The Social Sustainability of Cities : : Diversity and the Management of Change / / ed. by Mario Polese, Richard Stren.
Cities are a locus of human diversity, where people with varying degrees of wealth and status share an association within a particular urban boundary. Despite the common geography, sharp social divisions characterize many cities. High levels of urban violence bear witness to the difficult challenge...
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017] ©2000 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Contributors
- 1 Understanding the New Sociocultural Dynamics of Cities: Comparative Urban Policy in a Global Context
- 2 The Social Sustainability of Montreal: A Local or a State Matter?
- 3 Governance and Social Sustainability: The Toronto Experience
- 4 Miami: Governing the City through Crime
- 5 'A Third-World City in the First World': Social Exclusion, Racial Inequality, and Sustainable Development in Baltimore
- 6 Geneva: Does Wealth Ensure Social Sustainability?
- 7 Room to Manoeuvre: Governance, the Post-industrial Economy, and Housing Provision in Rotterdam
- 8 São Paulo and the Challenges for Social Sustainability: The Case of an Urban Housing Policy
- 9 Downtown San Salvador: Housing, Public Spaces, and Economic Transformation
- 10 Social Transformation in a Postcolonial City: The Case of Nairobi
- 11 Cape Town: Seeking Social Sustainability in a Fast-Growing City
- 12 Learning from Each Other: Policy Choices and the Social Sustainability of Cities