Heritage and Archaeology 137 6.1 Introduction 137 6.2 Conservation policies and guidance 137 6.3 Planning and the historic environment 141 6.4 Archaeology and redevelopment 143 6.5 Summary 144 6.6 Checklist 144 7 Community Involvement in Tackling Blight and Dereliction 146 7.1 Introduction 146 7.2 Economic and visual blight 146 7.3 The benefits of removing blight 149 7.4 Skills 158 7.5 Summary 160 7.6 Checklist 160 8 Contaminated Soil and Remediation Methods 162 8.1 Introduction 162 8.2 European Directives and UK legislation 163 8.3 Removal and containment 167 8.4 In situ and ex situ treatments 169 8.5 The costs of dealing with contamination and dereliction 173 8.6 Tackling small sites 175 8.7 Land with no development value 177 8.8 Summary 179 8.9 Checklist 179 Part Three Development 181 9 Valuation of Damaged and Restored Land 183 9.1 Introduction 183 9.2 Valuation approaches 184 9.3 ‘Stigma’ or taking account of ‘intangibles’ 188 9.4 Applying valuation theories in practice 195 9.5 Reporting contamination and other damage to land 199 9.6 Summary 200 9.7 Checklist 201 10 Urban Extensions, Infrastructure and Eco-towns 202 10.1 Introduction 202 10.2 Sustainable urban extensions 204 10.3 Infrastructure 205 10.4 Eco-towns 209 10.5 Summary 214 10.6 Checklist 214 11 Development Finance 215 11.1 Introduction 215 11.2 Financial appraisals 216 11.2.1 Institutional leases and investment yields 217 11.2.2 Viability of the project 218 11.3 Financing a new development 219 11.3.1 Creditworthiness 219 11.3.2 Costs of finance 220 11.4 Types of finance 221 11.4.1 Debt financing 221 11.4.2 Equity financing 223 11.4.3 Mezzanine finance 223 11.5 Joint ventures and Special Purpose Vehicles 224 11.6 Forward sales and rental guarantees 225 11.7 Public-sector finance 226 11.8 Summary 228 11.9 Checklist 229 Part Four Design 231 12 Public Realm and Managing Land for Public Benefit 233 12.1 Introduction 233 12.2 Planning for quality public spaces 234 12.2.1 Design and upkeep of buildings and spaces 237 12.2.2 Green space and green infrastructure 237 12.2.3 Treatment of historic buildings and places 238 12.2.4 World-class Places – Action Plan 239 12.3 Urban and rural waterfronts as public spaces 242 12.4 The economic value of urban design 244 12.5 Summary 251 12.6 Checklist 251 13 Designing out Crime 252 13.1 Introduction 252 13.2 The basis for crime preventative design 252 13.3 The role of the local authority in promoting design-based approaches to reducing crime 253 13.4 Advice on crime preventative design: an outline of UK guidance 255 13.5 Case studies in crime preventative design 257 13.5.1 Wharf Close, Manchester 258 13.5.2 Residential development and car park, Sale 262 13.5.3 Comparisons between the case studies 266 13.6 New developments and crime 267 13.7 Summary 269 13.8 Checklist 269 14 Design Standards for Residential and Commercial Developments 271 14.1 Introduction 271 14.2 Urban design, smart growth and new urbanism 271 14.3 Design codes 275 14.4 Modern methods of construction (MMC) and zero-carbon homes 280 14.4.1 Modern methods of construction 280 14.4.2 Zero-carbon homes 281 14.5 Development densities and the Code for Sustainable Homes 282 14.5.1 Development densities 282 14.5.2 Code for Sustainable Homes 284 14.5.3 Lifetime homes 287 14.6 Achieving quality in commercial development 290 14.6.1 BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) 290 14.6.2 Design Quality Indicator (DQI) 290 14.7 Summary 291 14.8 Checklist 291 15 Planning for the Future 293 15.1 Introduction 293 15.2 Planning and development 295 15.3 Land 296 15.4 Development 297 15.5 Design 299 15.6 Conclusion 300 References 302 Further Reading 317 Web Links 319 Index 321
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Johns Hopkins University Press The TwentiethCentury American City
Book SynopsisTouching on aging central cities, technoburbs, and the ongoing conflict between inner-city poverty and urban boosterism, The Twentieth-Century American City offers a broad, accessible overview of America's persistent struggle for a better city.Table of ContentsPreface1. Problem, Promise, and Reality2. The Century Begins, 1900–1919The DowntownThe NeighborhoodsRighting the Urban Wrongs3. Promises ThwartedThe Failure of Moral ReformThe Failure of Political ReformThe Imperfect MosaicAutomobiles and the Promise of Suburbia4. An Interlude in Urban Development, 1930–1945The DepressionThe Federal ResponseThe Wartime City5. Suburbia Triumphant, 1945–1964Suburban BoomCentral-City BustReviving the Central City6. An Age of "Urban Crisis," 1964–1979Rebellion and CrimeWashington's Response to Urban CrisisThe Fiscal CrisisThe New Ethnic Politics7. Toward a New Metropolis, 1980 and BeyondRenaissance or BustThe New Ethnic MosaicThe Post-suburban Metropolis8. The Turn-of-the-Century CityRevival amid the RuinsStopping SprawlBibliographical EssayIndex
£25.17
Johns Hopkins University Press The Black Butterfly
Book SynopsisThe best-selling look at how American cities can promote racial equity, end redlining, and reverse the damaging health- and wealth-related effects of segregation. Winner of the IPPY Book Award Current Events II by the Independent PublisherThe world gasped in April 2015 as Baltimore erupted and Black Lives Matter activists, incensed by Freddie Gray's brutal death in police custody, shut down highways and marched on city streets. In The Black Butterflya reference to the fact that Baltimore's majority-Black population spreads out like a butterfly's wings on both sides of the coveted strip of real estate running down the center of the cityLawrence T. Brown reveals that ongoing historical trauma caused by a combination of policies, practices, systems, and budgets is at the root of uprisings and crises in hypersegregated cities around the country. Putting Baltimore under a microscope, Brown looks closely at the causes of segregation, many of which exist in current legislation and regulatorTrade ReviewA must-read book.—The Real News NetworkThe Black Butterfly: The Harmful Politics of Race and Space in America is a complex book that will both intrigue and shock you. You will find yourself both grateful for his research and frustrated that it hasn't yet reached the right hands. It's not every day that a blueprint is created to directly address the issues of an urban city. This book is not only an eye-opener, but also a call to action, and a reminder of the work that needs to be done to heal a city with many open wounds.—Baltimore FishbowlA provocative book.—WYPR Midday with Tom HallWith clear and succinct writing, buttressed by rigorous research and copious examples, Dr. Brown casts an unflinching light on the problems Baltimore suffers as a hyper segregated city. Only when a critical mass of concerned citizens is made aware of the issues raised in this book, can change begin.—Baltimore AIA NewsletterThe book provides a helpful tool for public affairs educators seeking to incorporate discussions of race into the classroom and steps to connect public administration theories of performance, budgeting, and management into a hands-on analysis of cities. It details a process to learn both about spatial inequity and to implement the next steps toward the remediation of historical trauma.—Regina Lewis, Andrew Sullivan, University of Kentucky, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Journal of Public Affairs EducationAn unsparing new geography of 'American apartheid'. [Brown] illuminates the process of 'spatial racism,' a force that has bound oppression up with the geography that African Americans occupy, and the public health effects of this historical trauma.—Bloomberg CityLabA must-read for anyone who wants to understand the political and economic forces behind Baltimore's bifurcated white and Black neighborhoods, and the modern-day segregation at the center of so much of the city's inequity.—Baltimore MagazineTable of ContentsIntroduction to Racial EquityTrack 1. The Trump CardTrack 2. This Is AmericaTrack 3. The "Negro Invasion"Track 4. Ongoing Historical TraumaTrack 5. Black Neighborhood DestructionTrack 6. Make Black Neighborhoods MatterTrack 7. Healing the Black ButterflyTrack 8. Outro: Organize!Album CreditsAppendixes NotesIndex
£22.50
Johns Hopkins University Press The Black Butterfly
Book SynopsisThe best-selling look at how American cities can promote racial equity, end redlining, and reverse the damaging health- and wealth-related effects of segregation. Winner of the IPPY Book Award Current Events II by the Independent PublisherThe world gasped in April 2015 as Baltimore erupted and Black Lives Matter activists, incensed by Freddie Gray's brutal death in police custody, shut down highways and marched on city streets. In The Black Butterflya reference to the fact that Baltimore's majority-Black population spreads out like a butterfly's wings on both sides of the coveted strip of real estate running down the center of the cityLawrence T. Brown reveals that ongoing historical trauma caused by a combination of policies, practices, systems, and budgets is at the root of uprisings and crises in hypersegregated cities around the country. Putting Baltimore under a microscope, Brown looks closely at the causes of segregation, many of which exist in current legislation and regulatorTrade ReviewA must-read book.—The Real News NetworkThe Black Butterfly: The Harmful Politics of Race and Space in America is a complex book that will both intrigue and shock you. You will find yourself both grateful for his research and frustrated that it hasn't yet reached the right hands. It's not every day that a blueprint is created to directly address the issues of an urban city. This book is not only an eye-opener, but also a call to action, and a reminder of the work that needs to be done to heal a city with many open wounds.—Baltimore FishbowlA provocative book.—WYPR Midday with Tom HallWith clear and succinct writing, buttressed by rigorous research and copious examples, Dr. Brown casts an unflinching light on the problems Baltimore suffers as a hyper segregated city. Only when a critical mass of concerned citizens is made aware of the issues raised in this book, can change begin.—Baltimore AIA NewsletterThe book provides a helpful tool for public affairs educators seeking to incorporate discussions of race into the classroom and steps to connect public administration theories of performance, budgeting, and management into a hands-on analysis of cities. It details a process to learn both about spatial inequity and to implement the next steps toward the remediation of historical trauma.—Regina Lewis, Andrew Sullivan, University of Kentucky, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Journal of Public Affairs EducationAn unsparing new geography of 'American apartheid'. [Brown] illuminates the process of 'spatial racism,' a force that has bound oppression up with the geography that African Americans occupy, and the public health effects of this historical trauma.—Bloomberg CityLabA must-read for anyone who wants to understand the political and economic forces behind Baltimore's bifurcated white and Black neighborhoods, and the modern-day segregation at the center of so much of the city's inequity.—Baltimore MagazineTable of ContentsIntroduction to Racial EquityTrack 1. The Trump CardTrack 2. This Is AmericaTrack 3. The "Negro Invasion"Track 4. Ongoing Historical TraumaTrack 5. Black Neighborhood DestructionTrack 6. Make Black Neighborhoods MatterTrack 7. Healing the Black ButterflyTrack 8. Outro: Organize!Album CreditsAppendixes NotesIndex
£15.68
Temple University Press,U.S. Pushing Back the Gates
Book SynopsisA critical study of university-driven development from the neighborhood resident's perspectiveTrade Review"[B]y posing a challenge to one of higher education's most revered models of university engagement, Etienne has opened the gates for ongoing study of this mostly unexamined yet critical area of activity."-AcademeTable of ContentsIntroduction: "Cities and their Universities: Logical Places to Search for Hope"; I: "West Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Rough Road to Revival and Cooperation"; II: "Making University City: The Prolonged Quest for the Diverse and Integrated University Community"; III: "Early Returns on Dramatic Efforts to Change: The West Philadelphia Initiatives, 990-2005"; IV: "The Dual Nature of Revitalization in the 21st Century"; V: "Comparative Views of Contemporary University-Driven Neighborhood Change"; Conclusion: "Lessons from West Philadelphia".
