The Capability of Places: Methods for Modelling Community Response to Intrusion and Change

by Sandra Wallman

How can we assess the ability of a place to respond to challenges like migration, recession and disease? Places which seem similar can respond very differently, and with varying degrees of success, to external threats and to the interventions designed to manage them.

In this magisterial work, drawing on decades of research, Sandra Wallman explores how we can measure and compare the resilience of communities, looking in detail at neighbourhoods...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745331459
• ISBN13: 9780745331454
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.4"