The proportion of the world’s urban population is expected to increase to about 57% by 2050, and the share of Africa's urban population is project to increase to 60% by the same year.
When this book was originally published in 1988, recent studies of policy-making in Britain had suggested that decisions were made as a consequence of the interplay of private and public interests and the government.
This book develops a conceptual framework to better understand governance issues and theoretical tools to grasp the variety of empirical realities observed in practice in Northeast India.
When this book was originally published in 1988, recent studies of policy-making in Britain had suggested that decisions were made as a consequence of the interplay of private and public interests and the government.
This volume provides a comprehensive examination of social policy approaches across the African continent, critically engaging with both theoretical foundations and practical implementations.
This volume provides a comprehensive examination of social policy approaches across the African continent, critically engaging with both theoretical foundations and practical implementations.
This book develops a conceptual framework to better understand governance issues and theoretical tools to grasp the variety of empirical realities observed in practice in Northeast India.
This volume presents a framework to understand the complex relationship between human and environmental forces in cities in order to boost the urban resilience.
This volume presents a framework to understand the complex relationship between human and environmental forces in cities in order to boost the urban resilience.
This book formalizes a commons-oriented framework for the formation of cultural value as a way to oppose current neoliberal understandings of the value of culture.
This book formalizes a commons-oriented framework for the formation of cultural value as a way to oppose current neoliberal understandings of the value of culture.
This incisive book explores how cities are increasingly influential actors in international law-making and implementation, particularly in relation to human rights and climate change.
Dieses Lehrbuch bietet eine institutionenzentrierte Einführung in die deutsche Kommunalpolitik auf Basis der einschlägigen vergleichenden politikwissenschaftlichen Forschung.
Dieses Lehrbuch bietet eine institutionenzentrierte Einführung in die deutsche Kommunalpolitik auf Basis der einschlägigen vergleichenden politikwissenschaftlichen Forschung.
Disrupting traditional notions of urban and city planning, this volume examines the intricate interplay of conflicts, the emergence of new borders for refugees and migrants, colonial legacies and postcolonial policies, and grassroots struggles for better social policies.
Disrupting traditional notions of urban and city planning, this volume examines the intricate interplay of conflicts, the emergence of new borders for refugees and migrants, colonial legacies and postcolonial policies, and grassroots struggles for better social policies.
This book collects the contributions from the VII edition of the "e;UPhD Green"e; Conference, held in Florence, Italy on November 7, 2024, as part of the Urbanpromo event.
This book collects the contributions from the VII edition of the "e;UPhD Green"e; Conference, held in Florence, Italy on November 7, 2024, as part of the Urbanpromo event.
This book sheds light on metrics as a key element of power relations in the EU anti-poverty policy, not least because the calculative infrastructure underlying them actively shapes the distribution of power.
This book sheds light on metrics as a key element of power relations in the EU anti-poverty policy, not least because the calculative infrastructure underlying them actively shapes the distribution of power.
Long before the Montgomery bus boycott ushered in the modern civil rights movement, black and white southerners struggled to forge interracial democracy in America.
This book addresses an urgent need to rethink the future of human settlement in the context of significant economic, social and environmental changes, arguing that we must look beyond our current paradigm of ‘sustainability’ to envision a continuously evolving framework for human settlements.
This book addresses an urgent need to rethink the future of human settlement in the context of significant economic, social and environmental changes, arguing that we must look beyond our current paradigm of ‘sustainability’ to envision a continuously evolving framework for human settlements.
This book uses a fictional but realistic story of a coastal community relocating in the face of climate risk to illustrate how to make climate conversations happen, what those conversations can look like, and how to move from discussion to action.
This book uses a fictional but realistic story of a coastal community relocating in the face of climate risk to illustrate how to make climate conversations happen, what those conversations can look like, and how to move from discussion to action.
This book examines the political role of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) under Xi Jinping’s latest round of reforms and how this shapes their investment activities abroad.
This book examines the political role of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) under Xi Jinping’s latest round of reforms and how this shapes their investment activities abroad.
Fast kein Tag vergeht, an dem nicht eine Meldung zu echten oder vermeintlichen Missgeschicken im Zusammenhang mit dem Bau des Flughafens Berlin Brandenburg – kurz: BER – durch die Medien geistert.
