Cargando…

Elusive promises : planning in the contemporary world /

Planning in contemporary democratic states is often understood as a range of activities, from housing to urban design, regional development to economic planning. This volume sees planning differently-as the negotiation of possibilities that time offers space. It explores what kind of promise plannin...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abram, Simone
Otros Autores: Weszkalnys, Gisa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.
Colección:Dislocations ; v. 11.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements; Elusive Promises: Planning in the Contemporary World, An Introduction; Chapter 1
  • Utopian Time and Contemporary Time: Temporal Dimensions of Planning and Reform in the Norwegian Welfare State; Chapter 2
  • From Within a Community of Planners: Hypercomplexity in Railway Design Work; Chapter 3
  • Invaded City: Structuring Urban Landscapes on the Margins of the Possible (Peru's Southern Highlands); Chapter 4
  • Tenure Refomed: Planning for Redress or Progress in South Africa.
  • Chapter 5
  • Redeeming the Promise of Inclusion in the Neo-liberal City: Grassroots Contention in Salvador, Bahia, BrazilChapter 6
  • Even Governmentality Begins as an Image: Institutional Planning in Kuala Lumpur; Chapter 7
  • Making a River of Gold: Speculative State Planning, Informality and Neo-liberal Governance on the Hooghly; Contributors; Index.