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Author : David C. Ranney
Publisher : Merrill Publishing Company
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCAL:B3526603
Author : Thomas Angotti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351065160
Originally published in 1993, Metropolis 2000 analyses 20th century metropolitan development and planning under the economic and environmental conditions of the world’s regions. Attempts to achieve the physical integration of the city without economic equality have failed. The book advances the principle of ‘integrated diversity’ which emphasises linking neighbourhood planning with a broader vision of the planned metropolis and applies a political economy approach, and argues for a new form of pro-urban thinking. The book argues that the basis for a humane approach to city planning is viewing the metropolis as a beneficial accompaniment to national independence, equality and social progress.
Author : William Fulton
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2001-12-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0801865069
A Los Angeles Times Bestseller "William Fulton is the Raymond Chandler of Los Angeles real estate."—Kevin Starr, California State Librarian and author of Material Dreams: Los Angeles through the 1920s A Los Angeles Times Bestseller"William Fulton is the Raymond Chandler of Los Angeles real estate."—Kevin Starr, California State Librarian and author of Material Dreams: Los Angeles through the 1920s In twelve engaging essays, William Fulton chronicles the history of urban planning in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, tracing the legacy of short-sighted political and financial gains that has resulted in a vast urban region on the brink of disaster. Looking at such diverse topics as shady real estate speculations, the construction of the Los Angeles subway, the battle over the future of South Central L.A. after the 1992 riots, and the emergence of Las Vegas as "the new Los Angeles," Fulton offers a fresh perspective on the city's epic sprawl. The only way to reverse the historical trends that have made Los Angeles increasingly unliveable, Fulton concludes, is to confront the prevailing "cocoon citizenship," the mind-set that prevents the city's inhabitants and leaders from recognizing Los Angeles's patchwork of communities as a single metropolis.
Author : Zack Taylor
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773558427
Rising income inequality and concentrated poverty threaten the social sustainability of North American cities. Suburban growth endangers sensitive ecosystems, water supplies, and food security. Existing urban infrastructure is crumbling while governments struggle to pay for new and expanded services. Can our inherited urban governance institutions and policies effectively respond to these problems? In Shaping the Metropolis Zack Taylor compares the historical development of American and Canadian urban governance, both at the national level and through specific metropolitan case studies. Examining Minneapolis–St Paul and Portland, Oregon, in the United States, and Toronto and Vancouver in Canada, Taylor shows how differences in the structure of governing institutions in American states and Canadian provinces cumulatively produced different forms of urban governance. Arguing that since the nineteenth century American state governments have responded less effectively to rapid urban growth than Canadian provinces, he shows that the concentration of authority in Canadian provincial governments enabled the rapid adoption of coherent urban policies after the Second World War, while dispersed authority in American state governments fostered indecision and catered to parochial interests. Most contemporary policy problems and their solutions are to be found in cities. Shaping the Metropolis shows that urban governance encompasses far more than local government, and that states and provinces have always played a central role in responding to urban policy challenges and will continue to do so in the future.
Author : Stephen Hamnett,Robert Freestone
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0419258108
This text provides a single volume introduction to the development of urban planning. It fills the need for a convenient, initial resource for anyone interested in the broad evolutionary sweep of modern planning.
Author : Aprodicio A. Laquian
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015060815688
Beyond Metropolis builds on studies conducted during the 1990s under the Centre for Human Settlements at the University of British Columbia.
Author : W.A. Robson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 903 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781135672409
The giant city of today is a unique phenomenon. Never before have such acute problems of government, the provision of essential services, planning, social life, and civilized living arisen from uncontrolled urbanization. In the West and in the East, in the more developed and in the less developed countries, in capitalist and communist states, the great metropolis represents a problem of the first importance which challenges the statesman, the official, the town planner, the political scientist, the sociologist and, above all, the intelligent citizen. The editor has here assembled an authoritative series of studies describing the growth, significance, government, politics adn planning of twenty-four great cities of the world. They show how these widely scattered cities faced essentially similar problems. Each study deals with the actual working of one city in the 1950s, how its elective adn executive bodies are organized, the kind of political forces which motivate their activities, the scope and character of the municipal services, how they are finiance. The cities dealt with include Bombay, Amsterdam, Moscow, Montreal, Stockholm, Rome, New York, London, Sydney and Tokyo. This book was first published in 1954.
