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Author:   Roger Caves ,  Fritz Wagner
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9781138696754

ISBN 10:   1138696757
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   03 May 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Chapter 1 Livable Cities: From Concept to Global Experience Part I Livability in Capital City Regions Chapter 2 Livability in New Urban Helsinki Chapter 3 Livable Cities: UK and London Chapter 4 Place-Making and Livability in Ottawa and the National Capital Region Part II Livability and Growth and Development Chapter 5 Struggling toward Livability in Austin, Texas Chapter 6 Livable or Lovable? Framing the revitalization projects in Warsaw, Poland Chapter 7 Pune Metropolis: Un-livable Cities within a Livable Metropolis Part III Livability and Equity Concerns Chapter 8 Livable Sydney: Livable for Whom Chapter 9 Making Tokyo Livable for a Super-Aging Society Chapter 10 Livability for Whom? Vancouver’s Conundrum Part IV Livability and Metrics Chapter 11 A Global Perspective on Building a Livable City: Singapore’s Framework Chapter 12 Livability in Salt Lake City Chapter 13 Livability and access to urban goods in Melbourne Part V Creating Livability Chapter 14 The Search for Livability in Third World segregated cities: the entrepreneurial city and the possibilities of overcoming historical inequalities in Rio de Janeiro Chapter 15 Livable Cities: The Case of Cape Town Chapter 16 Livability and the Challenge of Planning in Tehran

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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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