Policy Press

The Caring City

Ethics of Urban Design

By Juliet Davis

Published

Apr 28, 2022

Page count

238 pages

ISBN

978-1529201215

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Apr 28, 2022

Page count

238 pages

ISBN

978-1529201239

Dimensions

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Apr 28, 2022

Page count

238 pages

ISBN

978-1529201239

Dimensions

Imprint

Bristol University Press
The Caring City

In the media

'Juliet Davis: Care, urban design and the city' on the A is for Architecture podcast

In this important contribution to urban studies, Juliet Davis makes the case for a more ethical and humane approach to city development and management.

With a range of illustrative case studies, the book challenges the conventional and neoliberal thinking of urban planners and academics, and explores new ways to correct problems of inequality and exclusion. It shows how a philosophy of caring can improve both city environments and communities.

This is an original and powerful theory of urban care that can promote the wellbeing of our cities’ many inhabitants.

Juliet Davis is Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at Cardiff University.

Introduction

1. Care as Practice and Ethic

2. Care in and through Urban Design

3. Placing Care

4. Accessibility in/as Caring

5. Shaping Caring Urban Atmospheres

6. Openness and the Unfolding of Care

7. Continuity, Attachment and Care

8. Urban Design as Tending Futures

Conclusion