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Robin Hambleton - Leading the Inclusive City: Place-Based Innovation for a Bounded Planet - 9781447304968 - V9781447304968
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Leading the Inclusive City: Place-Based Innovation for a Bounded Planet

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Description for Leading the Inclusive City: Place-Based Innovation for a Bounded Planet Paperback. This engaging book argues that imaginative place-based leadership can enable citizens to shape the urban future while advancing social justice, promoting care for the environment and bolstering community empowerment. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; RPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 720.
Cities are often seen as helpless victims in a global flow of events and many view growing inequality in cities as inevitable. This engaging book rejects this gloomy prognosis and argues that imaginative place-based leadership can enable citizens to shape the urban future in accordance with progressive values – advancing social justice, promoting care for the environment and bolstering community empowerment. This international and comparative book, written by an experienced author, shows how inspirational civic leaders are making a major difference in cities across the world. The analysis provides practical lessons for local leaders and a significant contribution to thinking ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bristol University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447304968
SKU
V9781447304968
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About Robin Hambleton
Robin Hambleton is Emeritus Professor of City Leadership in the Faculty of Environment and Technology at the University of the West of England, Bristol and Director of Urban Answers. An expert on urban innovation, city management and local governance, he was the founding President of the European Urban Research Association (EURA) and Dean of the College of Urban Planning ... Read more

Reviews for Leading the Inclusive City: Place-Based Innovation for a Bounded Planet
"This is a useful work for practitioners as well as academics, offering conceptual and instrumental insights that should stimulate cross-disciplinary dialogue." Choice "[This book] makes an important contribution to the planning discourse by calling for strong place-based leadership and highlighting... what can be achieved when civic leaders from local government to activist groups strive to make cities more liveable and ... Read more

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