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WORKING CAPITAL
LIFE AND LABOUR IN CONTEMPORARY LONDON |
By: |
Nick Buck, Ian Gordon, Peter Hall |
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Hardback |
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£180.00 |
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£162.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0415279313 |
ISBN 13: |
9780415279314 |
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Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
Pub. date: |
31 October, 2002 |
Pages: |
424 |
Description: |
"Working Capital" is a 21st-century urban social survey written by five academic urban specialists. It is based on a mass of in-depth data analysis and hundreds of interviews across London and its wider region - with employers, teachers, students, officials and ordinary people. |
Synopsis: |
For decades the cities of the developed world were seen as problem-beset relics from times of low mobility and slow communications. But now, their potential to sustain creativity, culture and innovation is perceived as crucial to success in a much more competitive global ecomony. The vital requirement to secure and sustain this success is argued to be the achievement of social cohesion. Working Capital provides a rigorous but accessible analysis of these key issues taking London as its test case. The book provides the first substantial analysis of key economic, social and structural issues that the new London administration needs to deal with. In a wider context, its critical assessment of the bases of the new urbanism and of the global city thesis will raise questions both about the adequacy of urban thinking and about the capacity of new institutions alone to resolve the fundamental problems faced by cities. |
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40 maps and 10 graphs, bibliography, index |
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UK |
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Routledge |
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