Urban and municipal planning and policy

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

This text shows why we need to develop an integrated approach to health and environmental impact assessment of development projects, and how this might be achieved.

This text shows why we need to develop an integrated approach to health and environmental impact assessment of development projects, and how this might be achieved.

This book presents new research on the capacity of big cities to generate new tourism areas as visitors discover and help create new urban experiences off the beaten track.

This book presents new research on the capacity of big cities to generate new tourism areas as visitors discover and help create new urban experiences off the beaten track.

The issue of 'sustainability' in the developed world is nowhere more critical than in the field of personal travel, which in many countries has become the fastest-growing contributor to global warming.

The issue of 'sustainability' in the developed world is nowhere more critical than in the field of personal travel, which in many countries has become the fastest-growing contributor to global warming.

Transport, in particular the motor vehicle, is a major source of environmental disruption and, in the developed world, accounts for thirty percent of energy consumption.

Transport, in particular the motor vehicle, is a major source of environmental disruption and, in the developed world, accounts for thirty percent of energy consumption.

Although urbanization steadily increases, many modern cities are finding the accommodation of their populations an increasingly difficult task.

Although urbanization steadily increases, many modern cities are finding the accommodation of their populations an increasingly difficult task.

For too long, cities have been thought of as environmental blackspots, with high levels of air and soil pollution, overcrowding, poor sanitation and growing waste disposal problems.

For too long, cities have been thought of as environmental blackspots, with high levels of air and soil pollution, overcrowding, poor sanitation and growing waste disposal problems.

Every day throughout Britain, by road, by rail and by sea, there are large numbers of routine movements of radioactive cargo.

Households in the UK each generate around one tonne of waste per year, and the successful management and disposal of this waste is becoming an increasingly important issue.

Households in the UK each generate around one tonne of waste per year, and the successful management and disposal of this waste is becoming an increasingly important issue.

Every day throughout Britain, by road, by rail and by sea, there are large numbers of routine movements of radioactive cargo.

Innovation in building design and construction depends on innovative strategies being developed by teachers and practitioners, made available to students and then professionally adopted.

Innovation in building design and construction depends on innovative strategies being developed by teachers and practitioners, made available to students and then professionally adopted.

Designing with Solar Power is the result of international collaborative research and development work carried out within the framework of the International Energy Agency's Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (PVPS) and performed within its Task 7 on 'Photovoltaic power systems in the built environment'.

Designing with Solar Power is the result of international collaborative research and development work carried out within the framework of the International Energy Agency's Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (PVPS) and performed within its Task 7 on 'Photovoltaic power systems in the built environment'.

Over the next 20 years, most low-income countries will, for the first time, become more urban than rural.

Over the next 20 years, most low-income countries will, for the first time, become more urban than rural.

Urban regeneration schemes involving a wide range of actors and dependent on private investment are increasingly deployed in Europe's cities with the aim of delivering private, merit and public goods.

Urban regeneration schemes involving a wide range of actors and dependent on private investment are increasingly deployed in Europe's cities with the aim of delivering private, merit and public goods.

This book is a systematic examination of the historical and current roles that cities and suburbs play in US metropolitan areas.

This book is a systematic examination of the historical and current roles that cities and suburbs play in US metropolitan areas.

This comprehensive study of land use on the suburban fringe analyzes the complex relationships that underlie land conversion in the United States.

This comprehensive study of land use on the suburban fringe analyzes the complex relationships that underlie land conversion in the United States.

This is Volume II of a series of six on Urban and Regional Economics originally published in 1960.

Discusses aims of urban planning and ways to achieve improved city living.

Discusses aims of urban planning and ways to achieve improved city living.

This is the third book in the series offering a new selection of the best urban planning scholarship from each of the world's planning school associations.

This is the third book in the series offering a new selection of the best urban planning scholarship from each of the world's planning school associations.

This is Volume II of a series of six on Urban and Regional Economics originally published in 1960.

Most African cities are human settlements that lack the systems needed for effective land use planning.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the intellectual developments in urban conservation.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the intellectual developments in urban conservation.

Today, as cities undergo rapid and dynamic transformations, riddled with uncertainties about the future, the roles of urban planning and urban planners lie in one of these new crossroad moments.

Today, as cities undergo rapid and dynamic transformations, riddled with uncertainties about the future, the roles of urban planning and urban planners lie in one of these new crossroad moments.

Become empowered to build and maintain smarter cities At its core, a smart city is a collection of technological responses to the growing demands, challenges, and complexities of improving the quality of life for billions of people now living in urban centers across the world.

Become empowered to build and maintain smarter cities At its core, a smart city is a collection of technological responses to the growing demands, challenges, and complexities of improving the quality of life for billions of people now living in urban centers across the world.

In a context where climate change urgently requires us to alter our paradigms, this book explores the possibilities of cities that are both more energy efficient and more respectful of the environment.

A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in the United States.

A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in the United States.

The intelligence of a city is the capacity to learn: to learn the past, its history and the culture of its territory.

The intelligence of a city is the capacity to learn: to learn the past, its history and the culture of its territory.

This volume of three books presents recent advances in modelling, planning and evaluating city logistics for sustainable and liveable cities based on the application of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems).

This volume of three books presents recent advances in modelling, planning and evaluating city logistics for sustainable and liveable cities based on the application of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems).

This volume of three books presents recent advances in modelling, planning and evaluating city logistics for sustainable and liveable cities based on the application of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems).