Towards Cosmopolis
Planning for Multicultural Cities
1st Edition
Published on 27. November 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 258 pages
978-0-471-97198-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores how cosmopolitan cities responds to the economic, political and cultural demands and needs of so many diverse, and sometimes opposing groups.
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Edition
1., Aufl.
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: 24.4 cm
Width: 16.8 cm
Weight
610 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-97198-6 (9780471971986)
Schweitzer Classification
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.