£45.90
Temple University Press,U.S. Pushing Back the Gates
Book SynopsisA critical study of university-driven development from the neighborhood resident's perspectiveTrade Review"[B]y posing a challenge to one of higher education's most revered models of university engagement, Etienne has opened the gates for ongoing study of this mostly unexamined yet critical area of activity."-Academe
£19.94
Temple University Press,U.S. Atlanta Unbound
Book SynopsisLooking at Atlanta, Georgia, one might conclude that the city’s notorious sprawl, degraded air quality, and tenuous water supply is a result of a lack of planning—particularly an absence of coordination at the regional level. In Atlanta Unbound, Carlton Wade Basmajian shows that Atlanta’s low-density urban form and its associated problems have been both highly coordinated and regionally planned.Basmajian’s shrewd analysis shows how regional policies spanned political boundaries and framed local debates over several decades. He examines the role of the Atlanta Regional Commission’s planning deliberations that appear to have contributed to the urban sprawl that they were designed to control. Basmajian explores four cases—regional land development plans, water supply strategies, growth management policies, and transportation infrastructure programs—to provide a detailed account of the interactions between citizensTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1 Introduction: An Intentional Region?2 Building the Atlanta Regional Commission3 The River and the Region: The Chattahoochee River and the Atlanta Regional Commission4 Projecting Sprawl? The 1976 Regional Development Plan of Metropolitan Atlanta5 Growth Management Comes to Georgia6 Atlanta’s Transportation Crisis and the Battle of the Northern Arc7 A Regional StoryNotesIndex
£53.55
Temple University Press,U.S. Building Like Moses with Jacobs in Mind
Book SynopsisHow New York's mayor's urban development plans rely on a blending of Moses and JacobsTrade Review"Larson brilliantly dissects Bloomberg's tenure as Mayor of New York (particularly the first two terms), focusing on how the administration used the prevailing legacies of Moses and Jacobs to get what they wanted done... [T]his book raises a flag as to what that legacy should be, as well as to what his successor should really focus on."--A Weekly Dose of Architecture, August 12th 2013 "The book is an excellent brief about the state of affairs of planning in New York City in the past decade... there are many interesting insights in this readable monograph. Summing Up: Recommended." - ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1 Jacobs versus Moses: A Fight for the City’s Soul2 The “Patron Saint” and the “Git’r Done Man”3 The Bloomberg Practice4 Calls for a New Moses5 Planning and the Narrative of Threat6 The Armature for Development7 Ideas That Converge8 Ideas That Travel9 Design as Civic Virtue10 Building Like Moses with Jacobs in MindNotes References Index
£64.80
Temple University Press,U.S. Local Protests Global Movements
Book SynopsisHow San Francisco's housing protest movements help us understand global mobilizationTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Situating San Francisco 2 Constructing San Francisco’s Growth Control and Housing Rights Movements 3 A Framework for the Analysis of Urban Movements 4 Dot-com Boom and Struggles in the Mission 5 The Public-Private Partnership: The Case of Mission Bay 6 Urban Movements and the Question of Urban Governance 7 Local and Global Implications of San Francisco NotesReferencesIndex
£22.79
Temple University Press,U.S. Citizenship and Governance in a Changing City
Book SynopsisHow community influences contribute to civic and political engagement in a city undergoing rapid changeTrade Review"[A] valuable contribution to our understanding of the struggles newcomers face in the process of gaining full community membership... Citizenship and Governance in a Changing City is a fascinating book that illustrates the life world of three different groups, who all struggle with ongoing changes in their city. Thanks to this in-depth study the reader gets to know the city and its residents through the rich qualitative data and the excerpts that Ostrander provides throughout the text. The book is suitable for researchers and policy makers as well as community members with an interest in debates about the role of immigrants and other newcomers and their participation in urban civic and political life. It furthermore provides in-depth insights into the influence of voluntary associations in creating a space for immigrants' voices in a diverse and changing city." - Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit OrganizationsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 Overview of History, Demographics, and Politics 3 Major Redevelopment, Community Involvement, and Shared Governance 4 Old and New Immigrant Experiences, Today and Yesterday 5 Immigrant Civic and Political Engagement 6 Gentrification, Resident Displacement, and a Common Vision for the City's Future 7 Extending Social Citizenship, Remaking City Governance Notes References Index
£56.95
Temple University Press,U.S. Citizenship and Governance in a Changing City
Book SynopsisHow community influences contribute to civic and political engagement in a city undergoing rapid changeTrade Review"[A] valuable contribution to our understanding of the struggles newcomers face in the process of gaining full community membership... Citizenship and Governance in a Changing City is a fascinating book that illustrates the life world of three different groups, who all struggle with ongoing changes in their city. Thanks to this in-depth study the reader gets to know the city and its residents through the rich qualitative data and the excerpts that Ostrander provides throughout the text. The book is suitable for researchers and policy makers as well as community members with an interest in debates about the role of immigrants and other newcomers and their participation in urban civic and political life. It furthermore provides in-depth insights into the influence of voluntary associations in creating a space for immigrants' voices in a diverse and changing city." - Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit OrganizationsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 Overview of History, Demographics, and Politics 3 Major Redevelopment, Community Involvement, and Shared Governance 4 Old and New Immigrant Experiences, Today and Yesterday 5 Immigrant Civic and Political Engagement 6 Gentrification, Resident Displacement, and a Common Vision for the City's Future 7 Extending Social Citizenship, Remaking City Governance Notes References Index
£21.59
Temple University Press,U.S. Ghosts of Organizations Past
Book SynopsisIn Ghosts of Organizations Past, Dan Ryan asks, Why are urban communities such hard places to implement community improvement programs? Looking at New Haven, Connecticut, and a now-defunct program called Fighting Back, which was created to build community coalitions against the abuse of alcohol and other drugs, Ryan shows how the normal properties of organizations generate apparent pathologies. He shows how the ghosts, or artifacts, of past organizations, both inhibited and enhanced Fighting Back's chances of success. Ryan draws on concepts from the study of organizations, social capital, and social networks to re-think questions such as What kind of thing is a community? and Why is it so difficult to build community initiatives out of organizations? He provides a social organizational explanation for problems familiar to anyone who has been involved in community programs, issues that are usually understood as personal incompetence, turf wars, greed, or corruption. Ghosts of OrganTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I / From Opportunity to Disaster (and Back Again)1 The Ghosts of Organizations PastPart II / Disaster and Opportunity2 From Disaster to Opportunity 3 From Opportunity to DisasterPart III / Communities and Organizations4 What Kind of Thing Is Community?5 What Kind of Thing Is an Organization?6 Doing Things with Organizations in CommunitiesPart IV / Organizing Organizations7 Doing Things with Organizations: The Cost of Organizational Diversity8 Doing Things with Organizations: The Cost of System9 Networks of Garbage Cans: The Amplification of Irrationality10 Networks and Calendar NoisePart V / Social Organizational Junkyards11 Community as Organizational Junkyard12 Why Can’t Organizations Be Like Us?BibliographyIndex
£18.89
Temple University Press,U.S. Believing in Cleveland
Book Synopsis Detractors have called it 'The Mistake on the Lake.' It was once America’s 'Comeback City.' According to author J. Mark Souther, Cleveland has long sought to defeat its perceived civic malaise. Believing in Cleveland chronicles how city leaders used imagery and rhetoric to combat and, at times, accommodate urban and economic decline. Souther explores Cleveland''s downtown revitalization efforts, its neighborhood renewal and restoration projects, and its fight against deindustrialization. He shows how the city reshaped its image when it was bolstered by sports team victories. But Cleveland was not always on the upswing. Souther places the city''s history in the postwar context when the city and metropolitan area were divided by uneven growth. In the 1970s, the city-suburb division was wider than ever. Believing in Cleveland recounts the long, difficult history of a city that entered the postwar period as America''s sixth largest, then lost ground Trade Review"In tracing the evolving production of images designed to confirm Cleveland's continued vitality in spite of the urban crisis that enveloped it in the mid-twentieth century, J. Mark Souther unveils the complex relationship between revitalization and decline. By penetrating the unified façade of the city's growth coalition, he reveals how competing approaches and contested perceptions complicated both recovery and public confidence in its success. Believing in Cleveland tests our understanding of how urban stakeholders reacted to decline and offers considerable insight into the perils of addressing revitalization in an important Rust Belt city."—Howard Gillette Jr., Professor Emeritus of History, Rutgers University, and author of Camden after the Fall: Decline and Renewal in a Post-industrial City"Believing in Cleveland makes an important contribution to urban policy scholarship. Instead of starkly alternating accounts of revitalization or decline, Souther shows that decline and resurgence have always coexisted in post–World War II metropolitan life. By including the downtown, residential neighborhoods, and industry in the same history—one that foregrounds citizens' best and worst efforts on behalf of their entire metropolis—this book upends clichés of monolithic, hollow boosterism and an artificial center/suburb divide. Cleveland offers a powerful story in its own right, but most U.S. cities will see themselves reflected in this illuminating mirror." —Alison Isenberg, Professor of History, Princeton University, and author of Designing San Francisco: Art, Land, and Urban Renewal in the City by the Bay"Believing in Cleveland is a powerful antidote to the simplistic, unidirectional narrative of decline that too often attends accounts of Rust Belt cities. Souther deftly interlaces stories of urban decay and revitalization, civic pessimism and optimism, despair over past mistakes and hope for a brighter future. Best of all, Souther traces these stories through real material spaces of the city. In the process, we see a wide range of actors at work and a city constantly grappling with its status in an urban nation. In this way, Believing in Cleveland sets a new standard for how we tell the story of postwar urban governance, municipal policy, and community development—a story where the richly layered interests of real people manifest in the streets, parks, plazas, and homes of the city."