Living City - Towards a Sustainable Future

Informationen zum Autor David Cadman, Geoffrey Payne Zusammenfassung First published in 1990. The Living City draws together both current mainstream ideas on their futures and various alternative views to enliven the debate and put forward an agenda for sustainable urban development, emphasizing ideas that question the economic imperatives of that development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Towards Another City David Cadman and Geoffrey Payne ; Part One ; 1. On the Development of Cities Dennis Hay 2. The Future Economic Role of Urban Systems Iain Begg and Barry Moore 3. Urban Change in the Third World: Are Recent Trends a Useful Pointer to the Urban Future? Jorge E. Hardoy and David Satterthwaite 4. Can Third World Cities be Managed? Carole Rakodi ; Part Two ; 5. Alternative Futures for Cities James Robertson 6. Town and Country John Holmes and Geoffrey Steeley 7. Mad Maurice III: Metropolitans in the Making Joe Cullen 8. The Metabolism of Cities Herbert Girardet 9. Barriers, Channels and Community Control John F. C. Turner 10. The Politics of Sustainable Third World Urban Development Tade Akin Aina 11. Increasing Technological Choice in Third World Settlements George McRobie 12. Controlled Third World Decentralization: A Tale of Two Countries Charles L. Choguill 13. Development through Partnership: The Orangi Project in Karachi Arif Hasan ; Conclusions and New Beginnings David Cadman and Geoffrey Payne ; Index

Product details

• Authors: David Payne Cadman
• Assisted by: David Cadman (Editor), Geoffrey Payne (Editor), Payne Geoffrey (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.06.2019
• EAN: 9780367186333
• ISBN: 978-0-367-18633-3
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Sustainability
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Sustainability, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Business & Economics / General, NATURE / Ecology, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Urban and municipal planning and policy, City and town planning: architectural aspects