Regional and area planning Books

From Yellowstone to the Great Smoky Mountains, America's national parks are sprawling tracts of serenity, most of them carved out of public land for recreation and preservation around the turn of the last century. America has changed dramatically since...

In the last twenty years, urban centers worldwide have experienced enormous booms and busts as real-estate developers, financial institutions, and public officials first poured resources into physical redevelopment, then watched as the market collapsed...

People around the world associate the "universal dream of home ownership" with an unprecedented improvement in quality of life. But there is a war on this dream, the result of policies that seek to control urban sprawl or suburbanization. The proponents...

In the history of New Orleans, there are those who make policy and those who are forced to live by policy. To help balance the scales, Voice of the Poor: Citizen Participation Informing Public Policy for Rebuilding New Orleans focuses on low-income...

In this volume Drucker has collected twelve essays on technology and management and their relationship to, and interaction with, human society. In these essays the reader is able to grasp and savour some of the essential ideas and philosophy that have...

With the vast majority of academic theory on tourism based on 'Western' tourists, Asia on Tour illustrates why the rapid growth of travel for leisure and recreation in Asia demands a reappraisal of how tourism is analyzed and understood. Examining...

The European Union is now entering a crucial phase as the ratification process accelerates and key debates and referenda take place in existing and potentially new member states. The Union's Constitutional treaty is often cast as either a blueprint for...

The bestselling author of The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy and 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About Science explores the science and technology behind the cities of today, offering a "things-to-come" look at the cities of tomorrow.

How are responses to urban policy challenges affected by new ideas about governance? How can we explain the governance transformations that result? And what are the consequences for democracy? This wide-ranging study of three European cities -...

This volume brings a plurality of approaches -- from political economic to Foucauldian -- to bear on the broad range of contestations around urban neoliberalism. The contributors explore the range of resistant agency and reveal the heterogeneity of...

Studies of the global political economy have rarely engaged with development in the Caribbean, the thought of its indigenous intellectuals, or the non-sovereign territories of the region. Matthew Bishop compares the development of the independent...

Focusing on transboundary river systems and their basins, the authors explore the fresh water crisis of Himalayan Asia. While the region hosts some of the world's mightiest rivers, it is also home to rapidly modernizing, increasingly affluent, and...

Elizabeth Spencer has published critically acclaimed fiction for over forty years. Yet in many respects, Spencer's work has existed largely on the margins of the southern canon, whose rigid boundaries cannot easily accommodate her shifting vision of-and...

All over Southeast Asia, rural communities are in transition to a sustainable status. This book explores how an environmentally fragile upland community in rural Philippines coped with and responded to economic and environmental tensions brought about by...

This is a three-part project concerning methods for the study of political semantics -how the 'meaning' of political concepts is represented and organized in memory and implications for political attitudes and behavior. The first chapter proposes a...

This book is a bold attempt to tackle a broad, difficult and important topic: sustainability in construction. At the outset, it marshals a large amount of insights and understanding from prior literature to bear on the focused topic. Given the...

The 1990s have seen some remarkable changes in geographical information (GI) provision and computer technology that have impacted on many of the activities that constitute planning in all its different forms. However, ...

This study contends that proper urban environmental management strategies are vital to the sustainable development of cities in any country. It demonstrates that cities as drivers of sustainable development can be positive forces in support of social...

When the first community land trusts (CLTs) began appearing in the United States during the 1970s, all were located in rural areas. By the 1980s and 1990s, this innovative form of tenure was spreading into cities, suburbs, and towns. Homeownership...

This book addresses how institutional and diplomatic rituals shaped the European Union's sanction of Hamas after the latter's success in the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections. Through a lens of performance and performativity it explains how...

'Rethinking Parking' provides a pathway to a better parking/place balance and access to destinations worth visiting. It is valuable reading for students and professionals engaged in transport, planning, urban access and design.

This book documents food-insecurity in urban communities across the United States and asks the question whether emerging urban food and agriculture initiatives can address the food security needs of American city dwellers.

Hunter and Whitman's work examines the principles and practices of civic science, with a focus on its application in local communities. Filled with practical advice and case studies, this book provides a valuable resource for anyone interested in...

This book provides a detailed analysis of municipal ownership in Great Britain. It covers everything from the historical origins of municipal ownership to practical examples of how it is currently being used. It is an essential resource for anyone...

This book is a report issued by the United States Country Life Commission, which was established to examine the challenges facing rural communities and to make recommendations for improving life in the countryside. The report covers topics such as rural...

The worldwide financial crisis has sent shock-waves of accelerated economic restructuring, regulatory reorganization and sociopolitical conflict through cities around the world. It has also given new impetus to the struggles of urban social movements...

Foreword--Richard T. T. Forman * Preface * Acknowledgments * Contributors * Section I. Introduction. * Central Concepts and Issues of Landscape Ecology--John A. Wiens. * Central Concepts and Issues of Biological Conservation--Richard L. Knight and...

This book focuses on the historical and contemporary responses of urban authorities to disaster and terrorism and what this means for citizens and society.

From an institutional perspective, the book carries out comparative analysis of 'the power of the purse.' It explores cross-national differences, their determinants and their impact on fiscal policy. The empirical analysis is based on a dataset of...

Sutton, Kemp, and their contributors demonstrate the importance of place as a site of oppression and transformation, offering placemaking strategies that agents of change in a variety of disciplines can use in working with youth and adults. Their essays...

""A Plan for Civic Improvement for the City of Oakland, California"" is a book written by Charles Mulford Robinson in 1906. The book outlines a comprehensive plan for the improvement of the city of Oakland, California, with a focus on urban planning,...

A New Municipal Program is a book written by Clinton Rogers Woodruff in 1919. The book discusses the need for reform in municipal government and proposes a new program to achieve this goal. Woodruff argues that the current system of municipal government...

Rethinking Urban Transitions provides critical insight for societal and policy debates about the potential and limits of low carbon urbanism. It draws on over a decade of international research, undertaken by scholars across multiple disciplines...

This report details the findings of an investigation into the financial practices of the city of Chicago. Merriam and his team analyzed data on city revenues and expenditures to identify areas where improvements could be made to increase efficiency and...

This groundbreaking work provides a critical analysis of the complex legal and economic arrangements that regulate the use of public space by private corporations in American cities. Drawing on extensive research and personal experience, the author...

Un'opera di statistica scritta nel XIX secolo da Agostino Perini, un economista italiano noto per i suoi studi sulla demografia e sull'agricoltura. Il libro raccoglie una vasta quantità di dati sull'economia e sulla società del Trentino, con particolare...

The London Programme is a comprehensive examination of the economic and political landscape of London. Exploring subjects ranging from labor conditions to social reform, Webb provides a thought-provoking analysis of the city that was the heart of the...

This book is a government report on the state of infrastructure, economic development, and public works in the Dominican Republic. It covers a wide range of topics, from transportation and energy to education and health. While this book may be of limited...

This book explores the complex issue of urban development in Cairo's informal neighbourhoods. It sheds light on the ways in which authoritarianism and urbanization are intertwined, and suggests some possible solutions to the problems that arise.This work...

Rudolph Gneist diskutiert in diesem Werk die Idee des modernen Staates im 19. Jahrhundert. Insbesondere beschäftigt er sich mit der Verwaltung und Regulierung auf regionaler Ebene, was damals als Kreis bezeichnet wurde. Ein wichtiger Beitrag zur...

Este libro presenta el diario de los debates del Congreso de México. Es una obra de referencia indispensable para aquellos interesados en la política y la historia del país.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is...