Urban and municipal planning and policy Books

The social and economic systems of any country are influenced by a range of factors. As the global population grows in developing nations, it has become essential to examine the effects of urbanization. Urbanization and Its Impact on Socio-Economic...

While the population continues to grow and expand, many people are now making their homes in cities around the globe. With this increase in city living, it is becoming vital to create intelligent urban environments that efficiently support this growth,...

After decades of being defined by crisis and limitations, cities are popular again-as destinations for people and businesses, and as subjects of scholarly study. Urban Citizenship and American Democracy contributes to this new scholarship by exploring...

Socialism In Local Government is a book written by W. G. Towler in 1909. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the role of socialism in local government, focusing on the British context. Towler examines the history and development of socialism in...

Baltimore, like many other cities around the globe, is redesigning local government policy and programs in order to become a more sustainable city. Sustainability, as a concept guiding public action, encourages city officials to integrate policy and...

From Larry D. Struve, Director of Commerce during former Nevada Governor Richard H. Bryan's administration (1983-1989) comes this insightful look into Bryan's lasting legacy for the Silver State. In the early 1980s, financial crises within the state and...

Growing numbers of residents are getting involved with professionals in shaping their local environment, and there is now a powerful menu of tools available, from design workshops to electronic maps. The Community Planning Handbook is the essential...

Treatise Upon The Estate And Rights Of The Corporation Of The City Of New York V1: As Proprietors (1862) is a comprehensive and detailed book written by Murray Hoffman. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the estate and rights of the Corporation of...

Urbanization is giving rise to a vibrant and volatile urban India. The urban local self-government (ULSG) is struggling to provide efficient, effective, inclusive and responsive urban services. Most ULSGs are too fragile to perform the mandated functions...

Bibliographia Juridica Et Politica Novissima: Perpetuo Continuanda Sive Conspectus Primus (1680) est liber auctore Cornelio Van Beughem, qui continet catalogum librorum de iure et politica, qui ad tempus publicationis fuerunt recentissimi. Liber perpetuo...

In TURN YOUR TOWN AROUND, the former mayor of the popular and award-winning town of Berlin, Maryland explains how to chart a course of rediscovery and renewal for your town. You will learn how your town can flourish and find new ways to build and share...

The National Urban Assessment for Uzbekistan examines the progress of urbanization and the current state of government policies and programs in the country. It recommends a shift toward sustainable urbanization and reforms in urban planning.In terms of...

This publication explains how market-based instruments can be utilized to improve air quality, water, and waste management in Asia.Asia has experienced massive economic growth, characterized by rapid urbanization and industrialization, changing...

Under Superfund legislation, the innocent landowner defense has led to the use of environmental site assessments (ESAs) as a common practice in the acquisition and financing of commercial property. The objective of this inquiry was to examine the effects...

The concept of ‘sustainable urban development’ has been pushed to the forefront of policymaking and politics as the world wakes up to the impacts of climate change and the destructive effects of the Anthropocene. Climate change has emerged to...

Rural America is at a crossroads in its economic development. Like regions of other First World nations, the traditional economic base of rural communities in the United States is rapidly deteriorating. Natural resources, including agriculture, show...

While much has been written about rural migrant workers' experiences in the big cities, population movements into China's vast network of towns and small cities has been largely neglected. This book presents a detailed case study of rural migrant workers...

This book demonstrates the development of theoretically sound information technology and communications for developing an ICT4D research program. It explains building complex methodologies relying on parametric and non-parametric data analytic and data...

Climate adaptation is a timely yet complex topic that does not fit squarely into any one disciplinary realm.Geospatial Applications for Climate Adaptation Planning presents an overview of the range of strategies, tools, and techniques that must be used...

Preparedness and rigorous planning on community, state, and regional levels is critical to containing the threat of pandemic illness. This volume describes the processes necessary for the effective management of a pandemic threat. It guides plan...

Prof. James L. Mulvihill here provides 46 essays on city development within the "Inland Empire"--that part of Southern California comprising San Bernardino, Riverside, Highland, Redlands, Loma Linda, Grand Terrace, Colton, Rialto, and surrounding...

