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Policy, Planning, and People
Promoting Justice in Urban Development
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
The contributors of Policy, Planning, and People argue for the promotion of social equity and quality of life by designing and evaluating urban policies and plans. Edited by Naomi Carmon and Susan S. Fainstein, the volume features original essays by leading authorities in the field of urban planning...
by Professor Stephen Ward
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2004
Fully revised and thoroughly updated, the Second Edition of Planning and Urban Change provides an accessible yet richly detailed account of British urban planning.
Stephen Ward demonstrates how urban planning can be understood through three categories: ideas - urban planning history as the...
Planning for Wicked Problems
A Planner's Guide to Land Use Law
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
Efforts to teach students pursuing graduate degrees in urban and regional planning are often frustrated by the "case books" that have been prepared for use by law professors teaching similar courses. Dawn Jourdan and Eric J. Strauss have attempted to take their concerns to heart in the...
Planning Sustainable Cities
An infrastructure-based approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Planning Sustainable Cities: An infrastructure-based approach provides an analytical framework for urban sustainability, focusing on the services and performance of infrastructure systems.
The book approaches infrastructure as a series of systems that function in synergy and are directly linked...
Fair Shared Cities
The Impact of Gender Planning in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Bringing together a diverse team of leading scholars and professionals, this book offers a variety of insights into ongoing gender mainstreaming policies in Europe with a focus on urban/spatial planning. Gender mainstreaming was first legislated for in the European Union with the Treaty of Amsterdam...
by James Lange
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
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Research Design in Urban Planning
A Student's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
"This excellent book fills a significant gap in the literature supporting planning education by providing clear, succinct advice on the design and implementation of small-scale student research projects."
- Chris Couch, Professor of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool
"A perfect...
Encounters in Planning Thought
16 Autobiographical Essays from Key Thinkers in Spatial Planning
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
Encounters in Planning Thought builds on the intellectual legacy of spatial planning through essays by leading scholars from around the world, including John Friedmann, Peter Marcuse, Patsy Healey, Andreas Faludi, Judith Innes, Rachelle Alterman and many more. Each author provides a fascinating and...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
2018 IPHS Special Book Prize Award Recipient
The Routledge Handbook of Planning History offers a comprehensive interdisciplinary overview of planning history since its emergence in the late 19th century, investigating the history of the discipline, its core writings, key people, institutions,...
The Most Segregated City in America"
City Planning and Civil Rights in Birmingham, 1920–1980
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
One of Planetizen’s Top Ten Books of 2006
"But for Birmingham," Fred Shuttleworth recalled President John F. Kennedy saying in June 1963 when he invited black leaders to meet with him, "we would not be here today." Birmingham is well known for its civil rights history, particularly for the...
by Denis Clifford
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2009
Estate planning rules explained in one quick read! Estate Planning Basics provides concise, straightforward, and easy-to-read explanations of the major components of estate planning, so that you don't have to spend hours wading through endless options (most of which apply to the wealthy). Learn about:...
Creative Approaches to Planning and Local Development
Insights from Small and Medium-Sized Towns in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
This book project highlights creative approaches to planning and local development. The dynamic complexity, diversity and fluidity which characterize contemporary society represent challenges for planning and development endeavours. While research and policy work has extensively focused on large cities...
by Parviz F. Rad, Vittal S. Anantatmula
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
A Comprehensive Framework for Project Planning in Any Industry!
Project Planning Techniques is a comprehensive reference for project managers in any discipline, outlining the latest proven-effective methods based on solid research. Blending practical experience with academic rigor, this authoritative...
Public Participation as a Tool for Integrating Local Knowledge into Spatial Planning
Planning, Participation, and Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
This book provides a state of the art approach to participatory planning, and generates innovative thought in planning theory and knowledge study. The book introduces a new conceptual framework for participatory planning, one which redefines concepts that have been taken for granted for too long:...