Overview
Provides a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary exploration of the current march of demographic and urban development around the world
Offers a futurological and teleological treatise of the city based on steady-state economics and green sustainability theory
Furthers investigations which have been a focus for urban enquiry dating back many decades, a seam that runs through the works of Plato, Aristotle and Augustine and more contemporary writers including Lewis Mumford, Richard Sennet, Jane Jacobs and others
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“Combining wisdom from economics, ecology, philosophy, religion, aesthetics, psychology, urban planning and many other fields, City of Grace gives us a new vision of our future possibilities. This is an inspiring read for anyone who wants to develop a positive vision of urban life in an age of global threats.” (Richard M. Ryan, University of Rochester)
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Book Title: The City of Grace
Book Subtitle: An Urban Manifesto
Authors: David Wadley
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1112-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-1111-0Published: 11 December 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-1114-1Published: 11 December 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-1112-7Published: 29 November 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 259
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations
Topics: Human Geography, Urban Studies/Sociology, Urbanism