Urban Crisis, Urban Hope - A Policy Agenda for Uk Cities

Urban Crisis, Urban Hope is an urgent, informed, and passionate critique at the crisis that has been allowed to develop in our cities, and a wide-ranging agenda for change to challenge all political and government institutions.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Foreword by Leo Hollis; Chapter 1: Asking for trouble, Julian Dobson and Rowland Atkinson; Chapter 2: The hungry city, Madeleine Power and Niall Cooper; Chapter 3: The unhomed city, Emma Bimpson, Richard Goulding and Glyn Robbins; Chapter 4: The anxious city, Rhiannon Corcoran and Graham Marshall; Chapter 5: The violent city, Elizabeth Cook, Anthony Ellis, Luke Billingham and Keir Irwin-Rogers; Chapter 6: The sick city, Bethany Thompson and Pam Warhurst; Chapter 7: The withering city, Ian Mell and Natalie Bennett; Chapter 8: The dispossessed city, Loretta Lees, Kate Swade and Mark Walton; Chapter 9: The unravelling city, Annette Hastings and Julian Dobson; Chapter 10: The unaccountable city, Simin Davoudi and Jess Steele; Chapter 11: Conclusion: the challenge of change, Rowland Atkinson and Julian Dobson; Chapter 12: A manifesto for urban policy; List of contributors; Index.

About the author

Julian Dobson is a writer and researcher with a focus on creating fair, liveable and environmentally just places.

Rowland Atkinson is an urban sociologist with interests in social inequalities and city life, based at the University of Sheffield

Product details

• Authors: Julian Atkinson Dobson
• Assisted by: Rowland Atkinson (Editor), Atkinson Rowland (Editor), Julian Dobson (Editor), Dobson Julian (Editor)
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781785274718
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-471-8
• No. of pages: 150
• Series: Anthem Environment and Sustainability Initiative (AESI); Anthem Environment and Sustainability Initiative
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays, Public Administration, Society and culture: general, Central / national / federal government policies