Livable Cities from a Global Perspective
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 Livable Cities: From Concept to Global Experience -- PART I Livability in Capital City Regions -- 2 Livability in New Urban Helsinki -- 3 Livable Cities: UK and London -- 4 Place-Making and Livability in Ottawa and the National Capital Region -- PART II Livability and Growth and Development -- 5 Struggling Toward Livability in Austin, Texas -- 6 Livable or Lovable? Framing the Revitalization Projects in Warsaw, Poland -- 7 Pune Metropolis: Unlivable Cities Within a Livable Metropolis -- PART III Livability and Equity Concerns -- 8 Livable Sydney: Livable for Whom? -- 9 Making Tokyo Livable for a Super-Aging Society -- 10 Livability for Whom? Vancouver's Conundrum -- PART IV Livability and Metrics -- 11 A Global Perspective on Building a Livable City: Singapore's Framework -- 12 Livability in Salt Lake City -- 13 Livability and Access to Urban Goods in Melbourne -- PART V Creating Livability -- 14 The Search for Livability in Third World Segregated Cities: The Entrepreneurial City and the Possibilities of Overcoming Historical Inequalities in Rio de Janeiro -- 15 Livable Cities: The Case of Cape Town, South Africa -- 16 Livability and the Challenge of Planning in Tehran -- Final Remarks -- Additional Information on Livability for Cities Covered in the Book -- Index