Housing Urban Development category: 85 books

La ordenación territorial y urbanística son funciones públicas no susceptibles de transacción, que organizan y definen el uso del territorio y del suelo de acuerdo con el interés general. La protección de la ordenación del territorio antes del Código Penal de 1995 se establecía únicamente...

This collection of critical essays considers the criminalisation of squatting from a range of different theoretical, policy and practice perspectives. While the practice of squatting has long been criminalised in some jurisdictions, the last few years have witnessed the emergence of a newly constituted...

La presente obra constituye una herramienta docente para facilitar al alumnado el estudio y comprensión de los contenidos fundamentales de la asignatura "Derecho Urbanístico y Ambiental" impartida en el Grado en Derecho. Se abordan las dos materias que tanto tienen que ver, de forma conjunta,...

Law and the City offers a lateral, critical and often unexpected description of some of the most important cities in the world, including Moscow, Istanbul, Berlin, Singapore, Athens, Mexico City, Toronto, Sydney, Johannesburg: each one from a distinctive legal perspective. An invaluable 'guide'...

This book is a collection of essays honouring and engaging with the work of the late Professor Patrick McAuslan. It is a collection that narrates, analyses and critiques McAuslan’s contributions, as well as offering substantive perspectives on how his work has impacted the legal fields in which...

Con el propósito de dar elementos para la reflexión sobre el diseño urbano, desde la dimensión arquitectónico-espacial y acudiendo a otras disciplinas relacionadas con el urbanismo para encontrar un balance entre la práctica y la teoría, Dieter Frick propone una mirada comprometida tanto con...

Une ville intelligente ne se résume pas à la seule présence de réseaux sans fil ou d’applications pour téléphones mobiles. Ce concept à la mode, qui n’a jamais été clairement défini, repose aussi sur un développement économique durable misant sur une saine gestion des ressources naturelles,...

Planeta de ciudades, de Shlomo Angel, es un destacado estudio que combina una historia nueva y ambiciosa del crecimiento urbano mundial con un conjunto de recomendaciones de política sorprendentemente simple y convincente. El libro sugiere que algunas de las políticas de planeación que se aceptan...

Rights of Passage: Sidewalks and the Regulation of Public Flow documents a powerful and under-researched form of urban governance that focuses on pedestrian flow. This logic, which Nicholas Blomley terms 'pedestrianism', values public space not in terms of its aesthetic merits, or its success in promoting...

Examining what has always been America's largest industry, this helpful handbook analyzes the recent transformation of real estate investment and identifies the leadership attributes necessary for executives and board chairs as they guide their businesses through profound change.

Tax increment financing (TIF) is a method of financing the redevelopment of underperforming property by isolating the value added to the property from a proposed redevelopment (the increment) and taxing that increment only to pay for the redevelopment project. Virtually every state authorizes tax...

Inspecting and Diagnosing Disrepair provides housing officers, surveyors, landlords, tenants, lawyers and environmental health inspectors with the essential information they need to record, diagnose and remedy disrepair. Pat Reddin presents technical information methodically, including useful diagrams...

Infrastructure projects sometimes physically displace households and disrupt income sources and livelihoods. The Asian Development Bank offers several good governance practices to its borrowers to minimize such adverse impacts, especially since the absorption of such best practices by countries is...

Completely updated guide to the laws governing homeowners associations in Florida. Cross-referenced to the latest Florida statutes, this book covers everything from creating and maintaining a budget to conducting productive meetings. Includes 27 forms that can be adapted to any association.