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After reestablishing the connection between morality and the law, the author develops a coherent position on many of the most controversial issues of urban life: the political uses of the streets; verbal assaults and the defamation of racial groups; the legitimate restriction of public speech; segregation, busing, and the use of racial quotas; educ

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This book is about how a new form of social contract, which we call the spatial contract, can help revitalize the economies of the basic things that matter - the core systems which build and provision the settlements human beings call home. -- .

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A call to reconnect the fields of urban planning and public health that offers a new decision-making framework for healthy city planning.

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Applying the tools of STS to explore why the "unbuilding of cities"--the reconfiguration and redesign of existing urban structures--becomes a contested and time-consuming process.

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The goal of this book, the first in a series, is to bring policymakers, practitioners, and scholars up to speed on the state of knowledge on various aspects of urban and regional policy.

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Examines the concept of regional resilience, explaining how resilience can be promoted - or impeded - by regional characteristics and public policies. The authors illuminate how the walls that now segment metropolitan regions across political jurisdictions and across institutions have to be bridged in order for regions to cultivate resilience.

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Combining chronological, thematic, and regional approaches, this book examines political, economic, and social developments that contributed to the rise and growth of towns in Ethiopia from 1887 to 1974. It provides a comprehensive history of the growth of Ethiopian cities during this time with an interdisciplinary approach.

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Combining chronological, thematic, and regional approaches, this book examines political, economic, and social developments that contributed to the rise and growth of towns in Ethiopia from 1887 to 1974. It provides a comprehensive history of the growth of Ethiopian cities during this time with an interdisciplinary approach.

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Latin America, one of the most urbanized regions of the world, can only be fully understood by exploring its urban-rural divide, inequalities within urban areas, and the prospects for change. This thoughtful text explores Latin American cities; their history, similarities, and differences; and the current problems they face.

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Latin America, one of the most urbanized regions of the world, can only be fully understood by exploring its urban-rural divide, inequalities within urban areas, and the prospects for change. This thoughtful text explores Latin American cities; their history, similarities, and differences; and the current problems they face.

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A comprehensive introduction to planning that covers history, theory and practice and shows how planning contributes to more sustainable, efficient and equitable urban areas. Suitable for planning courses around the world, it reflects the increasingly cosmopolitan nature of planning practice and the similarity of issues faced by planners globally.

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In the century of the city when crisis has become the new normal, planners are trying to find ways to make cities less vulnerable and to build in resilience. Drawing on international examples and detailed case-studies, this book examines the theory and practice of urban resilience in response to a range of disruptions.

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In the century of the city when crisis has become the new normal, planners are trying to find ways to make cities less vulnerable and to build in resilience. Drawing on international examples and detailed case-studies, this book examines the theory and practice of urban resilience in response to a range of disruptions.

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Comprehensive enough for high school students and also appropriate for undergraduate students, this book delves into the challenges of urban sprawl by looking to some of America's top thinkers on the matter, including Robert Yaro, the President of the Regional Plan Association.

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This even-handed survey of contemporary urban development in America examines how and why a growing number of citizens are concerned about urban sprawl.

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Introduces the largest Australian cities, their history and the planning ideas that have influenced their development. The notion of sustainable cities is seen as the latest in a long tradition of attempts to improve urban environments.

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How to Kill a City takes readers on a journey to the front lines of the battle for the future of American cities, uncovering the massive, systemic forces behind gentrification in New Orleans, Detroit, San Francisco, and New York--and the lives that are altered in the process.

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A concise primer on urban politics and policy that highlights the ways in which politics and policies are shaped by the many different institutions, actors, and practices that exist in urban communities.

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