Urban and municipal planning and policy

This important book examines the ways in which community economic development can contribute to local and regional regeneration.

designing networks cities presents a sophisticated, multi-disciplinary, and multi-dimensional approach to urban design.

Licensing law is a wide ranging , detailed and complex body of law within the UK.

Ideal for students and practitioners working in spatial planning, the Europeanization of planning agendas and regional policy in general Spatial Planning Systems and Practices in Europe develops a systematic methodological framework to analyze changes in planning systems throughout Europe.

Published with ProVention Consortium, UNDP and UN-Habitat 'This excellent book is essential reading for those concerned with urban risk and its reduction in Africa, the most rapidly urbanizing region of the world.

A benchmark study in the changing field of urban anthropology, Berlin, Alexanderplatz is an ethnographic examination of the rapid transformation of the unified Berlin.

Traditional transport planning has generated transport systems that propagate an unfair distribution of accessibility and have environmental and safety issues.

"e;Sheppard and Smith provide a clear, accessible and friendly guide to studying to become a planner, with great tips, insight and advice - including what employers will be looking for and the importance of lifelong learning"e; - Michael Harris, Deputy Head of Policy and Research, Royal Town Planning Institute "e;If you are thinking of studying town and country planning at university, this book tells you what to expect and how to succeed"e; - Cliff Hague, Emeritus Professor of Heriot-Watt University and Past President of the Royal Town Planning Institute Study Skills for Town and Country Planning is a basic introduction to studying planning, a 'how to' for students to develop a relevant skill set to succeed in their degree, and a guide to applying those skills in a very practical and diverse workplace.

Beyond Health Capacity: Spatial Practices in Inclusive Design sheds light on the systemic challenges communities with limited access to medical support and health maintenance have endured.

Building Cities to LAST presents the myriad issues of sustainable urbanism in a clear and concise system, and supports holistic thinking about sustainable development in urban environments by providing four broad measures of urban sustainability that differ radically from other, less long-lived patterns: these are Lifecycle, Aesthetics, Scale, and Technology (LAST).

Wind power is often held up as the most accessible and cost-effective route to reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and improving our energy independence, yet knowledge of what it offers is often clouded by myths and misunderstandings, which can hamper its adoption.

This graphic sketchbook is a primer for sparking imagination and creativity in landscape architecture and urban design drawing.

The Earth's temperature has been rising.

Over the last decade research exploring green infrastructure planning has burgeoned.

This collection seeks to expand the limits of current debates about urban commoning practices that imply a radical will to establish collaborative and solidarity networks based on anti-capitalist principles of economics, ecology and ethics.

Security of land tenure for the urban poor is now a major problem for developing cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

'Borgata', 'favela', 'periurbain', and 'suburb' are but a few of the different terms used throughout the world that refer specifically to communities that develop on the periphery of urban centres.

This study explains how, confronting ever-greater environmental pressures, we can plan for and achieve a sustainable environment.

Who controls space?

Resilient Downtowns provides a guide to communities in reviving and redeveloping their core districts into resilient, thriving neighborhoods.

After years of being regarded as a regulatory tool, spatial planning is now a key agent in delivering better places for the future.

For nearly a century the Garden City movement has represented one end of a continuum in an ongoing debate about the future of the modern city.

Bill de Blasio's campaign rhetoric focused on a tale of two cities: rich and poor New York.

Water data and information are essential to support efforts to understand, manage, allocate, utilize and protect water resources.

This book examines 'The Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context', which celebrates the twentieth anniversary of its adoption in 2011, and its 'Kiev Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment' which came into force in July 2010.

High speed rail (HSR) is being touted as a strategic investment for connecting people across regions, while also fostering prosperity and smart urban growth.

The baby boom generation were born between 1946 and 1964 and are the largest population cohort in US history.

A major new urban history of the design and development of postwar San FranciscoDesigning San Francisco is the untold story of the formative postwar decades when U.

Design Governance focuses on how we design the built environment where most of us live, work, and play and the role of government in that process.

This book features expert contributions on key sustainability aspects of urban water management in Chinese agglomerations.

East Manchester has been the site of one of the most substantial regeneration projects internationally.

Through an exploration of emancipation in recent processes of capitalist urbanization, this book argues the political is enacted through the everyday practices of publics producing space.

Films use architecture as visual shorthand to tell viewers everything they need to know about the characters in a short amount of time.

This monograph presents a novel typology of relational and territorial perspectives on legitimacy and identity.

This thought-provoking book takes readers on a captivating journey through the realms of green urbanism, urban regeneration, and urban design, development, and preservation, providing an exploration of innovative approaches to creating sustainable and thriving cities of the future.

This book critically examines the interplay between digitalization and sustainability.

As the Regional Plan Association embarks on a Fourth Regional Plan, there can be no better time for a paperback edition of David Johnson's critically acclaimed assessment of the 1929 Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs.

This volume presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of business in safeguarding the environment.

Globalisation and technological innovation have changed the way people, goods, and information move through and about cities.

According to UN estimates, approximately nearly half of the world's population now lives in cities and that figure is expected to rise to almost 70% by 2050.

A journey through Europe’s old towns, exploring why we treasure them—but also what they hide about a continent’s fraught history  “[A] fascinating chronicle.

This book was first published in 1980.

Nature-Based Design in Landscape Architecture showcases a range of built works designed by landscape architects from many countries of the world representing diverse environmental regions and uses.