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<p>* Applies the work of Amartya Sen to urban development</p> <p>* Sets the agenda for new urban development policy</p> <p>In this book Amartya Sen’s concept of "Development as Freedom" is applied for the first time to the challenges of urban governance across the globe.</p> <p>Removing Unfreedoms reevaluates existing approaches to urban development by assessing degrees of freedom rather than relying exclusively on measuring poverty.</p> <p>While early models of urbanization focussed on economic valuation, service provision, or city design, here the concern is directed toward the individual citizen’s ability to live the life he or she values. Thus, by identifying and then removing "unfreedoms," global urban strategies ensure the citizen’s role as an active agent of change.</p> <p>Removing Unfreedoms documents sessions with Amartya Sen, working in collaboration with the authors and many others, and provides a shared policy framework for project design in urban development and governance programs.</p> <p>This book is intended for planners, policymakers, and activists in urban development, working in universities and in international and in local development agencies.</p>

Author

Jane Samuels; Intermediate Technology Development Group

Publisher

Practical Action Publishing

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781853396069

Subjects

Social Science, Sociology, Science