Urban crisis, urban hope : a policy agenda for UK cities.

Urban crisis, urban hope : a policy agenda for UK cities.

Urban Crisis, Urban Hope is an urgent, informed, and passionate critique at the crisis that has been allowed to develop in our cities, and a wide-ranging agenda for change to challenge all political and government institutions.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dobson, Julian, Atkinson, Rowland
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Anthem Press, 2020.
Series:Anthem Environment and Sustainability Initiative
Subjects:
Cities and towns > Great Britain.
Cities and towns > Great Britain > Growth.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • Half-title
  • Series information
  • Title page
  • Copyright information
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword by Leo Hollis, Author of Cities Are Good for You
  • Chapters 1-12
  • Chapter 1 Asking for Trouble
  • Why an Urban Hope?
  • Precarity and Possibility
  • The Contributions
  • Conclusion
  • Note
  • Chapter 2 The Hungry City
  • A Growing Resistance to Britain's Food Poverty Crisis
  • What Will It Take to End Hunger in the United Kingdom?
  • Notes
  • Chapter 3 The Unhomed City
  • Housing Crisis, Austerity and the Production of Precarious Lives
  • Council Housing in the Urban Mixer
  • The Current Crisis
  • The Effects on People and Cities
  • A Sense of the Possible
  • An Agenda for Change
  • Notes
  • Chapter 4 The Anxious City
  • Rediscovering 'We-ness'
  • Fret in Urbe
  • The Anxious City Is a Complicated Place
  • Notes
  • Chapter 5 The Violent City
  • Violence in the City: Inequality, Intimidation and Fear
  • Locating Violence in the City
  • Understanding Violence in the City
  • Responding to Violence in the City
  • Economic Reinvestment in Local and National Services
  • Democratic Decision-Making: Listen to Families and Communities
  • Shared Agendas: Collaborative Partnerships and Integration into Public Policy
  • Mattering and the Violence in Our Cities
  • Jake: A Precarious Sense of Mattering
  • The Crisis of Mattering
  • What It Means to Matter, and How This Relates to Violence
  • Hope, Possibility and Change
  • Reflections on the Way Forward
  • Universal Basic Income and the Economic Foundation of Mattering
  • Genuine Political Empowerment for All: Mattering Politically
  • Provision for New Parents: Supporting Families to Nurture a Healthy Sense of Mattering
  • Notes
  • Chapter 6 The Sick City
  • Do Black Lives Matter in Polluted Cities?
  • Racial and Social Inequalities within Urban Communities
  • Case Study: Ella Kissi-Debrah
  • The Impact on Health Services
  • Work towards Dismantling Structural Inequalities
  • Encourage Diversity in 'White Spaces'
  • Educate People on How to Fight for Basic Human Rights
  • Growing Our Way to Healthier Cities
  • Notes
  • Chapter 7 The Withering City
  • How Can We Save and Restore Our Urban Green Spaces?
  • Cities Can Be Green Havens
  • Notes
  • Chapter 8 The Dispossessed City
  • Dispossession through Gentrification
  • The State-Led Gentrification of Council Estates in London
  • An Agenda for Action
  • Land and Displacement
  • Disconnecting the City
  • Building the Common Good
  • Action for a Fairer Urban Land Future
  • National and Regional Land-Use Strategies
  • A Right to Public Space
  • A Community Right to Buy
  • Notes
  • Chapter 9 The Unravelling City
  • Facing the Public Services Crisis
  • Before the Crisis
  • The Crisis
  • Getting Out of the Crisis
  • Start Talking about Council Services
  • Encourage and Support Fairness Commissions
  • Embed Tackling Inequality into the Work of Local Agencies

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