Sustaining cities : urban policies, practices, and perceptions / edited by Linda Krause.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Krause, Linda.

Series:

New Directions in International Studies

New directions in international studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Environmental aspects.

City planning.

Cities and towns--Growth.

Cities and towns.

Sociology, Urban.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What has happened to cities after the global economic recession? Sustaining Cities answers this question by explaining how failed governmental policies contributed to urban problems and offering best practices for solving them. From social scientists and urban planners to architects and literary and film critics, the authors of this unique collection suggest real responses to this crisis. Could the drastic declines in housing markets have been avoided? Yes, if we reframe our housing values. Do you want to attract corporate investment to your town? You might want to think twice about doing so. The extinction of the "Celtic Tiger" may be charted in statistics, but the response in popular Irish mystery novels is much more compelling. China, while not immune to market vicissitudes, still booms, but at a considerable cost to its urban identities. Whether constructing a sustainable social framework for Mexican mega-cities or a neighborhood in London, these nine essays consider some strikingly similar strategies. And perhaps, as the contributors suggest, it's time to look beyond the usual boundaries of urban, suburban, and exurban to forge new links among these communities that will benefit all citizens. Accessible to anyone with an interest in how cities cope today, Sustaining Cities presents a cautionary tale with a hopeful ending.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Introduction / Krause, Linda

PART I. Urban Policies: Market Ru

Sustainable City: Crisis and Opportunity in Mexico / Iracheta, Alfonso

Hostage Cities: Unsustainable Competition for Corporate Investment / McCarthy, Linda

Reframing Housing Value / Ahrentzen, Sherry

PART II. Urban Practices: Connecting Communities

Notes toward a History of Agrarian Urbanism / Waldheim, Charles

The Art of Place-making / Watson, Georgia Butina

Beyond Boundaries / Zell, Mo

PART III. Urban Perceptions: Tigers, Tricksters, and Other Urban Legends

Chinese Cities: Design and Disappearance / Abbas, Ackbar

From "The Dead" to the Dead: The Disposable Bodies and Disposable Culture of Celtic Tiger Noir / Kincaid, Andrew

Imagining and Reimagining a Promised Land: The Gangster Genre and Harlem's Mythic Past, Present, and Future / Massood, Paula J.

Notes on Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-60982-7

9786613922274

0-8135-5417-9

OCLC:

818814870