City Planning Urban Development category: 1330 books
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Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2016
Urban Regeneration is widely discussed but less widely understood. Fully revised with important new policy, case studies and international analysis, the Second Edition of Urban Regeneration will correct that. The 16 chapters, written by leading experts, are organised into four sections:
The Context...
Urban Living Labs
Experimenting with City Futures
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
All cities face a pressing challenge – how can they provide economic prosperity and social cohesion while achieving environmental sustainability? In response, new collaborations are emerging in the form of urban living labs – sites devised to design, test and learn from social and technical innovation...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
A comprehensive update, the fourth edition of this leading text features numerous chapters by new authors addressing the latest trends and topics in the field. The book presents the foundational concepts and methodological tools that readers need in order to engage with today's pressing urban transportation...
The Development of an Integrated Planning and Decision Support System (IPDSS) for Land Consolidation
The Development of an Integrated Planning and Decision Support System (IPDSS) for Land Consolidation
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
This book provides an extensive review of three interrelated issues: land fragmentation, land consolidation, and land reallocation, and it presents in detail the theoretical background, design, development and application of a prototype integrated planning and decision support system for land consolidation....
by Čedo Maksimović, Mathew Kurian, Reza Ardakanian
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
As we approach a historic tipping point in the global trend toward urbanisation – within two decades urban dwellers will increase from 49% to 60% of the planet’s population – this book identifies and addresses a critical problem: water. The editors show how cities can shift from being water...
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods in Singapore
The Convergence of Policies, Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2019
This book examines how institutional and environmental features in neighbourhoods can contribute to social resilience, highlighting the related socio-demographic issues, as well as the infrastructure, planning, design and policies issues. It is divided into three themes – infrastructure, planning,...
by Chad Frederick
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
In this thought-provoking work, author and urban planning expert Chad Frederick scrutinizes the use of automobiles in cities, investigating its role in exacerbating urban inequalities and thwarting sustainability of modern society. Through a comprehensive, thoughtful discussion, Frederick illustrates...
by R. A. Singh
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
The Planning Commission is an institution in the Government of India, which formulates India’s Five-Year Plans, among other functions. Rudimentary economic planning, deriving the sovereign authority of the state, first initiated in India in 1938 by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose when he was the Congress...
Condo Conquest
Urban Governance, Law, and Condoization in New York City and Toronto
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
When condominiums first emerged in North American cities in the 1960s, they were a new kind of housing governed by boards of resident owners volunteering in a community. Condo Conquest shows how the condo and its inner governance have since become something else entirely, taken over – or conquered...
Geographies of Disruption
Place Making for Innovation in the Age of Knowledge Economy
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
This book looks at the uncharted territory between innovation activities and place making efforts to cultivate them. ‘Geographies of Disruption’ aims to fill that gap by exploring the growing importance of place making for knowledge generation and innovation activities in contemporary cities,...
Green Technologies and Infrastructure to Enhance Urban Ecosystem Services
Proceedings of the Smart and Sustainable Cities Conference 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019
These proceedings of the Smart and Sustainable Cities Conference (SSC) in Moscow from May 23 to 26, 2018 addresses important questions regarding the global trend of urbanization. What are the environmental consequences of megacities’ expansion? What smart solutions can make life in cities safe,...
by Buzz Bissinger
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Friday Night Lights, the heart-wrenching and hilarious true story of an American city on its knees and a man who will do anything to save it.
A Prayer for the City is acclaimed journalist Buzz Bissinger's true epic of Philadelphia mayor Ed Rendell,...
The Public Wealth of Cities
How to Unlock Hidden Assets to Boost Growth and Prosperity
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
How to leverage existing resources to meet the current and future needs of cities
Crumbling streets and bridges. Poorly performing schools and inadequate social services. These are common complaints in cities, which too often struggle just to keep the lights on, much less make the long-term...
by Sadhu Aufochs Johnston, Julia Parzen, Steven S. Nicholas
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Superstorm Sandy sent a strong message that a new generation of urban development and infrastructure is desperately needed, and it must be designed with resilience in mind. As cities continue to face climate change impacts while growing in population, they find themselves at the center of resilience...