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The Social Sustainability of Cities : Diversity and the Management of Change /

Some cities have been more successful than others in creating environments conducive to the cohabitation of a diverse population. Case studies analyze ten cities in North America, South America, Europe, and Africa in terms of their social sustainability.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Stren, Richard E., Polese, Mario, 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2000.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Understanding the new sociocultural dynamics of cities : comparative urban policy in a global context / Richard Stren and Mario Polese
  • The social sustainability of Montreal : a local or a state matter? / Anne-Marie Seguin and Annick Germain
  • Governance and social sustainability : the Toronto experience / Frances Frisken [and others]
  • Miami : governing the city through crime / Jonathan Simon
  • 'A Third-World city in the First World' : social exclusion, racial inequality, and sustainable development in Baltimore, Maryland / Marc V. Levine
  • Geneva : does wealth ensure social stability? / Antoine S. Bailly
  • Room to manoeuvre : governance, the post-industrial economy, and housing provision in Rotterdam / Frans Dieleman and Robert C. Kloosterman
  • São Paulo and the challenges for social sustainability : the case of an urban housing policy / Ana Amelia da Silva
  • Downtown San Salvador : housing, public spaces, and economic transformation / Mario Lungo
  • Social transformation in a post-colonial city : the case of Nairobi / Diana Lee-Smith and Davinder Lamba
  • Cape Town : seeking social sustainability in a fast-growing city / Joh Abbott
  • Learning from each other : policy choices and the social sustainability of cities / Mario Polese.