"This book offers new guidance for global urban planning and development practice. It defines the advantages of operating in the socially and politically constructed spaces in between competing ideals; top down and bottom up, formal and informal, public and private vested, freedom and order. Th...

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Main Author:	Hamdi, Nabeel (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York Earthscan from Routledge 2014
Series:	Earthscan tools for community planning series
Subjects:	City planningxCitizen participation City planningxEnvironmental aspects City planningxSocial aspects
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:	"This book offers new guidance for global urban planning and development practice. It defines the advantages of operating in the socially and politically constructed spaces in between competing ideals; top down and bottom up, formal and informal, public and private vested, freedom and order. The book argues that being practical in practice requires that planners continue to make space for innovative solutions to urgent problems, whilst at the same time triggering opportunities for change in order to deal with their primary causes - inequity, violation of rights, risk and vulnerability. To be a Spacemaker is not just to understand the order or disorder in our cities today, but also to disturb that order. Such practice is mutually enabling and allows practitioners to cultivate the ideals of planning afresh. The Spacemaker's Guide to Big Change explores the skills, values, methods and responsibilities required of architects, designers, planners, and others working to regenerate our cities in order to practice effectively and collaboratively"--
Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:	xix, 176 Seiten Illustrationen 22 cm
ISBN:	9780415838559 9780415838566