The Future of the City Centre

Global Perspectives
Herausgeber: Giddings, Bob; Rogerson, Robert J

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Future of the City Centre: Global Perspectives debates future directions. It looks beyond the post-industrial, post-commercial and post-retail city centres to examine differing visions of the future form and function of the urban core.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9780367692759
• ISBN-10: 0367692759
• Artikelnr.: 65925621

Autorenporträt

Bob Giddings is Professor of Architecture and Urban Design in the Department of Architecture and Built Environment at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. He has extensively researched the city, which included work for his doctorate - Towards the Urban Restoration of Newcastle upon Tyne. He has since published over 70 papers on architecture and urbanism and supervised 20 successful PhDs. Bob was the principal investigator on the Future of the City Centre project. Previously, he was one of the originators and associate director of the acclaimed Sustainable Cities Research Institute and has been Visiting Professor at two European university faculties of architecture. Robert J Rogerson is Academic Director of the Institute for Future Cities at the University of Strathclyde, UK. Trained as a geographer, he has worked for more than 30 years with and for communities, seeking to improve their quality of life, making them more sustainable and resilient, and helping to create more inclusive cities. He was co-investigator on the Future of the City Centre project and is currently undertaking projects that enhance social connectedness. Robert has published extensively on sustainable communities and active citizenship and works with local authorities globally as well as the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office to find innovative solutions to urban problems.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The City Centre: Its Future Role and Significance
2. Managing City Centre Change
3. Newcastle upon Tyne UK
4. Newcastle NSW Australia
5. Pretoria-Tshwane South Africa
6. João Pessoa Brazil
7. Image and Visions
8. Public Realm
9. Social Change
10. Economic Competitiveness
11. Multi-level Governance
12. Mobility, Movement and Access
13. Culture and Heritage
14. Innovation and Higher Education
15. Conclusions and Future Scenarios