—Joseph Heathcott, Associate Professor of Urban Studies, The New School, and co-author (with Angela Dietz) of Capturing the City: Photographs from the Streets of St. Louis, 1900–1930"Historian Souther's meticulously researched book reexamines and, in his own word, 'complicate[s]' the understanding of the efforts expended by city politicians, civic leaders, and economic development professionals in their attempts to slow or reverse urban decline since WWII.... Readers will wonder if any of the projects proposed but abandoned would have produced different outcomes. Throughout, Souther maintains a balanced, dispassionate tone.... Summing Up: Highly recommended."—Choice"[A] dense, exhaustively researched history of simultaneous growth and decline in Cleveland from the 1940s to the 1980s.... [Souther's] considered findings make for multiple valuable contributions to the understanding of mid-century urbanism.... Souther's focus on the importance of perceptions of a city, by its citizens and by outsiders, is one of the prime contributions of this book.... By investigating perceptions and their influence, Souther excels in illuminating Cleveland’s recent history."—Journal of Urban Affairs"Souther deals with Cleveland’s sad transformation and the attempts to reverse its fortunes in this deeply researched and well-written book.... [He] presents a nuanced and complex account of the city’s attempts at rebirth over several decades.... highly recommended."— Journal of American History"In his finely detailed and meticulously researched study, [Souther] expertly traces the story of one beleaguered midwestern city’s initiatives to manage decline.... Souther’s work is a valuable resource. It deserves the serious attention of all students of urban America."—Indiana Magazine of History"This kind of project offers important contributions to several subfields of U.S. urban historical scholarship. At one level, Souther’s book provides a rich survey of local economic and policy history, including a source-intensive demonstration of the fractured rather than monolithic nature of postwar metropolitan growth coalitions. At another and perhaps more innovative level, it adds marvelously to the growing scholarly turn toward issues of urban representation and narrative. Indeed, Believing in Cleveland is, in large measure, a sustained close reading of a particular cluster of representational texts (growth coalition revitalization narratives) and the conflicted ways in which various interpretive communities—among others, business tycoons, white suburbanites, downtown theatergoers, and African American neighborhood activists—responded to them."—American Historical Review
£64.60
Temple University Press,U.S. Believing in Cleveland
Book Synopsis Detractors have called it 'The Mistake on the Lake.' It was once America’s 'Comeback City.' According to author J. Mark Souther, Cleveland has long sought to defeat its perceived civic malaise. Believing in Cleveland chronicles how city leaders used imagery and rhetoric to combat and, at times, accommodate urban and economic decline. Souther explores Cleveland''s downtown revitalization efforts, its neighborhood renewal and restoration projects, and its fight against deindustrialization. He shows how the city reshaped its image when it was bolstered by sports team victories. But Cleveland was not always on the upswing. Souther places the city''s history in the postwar context when the city and metropolitan area were divided by uneven growth. In the 1970s, the city-suburb division was wider than ever. Believing in Cleveland recounts the long, difficult history of a city that entered the postwar period as America''s sixth largest, then lost ground Trade Review"In tracing the evolving production of images designed to confirm Cleveland's continued vitality in spite of the urban crisis that enveloped it in the mid-twentieth century, J. Mark Souther unveils the complex relationship between revitalization and decline. By penetrating the unified façade of the city's growth coalition, he reveals how competing approaches and contested perceptions complicated both recovery and public confidence in its success. Believing in Cleveland tests our understanding of how urban stakeholders reacted to decline and offers considerable insight into the perils of addressing revitalization in an important Rust Belt city."—Howard Gillette Jr., Professor Emeritus of History, Rutgers University, and author of Camden after the Fall: Decline and Renewal in a Post-industrial City"Believing in Cleveland makes an important contribution to urban policy scholarship. Instead of starkly alternating accounts of revitalization or decline, Souther shows that decline and resurgence have always coexisted in post–World War II metropolitan life. By including the downtown, residential neighborhoods, and industry in the same history—one that foregrounds citizens' best and worst efforts on behalf of their entire metropolis—this book upends clichés of monolithic, hollow boosterism and an artificial center/suburb divide. Cleveland offers a powerful story in its own right, but most U.S. cities will see themselves reflected in this illuminating mirror." —Alison Isenberg, Professor of History, Princeton University, and author of Designing San Francisco: Art, Land, and Urban Renewal in the City by the Bay"Believing in Cleveland is a powerful antidote to the simplistic, unidirectional narrative of decline that too often attends accounts of Rust Belt cities. Souther deftly interlaces stories of urban decay and revitalization, civic pessimism and optimism, despair over past mistakes and hope for a brighter future. Best of all, Souther traces these stories through real material spaces of the city. In the process, we see a wide range of actors at work and a city constantly grappling with its status in an urban nation. In this way, Believing in Cleveland sets a new standard for how we tell the story of postwar urban governance, municipal policy, and community development—a story where the richly layered interests of real people manifest in the streets, parks, plazas, and homes of the city."—Joseph Heathcott, Associate Professor of Urban Studies, The New School, and co-author (with Angela Dietz) of Capturing the City: Photographs from the Streets of St. Louis, 1900–1930"Historian Souther's meticulously researched book reexamines and, in his own word, 'complicate[s]' the understanding of the efforts expended by city politicians, civic leaders, and economic development professionals in their attempts to slow or reverse urban decline since WWII.... Readers will wonder if any of the projects proposed but abandoned would have produced different outcomes. Throughout, Souther maintains a balanced, dispassionate tone.... Summing Up: Highly recommended."—Choice"[A] dense, exhaustively researched history of simultaneous growth and decline in Cleveland from the 1940s to the 1980s.... [Souther's] considered findings make for multiple valuable contributions to the understanding of mid-century urbanism.... Souther's focus on the importance of perceptions of a city, by its citizens and by outsiders, is one of the prime contributions of this book.... By investigating perceptions and their influence, Souther excels in illuminating Cleveland’s recent history."—Journal of Urban Affairs"Souther deals with Cleveland’s sad transformation and the attempts to reverse its fortunes in this deeply researched and well-written book.... [He] presents a nuanced and complex account of the city’s attempts at rebirth over several decades.... highly recommended."— Journal of American History"In his finely detailed and meticulously researched study, [Souther] expertly traces the story of one beleaguered midwestern city’s initiatives to manage decline.... Souther’s work is a valuable resource. It deserves the serious attention of all students of urban America."—Indiana Magazine of History"This kind of project offers important contributions to several subfields of U.S. urban historical scholarship. At one level, Souther’s book provides a rich survey of local economic and policy history, including a source-intensive demonstration of the fractured rather than monolithic nature of postwar metropolitan growth coalitions. At another and perhaps more innovative level, it adds marvelously to the growing scholarly turn toward issues of urban representation and narrative. Indeed, Believing in Cleveland is, in large measure, a sustained close reading of a particular cluster of representational texts (growth coalition revitalization narratives) and the conflicted ways in which various interpretive communities—among others, business tycoons, white suburbanites, downtown theatergoers, and African American neighborhood activists—responded to them."—American Historical Review
£22.79
Temple University Press,U.S. The Death and Life of the SingleFamily House
Book Synopsis Vancouver today is recognized as one of the most livable cities in the world as well as an international model for sustainability and urbanism. Single-family homes in this city are “a dying breed.” Most people live in the various low-rise and high-rise urban alternatives throughout the metropolitan area. The Death and Life of the Single-Family House explains how residents in Vancouver attempt to make themselves at home without a house. Local sociologist Nathanael Lauster has painstakingly studied the city’s dramatic transformation to curb sprawl. He tracks the history of housing and interviews residents about the cultural importance of the house as well as the urban problems it once appeared to solve. Although Vancouver’s built environment is unique, Lauster argues that it was never predestined by geography or demography. Instead, regulatory transformations enabled the city to renovate, build over, and build around the house. Moreover,
£25.19
Temple University Press,U.S. Democratizing Urban Development
Book Synopsis Rising housing costs put secure and decent housing in central urban neighborhoods in peril. How do civil society organizations (CSOs) effectively demand accountability from the state to address the needs of low-income residents? In her groundbreaking book, Democratizing Urban Development, Maureen Donaghy charts the constraints and potential opportunities facing these community organizations. She assesses the various strategies CSOs engage to influence officials and ensure access to affordable housing through policies, programs, and institutions. Democratizing Urban Development presents efforts by CSOs in four cities across the hemispheric divide: Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Washington, DC, and Atlanta. Donaghy studies the impact and outcomes that ensue from these efforts, noting that CSOs must sometimes shift their own ideology or adapt to the political environment in which they operate to ensure access to housing and support the goals of an inclusive Trade Review"Donaghy conducted impressive fieldwork for this study....The book contributes important insights to the literature on social movements.... This is a fascinating book that illustrates how [community organizations] make a difference for increasing the city’s inclusivity through strategies that enhance the democratic character of a society."-- American Journal of Sociology
£69.70
Temple University Press,U.S. Democratizing Urban Development
Book Synopsis Rising housing costs put secure and decent housing in central urban neighborhoods in peril. How do civil society organizations (CSOs) effectively demand accountability from the state to address the needs of low-income residents? In her groundbreaking book, Democratizing Urban Development, Maureen Donaghy charts the constraints and potential opportunities facing these community organizations. She assesses the various strategies CSOs engage to influence officials and ensure access to affordable housing through policies, programs, and institutions. Democratizing Urban Development presents efforts by CSOs in four cities across the hemispheric divide: Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Washington, DC, and Atlanta. Donaghy studies the impact and outcomes that ensue from these efforts, noting that CSOs must sometimes shift their own ideology or adapt to the political environment in which they operate to ensure access to housing and support the goals of an inclusive Trade Review"Donaghy conducted impressive fieldwork for this study....The book contributes important insights to the literature on social movements.... This is a fascinating book that illustrates how [community organizations] make a difference for increasing the city’s inclusivity through strategies that enhance the democratic character of a society."-- American Journal of Sociology
