Contractual Communities in the Self-Organising City Freedom, Creativity, Subsidiarity /

• Main Authors: Brunetta, Grazia (Author), Moroni, Stefano (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Geography
• Subjects: Geography.; Political science.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Human geography.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Human Geography.; Political Science.

Both “land-use regulation” and “territorial collective services” have traditionally been accomplished in cities through coercive efforts of public administrations. Recently, land-use regulation and collective service provision regimes have emerged within “contractual communities:” territory-based or...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Contractual Communities in the Self-organising City
• part one: Characteristics and Functions of Contractual Communities: 1: Types of Contractual Community
• 2: Differences and Simularities between Contractual Communities, and Reasons for their Success
• Part Two: The Role of Contractual Communities: 3: Positive Aspects and Limits of Contractual Communities
• 4: The Space of Contractual Communities and the Re-design of the State's Role
• Part Three: Precursors to the idea of Contractual Communities: 5: The Proposal of Ebenezer Howard
• 6: The Proposal of Spencer Heath
• Appendix: Data and Figures
• References.