Social Mix and the City - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Social Mix and the City write by Kathy Arthurson. This book was released on 2012-01-19. Social Mix and the City available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Concern about rising crime rates, high levels of unemployment and anti-social behaviour of youth gangs within particular urban neighbourhoods has reinvigorated public and community debate into just what makes a functional neighbourhood. The nub of the debate is whether concentrating disadvantaged people together doubly compounds their disadvantage and leads to 'problem neighbourhoods'. This debate has prompted interest by governments in Australia and internationally in 'social mix policies', to disperse the most disadvantaged members of neighbourhoods and create new communities with a blend of residents with a variety of income levels across different housing tenures (public and private rental, home ownership). What is less well acknowledged is that interest in social mix is by no means new, as the concept has informed new town planning policy in Australia, Britain and the US since the post Second World War years. Social Mix and the City offers a critical appraisal of different ways that the concept of ‘social mix’ has been constructed historically in urban planning and housing policy, including linking to 'social inclusion'. It investigates why social mix policies re-emerge as a popular policy tool at certain times. It also challenges the contemporary consensus in housing and urban planning policies that social mix is an optimum planning tool – in particular notions about middle class role modelling to integrate problematic residents into more 'acceptable' social behaviours. Importantly, it identifies whether social mix matters or has any real effect from the viewpoint of those affected by the policies – residents where policies have been implemented.
Mixed Communities
Mixed Communities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mixed Communities write by Gary Bridge. This book was released on 2012. Mixed Communities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Encouraging neighbourhood social mix has been a major goal of urban policy and planning in a number of different countries. This book draws together a range of case studies by international experts to assess the impacts of social mix policies and the degree to which they might represent gentrification by stealth. The contributions consider the range of social mix initiatives in different countries across the globe and their relationship to wider social, economic and urban change. The book combines understandings of social mix from the perspectives of researchers, policy makers and planners and the residents of the communities themselves. Mixed Communities also draws out more general lessons from these international comparisons - theoretically, empirically and for urban policy. It will be highly relevant for urban researchers and students, policy makers and practitioners alike.
Social Mix and the City
Social Mix and the City - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Social Mix and the City write by Kathy Arthurson. This book was released on 2012. Social Mix and the City available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "...Offers a critical appraisal of different ways that the concept of 'social mix' has been constructed historically in urban planning and housing policy, including linking to 'social inclusion'. It investigates why social mix policies re-emerge as a popular policy tool at certain times. It also challenges the contemporary consensus in housing and urban planning policies that social mix is an optimum planning tool..."--Back cover.
Design for Diversity
Design for Diversity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Design for Diversity write by Emily Talen. This book was released on 2012-07-26. Design for Diversity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The city is more than just a sum of its buildings; it is the sum of its communities. The most successful urban communities are very often those that are the most diverse – in terms of income, age, family structure and ethnicity – and yet poor urban design and planning can stifle the very diversity that makes communities successful. Just as poor urban design can lead to sterile monoculture, successful planning can support the conditions needed for diverse communities. Emily Talen explores the linkage between urban forms and social diversity, and how one impacts the other. Learning the lessons from past successes and failures, and building from detailed case studies of different neighborhoods, Design for Diversity provides urban designers and architects with design strategies and tools to ensure that their work sustains and nurtures social diversity.
Mixed Communities
Mixed Communities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mixed Communities write by Gary Bridge. This book was released on 2012. Mixed Communities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book draws together a range of case studies by international experts to assess the impacts of social mix policies and the degree to which they might represent gentrification by stealth.
