Jigsaw cities : : Big places, small spaces / / Anne Power, John Houghton.
Through a close look at major British cities, using Birmingham as a case study, the book explores the origins of Britain's acute urban decline and sprawling exodus; the reasons why 'one size doesn't fit all' in cities of the future and the potential for smart growth, mixed commun...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2007] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- List of tables, figures and photographs
- Preface
- Introducing Jigsaw cities
- How did we get here?
- Jigsaws and Lego sets
- Breaking up the jigsaw
- Building the New Jerusalem – vision and reality
- Cities bounce back – piecing communities together again
- Where are we now?
- Britain’s cities today: a progress report
- Britain’s cities of yesterday and tomorrow
- Where do we go from here?
- Smart cities work
- Future cities: piecing the jigsaw together
- Afterword: the urban jungle or urban jigsaw?
- Notes and references
- Bibliography
- Index