Leading the Inclusive City : : Place-Based Innovation for a Bounded Planet / / Robin Hambleton.

Cities are often seen as helpless victims in a global flow of events and many view growing inequality in cities as inevitable. This engaging book rejects this gloomy prognosis and argues that imaginative place-based leadership can enable citizens to shape the urban future in accordance with progress...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2014
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.) :; 25 Black and White
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • List of innovation stories
  • About the author
  • Preface
  • A guide to the book
  • Overview
  • Place-based leadership and the inclusive city
  • Diagnosis: Understanding trends and challenges
  • Global trends and our urban future
  • The changing nature of public service reform
  • Concepts: Place, leadership, innovation and democratic governance
  • Understanding place and public policy
  • Place-based leadership
  • Leading public service innovation
  • Democratic urban governance
  • Experiences: Place-based leadership in action
  • Leading the eco-city
  • Creating people-friendly cities
  • The diversity advantage
  • Lesson drawing: Insights and international learning
  • From smart cities to wise cities
  • International lesson drawing
  • Notes
  • Appendix International city networks and resources
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Index