Planning category: 24680 books
Land and Limits
Interpreting Sustainability in the Planning Process
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011
The first edition of this seminal book was written at a time of rapidly growing interest in the potential for land use planning to deliver sustainable development, and explored the connections between the two and implications for public policy. In the decade since the book was first conceived, environmental...
Rebuilding Britain
Planning for a better future
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
Britain faces extraordinary challenges, from climate change to growing inequality and global economics, but as a nation it has no plan for the future. This unique book asks a simple question: how can Britain organise itself, not just for survival but to build a fairer and sustainable society? The...
by Tom Turner
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2004
Written for use in undergraduate and postgraduate planning courses and for those involved in all aspects of the planning process, this comprehensive textbook focuses on environmental impact assessment and design and in particular their impact on planning for the landscape.
by Hugh Howes
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2007
Strategic Planning for Water examines the neglected relationship between planning for water and spatial planning. It provides the background to sustainable water management and assistance to spatial planners in understanding the complex water environment. This extremely topical book examines the challenges of:how to ensure that water supplies are a
Latino Placemaking and Planning
Cultural Resilience and Strategies for Reurbanization
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Latinos are currently the second-largest ethnic group demographically within the United States. By the year 2050 they are projected to number nearly 133 million, or approximately one third of the country’s total population. As the urban component of this population increases, the need for resources...
A Comparative Political Ecology of Exurbia
Planning, Environmental Management, and Landscape Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
This book is about politics and planning outside of cities, where urban political economy and planning theories do not account for the resilience of places that are no longer rural and where local communities work hard to keep from ever becoming urban. By examining exurbia as a type of place that...
by Andreas Faludi
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
Since its foundation the European Union has gradually developed policies that are aimed at achieving increased economic and social cohesion. This book examines the most recent of these, the concept of territorial cohesion.
Territorial cohesion is the pursuit of balanced development, competitiveness,...
The Government of Space (Routledge Revivals)
Town Planning in Modern Society
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Britain’s planning system began as ‘town and country planning’ to repair the ravages of unplanned industrialism and promote ideal environments for the future. Steering a course between left and right, public control and for-profit development, it survived successive booms and busts, broadening...
Routledge Revivals: Planning Games (1985)
Case Study Simulations in Land Management and Development
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
First published in 1985, this book presents seven games for use in the teaching and study of planning, urban studies or land administration. These simulations are all built on researched case studies and deal with a number of critical planning and developmental issues; for each one the book provides...
by Andy Thornley
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Globalization was the buzzword of the last decade. Advances in communication technology, computing and air travel have all contributed to the establishment of what has been referred to as a 'network society' that encompasses the globe. Such arguments clearly have a significance on planning - an activity...
Measuring Quality in Planning
Managing the Performance Process
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2004
This book deals with one of the current major debates in planning: how to measure the quality and effectiveness of the output of the planning process. It deals with issues of defining quality, public sector management, the use of indicators and the planning process. Although case study material is...
Planning Support Methods
Urban and Regional Analysis and Projection
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2018
Planning Support Methods offers the only practical guide to the key methods of urban and regional planning. The authors apply and critically assess the most important methods for demographic and economic analysis and projection and land suitability analysis, providing an essential resource for practicing...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
The Routledge Handbook of Institutions and Planning in Action contains a selection of 25 chapters prepared by specialized international scholars of urban planning and urban studies focusing on the question of how institutional innovation occurs in practices of action. The contributors share expertise...
European Tourism Planning and Organisation Systems
The EU Member States
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
This book provides a systematic, country-by-country analysis of tourism policy, planning and organisation in the EU. Its main objective is to explore 21st century policy responses to the global challenges shaping tourism planning and organisation systems in the EU. The book offers a new critical approach...