Rescaling Urban Governance: Planning, Localism and Institutional Change

Cities around the world are facing significant challenges due to climate change, migration, aging populations, and resource shortages. This book compares the UK to international examples to explore cutting-edge experimentation and innovation in new models of governance and urban policy. It is an ideal resource for students and teachers, providing an authoritative single point of reference for teaching.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 220 pages
Publication date: 14 July 2021
Publisher: Bristol University Press

Cities around the world are grappling with unprecedented challenges due to a convergence of factors such as climate change, migration, aging populations, and resource scarcity. To secure a sustainable future for our planet, these complex issues require innovative and transformative approaches to urban governance. This timely and essential book offers valuable insights into cities, their governance, and innovative planning reform models. By comparing the UK with a diverse range of international examples, it explores cutting-edge experimentation and innovation in new governance and urban policy frameworks. Serving as the flagship text in the Urban Policy, Planning, and Built Environment series, this comprehensive yet accessible volume is an invaluable resource for students and educators alike. It provides a comprehensive and authoritative single point of reference for teaching and advancing our understanding of urban challenges and opportunities.
Cities across the globe face unprecedented challenges as a result of ever-increasing pressure from climate change, migration, aging populations and resource shortages. In order to guarantee a sustainable global future, these issues demand radical new approaches to how we govern our cities. Providing new research and thinking about cities,their governance and innovative models of planning reform,this timely and important book compares the UK with an array of international examples to examine cutting-edge experimentation and innovation in new models of governance and urban policy.

The flagship text of the Urban Policy,Planning and Built Environment series,this broad but accessible volume is ideal for students and provides an authoritative single point of reference for teaching.

Cities around the world are grappling with unprecedented challenges due to a convergence of factors such as climate change, migration, aging populations, and resource scarcity. To secure a sustainable future for our planet, these complex issues require innovative and transformative approaches to urban governance. This timely and essential book offers valuable insights into cities, their governance, and innovative planning reform models. By comparing the UK with a diverse range of international examples, it explores cutting-edge experimentation and innovation in new governance and urban policy frameworks. Serving as the flagship text in the Urban Policy, Planning, and Built Environment series, this comprehensive yet accessible volume is an invaluable resource for students and educators alike. It provides a comprehensive and authoritative single point of reference for teaching and advancing our understanding of urban challenges and opportunities.

Weight: 348g
Dimension: 157 x 233 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781447350798