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1 online resource (204 p.) |
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Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy Ser |
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Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- About the author -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: What is a city? -- 1.1 City as an ecosystem or organism. Naturalist approach -- 1.2 City as an economic hub. Between history and evolutionary economics -- 1.3 City as an institution. Law and social contract as an urban cornerstone -- 1.4 City as an idea. Planning, utopia and artistic images of the city -- 1.5 Summary -- References -- Chapter 2: Strength in numbers: How to measure urban growth, development or success |
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2.1 Long, long time ago -- time span of the life of the city -- 2.2 People, capital and image -- various approaches to discuss urban success -- 2.3 City halls and citizenship -- urban influence on institutions and democracy -- 2.4 City of dreams -- how some cities become symbols while others try to be at least a benchmark -- 2.5 Summary -- References -- Chapter 3: Drivers of urban change and adaptation -- 3.1 Crisis as a new beginning. Urban development after the shocks -- 3.2 Work division as a basis for urban development. Paths of industrialisation and deindustrialisation |
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3.3 Ideas and idealists. From urban fantasies to urban planning -- 3.4 Crawling change. How cities evolve through the small changes in everyday life -- 3.5 Summary -- References -- Chapter 4: Players on the urban stage: Power, influence and decision-making -- 4.1 Local governance -- between the state and bottom-up decision-making -- 4.2 Entrepreneurs and global capital. How economic development intertwines with urban evolution -- 4.3 Urban dwellers, citizens and visitors. Is a city a common pool resource? |
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4.4 Free market and the centrally planned economy. Lessons from differences and similarities on two sides of the Iron Curtain -- 4.5 Summary -- References -- Chapter 5: Cities more lasting than bronze: New chapter in urban history of survival -- 5.1 Fight against nature. How cities should re-address their role as shelters against the violence of nature and climate -- 5.2 Fight against time. The time line of change in light of the upcoming challenges -- 5.3 New urban culture of too much versus the culture of less is enough -- 5.4 Urban futures to choose. Will urban durability destroy economy? |
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5.5 Summary -- References -- Index |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Cities and towns -- Europe, Eastern.
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Cities and towns -- Europe, Central
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City planning -- Europe, Eastern
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Entrepreneurship -- Europe, Eastern
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Entrepreneurship -- Europe, Central
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Cities and towns -- Growth.
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Cities and towns
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Cities and towns -- Growth
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City planning
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Entrepreneurship
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Central Europe
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Eastern Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1000838870 |
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9781000838879 |
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