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Book SynopsisMindy Thompson Fullilove presents ways to strengthen neighborhood connectivity and empower marginalized communities through investigation of urban segregation from a social heath perspective. "Fullilove passionately demonstrates how, through an urbanity of inclusion, we can heal our fractured cities to make them whole again. What if divided neighborhoods were causing public health problems? What if a new approach to planning and design could tackle both the built environment and collective well-being at the same time? What if cities could help each other? Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove, the acclaimed author of Root Shock, uses her unique perspective as a public health psychiatrist to explore and identify ways of healing social and spatial fractures simultaneously. Using the work of French urbanist Michel Cantal-Dupart and the American urban design firm Rothschild Doyno Collaborative as guides as well as urban restoration projects from France and the US as exemplary cases, Fullilove identifies nine tools that can mend our broken cities and reconnect our communities to make them whole.Trade Review"Her [Mindy Fullilove's] baseline concern with the dignity and wisdom of individuals, as well as the absolute necessity of broad-based consensus building, puts her approach on a clear moral high ground to which every urban planner and builder ought to give greater commitment, because it's right and because it works. 'Urban Alchemy' emerges as a book because years of working to counteract the ills of urban destruction have yielded significant successes in the form of insights, relationships, spaces and even, with the help of collaborators, some buildings. Yet Dr. Fullilove's grounding in disciplines outside urban design results in a complex and multivalent work. To some degree, it is a handbook, with a nine-point instruction list for how to improve cities, starting with 'Keep the Whole City in Mind,' continuing through 'Unpuzzle the Fractured Space" and ending with "Celebrate Your Accomplishments.'" -- Charles Rosenblum * Pittsburgh Post-Gazette *

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Book SynopsisWith case studies of neighborhood developments from North and South America, Europe, and Africa that span more than forty years. this book offers a seminal treatise on the community based design practices of participatory planning an advocacy architecture. "To transform their good intentions into tangible results in neighborhoods jittery over gentrification, the mayor and his planners should read Building Together: Case Studies in Participatory Planning and Community Building." - Sam Roberts, The New York Times With case studies of neighborhood developments from North and South America, Europe, and Africa that span forty years, Building Together offers a seminal treatise on the community-based design practices of participatory planning and advocacy architecture. The authors describe the challenges, opportunities, and rewards of grassroots collaboration through vivid personal accounts chosen for their practical lessons. Their case studies range in scale from regional urban planning to smaller architectural projects, and geographically from Harlem, Greenpoint, and the greater New York Metropolitan region to sites in coastal Colombia, southern France, and Burkina Faso, Africa. Building Together is designed to appeal to a diverse audience of community development specialists, faculty and students of planning, architecture, community health, and the social sciences, practicing professionals and decision-makers in economic development, and community-based organizations.

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Book SynopsisA thorough investigation of how Jane Jacobs’s ideas about the life and economy of great cities grew from her home city, Scranton Jane Jacobs’s First City vividly reveals how this influential thinker and writer’s classic works germinated in the once vibrant, mid-size city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, where Jane spent her initial eighteen years. In the 1920s and 1930s, Scranton was a place of enormous diversity and opportunity. Small businesses of all kinds abounded and flourished, quality public education was available to and supported by all, and even recent immigrants could save enough to buy a house. Opposing political parties joined forces to tackle problems, and citizens worked together for the public good. Through interviews with contemporary Scrantonians and research of historic newspapers, city directories, and vital records, author Glenna Lang has uncovered Scranton as young Jane experienced it and shows us the lasting impact of her growing up in this thriving and accessible environment. Readers can follow the development of Jane’s acute observational abilities from childhood through her passion in early adulthood to understand and write about what she saw. Reflecting Jane’s belief in trusting one’s own direct observation above all, this volume has been richly illustrated with historic and modern color images that help bring alive a lost Scranton. The book demonstrates why, at the end of Jacobs’s life, her thoughts and conversations increasingly returned to Scranton and the potential for cohesion and inclusiveness in all cities.Trade Review"A fascinating and wonderfully written book that shows how Scranton played an enormous role in shaping Jane Jacobs's thinking about urban life. It reframes not only who Jacobs was, but also what Scranton was in the early 20th-century." -- Mark Hirsch, senior historian at the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution"Jane Jacobs’s First City is a brilliant work of scholarship that convincingly shows how Jane Jacobs’s canonical works developed in the historic, mid-sized city of Scranton. It is clearly a labor of love, of great dedication, and filled with appreciation for all of its subjects, not only Jane Butzner [Jacobs]. The overwhelmingly new material, brilliantly contextualized, will have a lasting impact." -- Peter Laurence, Clemson University, author of Becoming Jane Jacobs"Few would dispute that Jane Jacobs has changed the way generations see and experience cities. But no one before Glenna Lang has probed so fully where Jacobs herself gained that vision. In this beautifully composed, deeply researched, and fascinating twin portrait of Jacobs and her hometown of Scranton, Lang reveals how this medium-size city built on anthracite coal shaped an urban ideal that would ultimately reverberate worldwide." -- Lizabeth Cohen, author of Saving America’s Cities: Ed Logue and the Struggle to Renew Urban America in the Suburban Age"In your hands is a cornucopia of discoveries, one excavation after another about how and what Jane came to know about the connection between cities and the people who live in them. Here’s a snapshot of five-year-old Jane Jacobs in her father’s open-air car, in Scranton – Jane in a car for goodness’ sake – on the street where she grew up, or a description of teenager Jane at the top of the stairs, listening to her father with his medical colleagues in the living room below, discussing the new ideas of Dr. Freud. These were secrets until Glenna Lang dug them out. What luck!" -- Max Allen, Jane Jacobs’s producer for the Massey Lectures on CBC Radio and editor of Ideas That Matter: The Worlds of Jane Jacobs"This book is well written and wise. I felt a nostalgic yearning for a Scranton of this era, which is the America that produced my mother’s side of the family. It restores and presents Scranton in all its subdued glory with ordinary men, women, and children going about their daily business, creating, as though Muybridge had photographed it, the mosaic of Scranton life, with its resplendent color and texture, so deeply American. We need to think about what this means to us, especially at the present moment." -- Chandos Brown, Professor of History and American Studies, College of William and Mary"Glenna Lang paints a compelling picture of Scranton’s rich history and community-centered way of life, and how these molded Jane Jacobs's influential ideas and writing about cities. Jane Jacobs’s First City illustrates Scranton as an attractive place to raise a family, make an impact in the community, and develop lifelong relationships—all of which remain true to this day, and which we continue to foster and embrace." -- Paige Gebhardt Cognetti, Mayor, City of Scranton

