Regional and area planning

With origins in the late 1960s, a 'quiet revolution' in land use planning and control has taken hold across North America.

The urban-rural relationship in China is key to a sustainable global future.

The urban-rural relationship in China is key to a sustainable global future.

The era of the smart city has arrived.

The era of the smart city has arrived.

Urban sprawl is one of the key planning issues facing many US cities, leading to the creation and adoption of a variety of approaches to control growth.

Houses, and other spaces and environments in which people spend their time, have a crucial impact on quality of life.

Houses, and other spaces and environments in which people spend their time, have a crucial impact on quality of life.

New Regionalism, promoted as a new paradigm of development by the OECD, suggests that globalization is bringing together new technologies, management, employees and communities to form new patterns of local governance.

With the expansion of the European Union, the countries of Southeast Europe have finally been brought together within one socio-political entity.

With the expansion of the European Union, the countries of Southeast Europe have finally been brought together within one socio-political entity.

Cities and city regions are undergoing rapid transformation.

Cities and city regions are undergoing rapid transformation.

Despite its historical significance and its state-mandated comprehensive planning approach, the Florida growth management experiment has received only piecemeal attention from researchers.

Despite its historical significance and its state-mandated comprehensive planning approach, the Florida growth management experiment has received only piecemeal attention from researchers.

Urban sprawl is one of the key planning issues facing many US cities, leading to the creation and adoption of a variety of approaches to control growth.

Much of what constitutes our experience of our immediate environment is quite ordinary and familiar, in particular, where we live.

Much of what constitutes our experience of our immediate environment is quite ordinary and familiar, in particular, where we live.

The UK is experiencing a housing crisis unlike any other.

The UK is experiencing a housing crisis unlike any other.

The notion of data is increasingly encountered in spatial, creative and cultural studies.

The notion of data is increasingly encountered in spatial, creative and cultural studies.

The concepts of community consultation and participation have come to dominate academic and policy debate about urban regeneration partnerships.

The concepts of community consultation and participation have come to dominate academic and policy debate about urban regeneration partnerships.

Instigated by technological and political change, Europe's rural areas have undergone profound and all-pervasive restructuring processes.

Instigated by technological and political change, Europe's rural areas have undergone profound and all-pervasive restructuring processes.

This book explores 'spatial practices', a loose and expandable set of approaches that embrace the political and the activist, the performative and the curatorial, the architectural and the urban.

This book explores 'spatial practices', a loose and expandable set of approaches that embrace the political and the activist, the performative and the curatorial, the architectural and the urban.

By focusing on the skyscraping transnational building, this book bridges two key debates on the transformation and emerging problems besetting major cities - globalization and ecological and sustainable building design.

By focusing on the skyscraping transnational building, this book bridges two key debates on the transformation and emerging problems besetting major cities - globalization and ecological and sustainable building design.

SUMMARYThis book provides complete coverage of surface and subsurface drainage of all types of pavements for highways, urban roads, parking lots, airports, and container terminals.

SUMMARYThis book provides complete coverage of surface and subsurface drainage of all types of pavements for highways, urban roads, parking lots, airports, and container terminals.

Since the industrial revolution, innovations in transportation technology have continued to re-shape the spatial organization and temporal occupation of the built environment.

Since the industrial revolution, innovations in transportation technology have continued to re-shape the spatial organization and temporal occupation of the built environment.

After 1945 it was not just Europe's parliamentary buildings that promised to house democracy: hotels in Turkey and Dutch shopping malls proposed new democratic attitudes and feelings.

After 1945 it was not just Europe's parliamentary buildings that promised to house democracy: hotels in Turkey and Dutch shopping malls proposed new democratic attitudes and feelings.

In 1935, the Russian-born Jewish architect Berthold Lubetkin and his firm Tecton designed Highpoint, a block of flats in London, which Le Corbusier called 'revolutionary'.

In 1935, the Russian-born Jewish architect Berthold Lubetkin and his firm Tecton designed Highpoint, a block of flats in London, which Le Corbusier called 'revolutionary'.

As the world becomes more urbanised, solutions are required to solve current challenges for three arenas of sustainability: social sustainability, environmental sustainability and urban economic sustainability.

As the world becomes more urbanised, solutions are required to solve current challenges for three arenas of sustainability: social sustainability, environmental sustainability and urban economic sustainability.

Desert Paradises: Surveying the Landscapes of Dubai's Urban Model explores how designed landscapes can play a vital role in constructing a city's global image and legitimizing its socio-political hierarchy.

Desert Paradises: Surveying the Landscapes of Dubai's Urban Model explores how designed landscapes can play a vital role in constructing a city's global image and legitimizing its socio-political hierarchy.

Urban Connections in the Contemporary Pedestrian Landscape explores the significant physical and cultural changes in our urban areas following the implementation of design strategies and increased pedestrian activity.

Urban Connections in the Contemporary Pedestrian Landscape explores the significant physical and cultural changes in our urban areas following the implementation of design strategies and increased pedestrian activity.

Evolving Public Space in South Africa discusses the transformation of public space highlighted in the country.

Evolving Public Space in South Africa discusses the transformation of public space highlighted in the country.

Traditionally, the public sector has been responsible for the provision of all public goods necessary to support sustainable urban development, including public infrastructure such as roads, parks, social facilities, climate mitigation and adaptation, and affordable housing.

Traditionally, the public sector has been responsible for the provision of all public goods necessary to support sustainable urban development, including public infrastructure such as roads, parks, social facilities, climate mitigation and adaptation, and affordable housing.

The temporal and spatial intersection of information and telecommunication technologies, creative and knowledge economies, and related new manufacturing systems, has been leading to significant effects on urban socioeconomic and spatial configurations and public policies.

The temporal and spatial intersection of information and telecommunication technologies, creative and knowledge economies, and related new manufacturing systems, has been leading to significant effects on urban socioeconomic and spatial configurations and public policies.