The Short Guide to Urban Policy

Author:   Claire Edwards (University College Cork) ,  Rob Imrie (Visiting Professor in Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
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9781447307990


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   19 June 2015
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   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:  

9781447307990


ISBN 10:   1447307992
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   19 June 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction; 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.

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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; 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


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Claire 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.

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