City Planning Urban Development category: 1330 books
Smart Cities, Digital Nations
Building Smart Cities in Emerging Countries and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
Twenty-first century life, for most people, will be an urban experience. As millions migrate to cities in search of opportunity and connection, our conception of how a city runs, uses resources and manages public services must change. The city itself must be reimagined as a matrix of functions and...
Roads to Prosperity
Economic Development Lessons from Midsize Canadian Cities
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
Roads to Prosperity: Economic Development Lessons from Midsize Canadian Cities explores the relative prosperity of midsize Canadian urban areas (population 50,000 to 400,000) over the past two decades. Communities throughout North America have strived for decades to maintain and enhance the prosperity...
Spatial Planning and Urban Development in the New EU Member States
From Adjustment to Reinvention
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Accession to the EU in May 2004 was a historic milestone for the spatial and urban development of the new member states. Meanwhile, the social and economic transition during the pre-accession phase already brought about radical changes in national urban systems and new challenges for regional development....
Smart Growth and Sustainable Development
Selected Papers from the 9th International Association for China Planning Conference, Chongqing, China, June 19 - 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2016
This book explores how to tackle the challenges of urbanization through international lessons in sustainable development and smart growth strategies. As readers will discover, smart growth offers an approach to urbanization with the aim to: improve the efficiency of land use, protect the natural and...
Production and Use of Urban Knowledge
European Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
This book provides new insights on cities and the nature of urban development, and the role of knowledge management in urban growth. It considers how knowledge informs policies and supports decision making, and can assist in addressing the drivers of urban change. The way that knowledge is produced...
Sustainable City and Creativity
Promoting Creative Urban Initiatives
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
The notion of 'creative cities' - where cultural activities and creative and cultural industries play a crucial role in supporting urban creativity and contributing to the new creative economy - has become central to most regional and urban development strategies in recent years. A creative city is...
The Power of Planning
Spaces of Control and Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The book addresses critically the question: "What is the societal impact of urban and regional planning?". It begins with a theoretical discussion and then analyses, through a series of case studies, the intentions, contents, struggles and consequences of urban and regional planning. It...
Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 5
Urban Geology, Sustainable Planning and Landscape Exploitation
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2014
This book is one out of 8 IAEG XII Congress volumes, and deals with the theme of urban geology. Along with a rapidly growing world population, the wave of urban growth continues, causing cities to swell and new metropolitan centers to emerge. These global trends also open new ventures for underground...
Assorted City
Equity, Justice, and Politics in Urban Services Delivery
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2015
A rare piece of research on the game of urban services delivery in an Indian metropolis.
Assorted City makes an important contribution to urban planning discourses in India by offering an in-depth conceptual and theoretical insight to address theory–practice dichotomy. A unique...
Smart Cities, Smart Future
Showcasing Tomorrow
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
Are you curious about smart cities? You should be! By mid-century, two-thirds of us will live in cities. The world of tomorrow will be a world of cities. But will they be smart cities? Smart cities are complex blends of technologies, systems and services designed and orchestrated to help people lead...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2018
Recent advances in information and communication technologies have enhanced the standards of metropolitan planning and development. With the increase in mobile communication, this will help to deliver innovative new services and apps in the field of urban e-planning. New Approaches, Methods, and Tools...
Myanmar
Urban Development and Water Sector Assessment, Strategy and Road Map
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
This publication documents the current assessment and strategic investment priorities for the urban development and water sector in Myanmar. It highlights sector performance, priority development constraints, plans and strategies, past support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and experience,...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The term "Green City" has many different meanings to different people. There is no universal solution that can be applied to every city. Adaptable, responsive, and innovative solutions that differ from one place to another enable Green Cities to emerge in various forms and enable us to recognize...
Planning and LGBTQ Communities
The Need for Inclusive Queer Spaces
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Although the last decade has seen steady progress towards wider acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals, LGBTQ residential and commercial areas have come under increasing pressure from gentrification and redevelopment initiatives. As a result many of these...