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Livable Cities from a Global Perspective book cover

1st Edition

Livable Cities from a Global Perspective

Edited By Roger Caves, Fritz Wagner Copyright 2018
270 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge
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Livable Cities from a Global Perspective offers case studies from around the world on how cities approach livability. They address the fundamental question, what is considered "livable?" The journey each city has taken or is currently taking is unique and context specific. There is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all approach to livability. Some cities have had a long history of... Read more
  1. "Livable Cities: From Concept to Global Experience"

    2. Hilda Blanco

    Part I Livability in Capital City Regions

    Introduction

  2. "Livability in New Urban Helsinki"

    3. Tuomas Ilmavirta

  3. "Livable Cities: UK and London"

    4. Judith Ryser

  4. "Place-Making and Livability in Ottawa and the National

    5. Capital Region"

    Angela Franovic and Caroline Andrew

    Part II Livability and Growth and Development

    Introduction

  5. "Struggling toward Livability in Austin, Texas"

    6. Elizabeth Mueller

  6. "Livable or Lovable? Framing the revitalization projects

    7. in Warsaw, Poland"

    Anna Domardzka

  7. "Pune Metropolis: Un-livable Cities within a Livable Metropolis"

    8. Christopher Benninger

    Part III Livability and Equity Concerns

    Introduction

  8. "Livable Sydney: Livable for Whom"

    9. Roberta Ryan and Yvette Selim

  9. "Making Tokyo Livable for a Super-Aging Society"

    10. Hideki Koizumi

  10. "Livability for Whom? Vancouver’s Conundrum"

    11. Penny Gurstein

    Part IV Livability and Metrics

    Introduction

  11. "A Global Perspective on Building a Livable City:

    12. Singapore’s Framework"

    Teng Chye Khoo and Hwee Jane Chong

  12. "Livability in Salt Lake City"

    13. Holly Lopez and Ralph Becker

  13. "Livability and access to urban goods

    14. in Melbourne"

    Heather MacDonald

    Part V Creating Livability

    Introduction

  14. "The Search for Livability in Third World segregated

    15. cities: the entrepreneurial city and the possibilities

    of overcoming historical inequalities in Rio de Janeiro"

    Lucia Capanema-Alvares and Jorge Luiz Barbosa

  15. "Livable Cities: The Case of Cape Town"

    16. Dave Dewar

  16. "Livability and the Challenge of Planning in Tehran"

Ali Modarres

Biography

Roger W. Caves is Professor Emeritus of City Planning, School of Public Affairs, San Diego State University. He is the author of Land Use Planning: The Ballot Box Revolution (1992), editor of Exploring Urban America (1995), co-author of Planning in the USA (2003, 2008, and 2014), editor of Encyclopedia of the City (2005) and co-editor of Community Livability (2012) with Fritz Wagner. His research areas include urban planning, direct democracy, smart cities, housing and information technology, and community development.

Fritz Wagner is Research Professor Emeritus in the Department of Urban Design and Planning at the University of Washington (Seattle). He directs the Northwest Center for Livable Communities and teaches part-time. Before joining the University of Washington he was at the University of New Orleans for 26 years, where he founded the College of Urban and Public Affairs and served as its Dean.

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