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Book SynopsisUseful and inspiring cases illustrate participatory placemaking practices and strategies. How Spaces Become Places tells stories of place makers who respond to daunting challenges of affordable housing, racial violence, and immigration, as well as community building, arts development, safe streets, and coalition-building. The book's thirteen contributors share their personal experiences tackling complex and contentious situations in cities ranging from Brooklyn to Los Angeles and from Paris to Detroit. These activists and architects, artists and planners, mediators and gardeners transform ordinary spaces into extraordinary places. These place makers recount working alongside initially suspicious residents to reclaim and enrich the communities in which they live. Readers will learn how place makers listen and learn, diagnose local problems, convene stakeholders, build trust, and invent solutions together. They will find instructive examples of work they can do within their own communities. In the aftermath of the pandemic and the murder of George Floyd, the editor argues, these accessible practice stories are more important than ever.Trade Review"For planners and urban designers, residents, and community organizers, this is simply the best text available for understanding how to create more just, beautiful, convivial, and safe places. And Forester’s eloquent afterword on the relevance of these stories in the time of pandemic and white supremacy is essential reading. This book is a gift of hope and possibility, revealing how the participatory art and craft of placemaking can be a small laboratory for democracy." -- Leonie Sandercock, Professor in Community Planning, School of Community & Regional Planning, University of British Columbia"John Forester’s new book is a riveting account of the art of place-making. Awesome teaching material, offering deep insights to students, scholars, and practitioners in the field of urban planning." -- Benjamin Davy, former President of the Association of European Schools of Planning"The best of John Forester’s outstanding body of work. The stories are honest expressions of how expert knowledge and local knowledge commingle, mutually reinforce, and interrogate meanings and the physical world. Each accounting demonstrates how placemaking practices create meaningful relationships between and among people in places they have come to love." -- Lynda H. Schneekloth and Robert Shibley, University at Buffalo, co-authors of Placemaking: The Art and Practice of Building Communities"This well-compiled volume reflects the enormous challenges that planners, seeking to be place makers, have to face and address in times of globalization, digitalization, climate change, and populism." -- Klaus R. Kunzmann, Professor Emeritus, TU Dortmund, Germany, and founding president of the Association of European Schools of Planning"How Spaces Become Places captures the extraordinary power of seemingly ordinary actions through which artists, designers, planners, and community organizers overcome challenges, uncover possibilities, and in the process transform places and politics. John Forester has demonstrated once again the importance of doing, listening, and storytelling." -- Jeffrey Hou, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Washington, and editor of Insurgent Public Space and Transcultural Cities"A wealth of inspiring experience from practitioners of participatory democracy. Bright lights in a dark time, these stories illuminate paths to creating places that are memorable, beloved, and just." -- Anne Whiston Spirn, author of The Granite Garden and The Language of Landscape

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Book SynopsisRacial strife, increased social and economic discrimination, amplified political friction, and growing uncertainty around the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change have laid bare many inequalities within the city of Boston. How will these disruptions and inequities influence the city’s future, especially as Boston celebrates its quadricentennial in 2030? This collection of original essays addresses the many challenges Boston contends with in the twenty-first century and considers ways to improve the city for everyone. Presenting a range of perspectives written by area experts—academics, reflective practitioners, and policymakers—these essays tackle issues of resiliency, mobility, affordable housing, health outcomes, social equity, economic equality, zoning, regionalism, and more. Reflecting the diversity of the city and the challenges and opportunities Boston currently faces, Idea City will help readers think differently about their own areas of expertise and draw conclusions from urban regeneration work in other fields.

