City Edge / Edition 1

by Esther Charlesworth

Overview

This series of essays outlines a number of case studies from Europe, North America, Australia and Asia and provides first hand accounts of the experiences that planners, architects and politicians have had in reshaping cities. These insights provide a pragmatic assessment of the challenges and constraints posed by changing patterns of urban growth in a broad spectrum of urban environments. The reader will discover, through these multiple voices and views, the diverse forms of global cities, and will have a grasp of where the debate on urban design stands today, and where it may be going in the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750663533
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/17/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter I City Edges, Esther Charlesworth; Part 1 Private Development Versus the Public Realm; Chapter 1 Remaking Beirut, Angus Gavin; Chapter 2 Barcelona Revisited, Joan Busquets; Chapter 3 Melbourne, Rob Adams; Part 2 Centre Vs. The Periphery; Chapter 4 Jerusalem, Arie Rahamimoff; Chapter 5 Dublin, Sheffield, Manchester and Adelaide, John Montgomery; Chapter 6 From Centre to Periphery, Francine Houben; Part 3 Cities on the Edge; Chapter 7 Rebuilding Kabul, Ajmal Maiwandi, Anthony Fontenot; Chapter 8 Belgrade, Darko Radovic; Chapter 9 Reframing Johannesburg, Graeme Reid; Chapter 10 Megacities and the Urban Century, Janice E. PerLman; Part 4 The Eco Edge; Chapter 11 From Eastgate to CH2, Mick Pearce; Chapter 12 Curitiba and Sustainability, Cassio Taniguchi; Chapter 13 Sustainability and Metropolitan Planning, Stuart Niven, Cathy Wilkinson; Chapter 14 From New York to Darwinism, Michael Sorkin; Chapter 15 Beyond the City Edge, John Fien;