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This book explores mobilities as a key to understanding the practices that both frame and generate contemporary everyday life in the urban context. At the same time, it investigates the challenges arising from the interpretation of mobility as a socio-spatial phenomenon both in …
Elusive promises: planning in the contemporary world
by Abram, Simone, Weszkalnys, Gisa
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"Planning in contemporary democratic states is often understood as a range of activities, from housing to urban design, regional development to economic planning. This volume sees planning differently--as the negotiation of possibilities that time offers space. It explores what …
Today, more than 50% of the world's population lives in cities and is subject to particular environmental and economic impacts against the backdrop of an evolving planetary crisis. This book explores the intimate relationship between the quality of life of city dwellers and the …
"Contemporary urban design practice has many sources to draw on but these often lack a flexible approach to today's complex urban situations. This book addresses the current debate surrounding urban regeneration and the contradictions of contemporary urban life. The author propo…
The modern city is not only pavement and concrete. Parks, gardens, trees, and other plants are an integral part of the urban environment. Often the focal points of social movements and political interests, green spaces represent far more than simply an effort to balance the man-…
"Urban Villages and the Making of Communities describes the principles and process of creating attractive, socially diverse and economically sustainable mixed-use neighbourhoods. It addresses issues of their strategic-planning, physical design, transport and connectivity, social…
The authors argue that cities will become more, not less, important, and will remain the focus of social organisation, political management and cultural expression, despite the impact of new information technologies.
The authors argue that cities will become more, not less, important, and will remain the focus of social organisation, political management and cultural expression, despite the impact of new information technologies.