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Author: M. Shirazi ,
Ramin Keivani
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.460kg
ISBN: 9780367662035
ISBN 10: 0367662035
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 30 September 2020
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College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Urban Social Sustainability is a valuable compilation of essays, many drawing on primary case-study research, that develop and discuss differing theories of social sustainability and their application to urban policy and practice. They are usefully introduced and drawn together in the opening and closing chapters by the editors, Reza Shirazi and Ramin Keivani. This critical and analytical book is of great value to scholars and urban policy-makers alike. Patrick Wakely, Professor Emeritus of Urban Development, University of London. (formerly Director, Development Planning Unit (DPU), University College London UCL). This timely and significant book adds considerably to our knowledge over a wide range of issues. There is a wealth of information ranging from large issues of politics, welfare and culture to a focus on transport, neighbourhoods and housing. The many strands are neatly pulled together in a final chapter. This is essential reading towards our understanding of social sustainability. Prof. Mike Jenks, Professor Emeritus, Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, Oxford Brookes University. The social aspects of successful urbanism are regularly under-played. This book gives social sustainability the attention it deserves. While the social sustainability discourse can seem overly platitudinous, this book does a good job of positioning the debate in accessible terms, which will ultimately transfer to more fruitful policy-making and more progress on advancing the causes of social diversity, equity, and justice. Emily Talen, Phd, Professor of Urbanism, University of Chicago
Author Information
M. Reza Shirazi is Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow at the Institute of Urban and Regional Development (IURD), UC Berkeley, and Senior Research Fellow at the School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University, UK. His research and teaching interests lie in the field of urban justice, discourse studies, neighbourhood development, citizen participation, phenomenology of the built environment, sociocultural sustainability, and architectural and urban transformation in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) countries. Reza’s recent books include: Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in Iran: Tradition, Modernity, and the Production of ‘Space-In- Between’ (Springer, 2018), Citizens’ Participation in Urban Planning and Development in Iran; Challenges and Opportunities (Routledge, 2017); and Towards an Articulated Phenomenological Interpretation of Architecture: Phenomenal Phenomenology (Routledge, 2014). Ramin Keivani is Professor of International Land Policy and Urban Development and Research Lead at the School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University. He is an urbanist with a particular research interest in low-income and affordable housing policy, urban social sustainability, and the impact of land and property markets on urban development and urban equity in both developed and transition economies. He has worked on projects across the globe including UK, central/eastern Europe, the Middle East, India, Brazil, China and Asia Pacific, and southern Africa. He is the founding and managing editor of the International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development.
