Regional and area planning

As social and solidarity economy (SSE) entities are increasingly requested to demonstrate their positive contribution to society, social impact measurement can help them understand the additional, net value generated by their activities, in the pursuit of their mission and beyond.

Urbanization and construction are primary drivers of land cover and land use change, climate change and environmental degradation.

Governments, communities, and developers are considering the use of ICT, renewable energies, and a host of other technologies to build smart cities that meet the economic, social, environmental, and cultural needs of the present as well as the future.

Governments, communities, and developers are considering the use of ICT, renewable energies, and a host of other technologies to build smart cities that meet the economic, social, environmental, and cultural needs of the present as well as the future.

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.

Originally published in 1988, reissued now with a new series introduction, New Directions in Environmental Participation was the third in a trilogy of books to open the series Ethnoscapes: Current Challenges in the Environmental Social Sciences.

Since prehistoric times, humans have invented ways to simplify daily activities to improve productivity.

Since prehistoric times, humans have invented ways to simplify daily activities to improve productivity.

This book provides a theoretical and practical foundation needed to change the practice of land use management in Southern Africa.

This book provides a theoretical and practical foundation needed to change the practice of land use management in Southern Africa.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are set to revolutionize all industries, and the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) field is no exception.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are set to revolutionize all industries, and the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) field is no exception.

This book examines the concept of neighbourhood over space and time and understands how neighbourhoods can impact human health and well-being.

This book examines the concept of neighbourhood over space and time and understands how neighbourhoods can impact human health and well-being.

This book presents the basics and recent advancements in natural language processing and information retrieval in a single volume.

Road congestion imposes major financial, social, and environmental costs.

Road congestion imposes major financial, social, and environmental costs.

This graphic sketchbook is a primer for sparking imagination and creativity in landscape architecture and urban design drawing.

A popular and practical guide on how to be an effective planning commissioner.

This is a book about urban complexity - how it evolves and how it gets destroyed.

During the 1970s housing and social welfare policy as it affected the elderly was changing throughout Western society.

This book explores how smart cities enable new and playful ways for citizens to experience, inhabit and socialise within urban environments.

"e;Patterns"e; of Threshold Spaces in the Historical City of Jeddah explores the meaning of threshold spaces and investigates the relationship between the public spaces and residential units in the historical city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, while at the same time revisiting Christopher Alexander's theory in his canonical 1977 book, A Pattern Language.

Experimental Visualization in Architectural Design Media: How It Actually Works is a theoretical, practical, and interdisciplinary account of the tools used by architects and designers.

Engaging Children and Young People in Planning places planners' skills for engagement with children and young people centre stage by discussing several projects delivered or supported by planning students to young people in the Northeast of England.

This book features the papers presented at IWAR 2023.

This book proposes operational approaches to public sector support to community-led development of urban low-income group social housing in the prevailing and medium-term.

This book discusses the increase in global competitiveness which challenges the manufacturing market to integrate design and product in order to improve quality and process.

This book asserts that the goal of smart villages should shift from one of extraction to one of community value creation.

A Concise Introduction to Machine Learning uses mathematics as the common language to explain a variety of machine learning concepts from basic principles and illustrates every concept using examples in both Python and MATLAB(R), which are available on GitHub and can be run from there in Binder in a web browser.

Growing Green Infrastructure in Contemporary Asian Cities examines to what extent green infrastructure (GI) is being implemented in East and Southeast Asian cities.

The material heritage of the colonial era is built into Africa's cities, from their urban layouts, to their architecture, monuments and street names.

This landmark book focuses on urban surfaces, on exploring their authorship and management, and on their role in struggles for the right to the city.

Blackman draws on original material and the work of many earlier researchers to paint a verbal picture of the evolution of a remarkable city.

The UN's urban sustainability goal (#11) is fundamental to the global sustainable development agenda.

Unifying the Field of Digital Twins for Urban Management presents a holistic and integrated approach to the rapidly evolving field of digital twins for urban management.

Urban Heat Mitigation Strategies: An Architecture Perspective explores heat mitigation strategies integrated into the urban architecture of global cities, aiming to enhance citizens' quality of life through thoughtful design decisions blending architecture, science and engineering.

This book explores the complex relationship between urban commons - understood as a repertoire of collective action that fosters a politics of antagonism - and the local state.

This book shows how to plan trajectories (i.

This book examines the emergence of modern company towns in Iran by delineating the architectural, political, and industrial histories of three distinct resource-based 'company town' projects built in association with the 'Big Three' powers of World War II.

This step-by-step guide takes the reader through each stage of the design process, from concept to completion, exploring practical methods of how to engage the community throughout interior architecture and design projects.

A call to arms, How to Save the City invites the reader to engage with the challenges of living and working in cities at a time when several conflating emergencies have become more pressing and connected.

This book gathers peer-reviewed contributions presented at the International Conference on Construction Logistics, Equipment and Robotics (CLEaR), held at the TUM Academy Center Raitenhaslach near Munich, Germany on October 09-11, 2023.

"No sólo son los Cerros Orientales y los humedales los protagonistas del paisaje natural de Bogotá.

This book examines the emergence of modern company towns in Iran by delineating the architectural, political, and industrial histories of three distinct resource-based 'company town' projects built in association with the 'Big Three' powers of World War II.

The book addresses the challenges in designing blockchain-based secured solutions for Industry 4.