Regional and area planning

This groundbreaking new volume on social sustainability offers both critique and creative solutions.

Drastic reduction of carbon emissions is vital if we are to avoid a catastrophe that devastates large parts of the world.

Drastic reduction of carbon emissions is vital if we are to avoid a catastrophe that devastates large parts of the world.

From the author of Small Change comes this engaging guide to placemaking, packed with practical skills and tools that architects, planners, urban designers and other built environment specialists need in order to engage effectively with development work in any context.

From the author of Small Change comes this engaging guide to placemaking, packed with practical skills and tools that architects, planners, urban designers and other built environment specialists need in order to engage effectively with development work in any context.

Achieving a sustainable society is the biggest issue of our time.

Achieving a sustainable society is the biggest issue of our time.

The built environment is undergoing a profound transformation driven by the integration of cutting-edge geospatial technologies.

In our fast-changing urban world, the impacts of social and environmental change on children are often overlooked.

In our fast-changing urban world, the impacts of social and environmental change on children are often overlooked.

Cities can only exist because of the highly developed systems which underlie them, ensuring that energy, clean water, etc.

Cities can only exist because of the highly developed systems which underlie them, ensuring that energy, clean water, etc.

The quality of life of millions of people living in cities could be improved if the form of the city were to evolve in a manner appropriate to its climatic context.

The quality of life of millions of people living in cities could be improved if the form of the city were to evolve in a manner appropriate to its climatic context.

This is the first book to directly address the physics of urban sustainability and how urban sustainability may be modelled and optimised.

This is the first book to directly address the physics of urban sustainability and how urban sustainability may be modelled and optimised.

Global Urban Analysis provides a unique insight into the contemporary world economy through a focus on cities.

Global Urban Analysis provides a unique insight into the contemporary world economy through a focus on cities.

This authoritative handbook surveys the full breadth and depth of SEA, bringing together a range of international perspectives and insights on the theoretical, methodological and institutional dimensions and practical issues of the field.

This authoritative handbook surveys the full breadth and depth of SEA, bringing together a range of international perspectives and insights on the theoretical, methodological and institutional dimensions and practical issues of the field.

Gated Communities provides a historic, socio-political and contemporary cultural perspective of gated communities.

Gated Communities provides a historic, socio-political and contemporary cultural perspective of gated communities.

Creative Community Planning provides clear access to emerging innovations in artistic, narrative, embodied and technological methods.

Creative Community Planning provides clear access to emerging innovations in artistic, narrative, embodied and technological methods.

This book explores the challenges our society faces in making the transition to renewable resource use in a way that is truly sustainable - environmentally, economically and socially.

This book explores the challenges our society faces in making the transition to renewable resource use in a way that is truly sustainable - environmentally, economically and socially.

A presentation of detailed comparative research into the implementation in 11 European countries of Local Agenda 21 - the action plan for sustainable development at community level.

A presentation of detailed comparative research into the implementation in 11 European countries of Local Agenda 21 - the action plan for sustainable development at community level.

Local environments such as cities and neighbourhoods are becoming a focal point for those concerned with environmental justice and sustainability.

Global energy demand is likely to rise substantially by the mid-21st century.

Global energy demand is likely to rise substantially by the mid-21st century.

Throughout the world, the threat of climate change is pressing governments to accelerate the deployment of technologies to generate low carbon electricity or heat.

Throughout the world, the threat of climate change is pressing governments to accelerate the deployment of technologies to generate low carbon electricity or heat.

Carbon dioxide and global climate change are largely invisible, and the prevailing imagery of climate change is often remote (such as ice floes melting) or abstract and scientific (charts and global temperature maps).

Carbon dioxide and global climate change are largely invisible, and the prevailing imagery of climate change is often remote (such as ice floes melting) or abstract and scientific (charts and global temperature maps).

Researchers have responded to urban sprawl, congestion, and pollution by assessing alternatives such as smart growth, new urbanism, and transit-oriented development.

Researchers have responded to urban sprawl, congestion, and pollution by assessing alternatives such as smart growth, new urbanism, and transit-oriented development.

In this concise, engaging, and provocative work, Richard Porter introduces readers to the economic tools that can be applied to problems involved in handling a diverse range of waste products from business and households.

In this concise, engaging, and provocative work, Richard Porter introduces readers to the economic tools that can be applied to problems involved in handling a diverse range of waste products from business and households.

Megalopolis was the name given to a Peloponnesian city that was founded around 371- 368 BCE.

Megalopolis was the name given to a Peloponnesian city that was founded around 371- 368 BCE.

This book presents climate adaptation and flood risk problems and solutions in coastal cities , including an independent investigation of adaptation paths and problems in Rotterdam, New York and Jakarta.

This book presents climate adaptation and flood risk problems and solutions in coastal cities , including an independent investigation of adaptation paths and problems in Rotterdam, New York and Jakarta.

What do you communicate when you draw an industrial landscape using charcoal; what about a hyper-realistic PhotoShop collage method?

What do you communicate when you draw an industrial landscape using charcoal; what about a hyper-realistic PhotoShop collage method?

Community visioning is key in helping local public officials and community leaders create a flourishing future for their cities, and is essential for the effective planning and implementation of these strategies.

Community visioning is key in helping local public officials and community leaders create a flourishing future for their cities, and is essential for the effective planning and implementation of these strategies.

Literary texts and buildings have always represented space, narrated cultural and political values, and functioned as sites of personal and collective identity.

Literary texts and buildings have always represented space, narrated cultural and political values, and functioned as sites of personal and collective identity.

Designing for Zero Waste is a timely, topical and necessary publication.