Gaffikin, Frank

Planning in divided cities : collaborative shaping of contested space / by Frank Gaffikin and Mike Morrissey - West Sussex : Blackwell Publishing, 2011. - viii, 325 p.

Includes bibliographical reference and index.

Contents : PART I. Introduction-- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conflict in the changing city -- 3. Understanding the urban -- 4. The divided city -- 5. Identity, space, and urban planning -- 6. Collaborative planning and the divided city --
PART II. Case studies -- 7. Development amid division in US cities : the cases of Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Chicago -- 8. Contested space, contested sovereignty : the case of Belfast -- 9. Between sovereignty and pluralism : other divided cities --
PART III. Conclusion -- 10. Planning amid division : a way forward?.

The book examines urban planning and policy in the context of deeply contested space, where place identity and cultural affinities are reshaping cities. Throughout the world, contentions around identity and territory abound, and in Britain, this problem has found recent expression in debates about multiculturalism and social cohesion.

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City planning--United States
City planning--Northern Ireland-Belfast
Urban planning--Northern Ireland-Belfast
Ethnic relation--United States

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