£25.19
Temple University Press,U.S. Power Participation and Protest in Flint Michigan
Book SynopsisWhen the 2011 municipal takeover in Flint, Michigan placed the city under state control, some supported the intervention while others saw it as an affront to democracy. Still others were ambivalent about what was supposed to be a temporary disruption. However, the city's fiscal emergency soon became a public health emergencythe Flint Water Crisisthat captured international attention. But how did Flint's municipal takeovers, which suspended local representational government, alter the local political system? In Power, Participation, and Protest in Flint, Michigan, Ashley Nickels addresses the ways residents, groups, and organizations were able to participate politicallyor notduring the city's municipal takeovers in 2002 and 2011. She explains how new politics were created as organizations developed, new coalitions emerged and evolved, and people's understanding of municipal takeovers changed. Inwalking readers through the policy history of, implementation of, and reaction to Flint's
£70.20
Temple University Press,U.S. Power Participation and Protest in Flint Michigan
Book SynopsisWhen the 2011 municipal takeover in Flint, Michigan placed the city under state control, some supported the intervention while others saw it as an affront to democracy. Still others were ambivalent about what was supposed to be a temporary disruption. However, the city's fiscal emergency soon became a public health emergencythe Flint Water Crisisthat captured international attention. But how did Flint's municipal takeovers, which suspended local representational government, alter the local political system? In Power, Participation, and Protest in Flint, Michigan, Ashley Nickels addresses the ways residents, groups, and organizations were able to participate politicallyor notduring the city's municipal takeovers in 2002 and 2011. She explains how new politics were created as organizations developed, new coalitions emerged and evolved, and people's understanding of municipal takeovers changed. Inwalking readers through the policy history of, implementation of, and reaction to Flint's
£23.39
Temple University Press,U.S. The Misunderstood History of Gentrification
Book SynopsisThe origins of gentrification date back to World War I—only it was sometimes known as “remodeling” then. Dennis Gale’s insightful book, TheMisunderstood History of Gentrification, provides a recontextualization of American gentrification, planning, and policymaking. He argues that gentrification must be understood as an urban phenomenon with historical roots in the very early twentieth century.Gale uses solid empirical evidence to trace the embryonic revitalization of Georgetown, Greenwich Village, Beacon Hill, and elsewhere back to 1915. He shows how reinvestment and restoration reversed urban decline and revitalized neighborhoods. The Misunderstood History of Gentrification also explains how federal policies such as the Urban Redevelopment Program (later named Urban Renewal), which first emerged in 1949, razed urban slums and created an “urban crisis” that persisted in the 1960s and ‘70s. This situation soon proTrade Review"Gale provokes a much-needed re-examination of gentrification.... [He] offers compelling evidence that gentrification began much earlier and with a greater variety of motivations and outcomes than are generally recognized.... Urban planners, activists, and those interested in urban issues will find that these case studies and subsequent discussion amplify the current understanding of gentrification and its role in urban revitalization."—History: Review of New Books"Gale contends that gentrification as a process of neighborhood change first occurred in older northeastern city neighborhoods as early as the 1910s and 1920s.... Three in-depth case studies anchor the book’s central thesis.... Rich in historical detail and analysis, these studies effectively chronicle the transformation of the highlighted neighborhoods while presenting a persuasive case for reconsidering the origin and parameters of gentrification."—The Metropole"The Misunderstood History of Gentrification is a critically important addition to the burgeoning literature on the subject. With his broad scholarly vision, Gale delivers on his promise of providing a prologue to contemporary gentrification studies and, in so doing, challenges us to view public post-WWII urban revitalization efforts anew."—The Journal of Urban Affairs"Gale offers an intriguing analysis of a previously unrecognized chapter in the history of urban gentrification.... Summing Up: Highly recommended."—Choice"[A] valuable historical perspective on American gentrification, something that, thus far, has been lacking.... This highly readable, politically neutral book represents an important contribution to the neighborhood revitalization literature."—The Journal of the American Planning Association"This book contributes to the study of gentrification from a research, policymaking, and activist perspective by providing the needed historical context in which this process unfolds, while offering next steps on how to address its geographical variance in different U.S. regions."—Political Science Quarterly"The Misunderstood History of Gentrification usefully expands our temporal understanding of a critical term in contemporary urban development.... Gale’s Georgetown case study adds new primary-source material to this conversation. But the author bolsters this story by also mining the secondary literature and postwar policy to place episodes such as Georgetown’s into their proper historical context.... [T]he book offers succinct historical context for urban-planning discussions that all too often focus on the present without adequately learning from the past."—The Journal of American History
£73.10
Temple University Press,U.S. The Misunderstood History of Gentrification
Book SynopsisThe origins of gentrification date back to World War I—only it was sometimes known as “remodeling” then. Dennis Gale’s insightful book, TheMisunderstood History of Gentrification, provides a recontextualization of American gentrification, planning, and policymaking. He argues that gentrification must be understood as an urban phenomenon with historical roots in the very early twentieth century.Gale uses solid empirical evidence to trace the embryonic revitalization of Georgetown, Greenwich Village, Beacon Hill, and elsewhere back to 1915. He shows how reinvestment and restoration reversed urban decline and revitalized neighborhoods. The Misunderstood History of Gentrification also explains how federal policies such as the Urban Redevelopment Program (later named Urban Renewal), which first emerged in 1949, razed urban slums and created an “urban crisis” that persisted in the 1960s and ‘70s. This situation soon proTrade Review"Gale provokes a much-needed re-examination of gentrification.... [He] offers compelling evidence that gentrification began much earlier and with a greater variety of motivations and outcomes than are generally recognized.... Urban planners, activists, and those interested in urban issues will find that these case studies and subsequent discussion amplify the current understanding of gentrification and its role in urban revitalization."—History: Review of New Books"Gale contends that gentrification as a process of neighborhood change first occurred in older northeastern city neighborhoods as early as the 1910s and 1920s.... Three in-depth case studies anchor the book’s central thesis.... Rich in historical detail and analysis, these studies effectively chronicle the transformation of the highlighted neighborhoods while presenting a persuasive case for reconsidering the origin and parameters of gentrification."—The Metropole"The Misunderstood History of Gentrification is a critically important addition to the burgeoning literature on the subject. With his broad scholarly vision, Gale delivers on his promise of providing a prologue to contemporary gentrification studies and, in so doing, challenges us to view public post-WWII urban revitalization efforts anew."—The Journal of Urban Affairs"Gale offers an intriguing analysis of a previously unrecognized chapter in the history of urban gentrification.... Summing Up: Highly recommended."—Choice"[A] valuable historical perspective on American gentrification, something that, thus far, has been lacking.... This highly readable, politically neutral book represents an important contribution to the neighborhood revitalization literature."—The Journal of the American Planning Association"This book contributes to the study of gentrification from a research, policymaking, and activist perspective by providing the needed historical context in which this process unfolds, while offering next steps on how to address its geographical variance in different U.S. regions."—Political Science Quarterly"The Misunderstood History of Gentrification usefully expands our temporal understanding of a critical term in contemporary urban development.... Gale’s Georgetown case study adds new primary-source material to this conversation. But the author bolsters this story by also mining the secondary literature and postwar policy to place episodes such as Georgetown’s into their proper historical context.... [T]he book offers succinct historical context for urban-planning discussions that all too often focus on the present without adequately learning from the past."—The Journal of American History
£23.39
Temple University Press,U.S. The Many Geographies of Urban Renewal
Book SynopsisThe consequences of the federal Housing Act of 1949which supported the clearance and redevelopment of blighted areas across the nationwere felt by communities of all sizes, not just large cities. The Many Geographies of Urban Renewal presents a more comprehensive view of the federal urban renewal program by situating the experiences of large cities like Baltimore, MD and Philadelphia PA alongside other geographies, such as the small city of Waterville, ME, suburban St. Louis County in Missouri, the State of New York, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and others. Chapters identify trends and connections that cut across jurisdictional boundaries, investigate who used federal funds, how those funds were used, and examine the profound short and long-term consequences of the program. Taken as a whole, the essays showcase the unexpected diversity of how different communities used the federal urban renewal program. The Many Geographies of Urban Renewal allows us to better understand what wTrade Review“The Housing Act of 1949 fundamentally changed cities, towns, and suburbs in the United States and Puerto Rico. The Many Geographies of Urban Renewal grapples with the complexity of federal housing programs as they played out in real places, and the editor and contributors incorporate innovative data collection strategies and mapping tools to ask important new questions. If you thought you knew all there was to know about urban renewal, this book will challenge you to think again.”—Nancy H. Kwak, Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning and History at the University of California, San Diego, and author of A World of Homeowners: American Power and the Politics of Housing Aid“The Many Geographies of Urban Renewal breaks new ground in our understanding of mid-to late twentieth-century U.S. cities, specifically challenging long-held assumptions about the urban renewal program of the 1950s to 1970s. Appler has pioneered a much-needed corrective to the longtime fixation on urban renewal as a large-city program. This book will greatly expand the need for seeing the importance of smaller communities in the overall federal program. It is a startlingly original and essentially new interpretation of urban renewal.”—J. Mark Souther, Professor of History at Cleveland State University, and author of Believing in Cleveland: Managing Decline in “The Best Location in the Nation” (Temple)
