Planning and Diversity in the City: Redistribution, Recognition and Encounter (Planning, Environment, Cities, 20) - Softcover

Fincher, Ruth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1403938105 ISBN 13: 9781403938107

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2008

Synopsis

Planning theory and practice has engaged increasingly in recognising the diverse needs of social groups. This builds on past and continuing efforts to emphasise redistribution in the provision of better access to services and facilities for all. More recently, planning theory and practice have taken up questions of enhancing interaction and contact between city dwellers. This important new book showcases and compares these three social logics for planning cities - redistribution, recognition and encounter - theoretically and practically in a range of contexts.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Planning theory and practice has become more conscious in recent times of the need to cater for a diverse range of needs and preferences. But there has been less clarity about what goals and objectives should inform planning for such diversity.

In this important new book Ruth Fincher and Kurt Iveson identify three distinct working principles of planning for diversity: redistribution, recognition and encounter. Each principle is the subject of a pair of chapters. The first explaining the principle and the second showcasing and comparing efforts to shape cities according to it, drawing on relevant examples from around the world.

Planning for Diversity is the ideal introduction to the issues that surround diversity and planning and provides a stimulating new line of advance for reducing inequality and working towards 'just diversity' in cities.

RUTH FINCHER is Professor of Geography at the University of Melbourne, Australia

KURT IVESON is Lecturer in Urban Geography at the University of Sydney, Australia

About the Author:

RUTH FINCHER is Professor of Geography, University of Melbourne, Australia.

KURT IVESON is Lecturer in Urban Geography, University of Sydney, Australia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1403938105
• ISBN 13: 9781403938107
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256