Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning, Volume 4 is a selection of some of the best scholarship in urban and regional planning from around the world. The internationally recognized authors of these award-winning papers take up a range of salient issues from the theory and practice of planning.

The topics they address include planning and governance in Zimbabwe, rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina, safety issues in urban spaces, and an analysis of French transportation policies. The breadth of the topics covered in this book will appeal to all those with an interest in urban and regional planning, providing a springboard for further debate and research. The papers focus particularly on how planning institutions can meet contemporary environmental, demographic, economic, and socio-spatial challenges.

The Dialogues books are published in association with the Global Planning Education Association Network (GPEAN) and its member planning schools associations. These associations represent 360 planning schools in nearly fifty countries around the globe. They have selected these papers based on regional competitions.

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Publisher

Routledge

Year

2010

ISBN

9781136902826

Edition

Topic

Arquitectura

Subtopic

Planificación urbana y paisajismo

Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning 4
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Hanging out with “trouble-causers”
Chapter 3 Towards a cosmopolitan urbanism
Chapter 4 For the equitable city yet to come
Chapter 5 Shocking the suburbs
Chapter 6 The re-enclosure of green space in postmodern urbanism
Chapter 7 Safe urban spaces
Chapter 8 Public space and conservation of a historic living city
Chapter 9 New urbanism, social equity, and the challenge of post-Katrina rebuilding in Mississippi
Chapter 10 Immature take-offs
Chapter 11 Policy and planning for large-infrastructure projects
Chapter 12 Socio-political analysis of French transport policies
Chapter 13 Institutional impediments to planning professionalism in Victoria, Australia
Index