Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The University of Michigan-Flint Campus Development Plan: supp. Technical appendix
Author: The University of Michigan-Flint Campus Development Plan: Design guidelines
Author: The University of Michigan-Flint Campus Development Plan: supp. Plan evaluation & phasing refinement: transportation and parking study supplement
Author: The University of Michigan-Flint Campus Development Plan: Plan refinement and update
Author: Chasing World-Class Urbanism
Author: Jacob LedermanPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452962774
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Questions increasingly dominant urban planning orthodoxies and whether they truly serve everyday city dwellers What makes some cities world class? Increasingly, that designation reflects the use of a toolkit of urban planning practices and policies that circulates around the globe. These strategies—establishing creative districts dedicated to technology and design, “greening” the streets, reinventing historic districts as tourist draws—were deployed to build a globally competitive Buenos Aires after its devastating 2001 economic crisis. In this richly drawn account, Jacob Lederman explores what those efforts teach us about fast-evolving changes in city planning practices and why so many local officials chase a nearly identical vision of world-class urbanism. Lederman explores the influence of Northern nongovernmental organizations and multilateral agencies on a prominent city of the global South. Using empirical data, keen observations, and interviews with people ranging from urban planners to street vendors he explores how transnational best practices actually affect the lives of city dwellers. His research also documents the forms of resistance enacted by everyday residents and the tendency of local institutions and social relations to undermine the top-down plans of officials. Most important, Lederman highlights the paradoxes of world-class urbanism: for instance, while the priorities identified by international agencies are expressed through nonmarket values such as sustainability, inclusion, and livability, local officials often use market-centric solutions to pursue them. Further, despite the progressive rhetoric used to describe urban planning goals, in most cases their result has been greater social, economic, and geographic stratification. Chasing World-Class Urbanism is a much-needed guide to the intersections of culture, ideology, and the realities of twenty-first-century life in a major Latin American city, one that illuminates the tension between technocratic aspirations and lived experience.
Fire in the Ashes
Author: Jonathan KozolPublisher: Crown
ISBN: 1400052475
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
In this powerful and culminating work about a group of inner-city children he has known for many years, Jonathan Kozol returns to the scene of his previous prize-winning books, and to the children he has vividly portrayed, to share with us their fascinating journeys and unexpected victories as they grow into adulthood. For nearly fifty years, Jonathan has pricked the conscience of his readers by laying bare the savage inequalities inflicted upon children for no reason but the accident of being born to poverty within a wealthy nation. But never has his intimate acquaintance with his subjects been more apparent, or more stirring, than in Fire in the Ashes, as Jonathan tells the stories of young men and women who have come of age in one of the most destitute communities of the United States. Some of them never do recover from the battering they undergo in their early years, but many more battle back with fierce and often jubilant determination to overcome the formidable obstacles they face. As we watch these glorious children grow into the fullness of a healthy and contributive maturity, they ignite a flame of hope, not only for themselves but also for our society.
Early Childhood Studies
Author: Rod Parker-ReesPublisher: Learning Matters
ISBN: 1473933641
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
For students of Early Childhood Studies, questions are as important as answers. What is childhood? Is childhood the same in all cultures? How do children grow and develop? What space do we make for children in our society? How do adults approach risk and what does this mean for children? Can children’s play be planned by adults? Early Childhood Studies tackles these questions and more. It explores the why, how and what of studying and working with young children and their families, considering how a range of theories can help us to identify useful questions. This is a comprehensive, up-to-date, challenging and accessible core text for the Early Childhood Studies course. Throughout, key theories and research findings are highlighted and explored to help link theory and practice. It covers the important themes of child development, communication, wellbeing, observation, working with parents, inclusive practice, leadership and research. This fourth edition has been fully updated throughout and includes new chapters on children and risk, inclusive learning environments, play and adults′ concepts of childhood.
The President's Report to the Board of Regents for the Academic Year ... Financial Statement for the Fiscal Year
Author: University of MichiganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Proceedings of the Board of Regents
Author: University of Michigan. Board of RegentsPublisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1688
Book Description
University of Michigan Official Publication
Author: University of MichiganPublisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Each number is the catalogue of a specific school or college of the University.