Jaime Lerner. -- Washington : Island Press, 2014.

xvi, 143 p.; 21 cm.

ISBN 978-1-61091-583-0.

En portada Celebrating pinpricks of change that enrich city life.

Contenido: Foreword -- Introduction -- 24-Hour shopkeepers in New York City -- The Old Cinema Novo -- Rescuing a river -- The forbidden city -- Cali -- Do nothing! Urgently -- Around the clock, or the 24-hour city -- Urban kindness -- Musical acupuncture -- Continuity is life -- Street sounds, colors, and scents -- Good recycling -- People in the streets -- Smart car, smart bus -- Commitment to solidarity -- Draw your city -- Instructions for performing urban acupuncture -- Creative leisure vs. industrious mediocrity -- Self-esteem is good acupuncture -- Light is good acupuncture -- Aqua-puncture -- The mobility card -- Eco-clock -- Arborescence -- Produced memory -- Of parks, squares, and monuments -- The one-page guide -- Urban cholesterol -- Buildings with dignity -- Acupuncture of silence -- Ramblas and galleries -- A pinprick doesn’t hurt -- Trompe L’oeil -- A letter to Fellini -- How to find someone in a city -- The presence of genius -- Markets and street fairs -- The bar counter -- Love for the city.