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City Visions
Frank Gaffikin (Ed.)
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Description for City Visions
Paperback. Examines the role of long-term urban planning in the development of cities, and offers a critical guide to contemporary theories on urban regeneration. Editor(s): Morrissey, Mike; Gaffikin, Frank. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1KB; AMVD; JFSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 0. Weight in Grams: 408.
This collection considers the role of long-term urban planning in the development of cities, covering a range of North American and European cities, and focusing on Belfast's social, economic and political developments.
The major cities of the West are characterised by division, uneven development and unequal distribution of jobs. In Belfast these general Western urban characteristics are extended and heightened by association with a long-standing political crisis and low-intensity conflict.
The authors integrate global debates on urban development and summarise contemporary theories on cities and their future. An assortment of interventions and delivery mechanisms ... Read more
This collection considers the role of long-term urban planning in the development of cities, covering a range of North American and European cities, and focusing on Belfast's social, economic and political developments.
The major cities of the West are characterised by division, uneven development and unequal distribution of jobs. In Belfast these general Western urban characteristics are extended and heightened by association with a long-standing political crisis and low-intensity conflict.
The authors integrate global debates on urban development and summarise contemporary theories on cities and their future. An assortment of interventions and delivery mechanisms ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745313511
SKU
V9780745313511
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Ref
99-1
About Frank Gaffikin (Ed.)
Frank Gaffikin is Co-Director of the Urban Institute. He has been involved in community development and urban regeneration for a number of years and is the author of several books on the theme of urban regeneration. He is currently carrying out work on the Belfast City Region, Belfast Partnership and the Belfast European Partnership and is doing work with ... Read more
Reviews for City Visions
'A complex and multifaceted study of the development, regeneration and management of cities'
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