English Urban Commons: The Past, Present and Future of Green Spaces [Hardcover]

1.  Introduction: The Urban Common as Common Space

Part I: The English Urban Common: Four Case Studies

2.  Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne

3.  Mousehold Heath, Norwich

4.  Clifton and Durdham Downs, Bristol

5.  Valley Gardens, Brighton

Part II: The Urban Common as a Contested Common Space

6. Land Use and the Culture of the Urban Commons: Continuity and Change

7. Conflict and the Contested Common

Part III: The Future of the Urban Common

8. Urban or Urbane? Models for Governance and Property Rights in the Urban Commons

9. Present Voices, Future Directions

10.  Whispers of Better Things - Re-Imagining the Future of the Urban Common

The book presents a novel examination of urban commons.

Christopher Rodgers is an Emeritus Professor of Law at Newcastle University, UK.

Rachel Hammersley is Professor of Intellectual History in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Newcastle University, UK.

Alessandro Zambelli is a Reader in Architecture at the University of Portsmouth, UK.

Emma Cheatle is Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Sheffield, UK.

John Clarke is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing and Academic Director for Arts and Culture at the University of Exeter, UK.

Sarah Collins is a Research Associate in History in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Newcastle University, UK.

Olivia Dee was a Research AslãB