{"product_id":"vibrant-city-twelve-upstream-initiatives-to-reshape-launcestons-future-paperback","title":"vibrant city: twelve upstream initiatives to reshape Launceston's future - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Mallett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in near-future Launceston, Tasmania, vibrant city is a story-led blueprint for public policy that puts prevention, upstream thinking, and equity at the centre of everyday life. Through an intergenerational walk-and-talk-paul, an experienced reformer, and Willow, a young leader-the book explores how one regional city chose kind politics and built systems that advance community wellbeing, public health, and belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter follows an upstream initiative that turns values into visible change: Tamar Lake and a people-first bridge that reorients city planning to the water; \"Every Child Succeeds\" and a schools-community compact; Changemaker High, where learning, enterprise, and civic action meet; a creativity turn that commissions murals and markets and treats celebration as social infrastructure; sport and movement loops that make health a daily habit; good-work pathways, a stronger care economy, and culture-shaping reforms that put people first. Together, these moves show how a city can bake dignity into design, shifting \"normal\" from patching harm to preventing it-one street, school, clinic, club, and corridor at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't a manifesto and it isn't technocratic. It's part memoir, part field guide, part civic futures narrative: practical enough for councils and coalitions, human enough for readers who want hope with evidence. If you've ever believed a city could be more than roads, rates, and rubbish-if you've wondered what happens when we invest early and measure success by the harm we prevent-this book invites you to begin the walk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its heart are three organising principles that run through the trilogy and anchor this first volume: Upstream Thinking (prevention and structural redesign), Kind Politics (leading with empathy and dignity), and solutions shaped by lived experience, informed by the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF)-which reads distress through how power operates, the threats people face, and the meanings they make. These ideas aren't soft; they are working frameworks for real transformation: redressing power, reducing threat, and restoring dignity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003evibrant city\u003c\/em\u003e is an invitation to communities everywhere: design for belonging, align city planning with care, and let kindness become contagious-a city worth caring for, a future worth making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53801682796851,"sku":"9781764292207","price":50.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/11y_0mx1tC9781764292207.webp?v=1785975549","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/vibrant-city-twelve-upstream-initiatives-to-reshape-launcestons-future-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}