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Book Urban Renaissance Berlin  Towards an Integrated Strategy for Social Cohesion and Economic Development

Download or read book Urban Renaissance Berlin Towards an Integrated Strategy for Social Cohesion and Economic Development written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2003-06-06 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of Berlin, after German unification, examines and makes proposals for distressed areas where there is a need for targeted regeneration measures.

Book The Game of Urban Regeneration

Download or read book The Game of Urban Regeneration written by Francesca Weber-Newth and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who wins and who loses in urban regeneration? What are the mechanisms at play? Francesca Weber-Newth looks at two neighbourhoods that are adjacent to large-scale regeneration schemes: the 2012 Olympic park in London and the Mediaspree waterside development in Berlin. By analysing how urban regeneration is experienced on the ground, her study counters the notion that Olympic-led regeneration is any different from other forms of neoliberal urban development. Adopting Pierre Bourdieu's view of the social world as made up of competitive ›games‹, an analysis of the two neighbourhoods reveals how the concepts of ›culture‹ and ›community‹ are strategically employed in the ›game‹ of urban regeneration - to the benefit of some and the detriment of others.

Book The Future of the City Centre

Download or read book The Future of the City Centre written by Bob Giddings and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Future of the City Centre: Global Perspectives debates future directions. It looks beyond the post-industrial, post-commercial, and post-retail city centres to examine differing visions of the future form and function of the urban core. This theme and the related sub-topics will assist the development of future city models and help to contextualise urban change. The in-depth research covers not only urban form and the re-use of the built heritage but also the provision for cultural events and different forms of entertainment that will offer vitality, together with visitors and responsible tourism. City authorities are starting to realise that structural changes are happening in city centres, as their influence is declining, and therefore new forms of governance will be needed. The book is based on an international research network hosting four symposia over 24 months. They took place in four cities in four different continents to encompass a world view of developed and developing countries. This book offers theoretical and practical perspectives from leading thinkers, academics, and practitioners, drawing on thematic issues explored across four international cities: Newcastle, UK; Newcastle, Australia; Pretoria-Tshwane, South Africa; and João Pessoa, Brazil. It draws on a wider set of global examples to reveal the shared issues and pressures being brought to bear on city centres and the diversity of responses being undertaken to ensure their long-term future. The book includes illustrations from cities around the world, and it is directed at academics, students, and professionals in architecture, planning, urban design, the built environment, geography, economics, sociology, and cultural studies.

Book Urban Mindscapes of Europe

Download or read book Urban Mindscapes of Europe written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban mindscapes are structures of thinking about a city, built on conceptualisations of the city’s physical landscape as well as on its image as transported through cultural representation, memory and imagination. This book pursues three main strands of inquiry in its exploration of these ‘landscapes of the mind’ in a European context. The first strand concerns the theory and methodology of researching urban mindscapes and urban ‘imaginaries’. The second strand investigates some of the representations, symbols and collective images that feed into our understanding of European cities. It discusses representations of the city in literature, film, television and other cultural forms, which, in James Donald’s phrase, constitute ‘archives of urban images’. The third and last section of the volume concentrates on the relationship between the collective mindscapes of cities, urban policy and the practice of city marketing.

Book Making Cities Work for All Data and Actions for Inclusive Growth

Download or read book Making Cities Work for All Data and Actions for Inclusive Growth written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-13 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides ground-breaking, internationally comparable data on economic growth, inequalities and well-being at the city level in OECD countries, and a framework for action, to help national and local governments reorient policies towards more inclusive growth in cities.

Book Renewing Neighbourhoods

Download or read book Renewing Neighbourhoods written by Syrett, Stephen and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2008-10-15 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book directly addresses the economic development issues central to neighbourhood renewal, drawing on the authors' original research and wide-ranging analysis of recent academic theory and policy practice. Their critical examination of the economic problems of deprived areas, and the range of employment and enterprise-related policy initiatives and governance arrangements that have attempted to address them, offers informed insights into what does and what does not work."--BOOK JACKET.

Book Higher Education in Regional and City Development  Berlin  Germany 2010

Download or read book Higher Education in Regional and City Development Berlin Germany 2010 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10-22 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication explores a range of helpful policy measures and institutional reforms to mobilise higher education for Berlin’s development.

Book The Cultural Identities of European Cities

Download or read book The Cultural Identities of European Cities written by Katia Pizzi and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2010 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cities are both real and imaginary places whose identity is dependent on their distinctive heritage: a network of historically transmitted cultural resources. The essays in this volume, which originate from a lecture series at the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, University of London, explore the complex and multi-layered identities of European cities. Themes that run through the essays include: nostalgia for a grander past; location between Eastern and Western ideologies, religions and cultures; and the fluidity and palimpsest quality of city identity. Not only does the book provide different thematic angles and a variety of approaches to the investigation of city identity, it also emphasizes the importance of diverse cultural components. The essays presented here discuss cultural forms as various as music, architecture, literature, journalism, philosophy, television, film, myths, urban planning and the naming of streets.

Book Partnerships for Livable Cities

Download or read book Partnerships for Livable Cities written by Cor van Montfort and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume scholars from around the world discuss the innovative forms of collaboration between public and private actors that contribute to making our cities more liveable. It offers helpful insights into the practices of partnerships and the ways in which partnerships can contribute to a more liveable urban environment. The liveability of our cities is a topic of increasing relevance and urgency. The world’s cities are becoming congested and polluted, putting pressure on affordable housing and causing safety to become a major problem. Urban governments are unable to address these major challenges on their own, and thus they seek cooperation with other governments, companies, civil society organizations, and citizens. By focusing on examples such as greenery in the city, affordable housing, safety, neighbourhood revitalization, and ‘learning by doing’ in urban living labs, this book asks two key questions. How do partnerships between public and private actors contribute to the liveability of cities? Under what conditions are partnerships successful, and when do they fail to yield the desired results?

Book Cities in Transition

Download or read book Cities in Transition written by Nirmala Rao and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-01-07 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an up-to-date and topical treatment of how six major cities in Europe, North America and Asia are coping with the new demands on urban government. Population expansion, the migration of new peoples and disparities between cities and suburbs are longstanding features of the urban crisis. Today, city governments also face demands for popular participation and better public services while they struggle to position themselves in the new world economy. While each of the cities is located in its unique historical setting, the emphasis of the book is upon the common dilemmas raised by major planning problems and the search for more suitable approaches to governance and citizen involvement. A principal theme is the re-engineering of institutional structures designed to foster local responsiveness and popular participation. The discussion is set in the context of the globalizing forces that have impacted to different degrees, at different times, upon London, Tokyo, Toronto, Berlin, Hyderabad and Atlanta. Cities in Transition is a major and original addition to the comparative literature on urban governance.

Book OECD Territorial Reviews  Norway 2007

Download or read book OECD Territorial Reviews Norway 2007 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines whether the Norwegian model is sustainable under conditions of rapid population ageing and reduction of petroleum reserves, and suggests how competitiveness and innovation could be further developed.

Book Euro Abstracts

Download or read book Euro Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book OECD Key Publications Catalogue

    Book Details:
  • Author : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 160 pages

Download or read book OECD Key Publications Catalogue written by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The OECD Observer

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  • Author : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 584 pages

Download or read book The OECD Observer written by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book European Studies

Download or read book European Studies written by Menno Spiering and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Prosecutorial Discretion in Germany s Rechtsstaat

Download or read book Prosecutorial Discretion in Germany s Rechtsstaat written by Shawn Boyne and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Stationery Office Agency Catalogue

Download or read book The Stationery Office Agency Catalogue written by Stationery Office (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: