Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Conceptualizing care

Care, uncare, and the city / Angelika Gabauer, Sabine Knierbein, Nir Cohen, Henrik Lebuhn, Kim Trogal, Tihomir Viderman

Critical reflections on care / Ali Madanipour

Care from the beginning : birthing collective origins, interdependent cities, and new community economies Katharine Mckinnon, Stephen Healy, Kelly Dombroski

Part 2. Social inequalities, uneven space, and care

Introduction ; social inequalities, uneven space, and care / Nir Cohen, Sabine Knierbein

Cartographies of care : urban development in Mexico in response to a graying America / Samuel Maddox

Turning the key : how the pink passkey has shaped the landscape of (un)equal opportunity for LGBT-friendly eldercare provision in the Netherlands / Roos Pijpers

‘We are here to care' : gendered urban safety in Argentina / Anna Bednarczyk

Healthy and caring cities : accessibility for all and the role of urban spaces in re-activating capabilities / Elena Marchigiani

Examining everyday outdoor practices in suburban public space : the case for an expanded definition of care as an analytical framework / Samantha Biglieri

Part 3. Everyday struggles and contestations around care

Introduction : everyday struggles and contestations around care / Kim Trogal, Tihomir Viderman

‘Respect toward old people' : the commodification of ethnicity in migrant care work in Germany / Caterina Rohde-Abuba

Care for the uncared (for) : slum redevelopment and the emerging challenges of accessing care for the urban poor in Delhi / Niroopa Subrahmanyam

Public space and children : who cares and who takes care of? / César Matos E Silva, Robertha Barros

Careful rearrangements : experiments with neglected ‘things' in architecture / Micol Rispoli

Infrastructures from below : self-reproduction and common struggle in and beyond Athens in crisis / Isabel Gutiérrez Sánchez

Part 4. New care arrangements and civic innovation

Introduction : new care arrangements and civic innovation / Angelika Gabauer, Henrik Lebuhn

Geographies of aging : hidden dimensions of care in Stockholm, Vienna, and Zurich / Angelika Gabauer, Marie Glaser, Liv Christensen, Judith M. Lehner, Jing Jing, Stefan Lundberg

The Toronto public library as a site of urban care, social repair, and maintenance in the smart city / Teresa Abbruzzese, Antony Riley

Heritage as a matter of care, and conservation as caring for the matter / Loes Veldpaus, Hanna Szemző

Care as an act of inequality? : complex social relations within the refugee camp in Brussels' Maximilian park throughout 2015 / Rivka Saltiel

Digital care spaces : the particularities of a digital home care platform / Eva Mos