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Winner of the 2022 Urban Affairs Association Best Book Award. City visions represent shared, and often desirable, expectations about our urban futures. This book explores the history and evolution of city visions, placing them in the wider context of art, culture, science, foresight and urban theory.

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Urban futures: planning for city foresight and city visions Cities and integrated urban challenges Reimagining the city: views of the future from the past and present Planning and governing the future city Future narratives for the city: smart and sustainable? Theoretical approaches to urban futures Using city foresight methods to develop city visions Shaping the future: city vision case studies The innovative and experimental city Visioning and planning the city in an urban age: a reality check Conclusions: facing the urban future to 2050 and beyond

Urban Futures

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 17 October 2023
      ISBN-13 9781447371670
      978-1447371670
      ISBN-10 1447371674
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      Sustainability Urban and municipal planning and policy

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      Book Synopsis
      Winner of the 2022 Urban Affairs Association Best Book Award. City visions represent shared, and often desirable, expectations about our urban futures. This book explores the history and evolution of city visions, placing them in the wider context of art, culture, science, foresight and urban theory.

      Table of Contents
      Urban futures: planning for city foresight and city visions Cities and integrated urban challenges Reimagining the city: views of the future from the past and present Planning and governing the future city Future narratives for the city: smart and sustainable? Theoretical approaches to urban futures Using city foresight methods to develop city visions Shaping the future: city vision case studies The innovative and experimental city Visioning and planning the city in an urban age: a reality check Conclusions: facing the urban future to 2050 and beyond

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