A look at the benefits and consequences of the rise of community-based organizations in urban development
Who makes decisions that shape the housing, policies, and social programs in urban neighborhoods? Who, in other words, governs? Constructing Community offers a rich ethnographic portrait of the individuals who implement community development projects in the Fairmount Corridor, one of Boston's poorest areas. Jeremy Levine uncovers a network of nonprofits and philanthropic foundations making governance decisions alongside public officials--a public-private structure that has implications for democratic representation and neighborhood inequality. Levine spent four years following key players in Boston's community development field. While state senators and city councilors are often the public face of new projects, and residents seem empowered through opportunities to participate in public meetings, Levine found a shadow government of nonprofit leaders and philanthropic funders, nonelected neighborhood representatives with their own particular objectives, working behind the scenes. Tying this system together were political performances of "community"--government and nonprofit leaders, all claiming to value the community. Levine provocatively argues that there is no such thing as a singular community voice, meaning any claim of community representation is, by definition, illusory. He shows how community development is as much about constructing the idea of community as it is about the construction of physical buildings in poor neighborhoods. Constructing Community demonstrates how the nonprofit sector has become integral to urban policymaking, and the tensions and trade-offs that emerge when private nonprofits take on the work of public service provision.
Описание: This book proposes a new interdisciplinary understanding of urban design in China based on a study of the transformative effects of socio-spatial design and planning on communities and their governance.
In Social Capital at the Community Level, John Halstead and Steven Deller examine social capital formation beyond the individual level through a variety of disciplines: planning, economics, regional development, sociology, as well as non-traditional approaches like engineering and built environmental features. The notion of social capital in community and economic development has become a focus of intense interest for policy makers, practitioners, and academics. The notion is that communities with higher levels of social capital (networks, trust, and norms) will prosper both economically and socially. In a practical sense, how do communities use the notion of social capital to build policies and strategies to move their community forward? Are all forms of social capital the same and do all have a positive influence on the community? To help gain insights into these fundamental questions Social Capital at the Community Level takes a holistic, interdisciplinary or systems approach to thinking about the community.
While those who study social capital will acknowledge the need for an interdisciplinary approach, most stay within their disciplinary silos. One could say there is strong bonding social capital within disciplines but little bridging social capital across disciplines. The contributors to Social Capital at the Community Level have made an attempt to build that bridging social capital. While disciplinary biases and research approaches are evident there is significant overlap about how people with different disciplinary perspectives think about social capital and how it can be applied at the community level. This can be from neighborhoods addressing a localized issue to a global response to a natural disaster. This book is an invaluable resource for scholars, researchers and policy makers of community and economic development, as well as rural sociologists and planners looking to understand the opaque process of social capital formation in communities.
Описание: This book describes the urgent challenge faced by cities worldwide to become resilient to climate change impacts. Coping with climate impacts and the ability to recover from them are equally important, as well as the capacity to adapt to the effects of climate change and the ability to transform the entire urban system.
Описание: This book describes the urgent challenge faced by cities worldwide to become resilient to climate change impacts. Coping with climate impacts and the ability to recover from them are equally important, as well as the capacity to adapt to the effects of climate change and the ability to transform the entire urban system.
Автор: Brown Peter Hendee Название: How Real Estate Developers Think: Design, Profits, and Community ISBN: 0812247051 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812247053 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 10653.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Cities are always changing: streets, infrastructure, public spaces, and buildings are constantly being built, improved, demolished, and replaced. But even when a new project is designed to improve a community, neighborhood residents often find themselves at odds with the real estate developer who proposes it. Savvy developers are willing to work with residents to allay their concerns and gain public support, but at the same time, a real estate development is a business venture financed by private investors who take significant risks. In How Real Estate Developers Think, Peter Hendee Brown explains the interests, motives, and actions of real estate developers, using case studies to show how the basic principles of development remain the same everywhere even as practices vary based on climate, local culture, and geography. An understanding of what developers do and why they do it will help community members, elected officials, and others participate more productively in the development process in their own communities. Based on interviews with over a hundred people involved in the real estate development business in Chicago, Miami, Portland (Oregon), and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, How Real Estate Developers Think considers developers from three different perspectives. Brown profiles the careers of individual developers to illustrate the character of the entrepreneur, considers the roles played by innovation, design, marketing, and sales in the production of real estate, and examines the risks and rewards that motivate developers as people. Ultimately, How Real Estate Developers Think portrays developers as creative visionaries who are able to imagine future possibilities for our cities and communities and shows that understanding them will lead to better outcomes for neighbors, communities, and cities.
