City Planning category: 1330 books
Megacities
Our Global Urban Future
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2013
As urbanization continues, and even accelerates, scientists estimate that by 2015 the world will have up to 60 ‘megacities’ – urban areas with more than five million inhabitants. With the irresistible economic attractions of urban centers, particularly in developing countries, making the influx...
by Yvonne Rydin
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Achieving urban sustainability is amongst the most pressing issues facing planners and governments. This book is the first to provide a cohesive analysis of sustainable urban development and to examine the processes by which change in how urban areas are built can be achieved. The author looks at...
The Creative Community Builder's Handbook
How to Transform Communities Using Local Assets, Arts, and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2006
Put the power of arts and culture to work in your community Part 1 of this unique guide distills research and emerging ideas behind culturally driven community development and explains key underlying principles. You'll understand the arts impact on community well-being and have the rationale for engaging...
Applied Geography
A World Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2013
Applied Geography, A World Perspective reviews progress in applied geography in different regions of the world. It does this through the eyes of an international panel of highly regarded academic practitioners. The book offers new prospects on the use of established approaches and explores exciting...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
This book guides architects, landscape designers, urban planners, agronomists and society on the implementation of sustainable rooftop farming projects. The interdisciplinary team of authors involved stresses the different approaches and the multi-faceted forms that rooftop farming may assume in any...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2014
Eurocorridors are characterized by intensive transport flows and dynamic patterns of establishment and household locations. They are also considered the backbones of powerful spatial and economic forces in the areas that connect urban regions. One of the main difficulties in the spatial planning of...
Sustainable Urban Development and Globalization
New strategies for new challenges—with a focus on the Global South
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
This book equips readers with a deeper understanding of the challenges posed by radical socioeconomic, environmental, and cultural changes due to globalization and describes effective, sustainable solutions to these challenges. The focus is especially on the rapid urbanization processes in countries...
Engaging with Cities of the Future
A Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Inefficient and uncompetitive cities inhibit economic growth and inclusive development. Integrated urban planning will help stem the decline of Asian and Pacific cities, spelling the difference between a future of gloom or glory in the region. The technical assistance Establishing the Future Cities...
Neighborhood Change and Neighborhood Action
The Struggle to Create Neighborhoods that Serve Human Needs
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
This book is an examination of neighborhood mobilization and engagement from the perspective of several disciplines: psychology, social work, political science, planning, and education. The essays included in the work examine both internal and external factors related to the ability of neighborhoods...
Political Barriers to Housebuilding in Britain
A Critical Case Study of Protectionism and its Industrial-Commercial Effects
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
Political Barriers to Housebuilding in Britain: A Critical Case Study of Protectionism and its Industrial-Commercial Effects
For decades, political barriers have hampered housebuilding in Britain. Governments have blocked urban expansion, stymied the introduction of new low-cost production...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
Latinos are one of the largest and fastest growing social groups in the United States, and their increased presence is profoundly shaping the character of urban, suburban, and rural places. This is a response to these developments and is the first book written for readers seeking to learn about, engage...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
The formation of transnational urban spaces is a relevant and challenging field of interdisciplinary research, which deserves much more debate in order to deepen our understanding of generating and restructuring urban spaces under conditions of contemporary globalisation processes. This edited collection...
by Nan Ellin
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Integral Urbanism is an ambitious and forward-looking theory of urbanism that offers a new model of urban life. Nan Ellin's model stands as an antidote to the pervasive problems engendered by modern and postmodern urban planning and architecture: sprawl, anomie, a pervasive culture - and architecture...
by Qianqing Mai, Maria Francesch-Huidobro
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
In the last thirty years, China has experienced rapid economic development and urbanisation which has resulted in high levels of environmental degradation and has put considerable pressure on the country’s infrastructure and natural resources. As China commits to considerably lower the carbon intensity...