Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning

Volume 4
Herausgeber: Harper, Thomas L; Costa, Heloisa; Hibbard, Michael

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Produktbeschreibung

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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This fourth volume of some of the best, award-winning writing from around the world¿s planning schools promotes further discussion and thought. The international authors address a broad spectrum of planning issues including safety in urban spaces, rebuilding post-Katrina and planning and governance in urban Zimbabwe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781138892439
• ISBN-10: 1138892432
• Artikelnr.: 41754508

Autorenporträt

Thomas L. Harper is Professor, Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Canada. Michael Hibbard is Professor, Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management, and Director, Institute for Policy Research and Innovation, University of Oregon, USA. Anthony Gar-On Yeh is Chair Professor, Head of Department of Urban Planning and Design, Director of Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning, Director of GIS Research Centre, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR. Heloisa Costa is Associate Professor, Geography Department, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Rising to the Global Challenges Thomas Harper, Michael
Hibbard, Heloisa Costa, and Anthony Yeh 2. Hanging Out With
"Trouble-Causers": Planning and Governance in Urban Zimbabwe Amin Y. Kamete
3. Towards a Cosmopolitan Urbanism: from Theory to Practice Leonie
Sandercock 4. For the Equitable City Yet to Come Tanja Winkler 5. Shocking
the Suburbs: Urban Location, Homeownership and Oil Vulnerability in the
Australian City Jago Dodson and Neil Sipe 6. The Re-Enclosure of
Green-Space in Postmodern Urbanism Michael Hebbert 7. Safe Urban Spaces:
Security Issues for City Design Maria Julieta Nunes De Souza and Rose
Compans 8. Public Space and Conservation of a Historic Living City: Melaka,
Malaysia Samira Ramezani, Zul Azri Bin Abd Aziz and Syed Z.A. Idid 9. New
Urbanism, Social Equity, and The Challenge of Post-Katrina Rebuilding in
Mississippi Emily Talen 10. Immature Take-Offs: Urbanization,
Industrialization and Development in Twentieth-Century Latin America
Arturo Almandoz 11. Policy And Planning for Large-Infrastructure Projects:
Problems, Causes, and Curses Brent Flyvbjerg 12. Socio-Political Analysis
of French Transport Policies: the State of Practice Vincent Kaufmann,
Christophe Jemelin, Géraldine Pflieger and Luca Pattaroni 13. Institutional
Impediments to Planning Professionalism in Victoria, Australia Alan March