Regional Planning category: 486 books
The TVA Regional Planning and Development Program
The Transformation of an Institution and Its Mission
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a world-renowned model for regional planning and development. Based along the Tennessee River and its series of hydro-electric power stations, dams and reservoirs, the TVA development program envisioned a broad regional planning program. The program focused...
Urban and Regional Planning in India
A Handbook for Professional Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
The scope of professional practice in planning has now become very vast-in addition to traditional land-use planning at urban, regional and national levels, it includes development management; real-estate development; advice, arbitration and legal services; education and training; and research.
In...
Smart Evaluation and Integrated Design in Regional Development
Territorial Scenarios in Trentino, Italy
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Smart Evaluation and Integrated Design in Regional Development puts forward an alternative approach to evaluation in spatial planning - one that focuses on ’territory’ and ’landscape’. The book introduces an innovative evaluation approach, namely Territorial Integrated Evaluation (TIE), a...
by Neil Adams
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
The expansion of the European Union in 2004 has had significant consequences for both existing and new members of the Union. New member states are assimilating into a new institutional and policy framework, while the changing geography of Europe provides a different context for policy development...
by Stefanie Dühr, Claire Colomb, Vincent Nadin
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
There is a strong international dimension to spatial planning. European integration strengthens interconnections, development and decision-making across national and regional borders. EU policies in areas such as environment, transport, agriculture or regional policy have far-reaching effects on spatial...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
The Handbook of Local and Regional Development provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for local and regional development. The scope of this Handbook’s coverage and contributions engages with and reflects upon the politics and policy of how we think about and practise local and regional...
Governing Urban Regions Through Collaboration
A View from North America
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
With the demise of the Old Regionalist project of achieving good regional governance through amalgamation, voluntary collaboration has become the modus operandi of a large number of North American metropolitan regions. Although many researchers have become interested in regional collaboration and...
by Li Yu
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
While the Chinese planning system is vitally important to the rapid development which has been taking place over the past three decades, this is the first text to provide a comprehensive examination and critical evaluation of this system. It sets the current system in historical context and explains...
Participatory Rural Planning
Exploring Evidence from Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Participatory Rural Planning presents the argument that citizen participation in planning affairs transcends a rights-based legitimacy and an all too frequent perception of being mere consultation. Rather, it is part of a social learning process that can enhance the prospects for successful implementation,...
Urban and Regional Policy and Its Effects
Building Resilient Regions
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
The mission of the Urban and Regional Policy and Its Effects series is to inform policymakers, practitioners, and scholars about the effectiveness of select policy approaches, reforms, and experiments in addressing the key social and economic problems facing today's cities, suburbs, and metropolitan...
by Alan March
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Despite ongoing technical and professional advances, urban and regional planning is often far less effective than we might hope. Conflicting approaches and variable governmental settings have undermined planning’s legitimacy and allowed its goals to be eroded and co-opted in the face of mounting...
The Polycentric Metropolis
Learning from Mega-City Regions in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
A new 21st century urban phenomenon is emerging: the networked polycentric mega-city region. Developed around one or more cities of global status, it is characterized by a cluster of cities and towns, physically separate but intensively networked in a complex spatial division of labour. This book...
Nordic Experiences of Sustainable Planning
Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
For well over a decade, there has been a drive towards sustainability in planning throughout the Nordic countries. But are these countries experiencing a paradigm shift in planning research and practice with regards to sustainability? Or is the sustainability discourse leading them into an impasse...
Planning Cultures in Europe
Decoding Cultural Phenomena in Urban and Regional Planning
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Bringing together an interdisciplinary team from across the EU, this book connects elements of cultural and planning theories to explain differences and peculiarities among EU member states. A 'culturized planning model' is introduced to consider the 'rules of the game': how culture affects planning...