The Social Sustainability of Cities: Diversity and the Management of Change

Published by University of Toronto Press 2000

The Social Sustainability of Cities

Diversity and the Management of Change

Edited by: Mario Polese and Richard Stren

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442682399

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Some cities have been more successful than others in creating environments conducive to the cohabitation of a diverse population. Case studies analyze ten cities in North America, South America, Europe, and Africa in terms of their social sustainability.

Author / Editor information

Polese Mario :

Mario Polèse is a research professor at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique - Urbanisation, Université du Québec à Montréal, as well as director of the Montreal Inter-university Group Urbanization and Development.Stren Richard :

Richard Stren is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
1 Understanding the New Sociocultural Dynamics of Cities: Comparative Urban Policy in a Global Context Richard Stren and Mario Polèse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 The Social Sustainability of Montreal: A Local or a State Matter? Anne-Marie Séguin and Annick Germain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
3 Governance and Social Sustainability: The Toronto Experience Frances Frisken, L.S. Bourne, Gunter Gad and Robert A. Murdie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
4 Miami: Governing the City through Crime Jonathan Simon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
5 ‘A Third-World City in the First World’: Social Exclusion, Racial Inequality, and Sustainable Development in Baltimore Marc V. Levine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
6 Geneva: Does Wealth Ensure Social Sustainability? Antoine S. Bailly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
7 Room to Manoeuvre: Governance, the Post-industrial Economy, and Housing Provision in Rotterdam Frans M. Dieleman and Robert C. Kloosterman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
8 São Paulo and the Challenges for Social Sustainability: The Case of an Urban Housing Policy Ana Amélia da Silva Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
9 Downtown San Salvador: Housing, Public Spaces, and Economic Transformation Mario Lungo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
10 Social Transformation in a Postcolonial City: The Case of Nairobi Diana Lee-Smith and Davinder Lamba Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
11 Cape Town: Seeking Social Sustainability in a Fast-Growing City John Abbott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	280
12 Learning from Each Other: Policy Choices and the Social Sustainability of Cities Mario Polèse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	308

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 384

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Published: April 6, 2000
ISBN: 9781442682399