Alternative Urban Futures
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Alternative Urban Futures
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Author : Raquel Pinderhughes
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2004
Alternative Urban Futures written by Raquel Pinderhughes and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Business & Economics categories.
Alternative Urban Futures challenges existing models of urban development and promotes alternative paradigms, processes, and technologies designed to fulfill human needs and limit the harmful impacts of human activities on the environment. The book focuses on how planners and policy makers can develop and manage essential urban infrastructures in ways that support sustainable development in the areas of waste management, water supply and management, energy production and use, building design and construction, land-use, transportation, and food systems. Each chapter features case studies that provide concrete examples of how ecologically and socially responsible urban and sustainable development planning and policy approaches have been successfully implemented in cities around the world. The book is especially effective in its emphasis on recently published statistics and writing supporting new planning and policy recommendations. Each chapter ends with a summary, accompanied by a list of questions that can be addressed with information provided in the text.
Alternative Urban Futures
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Alternative Urban Futures written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with categories.
Alternative Urban Futures
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Author : Charles Parker Wolf
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Alternative Urban Futures written by Charles Parker Wolf and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with City planning categories.
Enabling Urban Alternatives
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Author : Jens Kaae Fisker
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-12-08
Enabling Urban Alternatives written by Jens Kaae Fisker and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-08 with Social Science categories.
This book asks how thinking, governing, performing, and producing the urban differently can assist in enabling the creation of alternative urban futures. It is a timely response to the ongoing crises and pressing challenges that inhabitants of cities, towns, and villages worldwide are faced with in the midst of what has been widely dubbed as ‘an urban age’. Starting from the premise that current urban development patterns are unsustainable in every sense of the word, the book explores how alternative patterns can be pursued by the wide variety of actors – from governments and international institutions to slum-dwellers and social movements – involved in the on-going production of our shared urban condition. The challenges addressed include exclusion and segregation; persisting poverty and increasing inequality; urban sprawl and changing land use patterns; and the spatial frames of urban policy. As such the book appeals to urban scholars, policy makers, activists, and others concerned with shaping the future of our cities and of urban life in general. Additionally, it is of interest to students in urban planning, architecture and design, human geography, urban sociology, and related fields.
Alternative Possible Urban Futures
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Author : H. Wentworth Eldredge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
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Seeking Urban Transformation
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Author : Muchadenyika, Davison
language : en
Publisher: Weaver Press
Release Date : 2020-02-16
Seeking Urban Transformation written by Muchadenyika, Davison and has been published by Weaver Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-16 with Architecture categories.
Seeking Urban Transformation. Alternative Urban Futures in Zimbabwe tells the stories of ordinary people’s struggles to remake urban centres. It interrogates and highlights the principle conditions in which urban transformation takes place. The main catalysts of the transformation are social movements and planning institutions. Social movements pool resources and skills, acquire land, install infrastructure and build houses. Planning institutions change policies, regulations and traditions to embrace and support a new form of urban development driven by grassroots movements. Besides providing a comprehensive analysis of planning and housing in Zimbabwe, there is a specific focus on three urban centres of Harare, Chitungwiza and Epworth. In metropolitan Harare, the books examines new housing and infrastructure series to the predominantly urban poor population; vital roles played by the urban poor in urban development and the adoption by planning institutions of grassroots-centered, urban-planning approaches. The book draws from three case studies and in-depth interviews from diverse urban shapers i.e. representatives and members of social movements, urban planners, engineers, surveyors, policy makers, politicians, civil society workers and students to generate a varied selection of insights and experiences. Based on the Zimbabwean experience, the book illustrates how actions and power of ordinary people contributes to the transformation of African cities.
Recapturing Democracy
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Author : Mark Purcell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-03-25
Recapturing Democracy written by Mark Purcell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-25 with Business & Economics categories.
Recapturing Democracy is a short yet synoptic introduction to urban democracy in our era of political neoliberalism and economic globalization. Combining an original argument with a number of case studies, Mark Purcell explores the condition of democracy in contemporary Western cities. Whereas many scholars focus on what Purcell calls "procedural democracy" – i.e., electoral politics and access to it – he instead assesses "substantive democracy." By this he means the people’s ability to have some say over issues of social justice, material well being, and economic equality. Neoliberalism, which advocates a diminished role for the state and increasing power for mobile capital, has diminished substantive democracy in recent times, he argues. He looks at case studies where this has occurred and at others that show how neoliberalism can be resisted in the name of substantive democracy. Ultimately, he utilizes Henri Lefebvre’s notion of "the right to the city," which encompasses substantive as well as procedural democracy for ordinary urban citizens.
Urban Futures
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Author : Eva García-Chueca
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Urban Futures written by Eva García-Chueca and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
The Urban Future
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Author : John N. Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-12-21
The Urban Future written by John N. Jackson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-12-21 with Political Science categories.
First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Recoded City
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Author : Thomas Ermacora
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-07-01
Recoded City written by Thomas Ermacora and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-01 with Architecture categories.
Recoded City examines alternative urban design, planning and architecture for the other 90%: namely the practice of participatory placemaking, a burgeoning practice that co-author Thomas Ermacora terms ‘recoding’. In combining bottom-up and top-down means of regenerating and rebalancing neighbourhoods affected by declining welfare or struck by disaster, this growing movement brings greater resilience. Recoded City sheds light on a new epoch in the relationship between cities and civil society by presenting an emerging range of collaborative solutions and distributed governance models. The authors draw on their own fresh research of global pioneers forging localist design strategies, public-realm interventions and new stakeholder dynamics. As the world becomes increasingly digital and virtual, a myriad of online tools and technological options is becoming available. These give unprecedented co-creation opportunities to communities and professionals alike, yielding the benefits of a more open – DIY – society. Because of its close engagement with people, place and local identity, the field of participatory placemaking has huge untapped potential. Responding to the challenges of the Anthropocene era, Recoded City is for decision-makers, developers and practitioners working globally to make better and more liveable cities.