| Description |
1 online resource (354 pages) |
|
data file rda |
| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of acronyms -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Critical dialogues of urban governance, development and activism in London and Toronto: -- Why Toronto and London? -- Critical dialogues as part of the comparative gesture -- Universities as part of the community of city builders -- Dialogic lenses of the comparative urban condition in Toronto and London -- Governance in the global city -- Real estate and housing -- Community, activism and engagement |
|
Structure of the book -- References -- Part I Perspectives on governance: -- 1 Capital flows in the capital: Contemporary governmental imaginations in London's urban development: -- Introducing systematic ambiguities: Questioning the planning, politics and perceptions of London's real estate market -- Dominant representations of real estate developers and investors in planning -- Capital flows in London: Embedded knowledge, challenges and market trends -- Contemporary governmental imaginations and the realities of real estate in London: Narratives and the politics of crisis -- Conclusions |
|
Acknowledgements -- References -- 2 The elusive, inclusive city: Toronto at a crossroads: -- Introduction -- Toronto: Canada's largest city -- A diverse regional economy -- A global tech 'superstar' city? -- Challenges facing Canada's largest city: Inequality and governance -- Piloting the possibilities for the inclusive city -- Increasing the supply and quality of affordable housing in Toronto -- Transport -- Economic development -- Realising the inclusive city? -- Notes -- References |
|
3 Regulating property conditions in the private rented sector: The complex geography of property licensing in London: -- Introduction -- A brief overview of the PRS in England and in London -- The power imbalance between central and local government and its impacts on London -- The complex geography of licensing in London -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 Metromobility and transit-led urbanisation in London and Toronto: -- Global regimes of metromobility -- Mobilising London as a global city -- Toronto -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References |
|
5 The governance of urban public spaces in London: In the public interest or in the interest of local stakeholders?: -- Introduction -- The context: Declining public space budgets and increasingly diverse demands -- Assessing publicness -- Devolved publicness and stakeholders' rights -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 6 London, its infrastructure and the logics of growth: -- London: Its infrastructure and 'megaproject ecology' -- HS2 -- Thames Tideway Tunnel -- Matching up to 'our Victorian forebears' -- Conclusion: The logics of growth -- Note -- References |
| Note |
7 Governing urbanisation in the global city: A commentary: |
| Summary |
Critical Dialogues of Urban Governance, Development and Activism examines changes in governance, property development, urban politics and community activism, in two key global cities: London and Toronto. |
| Subject |
Municipal government -- England -- London.
|
|
Municipal government -- Ontario -- Toronto.
|
|
Metropolitan government -- England -- London.
|
|
Metropolitan government -- Ontario -- Toronto.
|
|
City planning -- England -- London.
|
|
City planning -- Ontario -- Toronto.
|
|
London (England) -- Politics and government.
|
|
Toronto (Ont.) -- Politics and government.
|
| Added Author |
Livingstone, Nicola.
|
|
March, Loren.
|
|
Moore, Susan.
|
|
Walks, Alan, 1968-
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Bunce, Susannah Critical Dialogues of Urban Governance, Development and Activism : London and Toronto London : UCL Press,c2020 9781787356818 |
| ISBN |
9781787356825 (electronic book) |
|
1787356825 (electronic book) |
|
9781787356795 (electronic book) |
|
1787356795 (electronic book) |
|
