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  • Transport Matters

    Integrated Approaches to Planning City-Regions

    by Angela Hull ...
    Series series RTPI Library Series
    Addressing the principles of sustainability, spatial planning, integration, governance and accessibility of transport, this book focuses on the problem of providing efficient and low energy transport systems which serve the needs of everybody.It explores many of the new arguments, ideas and perceptions of mobility and accessibility in city-regions. Looking at evidence from Denmark, Sweden, The ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • New Principles in Planning Evaluation

    Series series Urban Planning and Environment
    This book provides recently developed and tested methods for assessing the strengths and weaknesses of planning and policy options. Several contributions focus on new substantive areas of concern in planning evaluation, including environmental justice and sustainable urban development. Applications of evaluation in several planning contexts are demonstrated, and special problems that these pose ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • The Governance of Place

    Space and Planning Processes

    Views on spatial planning and its role have changed significantly over the past few years and the issues it deals with have become increasingly more complex. There are more players involved in the development of a particular area or place than ever before and there is also a greater interest in urban design issues. There are also new ways of conceiving of place, space and society relations. It is ... Read more

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  • The Futures of the City Region

    Edited by Michael Neuman, Angela Hull ...
    Series series Regions and Cities
    Does the ‘city region’ constitute a new departure in urbanisation? If so, what are the key elements of that departure? The realities of the urban in the 21st century are increasingly complex and polychromatic. The rise of global networks enabled by supranational administrations, both governmental and corporate, strongly influences and structures the management of urban life. How we conceive the ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Evaluation for Participation and Sustainability in Planning

    Planning evaluation is required to establish the success of planning interventions – both of physical developments and new approaches. Yet this should not be a task undertaken purely by professionals without participation by those affected by the process and outcomes of the projects. This book provides case studies and advice on how to balance conservation with economic growth, the cost ... Read more

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    The Rise of an American Metropolis: Boston 1850-1900

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  • Climate Adaptation Santiago

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book addresses the complexity of urbanization, impacts of climate change and climate change adaptation for the metropolitan region of Santiago de Chile, with a special focus on the most pressing issues of natural hazards, water and energy supply. The book exemplifies a conceptual approach for the development of adaptation measures, their evaluation and implementation in a decision support ... Read more

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  • Local Cosmopolitanism

    Imagining and (Re-)Making Privileged Places

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book offers a unique perspective on cosmopolitanism, examining the ways it is constructed and reconstructed on the small scale in an ongoing process of matching the local with the global, a process entailing mutual transformation. Based on a wide range of literatures and a series of case studies, it analyzes the different versions and functions of cosmopolitanism and points to the need to ... Read more

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  • The Organization of Cities

    Initiative, ordinary life, and the good life

    by John R Miron ...
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  • Rural Planning from an Environmental Systems Perspective

    Edited by Frank B. Golley, Juan Bellot ...
    Series series Springer Series on Environmental Management
    Rural Planning from an Environmental Systems Perspective is directed toward graduate students and professionals, providing a source of information and concepts for those concerned with land and water policies and practice. It presents an integrated approach using practical and applicable models and methods. The book is based on almost twenty years of experience in teaching a course on rural ... Read more

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  • Natural Heritage from East to West

    Case studies from 6 EU countries

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    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 disasters and the effects of global climate change. These provoke the continuous ... Read more

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    Edited by Ayda Eraydin, Tuna Taşan-Kok ...
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