Urban and municipal planning and policy

Spatial planning is about dealing with our 'everyday' environment.

Providing a critique of the concepts attached to the representation of urban space, this ground-breaking book formulates a new theory of space, which understands the dynamic interrelations between physical and social spaces while tracing the wider urban context.

Providing a critique of the concepts attached to the representation of urban space, this ground-breaking book formulates a new theory of space, which understands the dynamic interrelations between physical and social spaces while tracing the wider urban context.

Sustainable mobility has become the new imperative for transport policy.

Sustainable mobility has become the new imperative for transport policy.

Exploring the conceptual insights provided by the archipelagic 'twist' in the context of tourism principles, policies and practices, this volume draws on an international series of case studies to analyse best practice in branding, marketing and logistics in archipelago tourist destinations.

Exploring the conceptual insights provided by the archipelagic 'twist' in the context of tourism principles, policies and practices, this volume draws on an international series of case studies to analyse best practice in branding, marketing and logistics in archipelago tourist destinations.

There are a number of recent texts that draw on psychoanalytic theory as an interpretative approach for understanding architecture, or that use the formal and social logics of architecture for understanding the psyche.

There are a number of recent texts that draw on psychoanalytic theory as an interpretative approach for understanding architecture, or that use the formal and social logics of architecture for understanding the psyche.

This book brings to light central topics that are neglected in current histories and theories of architecture and urbanism.

This book brings to light central topics that are neglected in current histories and theories of architecture and urbanism.

New Directions in Urban Planning in the Ancient Mediterranean assembles the most up-to-date research on the design and construction of ancient cities in the wider Mediterranean.

New Directions in Urban Planning in the Ancient Mediterranean assembles the most up-to-date research on the design and construction of ancient cities in the wider Mediterranean.

Originally published in Italian in 2010, this book is the first to address the theory of atmospheres in a thorough and systematic way.

Originally published in Italian in 2010, this book is the first to address the theory of atmospheres in a thorough and systematic way.

There have been numerous possible scenarios depicted on the impact of the internet on urban spaces.

There have been numerous possible scenarios depicted on the impact of the internet on urban spaces.

What role does the state have over national development within an increasingly globalized economy?

What role does the state have over national development within an increasingly globalized economy?

Towns are complicated places.

Towns are complicated places.

Fifty years after the Second Vatican Council, architectural historian Robert Proctor examines the transformations in British Roman Catholic church architecture that took place in the two decades surrounding this crucial event.

Fifty years after the Second Vatican Council, architectural historian Robert Proctor examines the transformations in British Roman Catholic church architecture that took place in the two decades surrounding this crucial event.

Car Troubles central premise is that the car as the dominant mode of travel needs to be problematized.

Car Troubles central premise is that the car as the dominant mode of travel needs to be problematized.

How children experience, negotiate and connect with or resist their surroundings impacts on their health and wellbeing.

How children experience, negotiate and connect with or resist their surroundings impacts on their health and wellbeing.

Bringing together an interdisciplinary team of scholars, this book illustrates how and why cities are comprised by a mosaic of vulnerable human and ecological communities.

Bringing together an interdisciplinary team of scholars, this book illustrates how and why cities are comprised by a mosaic of vulnerable human and ecological communities.

How does it feel to live in a 'haunted home'?

How does it feel to live in a 'haunted home'?

The role of local people in contemporary nature conservation practices is often poorly understood or neglected.

The role of local people in contemporary nature conservation practices is often poorly understood or neglected.

City and state governments around the world are struggling to achieve environmentally sustainable transport.

City and state governments around the world are struggling to achieve environmentally sustainable transport.

Complexity, complex systems and complexity theories are becoming increasingly important within a variety disciplines.

Complexity, complex systems and complexity theories are becoming increasingly important within a variety disciplines.

While we are used to looking around us, we are less used to listening to what happens around us.

While we are used to looking around us, we are less used to listening to what happens around us.

Conversations With Landscape moves beyond the conventional dualisms associated with landscape, exploring notions of landscape and its relation with humans through the metaphor of conversation.

Conversations With Landscape moves beyond the conventional dualisms associated with landscape, exploring notions of landscape and its relation with humans through the metaphor of conversation.

There has been much written on the new creative economy, but most work focuses on the so-called 'creative class,' with lifestyle preferences that favor trendy new restaurants, mountain biking, and late night clubbing.

There has been much written on the new creative economy, but most work focuses on the so-called 'creative class,' with lifestyle preferences that favor trendy new restaurants, mountain biking, and late night clubbing.

The cultural landscapes of Central European cities reflect over half a century of socialism and are marked by the Marxists' vision of a utopian landscape.

The cultural landscapes of Central European cities reflect over half a century of socialism and are marked by the Marxists' vision of a utopian landscape.

Bringing together comparative case studies from Central Europe and South America, this book focuses on 'new' regions - regions created as political projects of modernization and 're-scaling'.

Bringing together comparative case studies from Central Europe and South America, this book focuses on 'new' regions - regions created as political projects of modernization and 're-scaling'.

This book introduces the methodology of critical discourse analysis (CDA) to the study of participatory planning.

This book introduces the methodology of critical discourse analysis (CDA) to the study of participatory planning.

It has been claimed that the natural sciences have abstracted for themselves a 'material world' set apart from human concerns, and social sciences, in their turn, constructed 'a world of actors devoid of things'.