Local Places in the Age of the Global City
Contributors: Roger Keil (Editor); Gerda R. Wekerle (Editor); V. J. Bell (Editor)
Publisher: Black Rose Books
Published: March 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781551640464
Subjects: Economics; Sociology; General; Architecture; Planning; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.; Architecture / General
First sentence: The decomposition of a number of dimensions of the "national" contributes to new conceptualizations not only of urban phenomena such as global cities, but also of basic political patterns and values.
Description: The ugly grey heap of cement and asphalt that makes up much of the urban sprawl is something most of us wish would just go away. And yet, more than half the world's population will live in urban centres by the turn of the millennium and most will be exposed to degraded urban environments.

The contributors to Local Places look at the complex social, economic and political contexts of cities in the 1990s and suggest that cities and urbanity, while part of the problem, also need to be considered as part of the solution. This volume brings together clear and critical analyses and practical proposals that bring us closer to that reality.

A primer for urban ecologists who seek to sustain the local places but in the larger political context. Local Places provides planners, community activists, students and the general reader with a cross section of current debates and proposals surrounding urban sustainability.