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Cityedge : case studies in contemporary urbanism / edited by Esther Charlesworth.

Contributor(s): Charlesworth, Esther Ruth.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Architectural Press, 2005Description: xviii, 244 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0750663537.Other title: City edge : case studies in contemporary urbanism.Subject(s): City planning -- Case studies | Land use, Urban -- Case studiesDDC classification: 307.1216
Contents:
City edges / Esther Charlesworth -- Remaking Beirut / Angus Gavin -- Barcelona revisited : transforming the city within the city / Joan Busquets -- Melbourne : back from the edge / Rob Adams -- Jerusalem : lessons from a shared city / Arie Rahamimoff -- Dublin, Sheffield, Manchester and Adelaide : cultural quarters as mechanisms for urban regeneration / John Montgomery -- From centre to periphery : the aesthetics of mobility / Francine Houben -- Rebuilding Kabul / Ajmal Maiwandi and Anthony Fontenot -- Belgrade : de(con)structing urbanity / Darko Radovic -- Reframing Johannesburg / Graeme Reid -- Megacities and the urban century : shrinking world, growing cities / Janice Perlman -- From Eastgate to CH2 : building on the energy watershed / Mick Pearce -- Curitiba and sustainability / Cassio Taniguchi -- Sustainability and metropolitan planning : Melbourne 2030 : a case study in governance and the mechanics of change / Stuart Niven and Cathy Wilkinson -- From New York to Darwinism : formulary for a sustainable urbanism / Michael Sorkin -- Beyond the city edge / John Fien.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This series of essays outlines a number of case studies from Europe, North America, Australia and Asia and provides first hand accounts of the experiences that planners, architects and politicians have had in reshaping cities. These insights provide a pragmatic assessment of the challenges and constraints posed by changing patterns of urban growth in a broad spectrum of urban environments. The reader will discover, through these multiple voices and views, the diverse forms of global cities, and will have a grasp of where the debate on urban design stands today, and where it may be going in the future.

Includes bibliographical references.

City edges / Esther Charlesworth -- Remaking Beirut / Angus Gavin -- Barcelona revisited : transforming the city within the city / Joan Busquets -- Melbourne : back from the edge / Rob Adams -- Jerusalem : lessons from a shared city / Arie Rahamimoff -- Dublin, Sheffield, Manchester and Adelaide : cultural quarters as mechanisms for urban regeneration / John Montgomery -- From centre to periphery : the aesthetics of mobility / Francine Houben -- Rebuilding Kabul / Ajmal Maiwandi and Anthony Fontenot -- Belgrade : de(con)structing urbanity / Darko Radovic -- Reframing Johannesburg / Graeme Reid -- Megacities and the urban century : shrinking world, growing cities / Janice Perlman -- From Eastgate to CH2 : building on the energy watershed / Mick Pearce -- Curitiba and sustainability / Cassio Taniguchi -- Sustainability and metropolitan planning : Melbourne 2030 : a case study in governance and the mechanics of change / Stuart Niven and Cathy Wilkinson -- From New York to Darwinism : formulary for a sustainable urbanism / Michael Sorkin -- Beyond the city edge / John Fien.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part 1 Private Development Verses Public Realm
  • 1.1 Reinventing Melbourne
  • 1.2 Remaking Beirut
  • Melbourne-Sydney, Public Space Revisited
  • Part 2 Centre vs Periphery
  • 2.1 Dublin's Urban Renaissance
  • 2.2 Sydney's Metropolitan Dilemma
  • 2.3 Jerusalem: Holy or Divided City?
  • Part 3 Cities on The Edge
  • 3.1 Deconstructing Belgrade
  • 3.2 Revisiting Dili
  • 3.3 Reframing Johannesburg
  • 3.4 Remaking Kabul
  • Part 4 The Eco Edge
  • 4.1 Melbourne on the Eco-edge?
  • 4.2 The Urban Ecology of New York City
  • 4.3 Australian Environmentalism?
  • 4.4 The MegaCITY project