Автор: Cheryl Doble Mallika Bose & Название: Community Matters: Service-Learning in Engaged Design and Pl ISBN: 0415723892 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415723893 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 8726.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Shows how and why engaged research and participatory learning methods should be adpoted in design and planning education
Название: Spatial Violence ISBN: 0367028786 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367028787 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7042.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book poses "spatial violence" as a means to explore histories of and through architecture at sites across the world. Regarding space and violence as co-constitutive, the book`s collected 3 essays critique modernization and capitalist accumulation as naturalized modes for the extraction of violence from everyday life.
Автор: Ingrid Belcakova et al Название: Landscape Considerations in Spatial Planning ISBN: 3631749716 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783631749715 Издательство: Peter Lang Рейтинг: Цена: 8169.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The landscape is a vital spatial and material frame for our natural and man-made environment and is considered by many stakeholders to be one of the most important aspects of a healthy, enjoyable life. This book deals with the current trends in the theory of the integration of landscape aspects in spatial planning and development processes.
The authors discuss the need for integrated land use planning, landscape planning and impact assessment, and explore landscape consideration practice in European countries, with a special focus on Slovakia. Information about landscape decision-making approaches and cases illustrates current practice and lessons from experience, providing baseline material for landscape academic forum, members of the public and professionals in spatial development making: planners, designers, architects, engineers and others.
This practice-oriented and up-to-date monograph is a sourcebook and reference guide to key trends, issues of and approaches to sustainable spatial development in European countries.
A look at the benefits and consequences of the rise of community-based organizations in urban development
Who makes decisions that shape the housing, policies, and social programs in urban neighborhoods? Who, in other words, governs? Constructing Community offers a rich ethnographic portrait of the individuals who implement community development projects in the Fairmount Corridor, one of Boston's poorest areas. Jeremy Levine uncovers a network of nonprofits and philanthropic foundations making governance decisions alongside public officials--a public-private structure that has implications for democratic representation and neighborhood inequality. Levine spent four years following key players in Boston's community development field. While state senators and city councilors are often the public face of new projects, and residents seem empowered through opportunities to participate in public meetings, Levine found a shadow government of nonprofit leaders and philanthropic funders, nonelected neighborhood representatives with their own particular objectives, working behind the scenes. Tying this system together were political performances of "community"--government and nonprofit leaders, all claiming to value the community. Levine provocatively argues that there is no such thing as a singular community voice, meaning any claim of community representation is, by definition, illusory. He shows how community development is as much about constructing the idea of community as it is about the construction of physical buildings in poor neighborhoods. Constructing Community demonstrates how the nonprofit sector has become integral to urban policymaking, and the tensions and trade-offs that emerge when private nonprofits take on the work of public service provision.
