Regional Planning category: 486 books
Contesting Rurality
Politics in the British Countryside
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Rural issues have gained national prominence in Britain in recent years. The future of hunting, the Foot and Mouth outbreak, farm income and agricultural reform and housing development have all claimed political and media attention, promoted by a vocal rural lobby and headline-grabbing protests and...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
The European nation state is now placed between the interconnected processes of globalization and European integration. This new book examines these evolving relationships, showing how the conventional territorial basis of the state is being reappraised.
Bringing together leading thinkers on...
European Union
Power and policy-making
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
A key textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students of contemporary European politics, European Union: Power and policy-making 4th edition offers a comprehensive and accessible analysis of the European Union policy process.
Intended to advance understanding of the EU as a now mature...
Resilience & the City
Change, (Dis)Order and Disaster
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Following the turbulent events of the first few years of the 21st century, the growth of new security and disaster measures have led to significant changes to urban design and the management of urban space. This book blends the genealogical method of Foucault with the theory of rhythms by Lefebvre...
Implementing Sustainable Development
From Global Policy to Local Action
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2004
Implementing Sustainable Development focuses on the challenge of turning international commitments and policy promises into action. Using examples and cases from around the U.S. and around the world, it examines the successful and failed efforts designed to address the social, environmental, and economic...
Understanding the European Constitution
An Introduction to the EU Constitutional Treaty
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2005
The European Union is now entering a crucial phase as the ratification process accelerates and key debates and referenda take place in existing and potentially new member states.
The Union’s Constitutional treaty is often cast as either a blueprint for a centralized and protectionist super-state...
by Susan M. Opp
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
'Sustainable development' is a key issue of concern to urban planners across the globe. How it is defined, implemented and measured at the local level remains highly contested and subject to a wide range of external cultural, political and economic pressures. Bringing together leading experts from...
Place Reinvention
Northern Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Through an interdisciplinary range of case studies from across the Northern rim of Europe, this volume shows how place reinvention as a concept affects not only global cities but also marginal regions. Linking place reinvention to the economic, the symbolic and the political production of space, the...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
The Southeast Europe and Black Sea region presents fertile terrain for examining recent international migration trends. The contributions to this book cover a range of examples, from Ukraine and Moldova in the north, to Greece and Albania in the south. By intersecting the three key concepts of migration,...
Governing for the Future
Designing Democratic Institutions for a Better Tomorrow
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
This book is about governing well for the future. It investigates the nature of, and the conditions for, prudent long-term democratic governance in a dynamic, complex, and uncertain world, the reasons why such governance is politically challenging, and how such challenges can best be tackled. In particular,...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Studies in Public and Non-Profit Governance (SPNPG) publishes double-blind peer reviewed articles in a growing area of governance research. The series focuses on the 'micro' level of governance in public and non-profit sector. Compared to the wider debate on corporate governance in the private sector...
by Riki Therivel, Maria Rosario Paridario
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
The practical application of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is becoming increasingly common. A growing number of SEAs are being undertaken around the world, and several countries have issued guidance on how these should be carried out. However, few countries as yet have formal SEA regulations,...
Policy Transfer in European Union Governance
Regulating the Utilities
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2007
This new book presents a clear conceptual framework for understanding the transfer of policy ideas between EU states, together with an empirical study of regulatory change within European utilities.
Policy transfer is a new instrument for understanding EU policy-making. This volume shows how...
China Watching
Perspectives from Europe, Japan and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
China Watching analyzes the state of European, Japanese and American scholarship on China over the last decade. The international team of contributors explore the main subjects and trends in research being done on contemporary Chinese politics, economy, foreign affairs and security studies. They contrast...