Small Town Sustainability : 2nd, Revised and Enlarged Edition.
In an age where the globalization process is threatening the uniqueness and vitality of small towns, and where most urban planning discourse is directed at topics such as metropol-regions or mega-regions and world cities, the authors here emphasize the need to critically reflect on the potential of...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Preface; 1. Introduction; Why Focus on Small Towns?; Globalisation and Small Town Development; Liveability and Sustainability; 2. Mobilising for Change in Small Towns; Mobilisation Against Globalisation; Local, Organic, Authentic, Slow; Networking Toward Sustainability; 3. Environmental Sustainability; Sustainability Conflicts; Environmental Problems in Small Towns; The Big Picture: Global and Local Action; Sweden's Eko Kommun Movement; Land Use and Urban Development; Vigorous Small Town Responses; 4. Inherited Identities: Built Form and Sense of Place; The Legacy of Built Form. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a A Cumulative LegacyThe Social Construction of Place; Affect and Intersubjectivity; 5. Sustainability by Design; Designs for Liveability; Street Life: Content, Movement, and Conviviality; 6. Sustainable Economies; Economic Challenges; Chasing Smokestacks or Developing Community?; Alternative Economic Spaces; Small Business Development; Place Economies; 7. Conviviality, Hospitality, and Local Products; Conviviality; Hospitality; Local Products; 8. Creativity and Culture; Community-based Art, Culture, and Creativity; The Creative Class Debate; 9. Equity: Housing, Work, and Social Well-Being. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Equity and Social Well-BeingThe Institutional Infrastructure: Partnerships, Community Capacity, and Community Engagement; 10. Small Town Development in Emerging Countries; Small Towns in China; Challenges and Problems of Chinese Small Towns; Small Town Development in South Korea; Cittaslow Towns in South Korea; Lessons for Small Town Development in Emerging Countries; 11. Conclusion: What Works (and What Doesn't); Insights from Emerging Countries; Will Small Towns Make a Difference?; Critical Success Factors; Notes; Key References; Internet Resources; Index of Places; Photo Credits. | |
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