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The Short Guide to Urban Policy
Claire Edwards
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Description for The Short Guide to Urban Policy
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With an ever increasing proportion of the world's population inhabiting urban environments, the management of cities remains a perennial challenge for governments and policymakers. This concise, but wide-ranging text makes sense of the multiple ways in which urban issues and problems have been defined and addressed in different places at different times. From initiatives that focus on social tensions within the urban realm, to those which seek to develop cities as economic entities, the book provides an accessible discussion and critique of some of the key approaches that have characterised urban policy across the globe. Providing case studies of urban ... Read more
With an ever increasing proportion of the world's population inhabiting urban environments, the management of cities remains a perennial challenge for governments and policymakers. This concise, but wide-ranging text makes sense of the multiple ways in which urban issues and problems have been defined and addressed in different places at different times. From initiatives that focus on social tensions within the urban realm, to those which seek to develop cities as economic entities, the book provides an accessible discussion and critique of some of the key approaches that have characterised urban policy across the globe. Providing case studies of urban ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Short Guides
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447307990
SKU
V9781447307990
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Ref
99-3
About Claire Edwards
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Short Guide to Urban Policy
"A staunchly critical and comprehensive primer on the political logics and dynamics of dominant urban policy forms. This excellent text is accessible and engaging, historically grounded and well resourced. A must-read for students of urban studies, urban governance and urban geography." Pauline McGuirk, The University of Newcastle, Australia "Engaging reading...chapters build on a variety of case studies, suggested recommeded readings ... Read more