Titre et auteur:

The lure of the city : from slums to suburbs / edited by Austin Williams and Alastair Donald.

Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2011.

Description:

207 pages ; 20 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-201) and index.
Introduction : The paradoxical city / Alastair Donald -- The dynamic city : citizens make cities / Alan Hudson -- The emerging city : Africa's metropolitan mindset / Alastair Donald -- The crowded city : people on the move / Patrick Hayes -- The planned city : make no little plans / Michael Owens -- The historic city : false urban memory syndrome / Steve Nash and Austin Williams -- The sanitised city : if you've done nothing wrong ... / Tony Pierce and Austin Williams -- The eco-city : utopia, then and now / Austin Williams -- The visionary city : things will endure less than us / Austin Williams and Karl Sharro -- Conclusion : The civilised city / Austin Williams.

Résumé:

Cities, by their very nature, are a mass of contradictions. They can be at once visually stunning, culturally rich, exploitative, and unforgiving. In The Lure of the City, Austin Williams and Alastair Donald explore the potential of cities to meet the economic, social, and political challenges of the current age. This book seeks to examine the dynamics of urban life, showing that new opportunities can be maximized and social advances realized in existing and emerging urban centers. The book explores both the planned and organic nature of urban developments and the impacts and aspirations of the people who live and work in them. It argues convincingly that the metropolitan mindset is essential to the struggle for human liberation. The short, accessibly written essays are guaranteed to spark debate across the media and academia about the place of cities and urban life in our ever-changing world. -- Book Description.

ISBN:

9780745331782 (hardback)
0745331785 (hardback)
0745331777 (paperback)
9780745331775 (paperback)

Sujet:

Sociology, Urban.
Cities and towns.
Cities
Sociologie urbaine.
Villes.
urban sociology.
cities.
Stadtentwicklung
Stadtsoziologie
Urban sociology

Classification/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Vedettes secondaires:

Williams, Austin.
Donald, Alastair.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 279905
Cote: BIB 216204
Statut: Disponible