Regional and area planning

This volume presents a kaleidoscopic view of the norms and forms of contemporary city life, focusing especially on the processes of social capital (de)formation in the urban milieu.

This volume presents a kaleidoscopic view of the norms and forms of contemporary city life, focusing especially on the processes of social capital (de)formation in the urban milieu.

Definitions of urban entities and urban typologies are changing constantly to reflect the growing physical extent of cities and their hinterlands.

Definitions of urban entities and urban typologies are changing constantly to reflect the growing physical extent of cities and their hinterlands.

This book is about contemporary issues in architecture and urbanism, taking the form of a project for The Corviale Void, a one kilometre long strip of urban space, immured in the notorious Corviale housing development in the Southwestern sector of Rome.

This book is about contemporary issues in architecture and urbanism, taking the form of a project for The Corviale Void, a one kilometre long strip of urban space, immured in the notorious Corviale housing development in the Southwestern sector of Rome.

With its celebrated World Heritage List, UNESCO steers the global heritage agenda through the definition and redefinition of what constitutes heritage and by offering the highest-level forum for heritage professionalism.

With its celebrated World Heritage List, UNESCO steers the global heritage agenda through the definition and redefinition of what constitutes heritage and by offering the highest-level forum for heritage professionalism.

In recent years, there has been considerable interest in the problems that public spaces face because of the design of commercial signs.

In recent years, there has been considerable interest in the problems that public spaces face because of the design of commercial signs.

Two of the key theoretical shifts over the past two decades of critical work have been the 'visual turn' and the 'material turn'.

Two of the key theoretical shifts over the past two decades of critical work have been the 'visual turn' and the 'material turn'.

Water is becoming one of the world's most crucial concerns.

Water is becoming one of the world's most crucial concerns.

During the final months of his life, Walt Disney was consumed with the world-wide problems of cities.

During the final months of his life, Walt Disney was consumed with the world-wide problems of cities.

Climate Change and Cities bridges science-to-action for climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts in cities around the world.

Climate Change and Cities bridges science-to-action for climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts in cities around the world.

Presents a modern and interdisciplinary perspective on cities that combines new data with tools from statistical physics and urban economics.

Presents a modern and interdisciplinary perspective on cities that combines new data with tools from statistical physics and urban economics.

This book argues that understanding global urbanism in the twenty-first century requires us to cast our gaze upon vast city-regions without an urban core.

This book argues that understanding global urbanism in the twenty-first century requires us to cast our gaze upon vast city-regions without an urban core.

Social Provision in Rural Wiltshire was first published in 1952.

This interdisciplinary volume illuminates housing''s impact on both wealth and community, and examines legal and policy responses to current challenges.

This interdisciplinary volume illuminates housing''s impact on both wealth and community, and examines legal and policy responses to current challenges.

This book is a critical account of the disconnected nature of governance, conservation and livelihood initiatives in the Indian Sundarbans.

This book sets out a systematic approach to making long-term choices about national infrastructure systems, for practitioners, policy-makers and academics.

This book sets out a systematic approach to making long-term choices about national infrastructure systems, for practitioners, policy-makers and academics.

An institutional analysis of environmental planning and management of the rural environment and of the delivery of ecosystem services.

An institutional analysis of environmental planning and management of the rural environment and of the delivery of ecosystem services.

This book assesses the cities and communities at critical risk of devastating earthquakes, and asks what we can do to protect them.

This book assesses the cities and communities at critical risk of devastating earthquakes, and asks what we can do to protect them.

Kim details a brief history of urban renewal in central Seoul through articulating urban planning paradigm shifts.

This book offers a transnational history of Pakistan''s development in the 1950s and 1960s, and the creation of the capital city Islamabad.

This book offers a transnational history of Pakistan''s development in the 1950s and 1960s, and the creation of the capital city Islamabad.

This is an analytical assessment of how the government can accelerate development and deployment of energy technologies, for researchers and policy makers.

This is an analytical assessment of how the government can accelerate development and deployment of energy technologies, for researchers and policy makers.

Underground - the way to the future was the motto of the World Tunnel Congress 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Civil Engineering and Urban Planning III addresses civil engineering and urban planning issues associated with transportation and the environment.

First published in 1994, this book brings together the papers presented at the International Forum on 'Future Visions of Urban Public Housing' held on November 17-20, 1994 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

First published in 1994, this book brings together the papers presented at the International Forum on 'Future Visions of Urban Public Housing' held on November 17-20, 1994 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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

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

How Drawings Work cheekily explains that what architects make is information that enables other people to make buildings.

How Drawings Work cheekily explains that what architects make is information that enables other people to make buildings.

First published in 1992, this book collects together the papers presented at the International Symposium on Design Review which was held to address the growing tendency of local governments to institute programs of aesthetic control.

First published in 1992, this book collects together the papers presented at the International Symposium on Design Review which was held to address the growing tendency of local governments to institute programs of aesthetic control.

China's unprecedented urbanization is underpinned by not only massive rural-urban migration but also a household registration system embedded in a territorial hierarchy that produces lingering urban-rural duality.

China's unprecedented urbanization is underpinned by not only massive rural-urban migration but also a household registration system embedded in a territorial hierarchy that produces lingering urban-rural duality.

The impact of humanity on the earth overshoots the earth's bio-capacity to supply humanity's needs, meaning that people are living off earth's capital rather than its income.