Reconsidering Welfare Policies in Times of Crisis Perspectives for European Cities /

• Main Author: Caldarice, Ombretta (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
• Subjects: Human geography.; Urban geography.; Sociology, Urban.; Welfare state.; Economic development.; Human Geography.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Politics of the Welfare State.; Regional Development.

This book offers a European perspective on spatial planning and welfare policies in relation to the new conditions derived from the current urban crisis. The book deals with research and policy issues stemming from the fact that in the last ten years European cities have been affected by a structura...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I: Current problems: the continuing debate on urban service planning.- Chapter 1. Urban services in contemporary cities
• Chapter 2. Urban services in European spatial planning
• Part II: Attempts at innovation: the italian approach to urban service planning
• Chapter 3. New italian developments in urban service planning
• Chapter 4. The italian service plan
• Part III: Perspectives: themes for European urban service planning reform
• Chapter 5. Towards a different approach to urban service planning
• Chapter 6. Conclusion: blazing a trail to change.