£77.40
Temple University Press,U.S. The Many Geographies of Urban Renewal
Book SynopsisThe consequences of the federal Housing Act of 1949which supported the clearance and redevelopment of blighted areas across the nationwere felt by communities of all sizes, not just large cities. The Many Geographies of Urban Renewal presents a more comprehensive view of the federal urban renewal program by situating the experiences of large cities like Baltimore, MD and Philadelphia PA alongside other geographies, such as the small city of Waterville, ME, suburban St. Louis County in Missouri, the State of New York, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and others. Chapters identify trends and connections that cut across jurisdictional boundaries, investigate who used federal funds, how those funds were used, and examine the profound short and long-term consequences of the program. Taken as a whole, the essays showcase the unexpected diversity of how different communities used the federal urban renewal program. The Many Geographies of Urban Renewal allows us to better understand what wTrade Review“The Housing Act of 1949 fundamentally changed cities, towns, and suburbs in the United States and Puerto Rico. The Many Geographies of Urban Renewal grapples with the complexity of federal housing programs as they played out in real places, and the editor and contributors incorporate innovative data collection strategies and mapping tools to ask important new questions. If you thought you knew all there was to know about urban renewal, this book will challenge you to think again.”—Nancy H. Kwak, Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning and History at the University of California, San Diego, and author of A World of Homeowners: American Power and the Politics of Housing Aid“The Many Geographies of Urban Renewal breaks new ground in our understanding of mid-to late twentieth-century U.S. cities, specifically challenging long-held assumptions about the urban renewal program of the 1950s to 1970s. Appler has pioneered a much-needed corrective to the longtime fixation on urban renewal as a large-city program. This book will greatly expand the need for seeing the importance of smaller communities in the overall federal program. It is a startlingly original and essentially new interpretation of urban renewal.”—J. Mark Souther, Professor of History at Cleveland State University, and author of Believing in Cleveland: Managing Decline in “The Best Location in the Nation” (Temple)"The book is accessible and understandable to both practitioners and academics who work in the fields of community development and urban revitalization.... This book attempts and largely succeeds in providing instruction on how to avoid repeating the mistakes of the urban renewal program and how to learn from some of its successes."—Journal of Urban Affairs
£23.39
Temple University Press,U.S. Regional Governance and the Politics of Housing
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is a tightly argued addition to the conversation on land use and housing and adds a governance dimension that has been missing. It has value to researchers seeking to understand governance as part of the housing policy arena and is especially valuable to those in the San Francisco Bay Area, since it focuses on that region with very specific policy recommendations. With a slender 83 pages of narrative and a straightforward writing style, this book can be useful to scholars and practitioners."—Journal of Urban Affairs"In this short, well-written, and lucid book, Paul Lewis and Nicholas Marantz address the question of why American metropolitan areas fail to deliver housing, thereby precipitating the crisis of homelessness that now prevails so widely. The exemplary case that they use is the San Francisco Bay Area (CA). They address only that case, but their message applies more widely."—Journal of the American Planning Assocation“Regional Governance and the Politics of Housing in the San Francisco Bay Area does an excellent job of articulating the connection between local government fragmentation and an undersupply of housing. Lewis and Marantz synthesize past findings about regional governance and usefully situate their discussion of governance options in this existing literature. This is a concise, clear, and comprehensive primer on regionalism and what’s at stake in the discussion about regional governance.”—Juliet F. Gainsborough, Professor of Political Science at Bentley University, and author of Fenced Off: The Suburbanization of American Politics“Unlike some other books on regional planning and governance, Regional Governance and the Politics of Housing in the San Francisco Bay Area adopts a realist rather than a normative stance by assessing the potential for meaningful reform. The authors evaluate pragmatic, detailed proposals to address housing unaffordability and the jobs-housing mismatch, drawing on their extensive knowledge of the case and presenting nuanced qualitative and well-designed quantitative evidence.”—Zack Taylor, Associate Professor of Political Science at Western University, and author of Shaping the Metropolis: Institutions and Urbanization in the United States and Canada
£47.70
Temple University Press,U.S. Regional Governance and the Politics of Housing
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is a tightly argued addition to the conversation on land use and housing and adds a governance dimension that has been missing. It has value to researchers seeking to understand governance as part of the housing policy arena and is especially valuable to those in the San Francisco Bay Area, since it focuses on that region with very specific policy recommendations. With a slender 83 pages of narrative and a straightforward writing style, this book can be useful to scholars and practitioners."—Journal of Urban Affairs"In this short, well-written, and lucid book, Paul Lewis and Nicholas Marantz address the question of why American metropolitan areas fail to deliver housing, thereby precipitating the crisis of homelessness that now prevails so widely. The exemplary case that they use is the San Francisco Bay Area (CA). They address only that case, but their message applies more widely."—Journal of the American Planning Assocation“Regional Governance and the Politics of Housing in the San Francisco Bay Area does an excellent job of articulating the connection between local government fragmentation and an undersupply of housing. Lewis and Marantz synthesize past findings about regional governance and usefully situate their discussion of governance options in this existing literature. This is a concise, clear, and comprehensive primer on regionalism and what’s at stake in the discussion about regional governance.”—Juliet F. Gainsborough, Professor of Political Science at Bentley University, and author of Fenced Off: The Suburbanization of American Politics“Unlike some other books on regional planning and governance, Regional Governance and the Politics of Housing in the San Francisco Bay Area adopts a realist rather than a normative stance by assessing the potential for meaningful reform. The authors evaluate pragmatic, detailed proposals to address housing unaffordability and the jobs-housing mismatch, drawing on their extensive knowledge of the case and presenting nuanced qualitative and well-designed quantitative evidence.”—Zack Taylor, Associate Professor of Political Science at Western University, and author of Shaping the Metropolis: Institutions and Urbanization in the United States and Canada
£15.19
University of Toronto Press Changing Toronto
Book SynopsisWith an eye for global forces, this panoramic account revolves around a focus on social, spatial, and environmental justice in the city, offering a lively riposte to both dull academicism and theatrical boosterism. - Kanishka Goonewardena, University of TorontoTable of ContentsPreface List of Figures, Tables, and Maps Acknowledgements 1. Canada Urbana: Perspectives of Urban Research 2. The City That Works (No More): Towards the Crisis of the Mid-1990s 3. Tory Toronto: Neoliberalism in the City 4. Making the Megacity 5. Diverse-City 6. Official Planning 7. The In-between City 8. Urinetown or Morainetown? 9. Transportation Dilemmas 10. Creative Competitiveness 11. Millermania 12. Changing Toronto References Index
£26.99
University of Toronto Press The Natural City
Book SynopsisRecognizing the need to better link the humanities with public policy, The Natural City offers unique insights for the development of an alternative vision of urban life.Trade Review'This collection is excellent... All essays are engaging and thought provoking... Highly recommended.' -- P.L. Kantor Choice Magazine, vol 49:10:2012 'This collection seeks to bring fresh perspectives that will help conceptualize more sustainable cities for future... If you're interested in cities and environment, you'll find plenty that intrigues.' -- Tyrone Burke Canadian Geographic, June 2012 'The Natural City brings together essays on the thought-provoking topic of the "natural city"... It directs the conversation of environmental philosophy toward a new perspective on how culture and nature are interconnected.' -- Forrest Clingerman Environmental Philosophy; vol 9:02:2012 'This collection manages the challenge of discussing complicated concepts in clear language, successfully balancing a depth of analysis and accessibility of concepts...The Natural City starts the dialogue on reintegrating the natural with the urban; an essential topic for the survival of human and non-human alike.' -- Madison Van West, UnderCurrents Journal of Critical Environmental Studies, vol 18:2014Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword Introduction: The Natural City: Cultivating the Terrain I. Adjusting Our Vision: Some Philosophical Reflections * In Search of the Natural City - Ingrid Leman Stefanovic* Can Cities Be Both Natural and Successful? Reflections Grounding an Apparently Oxymoronic Aspiration - W.S.K. Cameron* The "Gruing" of Cities - Frank Cunningham*"My Streets Are My Ideas of Imagination": Literature and the Theme of the Natural City - Peter Timmerman II. From the Stars to the Street: Cosmological Perspectives * From Community to Communion: The Natural City in Biotic and Cosmological Perspective - Stephen Bede Scharper* Sailing to Byzantium: Nature and City in the Greek East - Bruce V. Foltz* Dao in the City - Vincent Shen* Biocracy in the City: A Contemporary Buddhist Approach - Kenneth Maly III. Expanding Our Collective Horizons: Societal Implications * Gated Ecologies and Possible Urban Worlds: From the Global City to the Natural City - Hilary Cunningham* Other Voices: Acoustic Ecology and Urban Soundscapes - Richard Oddie* Ecofeminist "Cityzenry" - Trish Glazebrook* Sustainable Urbanization - John B. Cobb, Jr.*"Troubled Nature: Some Reflections on the Changing Nature of the Millennial City (Gurgaon), India" - Shubhra Gururani IV: Building on the Vision: Reflecting on Praxis * Urban Place as an Expression of the Ancestors - Bill Woodworth Raweno:kwas* Seeing and Animating the City: A Phenomenological Ecology of Natural and Built Worlds - David Seamon* The City: A Legacy of Organism-environment Interaction at Every Scale - Robert Mugerauer* Natural Cities, Unnatural Energy - Bryan W. Karney and Gaurav Kumar* Children and Nature in the City - Sarah J. King and Ingrid Leman Stefanovic Conclusion
£30.60
University of Toronto Press The Feel of the City
