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by Nick Gallent, Johan Andersson, Marco Bianconi
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
More than a tenth of the land mass of the UK comprises 'urban fringe': the countryside around towns that has been called 'planning's last frontier'. One of the key challenges facing spatial planners is the land-use management of this area, regarded by many as fit only for locating sewage works, essential...
by Paul Balchin, Ludek Sykora, Gregory Bull
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
Regional Policy and Planning in Europe explores the ways regional policy and planning systems across Europe have been influenced by:
* economic and monetary union
* the impending enlargement of the European Union
* the devolution of administrative power from central government to regional authorities
*...
Liveability in Singapore
Social and Behavioural Issues
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Cities and countries around the world are focused on enhancing their living conditions through ways that go beyond the brick and mortar of urban planning. Just like in other highly-urbanised cities, life and living in Singapore is highly dependent on many other dimensions such as health, access to...
From Student to Urban Planner
Young Practitioners’ Reflections on Contemporary Ethical Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
For many young planners, the noble intentions with going to planning school seem starkly out of place in the neoliberal worlds they have come to inhabit. For some, the huge gap between the power they thought they would have and what they actually do is not only worrying, but also deeply discouraging....
Rome
A New Planning Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Rome: A New Planning Strategy looks at the problems of a city over the last century and suggests a totally new planning strategy. The book examines the stages that have marked the increase of population and change in land use and analyses the masterplans used to try and control these evolving conditions....
Landscape Planning and Rural Development
Key Issues and Options Towards Integration
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
This book aims to contribute to the current debate on how to integrate rural development policies and landscape planning in rural areas. It highlights the key issues at stake and the possibilities for synergies between landscape planning and policies in light of European development policies, particularly...
Urban Planning and the Pursuit of Happiness
European Variations on a Universal Theme (18th-21st centuries)
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
Urban planning means far more than the design of land, property, and housing complexes. The visions of town planners and their clients—whether they are technical, artistic, political, or social—communicate, more or less clearly, the universal pursuit of happiness. However, the planners’ notions...
Cities and the Politics of Difference
Multiculturalism and Diversity in Urban Planning
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Demographic change and a growing sensitivity to the diversity of urban communities have increasingly led planners to recognize the necessity of planning for diversity. Edited by Michael A. Burayidi, Cities and the Politics of Difference offers a guide for making diversity a cornerstone of planning...
by Kenneth B. Kahn
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Concise yet comprehensive, Product Planning Essentials, Second Edition, addresses the complex, interdisciplinary nature of product development and product management. It covers strategic issues that emerge during the product life cycle, including identifying opportunities, idea generation and evaluation,...
Urban Wind Environment
Integrated Climate-Sensitive Planning and Design
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
In the context of urbanization and compact urban living, conventional experience-based planning and design often cannot adequately address the serious environmental issues, such as thermal comfort and air quality. The ultimate goal of this book is to facilitate a paradigm shift from the conventional...
Growth Management in the US
Between Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
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. However, many growth management ideas do not align well with the growth-promoting planning traditions of the US, which historically have been dominated...
Planning for Climate Change
Strategies for Mitigation and Adaptation for Spatial Planners
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2009
Climate change is changing the context of spatial planning and shaping its priorities. It has strengthened its environmental dimension and has become a new rationale for coordinating actions and integrating different policy priorities.
This book sets out the economic, social and environmental...
by Philip Allmendinger
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
Postmodern social theory has provided significant insights into our understanding of society and its components. Key thinkers including Foucault, Baudrillard and Lyotard have challenged existing ideas about power and rationality in society. This book analyses planning from a postmodern perspective...
by Jill S. Moran
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
Event planning continues to be a thriving business area for the motivated entrepreneur. Jill S. Moran is a certified special events professional with twenty-five years of experience in the field and the owner of an award-winning event-planning company. This fourth edition of her popular book includes...