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Remaking Metropolis : Global Challenges of the Urban Landscape.
Remaking Metropolis examines examples of both urban decay and destruction as well as urban rebirth. It shows why particular approaches were successful, or did not achieve their objectives. By bringing together innovative approaches to urban living from across the world, and by demonstrating how loca...
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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| 520 | |a Remaking Metropolis examines examples of both urban decay and destruction as well as urban rebirth. It shows why particular approaches were successful, or did not achieve their objectives. By bringing together innovative approaches to urban living from across the world, and by demonstrating how local initiatives can contribute to global solutions, the book establishes a framework in which to evaluate current and future developments for urban change, and to stimulate a reassessment of urban redevelopment and policies. "Think Globally, Act Locally" is an oft used phrase to encourage citizens to. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Remaking Metropolis: Global challenges of the urban landscape -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Foreword Designing our futures -- Part A Introduction -- Chapter 1 Global dynamics of urban landscapes -- Part B Challenges of global urbanism -- Chapter 2 The state of the global metropolis -- Part C Global sustainability and shifting urban systems -- Chapter 3 The world shrinks, the world expands: Information, energy, and relocalization -- Chapter 4 Urbanization challenges in Turkey: Implications for Aydin, Turkey -- Chapter 5 Tbilisi: Urban transformation and role transformation in the post-Soviet metropolis -- Chapter 6 Urban indicators for border areas: Measuring and tracking community conditions in the U.S.-Mexico border region -- Part D The future of the metropolis -- Chapter 7 Small steps toward achieving the urban sustainability of the metropolitan area of Mexico City -- Chapter 8 Transformations of the urbanizing delta landscape -- Chapter 9 Sustainable urban design: Lessons from Dutch cities -- Part E Remaking the urban landscape -- Chapter 10 Turning cities around -- Chapter 11 Re-urbanization in Thailand: Reconsidering urban development following the tsunami -- Chapter 12 Urban/suburban landscapes: An ecological view -- Chapter 13 Tapestries and traditions: Urban ecology and city making -- Chapter 14 Urban ecosystems and the sustainable metropolis -- Chapter 15 Bringing urban streams back to life!: The use of modern waterway construction technologies in restoring degraded streams -- Chapter 16 Managing the urban/nature border: Sonoran Islands in the urbanized desert -- Part F Conclusions -- Chapter 17 Global prospects for the metropolis -- Index. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a City planning. | |
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