City edge: case studies in contemporary urbanism

Foreword-- Preface-- Introduction-- Part 1: PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT VERSES PUBLIC REALM-- 1.1 Reinventing Melbourne--1.2 Remaking Beirut; Melbourne-Sydney, Public Space Revisited--Part 2: CENTRE VS PERIPHERY-- 2.1 Dublin's Urban Renaissance; 2.2 Sydney's Metropolitan Dilemma; 2.3 Jerusalem: Holy or Divided City?; Part 3: CITIES ON THE EDGE--3.1 Deconstructing Belgrade- 3.2 Revisiting Dili; 3.3 Reframing Johannesburg-- 3.4 Remaking Kabul-- Part 4: THE ECO EDGE-- 4.1 Melbourne on the Eco-edge? 4.2 The Urban Ecology of New York City--4.3 Australian Environmentalism?-- 4.4 The Mega CITY project.

Contains essays which outline a number of case studies from Europe, North America, Australia and Asia and provides first hand accounts of the experiences that planners, architects and politicians have had in reshaping cities. This book provides insights in the assessment of the challenges and constraints posed by changing patterns of urban growth.