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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825830103321

Autore

Hamdi Nabeel

Titolo

Small change : about the art of practice and the limits of planning in cities / / Nabeel Hamdi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sterling, Va., : Earthscan, c2004

ISBN

1-136-55735-0

1-280-47601-X

1-84977-253-3

9786610476015

600-00-0007-3

1-4175-8328-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Disciplina

307.1/216

Soggetti

City planning - Citizen participation

Sociology, Urban

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

SMALL CHANGE ABOUT THE ART OF PRACTICE AND THE LIMITS OF PLANNING IN CITIES; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword by Colin Ward; Introduction: Design, Emergence and Somewhere In-between; Part 1: The Setting; 1 Street Work and Dev-talk: Who Controls the Truth?; Part 2: Encounters in Practice; 2 Departures and Arrivals; 3 The Composting Bin: Looking for Starters; 4 Power Points, Bullet Points and Waste Collectors: Learning from Precedent; 5 Needs and Rights: Some Formal Planning; 6 In Search of Community and the Structure of Place; 7 The Bus Stop: Cultivating Community

8 Pickers, Sorters and Tap Attendants9 The Pickle Jars; Part 3: Learning Practice; 10 Plan-Analyse-Survey: Planning From Back to Front; 11 Governance and Networks: Organizing from Inside Out; 12 Rigour and Relevance: It Can be Both; 13 Playing Games - Serious Games; Acronyms; Notes and References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Annotation