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Book SynopsisThe lines between the fields of strategy, urban planning, architecture and sociology are currently blurred by ‘futurising’ discourses about progress, renewal and the crises of urbanisation. Aided by an ambitious multifaceted lens, Urban Planning for the City of the Future: A Multidisciplinary Approach provides a unique glimpse into planning, growth, regeneration and demographic urgency in the light of globalisation, climate change and rapid technological change.
Presenting a case study of the city of Waterford, this edited collection explores how the city of the future might be shaped. Contributors ask not only how to plan the ideal city of the future, but also how to prioritise citizens’ rights, participation and engagement in that city. Offering solutions that put these rights at the heart of city life, chapters also tackle some of the modern city’s crises, exploring options for the preservation, incorporation and expansion of the city’s heritage, landmark buildings and unique geographical history.
Bringing together multidisciplinary perspectives from strategy, urban geography, psychology, sociology, film, data and digital studies, Urban Planning for the City of the Future: A Multidisciplinary Approach builds a compelling, comprehensive, multifaceted case-study of a small, modern European city that can serve as a laboratory for future urban planning elsewhere.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: City Limits: Urban Planning for the City of the Future; Susan Flynn and Richard Hayes
Section 1: Strategy, Planning, and Economy
Chapter 1. Waterford City’s Future in Regional Context; Proinnsias Breathnach
Chapter 2. A City and the State: Toward an Analysis of the National Plan for Waterford; Richard Hayes
Chapter 3. That’s your bloody GDP: performing the city-region economy; Ray Griffin
Section 2: Heritage, Archaeology and Belonging
Chapter 4. Heritage, Libraries, and Inclusion: a case study of Waterford Central City Library; Susan Flynn
Chapter 5. Heritage and conscience: Waterford’s former Magdalene Laundry and Industrial School; Jennifer O’Mahoney
Chapter 6. Early Irish settlement on the Waterford Estuary: Visualising our past, informing our future; Joy Rooney and Moira Sweeney
Section 3: Futurising, Smart Cities and Critical Technology
Chapter 7. Engaging 15-Minute Cities as a New Development Model: The Potential of Waterford City; Niamh Moore-Cherry, Camilla Siggaard Andersen, and Carla Maria Kayanan
Chapter 8. Are Smart Cities Sustainable? The Evolution of Smart City Thinking; Patrick Lynch
Chapter 9. In the Deep Water: Envisioning a Contingent City of the future/Past and the Tools to do so; Eleanor Dare
Afterword; Professor Bill O’Gorman