Recent rapid housing market expansion in China is presenting new challenges for policy makers, planners, business people, and citizens. Now that housing in middle-income China is driven by consumer choices and is no longer dominated by state policy...

Postcolonial Encounters in International Relations examines the social and cultural aspects of the political violence that underpinned the French colonial project in the Maghreb, and the multi-layered postcolonial realities that ensued. This book...

This book explores the urban, political, and economic effects of contemporary capitalism as well being concerned with a collective analytic that addresses these processes through the lens of disassembling and reassembling dynamics. The processes of...

Drawing upon a variety of empirical and theoretical perspectives, The Urban Climate Challenge provides a hands-on perspective about the political and technical challenges now facing cities and transnational urban networks in the global climate regime...

This book represents the first comprehensive study of the influential German legal and political thinker Carl Schmitt's spatial thought, offering the first systematic examination from a Geographic perspective of one of the most important political...

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The book titled ""The Speech of the City Solicitor, T. J. Nelson: For the Corporation of London Before the Epping Forest Commissioners (1876)"" is a historical document that contains the transcript of a speech given by T. J. Nelson, the City Solicitor of...

Discusses aims of urban planning and ways to achieve improved city living. Originally published in 1963

This is Volume II of a series of six on Urban and Regional Economics originally published in 1960. This study discusses the future of urban developments in America. Has they already have megapolitan belts, sprawling regions of quasi-urban settlement...

Planners tend to promote formal plans as the only game in town while diverse efforts of urban actors shape our cities. Tracking the development of American "neighborhood unit" concept in independent India's planning practice and literature-from the...

Although the last decade has seen steady progress towards wider acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals, LGBTQ residential and commercial areas have come under increasing pressure from gentrification and...

When considering the successful design of cities, the focus tends to be on famous examples such as Paris or Rome, with equally successful but smaller and more remote examples being ignored. In addition, the more diffuse patterns of settlement of the...

Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew were pioneers of Modern Architecture in Britain and its former colonies from the late 1920s through to the early 1970s. As a barometer of twentieth century architecture, their work traces the major cultural developments of that...

Der erste Band der GUG-Schriftenreihe befaßt sich mit der Definition von Umweltqualitätszielen und ihrer Umsetzung in die Praxis. Die Schwierigkeiten bei der Ableitung von Umweltqualitätszielen aus einem "Leitbild" heraus...

During the past two decades, as markets have pushed the price of land and housing beyond the reach of low- and middle-income families, governments in England and Europe have struggled to provide effective policy responses. Problems of affordable housing,...

The book ""Letter Of R. C. Waterston To The Members Of The Boston School Board, Relating To Charles M. Cumston And The English High School (1873)"" is a historical document written by Robert Cassie Waterston in 1873. The letter is addressed to the...

The book elaborates on the evolution of urbanization and rural land system reform in China. Different property rights for rural and urban people lead to extremely unbalanced development of urban and rural China. Therefore, combination of property rights...

Hearing Before The Subcommittee On Street Railways Of The Committee On The District Of Columbia (1914) is a transcript of the hearing held by the Subcommittee on Street Railways of the Committee on the District of Columbia in 1914. The hearing was held...

This open access book conducts systematic and comprehensive research on urban spatial development problems in China from territorial perspectives, based on the scientific theory on human settlements environment. By integrating the theories of...

This open access book explores the use of technologies for urban safety and security. Rather than focusing on the technologies themselves, it provides and in-depth analysis of the complex urban transformations linked to the increasing...

This book argues that the substantial life and property loss caused by urban flooding might not be a pure result of a vulnerable physical environment-social factors, especially the individual attributes and capacities, could have pivotal roles to play in...

This book discusses the concepts and technologies associated with the mitigation of urban heat islands (UHIs) that are applicable in hot and humid regions. It presents several city case studies on how UHIs can be reduced in various areas to provide...

This volume addresses a variety of issues on traffic safety policy, ranging from issues of climate change, urban equity, and transport safety, in a broad global and societal context, while retaining situation-specific details. Written by international...

This book is concerned with developing an in-depth understanding of contemporary political and spatial analyses of cities. In the three-part development of the book's overall argument or premise, the reader is taken in Part I through a range of...