Building the Inclusive City Governance, Access, and the Urban Transf

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Victor Santiago Pineda

Building the Inclusive City

Victor Santiago Pineda

Building the Inclusive City Governance, Access, and the Urban Transformation of Dubai

Victor Santiago Pineda University of California Berkeley, CA, USA

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Preface

As planners, our theories, concepts, and teachings define the ways in which an architect designs a home, a transportation engineer understands streets, a social worker provides community services, and politicians shape policies and laws. In my course “Building the Inclusive City” I like to remind m