city and urban planning, cities
City Governance in the Urban Century
This issue of Built Environment is devoted to the strategic question of how the complex evolution of cities can be managed, with a view to achieving sustainable development, economic vitality, cohesive social capital and strong infrastructural connectivity in modern urban agglomerations.
About this issue
Issue number
Volume 40 – Number 4
Summary
This issue of Built Environment is devoted to the strategic question of how the complex evolution of cities can be managed, with a view to achieving sustainable development, economic vitality, cohesive social capital and strong infrastructural connectivity in modern urban agglomerations.
This issue of Built Environment is devoted to the strategic question of how the complex evolution of cities can be managed, with a view to achieving sustainable development, economic vitality, cohesive social capital and strong infrastructural connectivity in modern urban agglomerations. The seven articles here address these this question and its challenges from a range of different perspectives.
Contents
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City Governance in the Urban Century
Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp and Luigi Fusco Girard -
Urban Futures in Planning, Policy and Regional Science: Are We Entering a Post-Urban World?
Hans Westlund -
Dealing with Decline in Old Industrial Cities in Europe and the United States: Problems and Policies
Sujata Shetty and Neil Reid -
Creative Initiatives in Small Cities Management: the Landscape as an Engine for Local Development
Luigi Fusco Girard -
Urban Transformations and the Idea of Resource Efficiency, Quality of Life and Resilience
Christian Kuhlicke and Sigrun Kabisch -
Nature in Future Cities – Prospects and a Planning Agenda
Daniel Czamanski, Dan Malkinson and Marina Toger -
Planning for Urban Historical-Cultural Heritage: A Geo-Imaging Multicriteria Approach
Karima Kourtit, Cathy Macharis and Peter Nijkamp - Publication Reviews