Cosmopolis II : mongrel cities in the 21st century

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Cosmopolis II : mongrel cities in the 21st century

Leonie Sandercock ; images by Peter Lyssiotis

Continuum, c2003

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Cosmopolis 2

Cosmopolis two

Mongrel cities in the 21st century

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Note

"Began as a second edition of Towards cosmopolis, but ... became a new book"--P. [xi]

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-257) and index

Contents of Works

  • pt. 1. Looking back: modernist planning and its discontents
  • pt. 2. Looking forward: Mongrel cities and the 21st-century multicultural project
  • pt. 3. Towards a new planning imagination

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Description

The 21st century will be the century of multicultural cities, of the struggle for equality and diversity and the struggle against fundamentalism. This text presents a global tour of contemporary cities - from Birmingham to Rotterdam, Frankfurt to Berlin, Sydney to Vancouver, and Chicago to East St.Louis.

Table of Contents

  • Part One Looking Back: Modernist Planning and its Discontents
  • Modernist Cities and Planning
  • Rewriting Planning History
  • Who Knows? -Exploring Planning's Knowledges. Part Two Looking Forward: Mongrel Cities and the 21st Century Multicultural project
  • Mongrel Cities - How Can We Live Together?
  • Home, Nation and Stranger - Fear in the City
  • There is No Hiding Place - Integrating Immigrants. Part Three Towards a New Planning Imagination: Transfomative Planning Practices
  • How and Why Cities Change
  • The Power of Story Planning
  • City Songlines.

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