Synopses & Reviews
The 21st century will be the century of multicultural cities, of the struggle for equality and diversity and the struggle against fundamentalism. Cosmopolis II presents a truly global tour of contemporary cities - from Birmingham to Rotterdam, Frankfurt to Berlin, Sydney to Vancouver, and Chicago to East St. Louis. Passionately written and superbly illustrated with a range of specially commissioned images, Cosmopolis II is a visionary book of our urban future.
Synopsis
The 21st century will be the century of multicultural cities, of the struggle for equality and diversity and the struggle against fundamentalism. Cosmopolis II presents a truly global tour of contemporary cities - from Birmingham to Rotterdam, Frankfurt to Berlin, Sydney to Vancouver, and Chicago to East St. Louis. Passionately written and superbly illustrated with a range of specially commissioned images, Cosmopolis II is a visionary book of our urban future.
Table of Contents
IntroductionPart One: Looking Back: Modernist Planning and its Discontents1) Modernist Cities and Planning2) Rewriting Planning History3) Who Knows?: Exploring Planning's KnowledgesPart Two: Looking Forward: Mongrel Cities and the 21st Century Multicultural project4) Mongrel Cities: How Can We Live Together?5) Home, Nation and Stranger: Fear in the City6) There is No Hiding Place: Integrating ImmigrantsPart Three: Towards a New Planning Imagination7) Transfomative Planning Practices: How and Why Cities Change8) The Power of Story Planning9) City Songlines