The Squander and Salvage of Global Urban Waterfronts, 1st ed. 2024
Auteur : Shaw Kate
1. Shimmer shimmer: Neoliberal urbanisation crystallised.- 2. In conversation: Australia, Canada and Germany.- 3. City snapshots: Quick local contexts for waterfront politics, economics and resistances.- 4. Office: Concrete dystopias and utopias.- 5. Residential: The luxury apartment and the co-op.- 6. Retail: The global franchise and street-life.- 7. Icons: The stadium, the opera house and the bathing ship.- 8. Limits and possibilities.- 9. The power of public engagement and resistance.- Epilogue: The modest waterfronts.
Explores how neoliberalism is defined through corporate visions of development as well as the extent to which other, more liveable, forms of development are possible
Uniquely focuses on the effects of neoliberal urbanisation on the people who live in the city – not just the supposed beneficiaries
Coverage has a broad reach which investigates different waterfront locations across the globe.
Written in a clear and accessible style, with broad appeal
Date de parution : 10-2024
14.8x21 cm
Thèmes de The Squander and Salvage of Global Urban Waterfronts :
Mots-clés :
urban development; waterfronts; urbanisation; Neoliberalism; urban planning; planning activism; urban policy; gentrification; urban renewal; equitable urban development; social equity; ports; docks; shipyards; critical urban geography; just cities; new urbanism; Urban Geography and Urbanism