Author : John Constantinus Bollens,Henry J. Schmandt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015028539628
Monograph on the phenomenon of urban development in the USA - covers local government, the social structure of the urban population, the urban area labour market, social problems, urban planning, political aspects, the service sector, future trends, etc. Bibliography pp. 373 to 385, graphs, illustrations, maps and statistical tables.
Author : Frances Frisken
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9781551303307
The Public Metropolis traces the evolution of Ontario government responses to rapid population growth and outward expansion in the Toronto city region over an eighty-year period. Frisken rigorously describes the many institutions and policies that were put in place at different times to provide services of region-wide importance and skilfully assesses the extent to which those institutions and policies managed to achieve objectives commonly identified with effective regional governance. Although the province acted sporadically and often reluctantly in the face of regional population growth and expansion, Frisken argues that its various interventions nonetheless contributed to the region's most noteworthy achievement: a core city that continued to thrive while many other North American cities were experiencing population, economic, and social decline. This perceptive and comprehensive examination of issues related to the evolution of city regions is critical reading not only for those teaching and researching in the field, but also for city and regional planners, officials at all levels of government, and urban historians. The research, writing, and publication of this book has been supported by the Neptis Foundation.
Author : David Bell,Mark Jayne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134212200
Until now, much research in the field of urban planning and change has focused on the economic, political, social, cultural and spatial transformations of global cities and larger metropolitan areas. In this topical new volume, David Bell and Mark Jayne redress this balance, focusing on urban change within small cities around the world. Drawing together research from a strong international team of contributors, this four part book is the first systematic overview of small cities. A comprehensive and integrated primer with coverage of all key topics, it takes a multi-disciplinary approach to an important contemporary urban phenomenon. The book addresses: political and economic decision making urban economic development and competitive advantage cultural infrastructure and planning in the regeneration of small cities identities, lifestyles and ways in which different groups interact in small cities. Centering on urban change as opposed to pure ethnographic description, the book’s focus on informed empirical research raises many important issues. Its blend of conceptual chapters and theoretically directed case studies provides an excellent resource for a broad spectrum of undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as providing a rich resource for academics and researchers.
Author : William K. Tabb,Larry Sawers
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039559765
Author : Thomas R. Dye
Publisher : Merrill Publishing Company
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015007223509
Author : Ronald Vogel,John Harrigan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317345589
This popular text has been thoroughly updated and revised to sharpen the focus on its 'bias and change' theme, include the latest data/studies informing the field, and cover important new topics (e.g., flood disaster in New Orleans). Political Change in the Metropolis, Eighth Edition, continues to focus on the political changes that have taken place in American cities and the reactions of urban scholars to them. In addition to offering scholarly perspectives, the text offers students a theoretical framework for interpreting these changing events for themselves. This framework analyzes the patterns of bias inherent in the organization and operation of urban politics, giving students an in-depth look at the fascinating and constantly changing face of urban politics. Features Accessible writing style engages students in the material. Provides excellent coverage of the impact of immigrants and ethnic groups in the making of the American city. An abundance of historical material helps students better understand the origins and development of urban politics and structures. Case studies throughout the text give students an opportunity to apply important material. The text exposes students to first-rate discussions of political phenomena and empirical literature on those phenomena.
Author : Philip Kasinitz
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814746400
Draws on renowned social thinkers to help understand why Americans flock to urban centers The modern city is the nexus of culture, politics, and art. Despite the manifold problems cities face, more and more Americans are abandoning rural areas and relocating to urban centers. By the year 2000, 4 out of 5 Americans will live within one hour of a major city. What has prompted this emphasis on the city? Chronicling the rise of the modern city, Metropolis draws from the work of such renowned social thinkers as Georg Simmel, Lewis Mumford, Walter Benjamin, Richard Sennett, and Herbert Gans, to illustrate how and why we have come to be an urban society and what the future holds for the American city. Each of the five sections (on modernity and the urban ethos; New York City; community and social bonds in the city; social relations and public places; and the role of space, race, class, and politics in the American city) is prefaced by an introduction by the editor, highlighting the issues under discussion.
Author : John J. Harrigan
Publisher : Little Brown
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Metropolitan areas
ISBN : UCAL:B3943816
