Life Space and Economic Space: Third World Planning in Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780765809421 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 316 str.

John Friedmann

Opis

This volume contains some of John Friedmann's most controversial essays on spatial and territorial development. Friedmann perceives a global crisis which he traces to the dissolution of territorial relations. The collection includes an autobiographical fragment by the author.

Spis treści

Part I Urbanization in the Global Economy 1. On the Contradictions Between City and Countryside 2. The Crisis of Transition: A Critique of Strategies of Crisis Management 3. World City Formation 4. Life Space and Economic Space: Contradictions in Regional Development 5. The Barrio Economy and Collective Self-Empowerment in Latin America Part II Spatial Aspects of National Planning 6. The Spatial Organization of Power in the Development of Urban Systems 7. Urban Bias in Regional Development 8. The Active Community: Toward a Political-Territorial Framework for Rural Development in Asia 9. Political and Technical Moments in Planning: Agropolitan Development Revisited 10. Planning in Latin America: From Technocratic Illusion to Open Democracy Part III Epilogue 11. The Crisis of Belief

O autorze

John Friedmann