1st Edition

Planning for the Caring City

By Claire Freeman, Etienne Nel Copyright 2024
284 Pages 73 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

284 Pages 73 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

284 Pages 73 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

As the world has become increasingly urbanised and planetary well-being ever more threatened, questions have emerged over just what the priorities should be for how we live in cities. Clearly for many the current ways of planning and managing city environments are not working, given so many of their human and non-human inhabitants struggle on a daily basis to maintain their well-being and... Read more

1. Cities: Why Care, Why Plan?  2. The Caring Planner  3. Caring for the Environment  4. Caring for People  5. Building Carefully  6. Caring Livelihoods  7. Governing with Care  8. Planning the Caring City: Future Considerations

Biography

Claire Freeman is a Professor in Planning in the School of Architecture at Victoria University Wellington, Te Herenga Waka, New Zealand, specialising in environmental planning. Her research interests are in the relationships between people and the environments in which they live.

Etienne Nel is a Professor and Head of the School of Geography at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. His primary research interests are in the areas of urban, economic and regional development and he has undertaken research into these themes in Southern Africa and Australasia.