Small change : about the art of practice and the limits of planning in cities / Nabeel Hamdi.

What exactly is 'small change'? Build a bus stop in an urban slum and a vibrant community sprouts and grows around it - that is the power of small changes that have huge positive effects. This book is an argument for the wisdom of the street, the ingenuity of the improvisers and the long-t...

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Main Author: Hamdi, Nabeel (Author)
Format: Ebook
Language:English
Published: Sterling, Va. : Earthscan, [2004]
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505 0 |a Introduction : design, emergence, and somewhere in-between -- Street work and dev-talk : who controls the truth? -- Departures and arrivals -- The composting bin : looking for starters -- Power points, bullet points, and waste collectors : learning from precedent -- Needs and rights : some formal planning -- In search of community and the structure of place -- The bus stops : cultivating community -- Pickers, sorters, and tap attendants -- The pickle jars -- Plan, analyse, survey : planning from back to front -- Governance and networks : organizing from inside out -- Rigour and relevance : it can be both -- Playing games, serious games. 
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