Book SynopsisAt the start of the twentieth century, the modern metropolis was a riot of sensation. City dwellers lived in an environment filled with smoky factories, crowded homes, and lively thoroughfares. Sights, sounds, and smells flooded their senses, while changing conceptions of health and decorum forced many to rethink their most banal gestures, from the way they negotiated speeding traffic to the use they made of public washrooms.The Feel of the City exposes the sensory experiences of city-dwellers in Montreal and Brussels at the turn of the century and the ways in which these shaped the social and cultural significance of urban space. Using the experiences of municipal officials, urban planners, hygienists, workers, writers, artists, and ordinary citizens, Nicolas Kenny explores the implications of the senses for our understanding of modernity.Trade Review'Kenny treats readers to an unusual but fascinating and valuable perspective on industrialization and urbanization... Highly recommended.' -- J. Rogers Choice Magazine, vol 52:02:2015Table of ContentsIntroduction - The Body Urban Chapter 1 - Comparable Cities Chapter 2 - Image Makers Chapter 3 - Encounters with Industrial Space Chapter 4 - Home for a Rest Chapter 5 - Street Scenes Conclusion - Keeping in Touch
£26.99
University of Toronto Press Old Europe New Suburbanization
Book SynopsisOld Europe, New Suburbanization? takes us on a journey of rediscovery into some of Europe's oldest metropolises. The volume's contributors reveal the great variety of patterns and processes of urbanization that make Europe a fruitful ground for furthering the diversity of global suburbanisms.Trade Review"Old Europe, New Suburbanization? is an admirably rich and detailed analysis, and is an invaluable volume for anyone seeking to understand European suburbanization now." -- Robert Fishman, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan"Old Europe, New Suburbanization? is a very welcome addition to the existing body of literature on European suburbs and suburbaniszation. The scholarship presented here is sound and well backed supported, and promises to be offers a very timely and well-composed important contribution." -- Markus Hesse, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of LuxembourgTable of Contents* Nicholas A. Phelps "Introduction: Old Europe, new suburbanization?" * Amparo Tarazona Vento "Madrid: the making of a global city-region and the role of the suburbs" * Wojciech Wagner "The failure of planning in a fragmented property market: Poland's model of suburbanization" * Sonia A. Hirt "O Sofia, where art thou? Suburbs as stories of time and space" * Per Gunnar Roe "Ideology, planning and meaning in suburbia: investigating the case of row house areas" * Ioannis Chorianopoulous, Alexandros Karvounis, Dimitris Ballas, and Nicholas A. Phelps "The Changing face of Athens: development pressures in the Maroussi and Kifissia suburbs" * Ute Lehrer and Roza Tchoukaleyska "Old wine in new bottles: land, population growth an Montpellier's suburban face off" * Ludger Basten "In-betweens in time and space: the governance of suburbanisms in the Ruhr" * Nicholas A. Phelps, Alan Mace and Roya Jodieri "City of Villages? Stasis and change in London's suburbs" * Rahel Nussli "Between farming villages and hedge fund centres: the politics of urbanization in the border zone of the metropolitan region of Zurich" * Nicholas A. Phelps "Conclusion: Old Europe, new research themes"
£26.09
University of Toronto Press The National Mall
Book SynopsisIn The National Mall, Lisa Benton-Short explores the critical issues that are redefining and reshaping this extraordinary public space.Trade Review‘This is a valuable document in the development of a movement towards rationalization and reform of Mall governance.’ -- Don Alexander Hawkins * Washington History Spring 2017 *‘An excellent book on the National Mall’s history of failures and mismanagement… Benton-Short’s book is firmly rooted in social science scholarship, but it should be read by everyone interested in the past, present, and future of public spaces.’ -- Mark A Barron * H-FedHist July 2017 *Table of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures List of Plates Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: From Grand Avenue to Public Space: A Brief History of the Mall Part I: Management Challenges Chapter 2: Neglecting the Mall Chapter 3: Managing the Mall Part II Use and Development Pressures Chapter 4: Making Space for the Dream Chapter 5: Brawl on the Mall Chapter 6: Securing the Mall Part III Planning and Public Participation Chapter 7: Whose Mall is It? Chapter 8: The Right to the Mall Chapter 9: Envisioning a 21st Century Mall Conclusion Notes and References
£26.09
University of Toronto Press CanadianAmerican Planning
Book SynopsisThe Seventh Annual Seminar of Canadian-American relations held at the University of Windsor brought together a number of distinguished participants, representing such interested groups as labour, business, and research, to discuss planning. The result is this volume which brings together some of the contributors to discuss this important and controversial area of Canadian-American relations.The noted economist Harry G. Johnson begins by defining planning in the Canadian-American context as 'the general process of attempting to take stock of the present situation and its evolving trends, predict the general direction of future developments, assess these in the light of generally accepted social and economic goals, and where necessary formulate programs and policies designed to shape future developments as closely as possible to conform to what is considered to be in the social interest.' He then identifies several promising areas for joint planning, including the liberali
£19.79
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Readings in Urban Theory
Book SynopsisUpdated with a majority of new readings, the Third Edition of Readings in Urban Theory expands its focus to present the most recent developments in urban and regional theories and policies in a globalized world. Around 75% of the readings included are new for thethird edition Unifies readings by an orientation toward political economy and normative themes of social justice Expands the focus on international planning, including globalization and theories of development Addresses the full range of core urban theory so as to remain the primary text in courses Table of ContentsAcknowledgments viii 1 Introduction: Theories of Urban Development and Their Implications for Policy and Planning 1 Susan S. Fainstein and Scott Campbell Part I The Changing Urban and Regional System 19 2 Regulation Theory, Post-Fordism and Urban Politics 23 Joe Painter 3 Neoliberalization and Democracy 42 Mark Purcell 4 The Global City: Strategic Site/New Frontier 55 Saskia Sassen 5 The Fifth Migration 73 Robert Fishman 6 Urban ‘Regions’ and Their Governance 90 Patsy Healey Part II Diversity: Race, Gender, Ethnicity and the Partitioning of Space 111 7 Cities and Diversity: Should we want it? Can we plan for it? 115 Susan S. Fainstein 8 Conceptualizing Recognition in Planning 129 Ruth Fincher and Kurt Iveson 9 Women’s Aspirations and the Home: Episodes in American Feminist Reform 147 Gwendolyn Wright 10 Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? 161 Susan Moller Okin 11 Cities in Quarters 167 Peter Marcuse 12 Social Exclusion and Opportunity Structures in European Cities and Neighbourhoods 180 Alan Murie and Sako Musterd Part III Redevelopment and Urban Transformation 205 13 Partnership and the Pursuit of the Private City 207 Gregory D. Squires 14 Gentrification, the Frontier, and the Restructuring of Urban Space 229 Neil Smith 15 Promoting Tourism in US Cities 247 Dennis R. Judd Part IV Culture, Design, and Urban Form Introduction 271 16 The End(s) of Urban Design 273 Michael Sorkin 17 Changing Landscapes of Power: Opulence and the Urge for Authenticity 290 Sharon Zukin 18 The ‘Bilbao Effect’ 303 Donald McNeill 19 Connecting New Urbanism and American Planning: An Historical Interpretation 319 Emily Talen 20 Blurring the Boundaries: Public Space and Private Life 342 Margaret Crawford Part V Cities and Space in a Globalized World 353 21 Uneven Geographical Developments and Universal Rights 357 David Harvey 22 Transnationalism and Citizenship 377 Michael Peter Smith 23 Reflections on Place and Place-Making in the Cities of China 395 John Friedmann 24 The Economic Theory of the Developmental State 424 Ha-Joon Chang 25 The Prevalence of Slums 440 Mike Davis 26 Dangerous Spaces of Citizenship: Gang Talk, Rights Talk and Rule of Law in Brazil 460 James Holston Credit and Source Information 480 Index 484
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Iron Curtains
Book SynopsisIron Curtains has been awarded Honorable Mention for the 2013 ASEEES Harvard Davis Center Book Prize! The prize is sponsored by Harvard University''s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and is awarded annually by the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, for an outstanding monograph published on Russia, Eurasia, or Eastern Europe in anthropology, political science, sociology, or geography. Utilizing research conducted primarily with residents of Sofia, Bulgaria, Iron Curtains: Gates, Suburbs, and Privatization of Space in the Post-socialist City explores the human dimension of new city-building that has emerged in East Europe. Features original data, illustrations, and theory on the process of privatization of resources in societies undergoing fundamental socio-economic transformations, such as those in Eastern Europe Represents the sole in-depth monograph on contemporary urbanism in Southeast Europe<Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables viii Series Editors’ Preface xi Acknowledgements xii 1 Introduction 1 2 Public, Private, Privatism 14 3 The Post-socialist City 34 4 Post-modern Urbanism Revisited 60 5 Sofia: Wither the Socialist City 81 6 The Ninth Ring: Suburbanizing Sofia 105 7 Iron Curtains I: Gated Homes 131 8 Iron Curtains II: Gated Complexes 149 9 Architecture of Disunity 170 10 Possibilities 191 References 198 Index 220
£18.99
Bristol University Press Neighbourhood Planning
Book SynopsisNeighbourhood Planning offers a critical analysis of community-based planning activity in England, framed within a broader view of collaborative rationality and its limits.Trade Review"The Government has shaken up the planning system and wants to hand more power to local people through new 'Neighbourhood Plans'. Providing a critical analysis of community-based planning in England, Professor Gallent's book' could not be timelier." Kate Henderson, Chief Executive, Town and Country Planning Association"This book should be required reading for all those in central and local government who have an interest in promoting local democracy and ensuring that local communities are fully engaged in a more devolved planning system." Urban Studies journal"This book challenges the rhetoric and megaphone debate that surrounds localism. It is essential reading for anyone who wants a critical understanding of the background and issues posed by the new planning system." Professor Vincent Goodstadt, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, UK"...a major advance in the development of collaborative planning that combines erudite scholarship with a pragmatic appraisal of the role communities can play in helping to shape their own localities..." Professor Stephen Owen, Countryside and Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire, UKTable of ContentsPart 1: Democracy, planning and localism; Introduction; Democratic Renewal, Planning and Housing Growth in England; Localism and its Antecedents; Community-based Planning and Plans; Part 2 Capacity building and community-based planning; Ashford and its Strategic Planning Context; Power, Capacity and Collaborative Planning; Community Dynamics and Planning; Capacity Building and Out-reach; Part 3 The interface with policy actors; Connectivity at the Policy / Community Interface; Working with Local Government; Working through Intermediaries; Community-Based Plans; Planning's Critical Interface; Part 4 Neighbourhood planning, leadership and democratic renewal: Responsibility and Responsiveness: Lessons from Parish Planning; Conclusions.
