The pressure is on: people move to cities in ever-growing numbers. So we build new neighbourhoods, we transform old industrial areas and renew the existing city. Right now, the focus lies on energy-neutral neighbourhoods. But in order for these new neighbourhoods to really work, residents need to be engaged and the tactics need to be embedded within a larger social policy. Only then do thriving cities arise. Neighbourhoods for the Future revisits the neighbourhood as the designated scale and arena to build our urban futures. The neighbourhood is small enough to be tangible, yet big enough to make an actual difference. Introducing the concepts of neighbourhood arrangements and ecologies, this book provides a new perspective on the relation between participants, resources and rules to spark change and prepare urbanites and policymakers for realizing their own sustainable neighbourhoods for the future.

Author: Maarten Hajer, Edwin Buitelaar, Chris Ten Dam

Publisher: Valiz

ISBN: 9789492095787