Urban and municipal planning and policy

The global demand for clean, renewable energy has rapidly expanded in recent years and will likely continue to escalate in the decades to come.

The global demand for clean, renewable energy has rapidly expanded in recent years and will likely continue to escalate in the decades to come.

First published in 1990, this title presents the personal reflections of renowned community architect Rod Hackney, who served for many years as President of both the Royal Institute of British Architects and the International Union of Architects.

First published in 1990, this title presents the personal reflections of renowned community architect Rod Hackney, who served for many years as President of both the Royal Institute of British Architects and the International Union of Architects.

This book concludes a trilogy that began with Intelligent Cities: Innovation, Knowledge Systems and digital spaces (Routledge 2002) and Intelligent Cities and Globalisation of Innovation Networks (Routledge 2008).

This book concludes a trilogy that began with Intelligent Cities: Innovation, Knowledge Systems and digital spaces (Routledge 2002) and Intelligent Cities and Globalisation of Innovation Networks (Routledge 2008).

Nation-states have long used representational architecture to create symbolic identities for public consumption both at home and abroad.

Nation-states have long used representational architecture to create symbolic identities for public consumption both at home and abroad.

The question of what to do with radioactive waste has dogged political administrations of nuclear-powered electricity-producing nations since the inception of the technology in the 1950s.

Actors and institutions in localities and regions across the world are seeking prosperity and well-being amidst tumultuous and disruptive shifts and transitions generated by: an increasingly globalised, knowledge-intensive capitalism; global financial instability, volatility and crisis; concerns about economic, social and ecological sustainability, climate change and resource shortages; new multi-actor and multi-level systems of government and governance and a re-ordering of the international political economy; state austerity and retrenchment; and, new and reformed approaches to intervention, policy and institutions for local and regional development.

Actors and institutions in localities and regions across the world are seeking prosperity and well-being amidst tumultuous and disruptive shifts and transitions generated by: an increasingly globalised, knowledge-intensive capitalism; global financial instability, volatility and crisis; concerns about economic, social and ecological sustainability, climate change and resource shortages; new multi-actor and multi-level systems of government and governance and a re-ordering of the international political economy; state austerity and retrenchment; and, new and reformed approaches to intervention, policy and institutions for local and regional development.

Urban India is undergoing a rapid transformation, which also encompasses the educational sector.

Urban India is undergoing a rapid transformation, which also encompasses the educational sector.

Urban redevelopment plays a major part in the growth strategy of the modern city, and the goal of this book is to examine the various aspects of redevelopment, its principles and practices in the North American context.

Urban redevelopment plays a major part in the growth strategy of the modern city, and the goal of this book is to examine the various aspects of redevelopment, its principles and practices in the North American context.

In the decades following World War Two, and in part in response to the Cold War, governments across Western Europe set out ambitious programmes for social welfare and the redistribution of wealth that aimed to improve the everyday lives of their citizens.

In the decades following World War Two, and in part in response to the Cold War, governments across Western Europe set out ambitious programmes for social welfare and the redistribution of wealth that aimed to improve the everyday lives of their citizens.

Just how resilient are our urban societies to social, energy, environmental and/or financial shocks, and how does this vary among cities and nations?

Just how resilient are our urban societies to social, energy, environmental and/or financial shocks, and how does this vary among cities and nations?

Low Carbon Cities is a book for practitioners, students and scholars in architecture, urban planning and design.

Low Carbon Cities is a book for practitioners, students and scholars in architecture, urban planning and design.

Research on gated communities is moving away from the hard concept of a 'gated community' to the more fluid one of urban gating.

Research on gated communities is moving away from the hard concept of a 'gated community' to the more fluid one of urban gating.

This book goes beyond current ways that the impact of climate change upon the city are understood.

This book goes beyond current ways that the impact of climate change upon the city are understood.

This is the first book to address future informal settlements at the global scale.

This is the first book to address future informal settlements at the global scale.

This book is the inspirational story of one project that shows you how you can become involved in building and running your neighbourhood.

This book is the inspirational story of one project that shows you how you can become involved in building and running your neighbourhood.

Deeper City is the first major application of new thinking on 'deeper complexity', applied to grand challenges such as runaway urbanization, climate change and rising inequality.

Deeper City is the first major application of new thinking on 'deeper complexity', applied to grand challenges such as runaway urbanization, climate change and rising inequality.

Understanding Urban Metabolism addresses the gap between the bio-physical sciences and urban planning and illustrates the advantages of accounting for urban metabolism issues in urban design decisions.

Understanding Urban Metabolism addresses the gap between the bio-physical sciences and urban planning and illustrates the advantages of accounting for urban metabolism issues in urban design decisions.

The urban climate is continuously deteriorating.

The urban climate is continuously deteriorating.

Cities are home to the most consequential current attempts at human adaptation and they provide one possible focus for the flourishing of life on this planet.

Cities are home to the most consequential current attempts at human adaptation and they provide one possible focus for the flourishing of life on this planet.

Mining can have negative environmental and social impacts, but can also be responsible.

Mining can have negative environmental and social impacts, but can also be responsible.

Protected areas are at the centre of nature-based tourism, which is increasingly popular across the world.

Protected areas are at the centre of nature-based tourism, which is increasingly popular across the world.

Developing Property Sustainably introduces readers to the key issues surrounding sustainable property development in the global marketplace.

Developing Property Sustainably introduces readers to the key issues surrounding sustainable property development in the global marketplace.

As global warming advances, regions around the world are engaging in revolutionary sustainability planning - but with social equity as an afterthought.

As global warming advances, regions around the world are engaging in revolutionary sustainability planning - but with social equity as an afterthought.

Large, modern cities have effectively declared their independence from nature.

Large, modern cities have effectively declared their independence from nature.

In the last few decades, urban quality of life has received increasing interest from policy makers who aim to make cities better places to live.

In the last few decades, urban quality of life has received increasing interest from policy makers who aim to make cities better places to live.

The confluence of global climate change, growing levels of energy consumption and rapid urbanization has led the international policy community to regard urban responses to climate change as 'an urgent agenda' (World Bank 2010).