City Planning Urban Development category: 1330 books
Traditional Wisdom and Modern Knowledge for the Earth’s Future
Lectures Given at the Plenary Sessions of the International Geographical Union Kyoto Regional Conference, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
The title of this book, Traditional Wisdom and Modern Knowledge for the Earth’s Future, is from the theme of the 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference of the International Geographical Union. Over the past few decades, globalization has strengthened connections among countries and regions of the world...
Natural Heritage from East to West
Case studies from 6 EU countries
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
Cumulative global transformations, occurring daily, affect important aspects of our life. Characteristic cultural and natural heritage, including sites of priceless value, is under constant threat. There are growing pressures, of both natural and human origin, such as wars, con icts, natural or technological...
by Muhammad Abd al-Hameed
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
The book gives a comprehensive plan for eradication of poverty in Pakistan. (With necessary modifications, it can work also in other poor countries.) It offers answers to all questions:
How will lifetime occupancy of housing and buildings replace ownership? How will the new system generate regular...
Spatiality, Sovereignty and Carl Schmitt
Geographies of the Nomos
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
The writings of Carl Schmitt are now indissociable from both an historical period and a contemporary moment. He will forever be remembered for his association with the National Socialists of 1930s Germany, and as the figure whose writings on sovereignty, politics, and the law provided justification...
Paradoxes of Modernization
Unintended Consequences of Public Policy Reform
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2010
This book explores the unintended and unanticipated effects associated with 'modernization' projects and tackles the key question that they provoke - why do policy-makers persist in such enterprises in the face of evidence that they tend to fail? Paradoxes of Modernization first discusses what is...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
This book explores expertise relevant for two working groups of NeDiMAH, a European Science Foundation (ESF) funded Research Networking Programme. It examines mapping methods, procedures, tools, criticism, awareness, challenges and solutions around the concepts of “Space and Time” and “Information...
Neon Metropolis
How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
China and Orientalism
Western Knowledge Production and the PRC
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
This book argues that there is a new, Sinological form of orientalism at work in the world. It has shifted from a logic of ‘essential difference’ to one of ‘sameness’ or general equivalence. "China" is now in a halting but inevitable process of becoming-the-same as the USA and the...
Lifeboat Cities
Making a New World
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Hopeful and provocative, this accountconsiders the principle social and ecological threats facing Australia and outlines the ways in which these crises need to be confronted and addressed. Taking a radical approach to climate change prevention, this bold manifesto claims that Australia’s current...
by The Hertie School of Governance
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
The promise of an ever-closer union that has guided Europe from the Treaty of Rome to the present time rests on the evolution of democratic governance to meet the many challenges that European communities face. Now after years of managing the financial and fiscal crises, the European Union has to...
Where We Live
Communities for All Ages: 100+ Inspiring Ideas from America's Community Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
"Whatever our age, we all want the same things: safe, affordable housing and transportation options; good health for ourselves, our loved ones and our environment; opportunities to learn, support our families and enjoy our lives; a connection with our neighbors and a government that is responsive...
Highway Infrastructure and the Economy
Implications for Federal Policy
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
To inform debate on a new transportation bill being considered, the authors review the literature on the economic outcomes of highway infrastructure spending, which constitutes the largest share of federal spending on transportation infrastructure. They highlight the connections between highway spending...
Managing Geo-Based Challenges
World-Wide Case Studies and Sustainable Local Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
This book provides sound conceptual understanding of the current approach to management and decision making regarding geo-based challenges in developing countries that tend to suffer from information poverty and subjectivity and are reactive. The book also provides the necessary technical tools to...
Tohoku Recovery
Challenges, Potentials and Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2014
The March 11 disaster in 2011, known as the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, caused extensive damage in various sectors. Through the recovery process, special lessons are being learned and applied in the affected region. This book attempts to draw lessons from different issues and sectors...