Urban and municipal planning and policy

With a multidisciplinary perspective, Planning Power examines British and French colonial town and country planning efforts in Africa.

With a multidisciplinary perspective, Planning Power examines British and French colonial town and country planning efforts in Africa.

First Published in 1995.

First Published in 1995.

An introduction to the problems and practices of planning in London.

An introduction to the problems and practices of planning in London.

Building Democracy is a major contribution to the growing public debate about the revival of community values in the face of the self-evident short-comings of the free market, specifically in terms of community architecture.

Building Democracy is a major contribution to the growing public debate about the revival of community values in the face of the self-evident short-comings of the free market, specifically in terms of community architecture.

First published in 1996.

First published in 1996.

This work addresses the challenge faced in the management of major cities throughout the world as they adjust to economic reform and, in particular, to becoming more open to the processes operating in worldwide markets.

This work addresses the challenge faced in the management of major cities throughout the world as they adjust to economic reform and, in particular, to becoming more open to the processes operating in worldwide markets.

The housing crisis confronts two of North America's contemporary urban challenges: affordability and the need to curtail urban sprawl through densification of existing communities.

Investigating various ways in which the cultures of the town and the countryside interact in architecture, original essays in this book written by an international range of recognized theorists will help all students of architecture and urban design understand how the urban and rural relate.

Investigating various ways in which the cultures of the town and the countryside interact in architecture, original essays in this book written by an international range of recognized theorists will help all students of architecture and urban design understand how the urban and rural relate.

Are Britain's cities attractive places in which to live, work and play?

Are Britain's cities attractive places in which to live, work and play?

Yasser Elsheshtawy explores Dubai's history from its beginnings as a small fishing village to its place on the world stage today, using historical narratives, travel descriptions, novels and fictional accounts by local writers to bring colour to his history of the city's urban development.

Yasser Elsheshtawy explores Dubai's history from its beginnings as a small fishing village to its place on the world stage today, using historical narratives, travel descriptions, novels and fictional accounts by local writers to bring colour to his history of the city's urban development.

The American landscape is an extremely complex terrain born from a history of collective and individual experiences.

The American landscape is an extremely complex terrain born from a history of collective and individual experiences.

This book of specially commissioned essays by distinguished housing scholars addresses the big issues in contemporary debates about housing and housing policy in the UK.

This book of specially commissioned essays by distinguished housing scholars addresses the big issues in contemporary debates about housing and housing policy in the UK.

Neoliberalism's market revolution has had a tremendous effect on contemporary mega-city regions.

Neoliberalism's market revolution has had a tremendous effect on contemporary mega-city regions.

Spatial planning, strongly advocated by government and the profession, is intended to be more holistic, more strategic, more inclusive, more integrative and more attuned to sustainable development than previous approaches.

Spatial planning, strongly advocated by government and the profession, is intended to be more holistic, more strategic, more inclusive, more integrative and more attuned to sustainable development than previous approaches.

This book covers a wide range of topics related to human-robot interaction, both physical and cognitive, including theories, methodologies, technologies, and experimental studies.

This book explores the planning and architectural histories of the cities across Central and Southeastern Europe transformed into the cultural and political capitals of the new nationstates created in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

This book explores the planning and architectural histories of the cities across Central and Southeastern Europe transformed into the cultural and political capitals of the new nationstates created in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The complex diffusion processes affecting the flow of planning ideas and practices across the globe are illustrated in this book.

The complex diffusion processes affecting the flow of planning ideas and practices across the globe are illustrated in this book.

Urban nature conservation is a field that has grown rapidly in importance over the past 20 years and will continue to do so in the coming years as landscape ecology and greenspace planning become established disciplines.

Urban nature conservation is a field that has grown rapidly in importance over the past 20 years and will continue to do so in the coming years as landscape ecology and greenspace planning become established disciplines.

England in the early part of the twentieth century was rich in utopian ventures - diverse and intriguing in their scope and aims.

England in the early part of the twentieth century was rich in utopian ventures - diverse and intriguing in their scope and aims.

This text is about the very essence of urban planning in a market economy.

This text is about the very essence of urban planning in a market economy.

Discussions on the global economy focus on the hyper-mobility of capital, the possibility of instantaneous transmission of information and money around the globe, the centrality of information outputs to our economic systems and emphasise the neutralisation of geography and of places.

Discussions on the global economy focus on the hyper-mobility of capital, the possibility of instantaneous transmission of information and money around the globe, the centrality of information outputs to our economic systems and emphasise the neutralisation of geography and of places.

Fluid City traces the transformation of the urban waterfront of Melbourne, the re-vitalization of the Yarra River waterfront, Melbourne Docklands and Port Philip Bay.

Fluid City traces the transformation of the urban waterfront of Melbourne, the re-vitalization of the Yarra River waterfront, Melbourne Docklands and Port Philip Bay.

Cities around the world are being wrecked by the ever-increasing burden of traffic.

Cities around the world are being wrecked by the ever-increasing burden of traffic.

A unique comparative study based on funded research, of eleven city regions across three continents looking at changes over the last 30 years.

A unique comparative study based on funded research, of eleven city regions across three continents looking at changes over the last 30 years.

Healthy Urban Planning aims to refocus urban planners on the implications of their work for human health and well-being.

Healthy Urban Planning aims to refocus urban planners on the implications of their work for human health and well-being.

It has been argued that the history of landscape and of gardens has been marginalized from the mainstream of art history and visual studies because of a lack of engagement with the theories, methods and concepts of these disciplines.

It has been argued that the history of landscape and of gardens has been marginalized from the mainstream of art history and visual studies because of a lack of engagement with the theories, methods and concepts of these disciplines.