Urban Regional category: 846 books

Since the early 1950s East Asia (China, Taiwan and South Korea) and South-East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam) have, despite war and other challenges, managed to transform the lives of their people, whereas South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) has lagged behind....

The world has still to emerge fully from the housing-triggered Global Financial Crisis, but housing crises are not new. The history of housing shows long-run social progress, littered with major disasters; nevertheless the progress is often forgotten, whilst the difficulties hit the headlines. Housing...

Supply of sufficient clean drinking water is often taken for granted, but it requires a considerable technical and financial effort to ensure reliable and economic water supply. This volume presents an up-to-date overview of water supply management and aims at efficient management of water supply...

This book discusses existing and future global problems of physical, chemical, biological and societal origins faced by increasingly populated cities and mega-cities, and options to mitigate or eliminate them. In nine chapters, the book focuses on rehabilitation and redevelopment projects aimed at...

Entrepreneurial Seoulite might be read as a memoir on Hongdae based on the author’s observations as a member of South Korea’s Generation X. During the 1990’s, Hongdae became widely known as a cool place associated with discourses on alternative music, independent labels, and club culture. Today,...

Devant la forte pression foncière qui s’exerce sur les métropoles, les professionnels de l’aménagement se tournent vers des espaces oubliés, voire rejetés par les promoteurs du développement urbain: les ponts et les viaducs.

Telling the story of Australia as it is today, Gabrielle Chan has gone hyper-local. In Rusted Off, she looks to her own rural community's main street for answers to the big questions driving voters. Why are we so fed up with politics? Why are formerly rusted-on country voters deserting major parties...

Per quale alchimia alcune città sono amate, belle e governabili, e altre no? E quali saranno le caratteristiche delle realtà comunali nei prossimi anni? La città del futuro, la Next Polis, sarà partecipata, coesa, produttiva ed estesa a patto che si recuperi una visione ideale che parta dal vissuto...

Il volume raccoglie una serie di contributi che illustrano e analizzano il primo anno di vita della Città metropolitana di Milano, costituitasi nel gennaio del 2015. Vengono in particolare esaminate le prospettive e potenzialità di sviluppo economico e territoriale dell'area metropolitana e le aspettative...

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El Manual de Presupuesto Municipal para Concejales, contiene los aspectos básicos que se deben conocer sobre lo que es un presupuesto, los principios que lo rigen y las indicaciones a tener en cuenta al momento de estudiar y aprobar el proyecto de presupuesto que un Alcalde presenta a consideración...