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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Claire Edwards (University College Cork) , Rob Imrie (Visiting Professor in Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.)Publisher: Bristol University Press Imprint: Policy Press Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.358kg ISBN: 9781447307990ISBN 10: 1447307992 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 19 June 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction; The urban challenge; Understanding urban policy; Whose right to the city?; Privatisation and entrepreneurial urban policy; Community planning and partnership; Culture and the creative city; Urban renaissance and sustainable urban development; Urban recovery and the future for cities; Postscript; Keeping up to date.ReviewsAn ideal introductory text: Comprehensive - covering an impressive array of topics - yet concise; sophisticated, yet decidedly accessible to undergraduates as well as reflective practitioners. An excellent primer for those on both sides of the Atlantic David Imbroscio, University of Louisville, USA, author of Urban America Reconsidered; An engaging and wide-ranging introduction to urban policy, which highlights debates about the nature of the city and urban life, thoughtfully reflecting on possible urban futures and the policy implications associated with them. Allan Cochrane, The Open University ""An ideal introductory text: Comprehensive - covering an impressive array of topics - yet concise; sophisticated, yet decidedly accessible to undergraduates as well as reflective practitioners. An excellent primer for those on both sides of the Atlantic"" David Imbroscio, University of Louisville, USA, author of Urban America Reconsidered Author InformationClaire Edwards is Lecturer in the School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork. Her teaching and research interests focus around urban policy, critical disability studies, and sociologies of health and illness. She recently completed an EU-funded project exploring the role of patients' organisations in the governance of medical knowledge. Rob Imrie is Chair of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London, and the director of a European Research Council funded project (2013-16) investigating universal design, disability and the designed environment. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |