Theme Cities: Solutions for Urban Problems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Davies, Wayne K.D (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: GeoJournal Library, 112
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Physical geography.; Human geography.; Social Sciences.; Human Geography.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions).

This book reviews a series of new urban ideas or themes designed to help make cities more liveable, sustainable, safe and inclusive. Featuring examples drawn from cities all over the world, the various chapters provide critical assessments of each of the various approaches and their potential to imp...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1:  Introduction; Wayne K. D. Davies
• Chapter 2: New Urbanisms: From Neo-Traditional Neighbourhoods to New Regionalism; Wayne K. D. Davies and Ivan J. Townshend
• Chapter 3: Progress Towards Just Cities; Wayne K. D. Davies
• Chapter 4: Green Towns and Cities; Wayne K. D. Davies
• Chapter 5: Background to Sustainable Cities; Wayne K. D. Davies
• Chapter 6: Sustainable City Policies; Wayne K. D. Davies
• Chapter 7: Transition Towns and Ecodistricts: Local Sustainable Initiatives; Wayne K. D. Davies
• Chapter 8: Winter Cities; Wayne K. D. Davies
• Chapter 9: Resilient Cities: Coping with Natural Hazards; Wayne K. D. Davies
• Chapter 10: Creative Cities; Niamh Moore-Cherry
• Chapter  11: Developing Knowledge Cities; Wayne K. D. Davies
• Chapter 12: Safe Cities and Communities; Wayne K. D. Davies
• Chapter 13: Healthy Cities: Old and New Solutions; Wayne K.D. Davies
• Chapter 14: Festive Cities: Multi-Dimensional Perspectives; Wayne K. D. Davies
• Chapter 15: Slow Cities; Susan Ball
• Chapter 16: Conclusions: Creating More Liveable and Sustainable Urban Places; Wayne K. D. Davies.