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Author:   Bruce Stiftel (Florida State University, USA) ,  Vanessa Watson (University of Cape Town, South Africa) ,  Henri Acselrad (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9781138892415

ISBN 10:   1138892416
Pages:   370
Publication Date:   22 May 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"1. Introduction 2. Post-Industrialism, Post-Modernism, and the Reproduction of Vancouver’s Central Area: Retheorising the 21st Century City 3. ""Glocalising"" Urban Landscapes: Athens and the 2004 Olympics 4.The Three-Speed City: Marginalization, Suburbanization, Gentrification 5. The Future of Rurality under Globalization 6. Reinforcing Identity: Urban Design Concepts for Achieving Balinese Cities with Cultural Identity 7. Knowing and Steering: Mediatization, Planning and Democracy in Victoria, Australia 8. The Instruments for Urban Reform and the Ideal of Citizenship: The Current Contradictions 9. Regional Planning and Sustainability: Limits and Potentials of South Africa’s Integrated Development Plans 10. The Americanization of Australian Planning 11. City Planning in the History of the City 12. Road Expansion, Urban Growth and Induced Travel 13. Changing Gender Contracts in Self-Help Housing Construction in Botswana: The Case of Lobatse"

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'[Brings] together contemporary planning papers that cut across the conventional territorial boundaries of planning scholarship.' - Australian Planner 'A book ... which can be savoured; to be read and re-read many times, pondered about, discussed, reflected upon and then re-read again.' - Australian Planner 'The papers are thought-provoking in their analysis and conclusions.' - Australian Planner

Author Information

Bruce Stiftel, FAICP, is professor of urban and regional planning at Florida State University, USA. Vanessa Watson is professor in the City and Regional Planning programme and deputy director of the School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Henri Acselrad is professor in the Institute for Urban and Regional Research at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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