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This original study makes a compelling case for a more ethical approach to urban development and management. Countering the conventional, neoliberal thinking of urban planners and academics, it uses case studies to show how a philosophy of caring can promote the wellbeing of our cities' many inhabitants. In this important contribution to urban studies, Davis makes the case for a more ethical and humane approach to city development and management. With a range of illustrative case studies, the book challenges the conventional and neoliberal thinking of urban planners and academics, and explores new ways to correct problems of inequality and exclusion. It shows how a philosophy of caring can improve both city environments and communities. This is an original and powerful theory of urban care that can promote the wellbeing of our cities' many inhabitants.

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In this original and powerful book, a veritable tour de force that sets a new agenda for urban scholarship, Davis explores the interrelationships between urban design and the creation of places predicated on care and attentiveness to the wellbeing of ecologies and environments. Rob Imrie, Goldsmiths, University of London This unique, timely book shows how urban design can change for the better if it recognizes interdependence and dependence as basic to how cities are organized - in short, by becoming care-full. Christopher Groves, Cardiff University

"""In this original and powerful book, a veritable tour de force that sets a new agenda for urban scholarship, Davis explores the interrelationships between urban design and the creation of places predicated on care and attentiveness to the wellbeing of ecologies and environments."" Rob Imrie, Goldsmiths, University of London ""This unique, timely book shows how urban design can change for the better if it recognizes interdependence and dependence as basic to how cities are organized - in short, by becoming care-full."" Christopher Groves, Cardiff University"

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Juliet Davis is Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at Cardiff University.

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