The Prospect of Cities
Author : John Friedmann
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 33,27 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780816638840
Author : John Friedmann
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 33,27 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780816638840
Author : Paul Grogan
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 41,99 MB
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0786722940
Comeback Cities shows how innovative, pragmatic tactics for ameliorating the nation's urban ills have produced results beyond anyone's expectations, reawakening America's toughest neighborhoods. In the past, big government and business working separately were unable to solve the inner city crisis. Today, a blend of public-private partnerships, grassroots nonprofit organizations, and a willingness to experiment characterize what is best among the new approaches to urban problem solving. Pragmatism, not dogma, has produced the charter-school movement and the police's new focus on "quality of life" issues. The new breed of big city mayors has welcomed business back into the city, stressed performance and results at city agencies, downplayed divisive racial politics, and cracked down on symptoms of social disorder. As a consequence, America's inner cities are becoming vital communities once again.
Author : Alan Mallach
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 31,96 MB
Release : 2018-06-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1610917812
In The Divided City, urban practitioner and scholar Alan Mallach presents a detailed picture of what has happened over the past 15 to 20 years in industrial cities like Pittsburgh and Baltimore, as they have undergone unprecedented, unexpected revival. He spotlights these changes while placing them in their larger economic, social and political context. Most importantly, he explores the pervasive significance of race in American cities, and looks closely at the successes and failures of city governments, nonprofit entities, and citizens as they have tried to address the challenges of change. The Divided City concludes with strategies to foster greater equality and opportunity, firmly grounding them in the cities' economic and political realities.
Author : Daniel Brook
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 43,62 MB
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0393078124
A pioneering exploration of four cities where East meets West and past becomes future: St. Petersburg, Shanghai, Mumbai, and Dubai.
Author : Lewis Mumford
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 39,64 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780156180351
The city's development from ancient times to the modern age. Winner of the National Book Award. "One of the major works of scholarship of the twentieth century" (Christian Science Monitor). Index; illustrations.
Author : James Bryant Conant
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 49,28 MB
Release : 1952
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Author : Cecil Stewart
Publisher :
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 22,17 MB
Release : 1966
Category : City planning
ISBN :
Author : Lewis Mumford
Publisher : New York ; Harcourt, Brace & World
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 22,30 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780156932011
Collection of essays and papers.
Author : Peter Harnik
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 48,79 MB
Release : 2012-07-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1597268127
For years American urban parks fell into decay due to disinvestment, but as cities began to rebound—and evidence of the economic, cultural, and health benefits of parks grew— investment in urban parks swelled. The U.S. Conference of Mayors recently cited meeting the growing demand for parks and open space as one of the biggest challenges for urban leaders today. It is now widely agreed that the U.S. needs an ambitious and creative plan to increase urban parklands. Urban Green explores new and innovative ways for “built out” cities to add much-needed parks. Peter Harnik first explores the question of why urban parkland is needed and then looks at ways to determine how much is possible and where park investment should go. When presenting the ideas and examples for parkland, he also recommends political practices that help create parks. The book offers many practical solutions, from reusing the land under defunct factories to sharing schoolyards, from building trails on abandoned tracks to planting community gardens, from decking parks over highways to allowing more activities in cemeteries, from eliminating parking lots to uncovering buried streams, and more. No strategy alone is perfect, and each has its own set of realities. But collectively they suggest a path toward making modern cities more beautiful, more sociable, more fun, more ecologically sound, and more successful.
Author : United Nations Publications
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 41,63 MB
Release : 2019-10-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789211483192
The report presents findings from the 2018 revision of World Urbanization Prospects, which contains the latest estimates of the urban and rural populations or areas from 1950 to 2018 and projections to 2050, as well as estimates of population size from 1950 to 2018 and projections to 2030 for all urban agglomerations with 300,000 inhabitants or more in 2018. The world urban population is at an all-time high, and the share of urban dwellers, is projected to represent two thirds of the global population in 2050. Continued urbanization will bring new opportunities and challenges for sustainable development.