£77.39
Bristol University Press Neighbourhood Planning
Book SynopsisNeighbourhood Planning offers a critical analysis of community-based planning activity in England, framed within a broader view of collaborative rationality and its limits.Trade Review"The Government has shaken up the planning system and wants to hand more power to local people through new 'Neighbourhood Plans'. Providing a critical analysis of community-based planning in England, Professor Gallent's book' could not be timelier." Kate Henderson, Chief Executive, Town and Country Planning Association"This book should be required reading for all those in central and local government who have an interest in promoting local democracy and ensuring that local communities are fully engaged in a more devolved planning system." Urban Studies journal"This book challenges the rhetoric and megaphone debate that surrounds localism. It is essential reading for anyone who wants a critical understanding of the background and issues posed by the new planning system." Professor Vincent Goodstadt, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, UK"...a major advance in the development of collaborative planning that combines erudite scholarship with a pragmatic appraisal of the role communities can play in helping to shape their own localities..." Professor Stephen Owen, Countryside and Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire, UKTable of ContentsPart 1: Democracy, planning and localism; Introduction; Democratic Renewal, Planning and Housing Growth in England; Localism and its Antecedents; Community-based Planning and Plans; Part 2 Capacity building and community-based planning; Ashford and its Strategic Planning Context; Power, Capacity and Collaborative Planning; Community Dynamics and Planning; Capacity Building and Out-reach; Part 3 The interface with policy actors; Connectivity at the Policy / Community Interface; Working with Local Government; Working through Intermediaries; Community-Based Plans; Planning's Critical Interface; Part 4 Neighbourhood planning, leadership and democratic renewal: Responsibility and Responsiveness: Lessons from Parish Planning; Conclusions.
£28.49
Bristol University Press The Collaborating Planner
Book SynopsisAims to understand how both specific planning and broader public sector reforms have been experienced and understood by chartered town planners working in local authorities across Great Britain.Trade Review“Provides important contribution to understanding planning as a practice…valuable reading for both practitioners and researchers of planning and policy implementation” Lisa Olsson, Dept Urban Studies, Malmo University"The authors very rightly note, new public management and neoliberalism seek to redefine and re-imagine professions like planning more along market lines. The ability to harken back to an early set of foundational principles offers planners other ways of legitimising their role. This book provides an engaging and compelling account of the functioning of these processes at the coalface of planning." Journal of Social Policy"There is no other book that so effectively illuminates the politics of contemporary planning - from the ideological drift of neoliberalism to the hard decisions on planning's front line. It should be on the reading lists of every university course in planning, housing, property development and urban studies." Dr Geraint Ellis, Queen’s University Belfast“In studies of the changing nature of planning, opinions are more common than empirical analyses. This is where Clifford and Tewdwr-Jones excel. In their rich and detailed exploration of the modernisation of planning they have produced an impressive account that adds to our understanding of change from the perspective of frontline planners.” Professor Phil Allmendinger, University of CambridgeTable of ContentsIntroduction: planning at the coalface at a time of constant change; Conceptualising governance and planning reform; The planner within a professional and institutional context; Process: implementing spatial planning; Management: the efficiency agenda, audits and targets; Participation: planners and their ‘customers’; Culture: the planning ‘ethos’; Conclusions: the importance of planning’s frontline.
£34.19
Bristol University Press The Short Guide to Urban Policy
Book SynopsisThis text makes sense of the multiple ways in which urban issues and problems have been addressed in different places at different times. From initiatives that focus on social tensions within the urban realm, to those which seek to develop cities as economic entities, it provides an accessible discussion and critique of some key approaches.Trade Review"A staunchly critical and comprehensive primer on the political logics and dynamics of dominant urban policy forms. This excellent text is accessible and engaging, historically grounded and well resourced. A must-read for students of urban studies, urban governance and urban geography." Pauline McGuirk, The University of Newcastle, Australia"Engaging reading...chapters build on a variety of case studies, suggested recommeded readings and provide web links, which all provide useful resources for readers seeking to enter the urban policy field in the context of Western cities." Environment and Urbanization"An ideal introductory text: Comprehensive – covering an impressive array of topics – yet concise; sophisticated, yet decidedly accessible to undergraduates as well as reflective practitioners. An excellent primer for those on both sides of the Atlantic" David Imbroscio, University of Louisville, USA, author of Urban America Reconsidered"An engaging and wide-ranging introduction to urban policy, which highlights debates about the nature of the city and urban life, thoughtfully reflecting on possible urban futures and the policy implications associated with them." Allan Cochrane, The Open UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; The urban challenge; Understanding urban policy; Whose right to the city?; Privatisation and entrepreneurial urban policy; Community planning and partnership; Culture and the creative city; Urban renaissance and sustainable urban development; Urban recovery and the future for cities; Postscript; Keeping up to date.
£14.99
Bristol University Press Community Action and Planning
Book SynopsisAnalyses the contexts, drivers and outcomes of community action and planning in the global north: from emergent neighbourhood planning in England to the community-based housing movement in New York, and from active citizenship in the Dutch new towns to associative action in Marseille.Trade Review"Should be regarded as a welcome addition on the reading lists of students and researchers who are interested in learning about planning activism and community organising." Town Planning Review"A valuable contribution to our understanding of community action and public participation in planning that pushes boundaries in its reframing of participation as an integral part of planning and governance. Compelling reading for scholars, educators, and reflective practitioners." Professor Emerita Judith E Innes, University of California Berkeley"A rich view, neither benevolent nor romantic, of actual communities in different parts of the world struggling to take control of their lives and homes, and a close investigation of their torn connections to the planning system" Dr. Marco Cremaschi, University Roma TreTable of ContentsPart 1: Framing Community-Based Planning; Communities, Community Action and Planning ~ Nick Gallent & Daniela Ciaffi; Communities, Networks and Social Capital ~ Yvonne Rydin; Time, Belonging and Development: A Challenge for Participation and Research ~ Peter Matthews; Part 2: Contexts and Drivers for Community Action; From Residents to Citizens: the Emergence of Neighbourhood Movements in Spain ~ Gemma Vilà; Community Action in Australian Farming and Fishing Communities ~ Sue Kilpatrick, Karen Willis and Sophie Lewis; Associative Action in Urban Planning: Cases Studies from Marseille, France ~ Maha Messaoudène, Daniel Pinson & Mustapha Berra; Communities, land-ownership, housing and planning: reflections from the Scottish experience ~ Madhu Satsangi; Part 3: Planning at the Community Scale; The Fourth Way of Active Citizenship: Case Studies from the Netherlands ~ Ton van der Pennen & Hanneke Schreuders ; Small-town Comprehensive Planning in California: Medial pathways to community-based participation ~ Hemalata Dandekar and Kelly Main; Engaging neighbourhoods: experiences of transactive planning with communities in England ~ Gavin Parker; Active communities of interest and the political process in Italy ~ Daniela Ciaffi; New York City’s community-based housing movement: Achievements and prospects ~ Laura Wolf-Powers; Community-Based Planning in Freiburg, Germany: The Case of Vauban ~ Iqbal Hamiduddin and Wulf Daseking; Part 4: Scales, Influence and Integration; The Scaling of Planning: Administrative Levels and Neighbourhood Mobilization as Obstacles to Planning Consensus ~ Pierre Filion; Flexible Local Planning: Linking Community Initiative with Municipal Planning in Volda, Norway ~ Jørgen Amdam; Connecting to the Citizenry: Support Groups in Community Planning in England ~ Nick Gallent; Reflections on Community Action and Planning ~ Daniela Ciaffi & Nick Gallent.
£75.99
Bristol University Press Community Action and Planning
Book SynopsisAnalyses the contexts, drivers and outcomes of community action and planning in the global north: from emergent neighbourhood planning in England to the community-based housing movement in New York, and from active citizenship in the Dutch new towns to associative action in Marseille.Trade Review"Should be regarded as a welcome addition on the reading lists of students and researchers who are interested in learning about planning activism and community organising." Town Planning Review"A valuable contribution to our understanding of community action and public participation in planning that pushes boundaries in its reframing of participation as an integral part of planning and governance. Compelling reading for scholars, educators, and reflective practitioners." Professor Emerita Judith E Innes, University of California Berkeley"A rich view, neither benevolent nor romantic, of actual communities in different parts of the world struggling to take control of their lives and homes, and a close investigation of their torn connections to the planning system" Dr. Marco Cremaschi, University Roma TreTable of ContentsPart 1: Framing Community-Based Planning; Communities, Community Action and Planning ~ Nick Gallent & Daniela Ciaffi; Communities, Networks and Social Capital ~ Yvonne Rydin; Time, Belonging and Development: A Challenge for Participation and Research ~ Peter Matthews; Part 2: Contexts and Drivers for Community Action; From Residents to Citizens: the Emergence of Neighbourhood Movements in Spain ~ Gemma Vilà; Community Action in Australian Farming and Fishing Communities ~ Sue Kilpatrick, Karen Willis and Sophie Lewis; Associative Action in Urban Planning: Cases Studies from Marseille, France ~ Maha Messaoudène, Daniel Pinson & Mustapha Berra; Communities, land-ownership, housing and planning: reflections from the Scottish experience ~ Madhu Satsangi; Part 3: Planning at the Community Scale; The Fourth Way of Active Citizenship: Case Studies from the Netherlands ~ Ton van der Pennen & Hanneke Schreuders ; Small-town Comprehensive Planning in California: Medial pathways to community-based participation ~ Hemalata Dandekar and Kelly Main; Engaging neighbourhoods: experiences of transactive planning with communities in England ~ Gavin Parker; Active communities of interest and the political process in Italy ~ Daniela Ciaffi; New York City’s community-based housing movement: Achievements and prospects ~ Laura Wolf-Powers; Community-Based Planning in Freiburg, Germany: The Case of Vauban ~ Iqbal Hamiduddin and Wulf Daseking; Part 4: Scales, Influence and Integration; The Scaling of Planning: Administrative Levels and Neighbourhood Mobilization as Obstacles to Planning Consensus ~ Pierre Filion; Flexible Local Planning: Linking Community Initiative with Municipal Planning in Volda, Norway ~ Jørgen Amdam; Connecting to the Citizenry: Support Groups in Community Planning in England ~ Nick Gallent; Reflections on Community Action and Planning ~ Daniela Ciaffi & Nick Gallent.
