Towards Cosmopolis
Planning for Multicultural Cities
Published on 27. November 1997
Book
Hardback
268 pages
978-0-471-97197-9 (ISBN)
Description
Most of the world's populations now live in cities. These cities, especially the big "world cities" are multicultural, they are melting pots of different people, with different ethnic backgrounds, classes and subcultures. How can these "cosmopolitan" cities respond to the economic, political and cultural demands and needs of so many different (and even opposing) groups? This text examines current theory and practice and challenges planners to build the new multicultural cities. It includes international coverage, with case material from USA, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
30 photographs
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 172 mm
Weight
720 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-97197-9 (9780471971979)
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Content
THEORETICAL AIRINGS; A Death Foretold: A Chronicle of Modernist Planning; Re/presenting Planning's Histories; Exploring Planning's Knowledges; The Difference that Theory Makes; Voices from the Borderlands: The Theory that Difference Makes; GROUNDINGS: INSURGENT PRACTICES; Insurgent Practices: A Thousand Tiny Empowerments. POSTMODERN POSSIBILITIES: COSMOPOLIS AND PLANNING; Towards Cosmopolis: A Postmodern Utopia; Planning for Cosmopolis: A New Paradigm; Appendix; Endnotes; References; Index.