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A practical manifesto for how cities can respond to the pressures of globalization

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Author:   Alberto Magnaghi ,  David Kerr
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Zed Books Ltd
Edition:   Special ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.308kg
ISBN:  

9781842775813

ISBN 10:   1842775812
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 October 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword; Introduction Part I: The Territorialist Approach: Towards Local Self-Sustainable Development 1. The Metropolis Form and Deterritorialisation 2. Beyond the Metropolis Form 3. The Territory is not a Beast of Burden 4. The Territorialist Approach 5. Local Self-Sustainable Development 6. The Agents of Change 7. The Statute of Places Part II: Visions of a Strategic Scenario Premise 8. Concrete Utopia and Strategic Scenarios 9. Projects for Open Spaces: The Landscape of the New Farmers 10. Cities of Villages, Cities of Cities, Networks of Cities 11. The New Municipium 12. Towards the Construction of Urban Village: From the Hypermarkete to Marketing Networks for Local ; Products 13. Local Project and the South of the World: From Cooperation to the Development of Fair Trade 14. The Local Project: Summing up a Political Vision

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'...the ideas contained in The Urban Village remain unique...the value of the book lies in its relational view of socio-ecological development.' - Alex Loftus, Royal Holloway, University of London 'A welcome addition to this literature [the Urban Village concept] is Alberto Magnaghi's The Urban Village which is an insightful and enjoyable take on the form and characteristics of the Urban Village ... The author should be commended for the book's balanced assessment of approaches to the urban environment which delves into other theories such as functionalist and environmentalist approaches before settling on a territoriality approach to the regeneration of cities ... The Urban Village has new and intriguing ideas on urban form as well as social and environmental equality. The Urban Village is a fascinating insight into the territorial approach to urban development, and rightly holds a prominent place within the emerging literature on community development and environmental justice.' - Ashley Nye, Royal Holloway, University of London

'The ideas contained in The Urban Village remain unique... the value of the book lies in its relational view of socio-ecological development.' Alex Loftus, King's College London 'An insightful and enjoyable take on the form and characteristics of the Urban Village ... the book gives a fascinating insight into the territorial approach to urban development, and rightly holds a prominent place within the emerging literature on community development and environmental justice.' Ashley Nye, Royal Holloway, University of London

Author Information

Alberto Magnaghi is professor of land use planning at the University of Florence, Italy.

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