£28.49
Bristol University Press Infrastructure Delivery Planning
Book SynopsisJanice Morphet sets out and analyses the key components of infrastructure delivery in Britain, both at national and neighbourhood level, situating this within international, European and domestic economic, territorial and social policy.Trade Review“Presenting fresh ways of seeing infrastructure fields, and giving clear pointers on what to do, this book is full of wise analysis and best practice advice.” Tim Marshall, Oxford Brookes University"Offers a compelling insight into infrastructure planning at a range of spatial scales and will be a valuable read for those involved with its promotion, design and delivery." Nicholas Smith, University of the West of EnglandTable of ContentsThe role of infrastructure in society; Delivering infrastructure: methodologies and funding; Physical infrastructure delivery planning; Environmental and green infrastructure delivery planning; Social and community infrastructure; International context of infrastructure delivery planning; Infrastructure and the EU policy, plans and practices; State infrastructure policy and planning; Infrastructure delivery in functional economic areas/sub-regions; Local infrastructure delivery planning; Neighbourhood and community infrastructure planning; Effective infrastructure delivery planning.
£75.99
Bristol University Press Infrastructure Delivery Planning
Book SynopsisJanice Morphet sets out and analyses the key components of infrastructure delivery in Britain, both at national and neighbourhood level, situating this within international, European and domestic economic, territorial and social policy.Trade Review“Presenting fresh ways of seeing infrastructure fields, and giving clear pointers on what to do, this book is full of wise analysis and best practice advice.” Tim Marshall, Oxford Brookes University"Offers a compelling insight into infrastructure planning at a range of spatial scales and will be a valuable read for those involved with its promotion, design and delivery." Nicholas Smith, University of the West of EnglandTable of ContentsThe role of infrastructure in society; Delivering infrastructure: methodologies and funding; Physical infrastructure delivery planning; Environmental and green infrastructure delivery planning; Social and community infrastructure; International context of infrastructure delivery planning; Infrastructure and the EU policy, plans and practices; State infrastructure policy and planning; Infrastructure delivery in functional economic areas/sub-regions; Local infrastructure delivery planning; Neighbourhood and community infrastructure planning; Effective infrastructure delivery planning.
£25.64
Bristol University Press Class Inequality and Community Development
Book SynopsisThis book, the second title in the Rethinking Community Development series, argues for the centrality of class analysis and its associated divisions of power to any discussion of the potential benefits of community development.Trade Review"quite simply a wonderful book about the challenge of rethinking what community development can become in the twenty-first Century...deserves to be read widely" Community Development Journal"although community work/development is no longer in the repertoire of most social workers, this book reminds us what the possibilities once were and perhaps could be again." Professional Social Work"This coherent and timely collection makes the convincing case for social class to be moved from the sidelines back to the centre of theory and practice in contemporary community development." Mick Carpenter, Emeritus Professor, University of Warwick"This wonderful new book is a welcomed contribution to the literature which relates community development to social class and public policy --- with special emphasis on inequalities in society." Barry Checkoway, University of Michigan, USATable of ContentsSeries editors’ preface; PART 1: Contested concepts of class, past and present; Class, inequality and community development: editorial introduction ~ Mae Shaw and Marjorie Mayo; Competing concepts of class: implications and applications for community development ~ Lorraine C. Minnite and Frances Fox Piven; Community development in the UK: whatever happened to class? A historical analysis ~ Gary Craig PART 2: Class, inequality and community development in context; Working-class communities and ecology: reframing environmental justice around the Ilva steel plant in Taranto (Apulia, Italy) ~ Stefania Barca and Emanuele Leonardi; Race, class and green jobs in low-income communities in the US: challenges for community development ~ Sekou Franklin; Community development practice in India: Interrogating caste and common sense ~ Mohd. Shahid and Manish K. Jha; The impact of gender, race and class on women’s political participation in post-apartheid South Africa: challenges for community development ~ Janine Hicks and Sithembiso Myeni; What happens when community organisers move into government? Recent experience in Bolivia ~ Mike Geddes; Community development: (un)fulfilled hopes for social equality in Poland ~ Anna Bilon, Ewa Kurantowicz and Monika Noworolnik-Mastalska; Rural–urban alliances for community development through land reform from below ~ María Elena Martínez-Torres and Frederico Daia Firmiano; PART 3: Reconnecting class and inequality through community development; Reconciling participation and power in international development: a case study ~ Kate Newman; Transformative education and community development: sharing learning to challenge inequality ~ Anindita Adhikari and Peter Taylor; Community development and class in the context of an East Asian productivist welfare regime ~ Kwok-kin Fung; Community organising for social change: the scope for class politics ~ Marilyn Taylor and Mandy Wilson; Concluding chapter: Community unionism: looking backwards, looking forwards ~ Marjorie Mayo and Pilgrim Tucker, with Mat Danaher.
£75.99
Policy Press Class Inequality and Community Development
Book SynopsisThis book, the second title in the Rethinking Community Development series, argues for the centrality of class analysis and its associated divisions of power to any discussion of the potential benefits of community development.Trade Review"quite simply a wonderful book about the challenge of rethinking what community development can become in the twenty-first Century...deserves to be read widely" Community Development Journal"although community work/development is no longer in the repertoire of most social workers, this book reminds us what the possibilities once were and perhaps could be again." Professional Social Work"This coherent and timely collection makes the convincing case for social class to be moved from the sidelines back to the centre of theory and practice in contemporary community development." Mick Carpenter, Emeritus Professor, University of Warwick"This wonderful new book is a welcomed contribution to the literature which relates community development to social class and public policy --- with special emphasis on inequalities in society." Barry Checkoway, University of Michigan, USATable of ContentsSeries editors’ preface; PART 1: Contested concepts of class, past and present; Class, inequality and community development: editorial introduction ~ Mae Shaw and Marjorie Mayo; Competing concepts of class: implications and applications for community development ~ Lorraine C. Minnite and Frances Fox Piven; Community development in the UK: whatever happened to class? A historical analysis ~ Gary Craig PART 2: Class, inequality and community development in context; Working-class communities and ecology: reframing environmental justice around the Ilva steel plant in Taranto (Apulia, Italy) ~ Stefania Barca and Emanuele Leonardi; Race, class and green jobs in low-income communities in the US: challenges for community development ~ Sekou Franklin; Community development practice in India: Interrogating caste and common sense ~ Mohd. Shahid and Manish K. Jha; The impact of gender, race and class on women’s political participation in post-apartheid South Africa: challenges for community development ~ Janine Hicks and Sithembiso Myeni; What happens when community organisers move into government? Recent experience in Bolivia ~ Mike Geddes; Community development: (un)fulfilled hopes for social equality in Poland ~ Anna Bilon, Ewa Kurantowicz and Monika Noworolnik-Mastalska; Rural–urban alliances for community development through land reform from below ~ María Elena Martínez-Torres and Frederico Daia Firmiano; PART 3: Reconnecting class and inequality through community development; Reconciling participation and power in international development: a case study ~ Kate Newman; Transformative education and community development: sharing learning to challenge inequality ~ Anindita Adhikari and Peter Taylor; Community development and class in the context of an East Asian productivist welfare regime ~ Kwok-kin Fung; Community organising for social change: the scope for class politics ~ Marilyn Taylor and Mandy Wilson; Concluding chapter: Community unionism: looking backwards, looking forwards ~ Marjorie Mayo and Pilgrim Tucker, with Mat Danaher.
£26.59
Bristol University Press Spatial Planning and Resilience Following
Book SynopsisInternational contributors from academia, research, policy and practice use their experience and knowledge to explore on-going efforts to improve spatial resilience across the globe and predict future trends.Trade Review“In times of growing awareness on the crucial role of spatial planning in disaster recovery and resilience building this book meets the challenge outstandingly by bringing together prominent contributors from academia, research and policy-making to judge remediation efforts after calamities with an indelible imprint on human history." Sapountzaki Kalliopi, Harokopio University, GreeceTable of ContentsIntroduction: Disaster response and spatial planning – key challenges and strategies ~ Stefan Greiving; PART A; I. Japan; Disaster risk management and land use in Japan: In geography vulnerable to water-related disasters ~ Kanako Iuchi; Spatial Planning Control for Housing Recovery after Great East Japan Earthquake ~ Tamiyo Kondo; Reconstruction plans and planning processes after the Great East Japan Earthquake ~ Michio Ubaura; II. Indonesia; Land use politics after Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 ~ Togu Pardede; Coastal resilience in Indonesia: From plan to implementation ~ Surtiari, G.A.K ., Garschagen, M ., Birkmann , J., Setiadi, N ., Manuati, Y; III. USA; Planning for resilience in the New York metro region after Superstorm Sandy ~ Donovan Finn; IV. Slovakia; Spatial planning focusing on risk management in Slovakia ~ Alena Kučeravcová, Jan Dzurdženík; Enhancement of flood management and flood-protection planning in Eastern Slovakia ~ Jozef Šuľak, Jaroslav Tešliar; V. Germany; Flood risk management by spatial planning ~ Stefan Greiving, Nadine Mägdefrau; Major-accident hazards in spatial planning ~ Nadine Mägdefrau; Cross-Analysis of Part A ~ Stefan Greiving, Nadine Mägdefrau, Teresa Sprague; PART B; Planning systems for risk reduction and issues in pre-disaster implementation ~ Kanako Iuchi; Efforts and limitations in spatial transformation after disasters ~ Michio Ubaur; Role of coordination in building spatial resilience after disasters ~ Alena Kučeravcová, Jozef Šuľak, Jaroslav Tešliar, Ján Dzurdženík; Residents’ participation in rebuilding more resilient space ~ Nadine Mägdefrau, Teresa Sprague; Spatial planning and uncertainties associated with future disasters ~ Stefan Greiving; Conclusion: Change-proof cities and regions – an integrated concept for tackling key challenges for spatial development ~ Stefan Greiving, Kanako Iuchi, Jaroslav Tesliar, Michio Ubaura.
£77.39
