How cities will save the world : urban innovation in the face of population flows, climate change and economic inequality / edited by Ray Brescia, John Travis Marshall.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Brescia, Ray (Editor), Marshall, John Travis (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2016]
Series:Urban planning and environment.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Cities and the financial crisis / Ray Brescia
  • 2. Assessing metropolitan resiliency : laying the foundation for urban sustainability / John Travis Marshall
  • 3. Avoiding Atlantis : protecting urban cultural heritage from disaster / Ryan Rowbetty
  • 4. Moving to safety? Opportunities to reduce vulnerability through relocation and resettlement policy / Marla Nelson and Renia Ehrenfeucht
  • 5. Developing the sustainable city : Curitiba, Brazil, as a case study / Hannah-Ruth Gustafsson and Elizabeth A. Kelly
  • 6. Exploring options for urban sustainability in an era of scarce water resources : a possible ban on lawns / Sarah B. Schindler
  • 7. Think global, pay local / Ray Brescia
  • 8. Cities and immigration reform : national policy from the bottom up / John DeStefano, Jr.
  • 9. Can charter schools save cities? Social capital and urban public education / John A. Lovett
  • 10. Cities seeking justice : local government litigation in the public interest / Kathleen S. Morris
  • 11. Strategic code compliance enforcement : a prescription for resilient communities / Kermit J. Lind
  • 12. Renegotiating the constituent's role in urban governance : participatory budgeting in New York City / Celina Su
  • 13. Financing urban transportation infrastructure : old and new approaches for funding urban regeneration and resiliency : the Atlanta example / M. Becht Neel and Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer.