City Planning Urban Development category: 1330 books
by Isolde Brade, Konstantin Axenov, Evgenij Bondarchuk
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
In the years since 1989, the societies of Russia and Eastern Europe have undergone a remarkable transformation from socialism to democracy and free market capitalism. Making an important contribution to the theoretical literature of urbanism and post-communist transition, this significant book considers...
Strengthening Functional Urban Regions in Azerbaijan
National Urban Assessment 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
This publication helps guide investment planning and financing across key urban infrastructure sectors of Azerbaijan to improve the performance of cities---with a focus on economy, equity, and environment. The National Urban Assessment for Azerbaijan is among a series prepared by the Asian Development Bank for selected developing countries under its Urban Operational Plan 2012–2020).
State of the World's Cities 2010/11
Cities for All: Bridging the Urban Divide
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2010
The world's urban population now exceeds the world's rural population. What does this mean for the state of our cities, given the strain this global demographic shift is placing upon current urban infrastructures? Following on from previous State of the World's Cities reports, this edition uses the...
City Competitiveness and Improving Urban Subsystems
Technologies and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Cities are becoming the wealth producing centers of national economies. Increasing the operational efficiency of the city will bring a competitive edge to the whole system. Yet, many city subsystems cannot work together, creating significant problems and inefficiencies. City Competitiveness and Improving...
Digital Urban Acupuncture
Human Ecosystems and the Life of Cities in the Age of Communication, Information and Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
This book explores the possibility to observe the lives of cities through ubiquitous information obtained through social networks, sensors and other sources of data and information, and the ways in which this possibility describes a new form of Public Space, which can be used to define new forms of...
Reducing Disaster Risk by Managing Urban Land Use
Guidance Notes for Planners
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
This publication provides guidance for urban planners on how to use land use management-related tools they have at their disposal---land use planning, development control instruments, greenfield development, and urban redevelopment---to reduce disaster risk and contribute to strengthening urban resilience...
Greening Berlin
The Co-Production of Science, Politics, and Urban Nature
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
How plant and animal species conservation became part of urban planning in Berlin, and how the science of ecology contributed to this change.
Although nature conservation has traditionally focused on the countryside, issues of biodiversity protection also appear on the political agendas of...
by Un-Habitat
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
The future is urban. Indeed, the battle for sustainable development will be won or lost in cities. Not a moment too soon, then, that urbanization is suddenly at the centre of global policy making. In 2015 the governments of the UN adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and in 2016 they...
A Study on Globalizing Cities
Theoretical Frameworks and China's Modes
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
A Study on Globalizing Cities is the latest masterpiece by Zhou Zhenhua, a famous Chinese economist, who closely tracks the theoretical study of global cities and is actively engaged in the strategic research of Shanghai's development.
With rich empirical data and an in-depth analysis, this...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
The book aims at nurturing theoretic reflection on the city and the territory and working out and applying methods and techniques for improving our physical and social landscapes. The main issue is developed around the projectual dimension, with the objective of visualising both the city and the territory...
by William SW Lim
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Over the past few decades, rapid urbanisation has threatened to erode public space, especially in emerging economies. Market forces that prioritise profit generation are allowed to construct venues of consumption in its place. Though their physical appearance may resemble traditional public space,...
Design After Decline
How America Rebuilds Shrinking Cities
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Almost fifty years ago, America's industrial cities—Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Baltimore, and others—began shedding people and jobs. Today they are littered with tens of thousands of abandoned houses, shuttered factories, and vacant lots. With population and housing losses continuing in...
Failed Olympic Bids and the Transformation of Urban Space
Lasting Legacies?
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
This book evaluates why cities choose to bid for the Olympics, why Olympic bids fail, and whether cities can benefit from failed bids. Attention is shifted away from host cities (or winners), to consider the impact of the bidding process on urban development in losing cities. Oliver and Lauermann...
Human Smart Cities
Rethinking the Interplay between Design and Planning
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
Within the most recent discussion on smart cities and the way this vision is affecting urban changes and dynamics, this book explores the interplay between planning and design both at the level of the design and planning domains’ theories and practices.
Urban transformation is widely recognized...