04460nam 2200709Ia 450 991046238040332120211207023257.01-283-60982-797866139222740-8135-5417-910.36019/9780813554174(CKB)2670000000242620(EBL)1027253(OCoLC)818814870(SSID)ssj0000751881(PQKBManifestationID)11966112(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000751881(PQKBWorkID)10772242(PQKB)10176597(MiAaPQ)EBC1027253(OCoLC)813410516(MdBmJHUP)muse18901(DE-B1597)530239(OCoLC)1018018657(DE-B1597)9780813554174(Au-PeEL)EBL1027253(CaPaEBR)ebr10604584(CaONFJC)MIL392227(EXLCZ)99267000000024262020120213d2012 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrSustaining cities[electronic resource] urban policies, practices, and perceptions /edited by Linda KrauseNew Brunswick, NJ Rutgers University Press20121 online resource (178 p.)New directions in international studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8135-5416-0 0-8135-5415-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --Introduction /Krause, Linda --PART I. Urban Policies: Market Ru --Sustainable City: Crisis and Opportunity in Mexico /Iracheta, Alfonso --Hostage Cities: Unsustainable Competition for Corporate Investment /McCarthy, Linda --Reframing Housing Value /Ahrentzen, Sherry --PART II. Urban Practices: Connecting Communities --Notes toward a History of Agrarian Urbanism /Waldheim, Charles --The Art of Place-making /Watson, Georgia Butina --Beyond Boundaries /Zell, Mo --PART III. Urban Perceptions: Tigers, Tricksters, and Other Urban Legends --Chinese Cities: Design and Disappearance /Abbas, Ackbar --From "The Dead" to the Dead: The Disposable Bodies and Disposable Culture of Celtic Tiger Noir /Kincaid, Andrew --Imagining and Reimagining a Promised Land: The Gangster Genre and Harlem's Mythic Past, Present, and Future /Massood, Paula J. --Notes on Contributors --IndexWhat has happened to cities after the global economic recession? Sustaining Cities answers this question by explaining how failed governmental policies contributed to urban problems and offering best practices for solving them. From social scientists and urban planners to architects and literary and film critics, the authors of this unique collection suggest real responses to this crisis. Could the drastic declines in housing markets have been avoided? Yes, if we reframe our housing values. Do you want to attract corporate investment to your town? You might want to think twice about doing so. The extinction of the "Celtic Tiger" may be charted in statistics, but the response in popular Irish mystery novels is much more compelling. China, while not immune to market vicissitudes, still booms, but at a considerable cost to its urban identities. Whether constructing a sustainable social framework for Mexican mega-cities or a neighborhood in London, these nine essays consider some strikingly similar strategies. And perhaps, as the contributors suggest, it's time to look beyond the usual boundaries of urban, suburban, and exurban to forge new links among these communities that will benefit all citizens. Accessible to anyone with an interest in how cities cope today, Sustaining Cities presents a cautionary tale with a hopeful ending.New Directions in International StudiesCity planningEnvironmental aspectsCities and townsGrowthSociology, UrbanElectronic books.City planningEnvironmental aspects.Cities and townsGrowth.Sociology, Urban.307.1/216Krause Linda963545MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462380403321Sustaining cities2465209UNINA