Urban regeneration & social sustainability [[electronic resource] ] : best practice from European cities / / Andrea Colantonio, Tim Dixon

• Autore: Colantonio Andrea
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (335 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.3/416094; 307.3416094
• Soggetto topico: Urban renewal - Europe; City planning - Europe; Sustainable urban development - Europe
• Altri autori: DixonTimothy J. <1958->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Urban Regeneration & Social Sustainability; Contents; The Authors; Contributing Authors; Foreword: Stanley McGreal; Part I Social Sustainability and Urban Regeneration; 1 Introduction; 2 Social Sustainability and Sustainable Communities: Towards a Conceptual Framework; 3 Metrics and Tools for Social Sustainability; 4 Urban Regeneration: Delivering Social Sustainability; Part II Socially Sustainable Urban Regeneration in Europe; 5 Integrated Urban Regeneration and Sustainability: Approaches from the European Union; 6 The Future Regeneration of Roath Basin, Cardiff Bay ; 7 The Regeneration of La Mina - Sant Adriá de Besós8 The Regeneration of Turin and Porta Palazzo; 9 The Regeneration of Rotterdam and the 'South Pact'; 10 Leipzig East and the Socially Integrative City ('Soziale Stadt') Programme; Part III Best practices in Urban Regeneration: Concluding Perspectives; 11 Towards Best Practice and a Social Sustainability Assessment Framework; 12 Conclusions; Appendices; 1 Interviews conducted as part of the research process and field works; 2 Vancouver's quality of life and social sustainability indicators ; 3 The evolution of sustainable development metrics initiatives by governmental and institutional organisations 4 Main CSR and social capital initiatives, tools and techniques; 5 Assessment of igloo's SRI policy objectives; 6 List of comparative baseline basic indicators for La Mina neighbourhood (2001); Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Urban regeneration is a key focus for public policy throughout Europe. This book examines social sustainability and analyses its meaning and significance - an area of research which has, until now, been comparatively neglected. The authors offer a comprehensive European perspective to identify best practice in sustainable urban regeneration in five major cities in Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, and the UK. Urban Regeneration & Social Sustainability: best practice from European cities examines the extent to which social sustainability is incorporated within urban regeneration pro
• Titolo autorizzato: Urban regeneration & social sustainability
• ISBN: 1-283-40707-8; 9786613407078; 1-4443-2944-8; 1-4443-2945-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910140906303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Real estate issues (Oxford, England).; THEi Wiley ebooks.