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1 online resource (211 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Half Title; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface: Why The Quito Papers?; 1 Introduction; 1 Forces Shaping 21st Century Urbanization; Introduction; The Universe of Cities; 1.1: Growing differences in population dynamics require focus- and speed-differentiated approaches to good urbanization; 1.2: A massive loss of habitat is accelerating and driving new flows of migration; 1.3: Large-scale urban land acquisitions could de-urbanize cities and undermine public control |
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1.4: Lack of access to water and the risks caused by an excess of water require a rethinking on the place and shape of future urbanization1.5: If democracy is to survive it will have to resist internal populism and embrace external cooperation; Who Owns the City?; 2 The Science of Urbanization and the Open City; Introduction; 2.1: Good urbanization requires a three decade time horizon, a focus on value creation, capture and sharing and a compact between all levels of government; 2.2: Open-system thinking and designing allow cities to evolve and change |
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2.3: Contemporary urbanism provides the opportunity to set aside the blank slate for an ethic of cohabitation2.4: Planning and design should operate at both metropolitan and neighbourhood scales and provide adaptable interventions that bridge social inequalities; 2.5: UN-Habitatâ#x80;#x99;s Sample of Cities shows that contemporary patterns of urbanization can reap greater benefits; 2.6: Integrative networks combine government- and self-led approaches and expand the right to the city |
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2.7: Commons can compensate for public/private deficiencies if they achieve sufficiently large-scale application in cities2.8: Planning without democracy or democracy without planning? How cities might have it both ways; The Open City; On Redistribution Policies and their Impact on Good Urbanization; Contemporary Urbanism; A Conversation; Bibliography; Index |
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Print version record |
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Sustainable urban development -- Developing countries
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Urban policy -- Developing countries
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Urbanization -- Developing countries
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Sustainable urban development
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Urban policy
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Urbanization
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Developing countries
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351216050 |
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9781351216043 |
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135121604X |
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1351216058 |
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