Urban and municipal planning and policy

Case studies of metropolitan cities in nine African countries - from Egypt in the north to three in West and Central Africa, two in East Africa and three in Southern Africa - make up the empirical foundation of this publication.

Case studies of metropolitan cities in nine African countries - from Egypt in the north to three in West and Central Africa, two in East Africa and three in Southern Africa - make up the empirical foundation of this publication.

There are few other human inventions that are likely to have as large an impact on our lives as machines that can think .

Today, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being implemented at a fast pace in almost every area of our lives.

Trading Places is about urban land markets in African cities.

This volume discusses the patterns and trends of urbanization in West Bengal - one of the most urbanized states of India in the early part of the 20th Century.

Faced with a global threat to food security, it is perfectly possible that society will respond, not by a dystopian disintegration, but rather by reasserting co-operative traditions.

Suburban space has traditionally been understood as a formless remnant of physical city expansion, without a dynamic or logic of its own.

This book presents the results of an assessment of the state of robotics in Japan, South Korea, Western Europe and Australia and a comparison of robotics R&D programs in these countries with those in the United States.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements and research in the fields of computing and intelligent information systems.

Transport is key to our daily lives.

Transport is key to our daily lives.

This book challenges the assumption that it is bad news when the economy doesn't grow.

This book challenges the assumption that it is bad news when the economy doesn't grow.

Housing is a fundamental necessity, and yet it is generally acknowledged that we have a housing crisis in the UK.

Housing is a fundamental necessity, and yet it is generally acknowledged that we have a housing crisis in the UK.

London has enjoyed an extraordinary period of growth in the past generation, symbolized by the towers of Canary Wharf built on the skeleton of the old docks.

London has enjoyed an extraordinary period of growth in the past generation, symbolized by the towers of Canary Wharf built on the skeleton of the old docks.

As the dynamo of South Africa's economy, Johannesburg commands a central position in the nation's imagination, and scholars throughout the world monitor the city as an exemplar of urbanity in the global South.

As the dynamo of South Africa's economy, Johannesburg commands a central position in the nation's imagination, and scholars throughout the world monitor the city as an exemplar of urbanity in the global South.

Find out everything you need to know to build powerful robots with the most up-to-date ROSAbout This BookThis comprehensive, yet easy-to-follow guide will help you find your way through the ROS frameworkSuccessfully design and simulate your 3D robot model and use powerful robotics algorithms and tools to program and set up your robots with an unparalleled experience by using the exciting new features from Robot KineticUse the latest version of gazebo simulator, OpenCV 3.

What does it really mean to reconstruct a city after a natural, biological or man-made disaster?

This book approaches robotics from a deep learning perspective.

This collection considers the role of long-term urban planning in the development of cities, covering a range of North American and European cities, and focusing on Belfast's social, economic and political developments.

Urban environments in the 21st Century are faced with unprecedented challenges.

San Francisco is being eroded by waves of cash flowing north from Silicon Valley.

"e;Millions of foreclosed homes and abandoned buildings on one hand; millions of Americans desperate for decent shelter on the other.

If we want to preserve what's still left of the natural world, we need to stop using so much of it.

Cities are the future.

In this groundbreaking book, Garth Myers uses African urban concepts and experiences to speak back to theoretical and practical concerns.

Cities are the future.

'Weak market cities' across European and America, or 'core cities' as they were in their heyday, went from being 'industrial giants' dominating their national, and eventually the global, economy, to being 'devastation zones'.

East London has undergone dramatic changes over the last 30 years, primarily as a result of London's large scale de-industrialisation and the rise in its financial sector.

This book provides, in a single volume, a review of the findings of the largest ever programme of cities research in the UK, the Economic and Social Research Council's 'Cities: Competitiveness and Cohesion programme'.

Rural policy has presented some of the most difficult and unexpected challenges to the New Labour government.

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This collection adds weight to an emerging argument that suggests that policies in place to make cities better places are inextricably linked to an attempt to civilize, pacify and regulate crime and disorder in urban areas, contributing to a vision of an urban renaissance which is perhaps as much about control as it is about the broader physical and social renewal of our towns and cities.

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

This volume considers the making of settlement as a process of identity formation.

Interventions is a contribution to current considerations of how cultural initiatives and interventions affect the development of cities.

As British cities lose the cultural connections with their industrial past, many seek to build new postindustrial futures through urban regeneration.

The much-praised Cultural Quarters returns in a revised edition, offering new case studies and new chapters on the economics of cultural quarters and the importance of historical buildings.

Designing Public Space for an Ageing Population examines the barriers older people face by being a pedestrian in the built environment and demonstrates how to overcome them.

Designing Public Space for an Ageing Population examines the barriers older people face by being a pedestrian in the built environment and demonstrates how to overcome them.

Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society considers the existing social science literature on shared neighbourhood spaces through the perspective of an ageing population.

Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society considers the existing social science literature on shared neighbourhood spaces through the perspective of an ageing population.

In a world characterised by rapid urbanisation it is increasingly difficult to devise urban governance models which are resilient, safe and inclusive, and that also preserve the environment.

In a world characterised by rapid urbanisation it is increasingly difficult to devise urban governance models which are resilient, safe and inclusive, and that also preserve the environment.

What does gentrification look like?