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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464779403321

Titolo

Mundus Urbano : (re)thinking urban development / / Luana Xavier Pinto Coelho, Lorena Melgaço Silva Marques, Regina Orvañanos Murguía (eds.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin [Germany] : , : Frank & Timme GmbH, Verlag für wissenschaftliche Literatur, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

3-86596-553-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Pinto CoelhoLuana Xavier

Silva MarquesLorena Melgaço

MurguíaRegina Orvañanos

Disciplina

301.361

Soggetti

Cities and towns - Growth

Urbanization - Germany

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""(Re)thinking urban development: Preface""; ""Chapter I: Socio-Cultural Production and Urban Space""; ""Chapter II: Urban Governance, Management and Social Challenges in Planning""; ""Chapter III: Contemporary Planning and Cooperating in the South""; ""Chapter IV: Sustainable Urban Infrastructure and Disaster Risk Reduction""; ""About The Authors""

Sommario/riassunto

As we enter a Mundus Urbano, urban issues become even more central to many professions related to planning. This situation not only reinforces long identified challenges but also generates new ones for which planners from all different fields of inquiry have to re-think their own practice. This book gathers works that reflect recent challenges examined by the fresh eyes of young professionals brought together to stretch conventions towards an innovative approach to urban studies. The reader will find world-wide as well as more localised study cases in four chapters that embed the most up-to-da