In this extensively revised edition of her highly regarded the city builders, susan fainstein examines major redevelopment efforts in new york and london to. Her books include the just city 2010, the city builders 2nd ed, 2001, and restructuring the city 1986. Fainstein is also the recipient of the distinguished educator award of the association of collegiate schools of planning acsp for. Fainstein is senior research fellow and former professor in the urban planning program at the harvard university graduate school of design. Fainstein, the city builders, property development in new york and london, 19802000,second editionrevised, 2001. Fainstein provides a contemporary analysis of the creators of the urbanbuilt environment the property developers, politicians, planners and community leaders who, together with their advisers and financial backers, constitute one of the major forces of urban transformation. Fainstein, the city builders, property, politics, and. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the the city builders, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. An interview with susan fainstein justice spatiale spatial justice. Planning theory and the city article pdf available in journal of planning education and research 252.
This is in contrast with the city as growth machine. Harvard professor susan fainstein thinks so, and outlines how in her new book, the just city. In this extensively revised edition of her highly regarded the city builders, susan in this extensively revised edition of her highly regarded the city builders, susan fainstein examines major redevelopment efforts in new york and london to uncover the forces behind these investment cycles and the role that public policy can play in moderating market instability. Fainstein born 1938 is a political theorist and scholar of urban planning. The just city is one in which equity, democracy, and diversity are important considerations. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having full.
Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Then i wrote a book called the city builders, looking at. A member of the urban planning faculties of columbia university and. Property, politics, and planning in london and new york. Can a city be driven by the noble goals of democracy, diversity, and equity. She provides a history of postworld war ii planning and then focuses on fairly recent cases of development in each. Her research and writing has focused on the distributive effects of urban. Fainstein, the city builders, property, politics, and planning in london and new york oxford. Her objective is to combine progressive city planners earlier focus on equity and material wellbeing with considerations of diversity and participation so as to foster a better quality of urban life within the context of a global capitalist political economy.