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OverviewThe 21st century will be the century of multicultural cities, of the struggle for equality and diversity and the struggle against fundamentalism. Cosmopolis II presents a truly global tour of contemporary cities - from Birmingham to Rotterdam, Frankfurt to Berlin, Sydney to Vancouver, and Chicago to East St. Louis. Passionately written and superbly illustrated with a range of specially commissioned images, Cosmopolis II is a visionary book of our urban future. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Leonie SandercockPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Mansell Publishing Edition: 2nd edition Dimensions: Width: 23.40cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 15.60cm Weight: 0.440kg ISBN: 9780826464637ISBN 10: 0826464637 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 01 February 2004 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: English Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One: Looking Back: Modernist Planning and its Discontents 1) Modernist Cities and Planning 2) Rewriting Planning History 3) Who Knows?: Exploring Planning's Knowledges Part Two: Looking Forward: Mongrel Cities and the 21st Century Multicultural project 4) Mongrel Cities: How Can We Live Together? 5) Home, Nation and Stranger: Fear in the City 6) There is No Hiding Place: Integrating Immigrants Part Three: Towards a New Planning Imagination 7) Transfomative Planning Practices: How and Why Cities Change 8) The Power of Story Planning 9) City SonglinesReviewsThe best contemporary text for teaching planning history and theory. The best contemporary text for teaching planning history and theory. The best contemporary text for teaching planning history and theory. An extraordinarily comprehensive investigation. --Blueprint Congratulations to Leonie Sandercock on being awarded the 2005 Dale Prize, awarded each year by the Department of Urban & Regional Planning at California State Polytechnic University for excellence in a common field of urban and regional planning. Cosmopolis II captures the radical mood of the early 21st century and turns it into a positive project about living in multi-cultural cities. It will appeal to all those struggling with and studying contemporary cities. Beautifully written, clear, authoritative, and enhanced with evocative imagery, the book brings together new ideas, new literature, new cases and new arguments. It is likely to become a core text in the literature on cities and planning very quickly. No other book achieves the synthesis provided here. Patsy Healey, University of Newcastle The best contemporary text for teaching planning history and theory. Edward Soja, Planning, UCLA The most important book on planning practice of the late 20th Century. It will set the terms of debate for years to come Robert Beauregard, New School for Social Research, New York A book of passion and conviction about how cities are and what they might become. It is a challenge to all those whose professions are bound up with shaping the world's urban future. City An extraordinarily comprehensive investigation. Blueprint Sandercock's pervasive commitment and sensitive imagination provide a valuable inspiration to all those concerned with the quality of cities and their governance. Urban Studies Author InformationLEONIE SANDERCOCK is Professor of Urban Planning and Social Policy in the School of Community and Regional Planning at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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