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Strategies for Urban Development in Leipzig, Germany

Harmonizing Planning and Equity

  • Offers a transcontinental comparison of the history, theory and practice of two increasingly important areas in the study of public administration and public policy: social equity and urban development
  • Provides policy implications for American and European cities

Part of the book series: Public Administration, Governance and Globalization (PAGG, volume 7)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Urban Development in Leipzig After the Reunification

    • Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor
    Pages 1-11
  3. Leipzig in the Context of German Municipal Administration

    • Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor
    Pages 13-24
  4. The Globalization Aspect of Urban Development

    • Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor
    Pages 37-57
  5. Planning for a Sustainable Urban Renaissance

    • Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor
    Pages 69-80
  6. Extending the Meaning of Social Equity in Leipzig

    • Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor
    Pages 81-92
  7. Gentrification in Leipzig

    • Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor
    Pages 93-105
  8. Reconciling Gentrification with Social Equity

    • Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor
    Pages 107-113
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 115-128

About this book

The demographic pressure caused by migration offers a considerable challenge for urban centers today. It results in an uneven development of the community and focus of urban planners becomes how to provide decent, low-cost housing and transportation in order to facilitate the integration of poorer residents among the rest of the community. In large industrialized countries the challenges of urban policy-makers are made even more complicated since these governments depend on state or federal legislators to obtain the massive amounts of funding required for adequately addressing these local issues that are in global cause. The book analyzes the strategies for urban development in Leipzig, Germany, and shows how civic leaders were able to harmonize planning and equity. They relied heavily on two interesting approaches in that process: the promotion of culture as a key component of urban development and the reconciliation of the inevitable process of gentrification with social equity. The book also looks at the globalization aspect of urban development, reviews research in social equity in urban development in Europe and the United States and describes sustainability as an important element of urban renaissance. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Florida International University Dept. Public Administration, Miami, USA

    Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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