Описание: Chapter 1 Introducing Digital Social Innovation in the City1.1 Digital Social Innovation: what is it and where it comes from1.2 Experimenting with Digital Social Innovation: global goals, local initiatives1.3 Expert's box "People-friendly City platform. Reloaded" (by Mark Dyer, Waikato University)2.1 The city as innovation embedding ecosystem2.2 Assets and obstacles to digital social innovation2.3 City box "Barcelona"2.4 Expert's box "Place-based Innovation" (by Alberto Cottica, Edgeryders)Chapter 3: In the innovators' shoes: communities, practices and pitfalls3.1 The world of innovators' communities3.2 Innovating in the urban agglomerate3.3 City box: "Warsaw"3.4 Expert's box: "Technologies for Good" (by Olly Zanetti, external consultant at Nesta)Chapter 4 Informality, transactionality, fluidity: a new urban governance model for/from digital socialinnovation4.1 Urban governance in commotion4.2 New actors, new assemblages, new practices4.3 City box: "Rome"Chapter 5 Into the dark side: criticalities and contestation5.1 The digital turn and its discontents5.2 Behind the technology veil: is the public at risk?5.3 City box: "Ghent"5.4 Expert's box: "The city is for the People" (by Karl-Filip Coenegrachts, City of People)Chapter 6 Spaces for innovation?6.1 Urban digital governance6.2 Towards the "internet of people"?6.3 Expert's box: "On the Digital Social Innovation manifesto" (by Antonella Passani, T6-Ecosystem
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Hui Li, Yiling Hua, Yadong Li, Yu Zhang, Zhiying Li, Honghong Fan and Jiahao Ren
2. The Spatial Planning Technology Innovation of the Smart City under Knowledge Economy and Ecological Sustainability
Le Che, Yinquan Luo, Yangfang Hu and Sheng Yao
3. Chinese Traditional Ecological Wisdom and Contemporary Sustainable Landscape Art
Yan Huang
4. Spatial-temporal Variations of Green Space in Metropolitan Area: The Case of Wuhan, China
Chun Li, Zhiyong Wang and Tixing Yang
5. Relationship among Fractional Vegetation Cover, Land use and Urban Heat Island Using Landsat 8 in Taipei, Taiwan
Mu-En Chang, Zhi-Qing Zhao and Hsiao-Tung Chang
6. Ecological perspective of the evolution of urban spatial form and construction: case study of Hefei city
Huifen Huang and Dazhi Gu
7. Study of the Ecological Adaptive Mechanism of Traditional Human Settlements in Sichuan Tibetan Areas Based on a Cultural Perspective
Linglan Bi, Xuejin Liu and Zhengjun Zhang
8. Study Analysis of The Influence of Tibetan Buddhism on The Formation and Development of Urban Areas in Mongolia Region in Qing Dynasty
Chong Liu and Ying Han
9. A Method of Discovering Urban Functional Zones Based on Poi Feature Vector and Network Kernel Density
Shiwei Shao, Hui Liu and Lin Lu
10. Evaluation Methodology on Industry-city Integration Degree of China National High-Tech Industrial Development Zones: A Case Study of Hubei Province
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Part II Rural planning and urban-rural coordination
11. Urban-rural Coordination in Shaoxing: Small and Medium Towns Development during Urban-rural Relationship Transformation
Wenting Jiang, Jian Liu and Xiaoxuan Li
12. Spatial growth of urban and rural construction land and policy impact mechanism in Hangzhou
Haiyan Pang and Yonghua Li
13. Study on China's Adaptation Policies to Climate Change from the View of Urban and Rural Planning
Yuan Huang and Yanxiao Pan
14. Considerations on Urban-Rural Relationship and Planning Philosophy from the Perspective of Rural Planning in Contemporary China- Discussion on the Existing Problems in Rural Planning Education
Fan Yang, Tianyang Zhou and Jiehao Zhu
15. Obstacles and Opportunities for Characteristic Town Development in Central China Area: Hubei Province Case Study
Shuting Yan, Toshikazu Ishida, Mamiko Fujiyama and Xilin Zhou
16. Research on the Shaping of Landscape in Rural Cultural Heritage Based Areas Using the Optimal Solution Model
Yu Guo, Zhenya Chen, Lingqing Zhang, Jing Yan, Wenfeng Fu, Ying Cao and Xiaohong Tang
17. An Argume
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