Frank Gaffikin & Mike Morrissey 
City Visions 
Imagining Place, Enfranchising People

This collection considers the role of long-term urban planning in the development of cities, covering a range of North American and European cities, and focusing on Belfast’s social, economic and political developments.



The major cities of the West are characterised by division, uneven development and unequal distribution of jobs. In Belfast these general Western urban characteristics are extended and heightened by association with a long-standing political crisis and low-intensity conflict.



The authors integrate global debates on urban development and summarise contemporary theories on cities and their future. An assortment of interventions and delivery mechanisms are considered, and among the key topics covered are urban economies and social exclusion; the planning of city regions; the sustainable city; urban regeneration; the role of culture in remaking cities; and the future governance of cities.

Table of Content

Context

1. Understanding the Contemporary City by Frank Gaffikin and Mike Morrissey

2. Urban Economy and Social Exclusion: The case of Belfast by Frank Gaffikin and Mike Morrissey

Pattern

3. The Future Planning of City Regions by Peter Hall (UCL)

4. The Just City and the Efficient City by Wim Wiewel (University of Illinois)

5. The Sustainable City by Frank Gaffikin and Mike Morrissey

6. Urban Regeneration: Lessons from Europe and the UK by Michael Parkinson (Liverpool John Moores University)

7. Urban Regeneration: The New Policy Agenda by Frank Gaffikin and Mike Morrissey

8. The Role of Culture in Remaking Cities by Charles Landry

Implementing Policy

9. The Future Governance of Cities by Patsy Healey (University of Newcastle)

10. Partnership and Urban Governance by Frank Gaffikin and Mike Morrissey

11. Belfast: A Partnership Approach to Local Governance by Brian Hanna (Belfast City Council)

Conclusion: The Development of Cities and the Future of Belfast by Frank Gaffikin and Mike Morrissey

About the author

Mike Morrissey was Senior Researcher on The Cost of the Troubles Study and is the Director of the Urban Institute, University of Ulster. He is the co-author of Northern Ireland After the Good Friday Agreement (Pluto, 2002) and City Visions: Imagining Place, Enfranchising People (Pluto, 2002).