Irish Cities in Crisis Abridged

Abridged version of Irish Cities in Crisis. The most comprehensive book on Irish cities to date. Irish Cities in Crisis spans 678 pages of content by 29 leading thinkers in the built environment, plus an appendix of case studies from successful European cities. The book calls for radical change in how we finance, govern and plan Irish cities. It argues that cities must be recognised as engines of our social, economic and cultural lives and treated with imagination and care. Contributors collectively call for a mindset shift essential to ensuring our cities thrive.