Sustaining cities urban policies, practices, and perceptions / edited by Linda Krause.

Other author Krause, Linda.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press,
Descriptionvii, 167 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
City planning--Environmental aspects.
Cities and towns--Growth.
Sociology, Urban.

SeriesNew directions in international studies
Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Urban policies : market rules -- Sustainable city : crisis and opportunity in Mexico / Alfonso Iracheta -- Hostage cities : unsustainable competition for corporate investment / Linda McCarthy -- Reframing housing value / Sherry Ahrentzen -- Urban practices : connecting communities -- Notes toward a history of agrarian urbanism / Charles Waldheim -- The art of place-making / Georgia Butina Watson -- Beyond boundaries / Mo Zell -- Urban perceptions : tigers, tricksters, and other urban legends -- Chinese cities : design and disappearance / Ackbar Abbas -- From "the dead" to the dead : the disposable bodies and disposable culture of Celtic Tiger Noir / Andrew Kincaid -- Imagining and re-imagining a promised land : the gangster genre and Harlem's mythic past, present, and future / Paula J. Massood -- Notes on contributors -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012005046
ISBN9780813554167 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813554150 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813554174 (e-book)

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