Mundus Urbano : (re)thinking urban development / Luana Xavier Pinto Coelho, Lorena Melgaço Silva Marques, Regina Orvañanos Murguía (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coelho, Luana Xavier Pinto.

Marques, Lorena Melgaço Silva.

Orvañanos Murguía, Regina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Growth.

Cities and towns.

Urbanization--Germany.

Urbanization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin [Germany] : Frank & Timme GmbH, Verlag für wissenschaftliche Literatur, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As we enter a Mundus Urbano, urban issues become even more central to many professions related to planning. This situation not only reinforces long identified challenges but also generates new ones for which planners from all different fields of inquiry have to re-think their own practice. This book gathers works that reflect recent challenges examined by the fresh eyes of young professionals brought together to stretch conventions towards an innovative approach to urban studies. The reader will find world-wide as well as more localised study cases in four chapters that embed the most up-to-da

Contents:

""Contents""; ""(Re)thinking urban development: Preface""; ""Chapter I: Socio-Cultural Production and Urban Space""; ""Chapter II: Urban Governance, Management and Social Challenges in Planning""; ""Chapter III: Contemporary Planning and Cooperating in the South""; ""Chapter IV: Sustainable Urban Infrastructure and Disaster Risk Reduction""; ""About The Authors""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 30, 2014).

ISBN:

9783865965530

3865965539

OCLC:

881887515