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Book SynopsisRacial strife, increased social and economic discrimination, amplified political friction, and growing uncertainty around the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change have laid bare many inequalities within the city of Boston. How will these disruptions and inequities influence the city’s future, especially as Boston celebrates its quadricentennial in 2030? This collection of original essays addresses the many challenges Boston contends with in the twenty-first century and considers ways to improve the city for everyone. Presenting a range of perspectives written by area experts—academics, reflective practitioners, and policymakers—these essays tackle issues of resiliency, mobility, affordable housing, health outcomes, social equity, economic equality, zoning, regionalism, and more. Reflecting the diversity of the city and the challenges and opportunities Boston currently faces, Idea City will help readers think differently about their own areas of expertise and draw conclusions from urban regeneration work in other fields.Trade Review “Gamble’s collection assembles diverse perspectives from well-known local changemakers representing various backgrounds and disciplines, with varying lengths of ‘tenure’ in Boston. These essays work together to succinctly summarize the failures of the past and present an alternate future. As a long-time student of Boston, and cities in general, I felt this book offered fresh insight.”—Katharine Lusk, executive director of the Boston University Initiative on Cities

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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2020 SAMLA Studies Book Award — Edited Collection Cities both near and far communicate in a variety of ways. Travel between, through, and among urban centers initiates contact, and cities themselves are sites of ever-changing cultural and historical encounters. Predictable and surprising challenges and opportunities arise when city borders are crossed, voices meet, and artistic traditions find their counterparts. Using the Latin word for “translation,” translatio, or “to carry across,” as a point of departure, Avenues of Translation explores how translation perpetuates, diversifies, deepens, and expands the literary production of cities in their greater cultural context, and how translation shapes an understanding of and access to a city's past and present literary and cultural practices. Thinking about translation and the city is a way to tell the backstories of the cities, texts, and authors that are united by acts of translation. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.Trade Review"Avenues of Translation offers an innovative focus on the literary, theoretical, creative, and metaphorical representations of the city in the Spanish and Latin American contexts. The essays in this volume address a wide variety of geographies, cultures, and literary genres in the Hispanic world, and present a welcome addition to the growing number of studies dedicated to representations of the city." -- David Richter * Utah State University *"This collection sheds new light on translations that are only possible in cities while also uncovering how Latin American and Iberian influencers have transformed urban spaces by leaving their own cultural and historical marks. Scholars of Iberian, Latin American, and translation studies will gladly add this outstanding collection of essays to their list of must-read books." * Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature *"Recommended." * Choice *"Avenues of Translation offers an innovative focus on the literary, theoretical, creative, and metaphorical representations of the city in the Spanish and Latin American contexts. The essays in this volume address a wide variety of geographies, cultures, and literary genres in the Hispanic world, and present a welcome addition to the growing number of studies dedicated to representations of the city." -- David Richter * Utah State University *"This collection sheds new light on translations that are only possible in cities while also uncovering how Latin American and Iberian influencers have transformed urban spaces by leaving their own cultural and historical marks. Scholars of Iberian, Latin American, and translation studies will gladly add this outstanding collection of essays to their list of must-read books." * Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature *"Recommended." * Choice *Table of Contents Prologue: The City and the Translator by Suzanne Jill Levine Introduction: Translation and the City by Regina Galasso and Evelyn Scaramella 1 Un Walker en Nuyol: Coming to Terms with a Babel of Words by Ilan Stavans 2 Translation as a Native Language: The Layered Languages of Tango by Alicia Borinsky 3 Lorca, From Country to City: Three Versions of Poet in New York by Christopher Maurer 4 “Here Is My Monument”: Translation, Urban Space, and Martín Luis Guzmán’s Memorias de Pancho Villa by Nicholas Cifuentes Goodbody 5 On Languages and Cities: Rethinking the Politics of Calvert Casey’s “El regreso” by Charles Hatfield 6 A Palimpsestuous Adaptation: Translating Barcelona in Benet i Jornet's La plaça del Diamant by Jennifer Duprey 7 Montreal's New Latinité: Spanish-French Connections in a Trilingual City by Hugh Hazelton 8 Translating the Local: New York’s Micro-Cosmopolitan Media, from José Martí to the Hyperlocal Hub by Esther Allen 9 “litORAL translation TRADUCCIÓN LIToral” by Urayoán Noel 10 Coda: The City of the Translator’s Mind by Peter Bush Acknowledgments Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume of three books presents recent advances in modelling, planning and evaluating city logistics for sustainable and liveable cities based on the application of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems). It highlights modelling the behaviour of stakeholders who are involved in city logistics as well as planning and managing policy measures of city logistics including cooperative freight transport systems in public-private partnerships. Case studies of implementing and evaluating city logistics measures in terms of economic, social and environmental benefits from major cities around the world are also given. Table of ContentsPreface xv Chapter 1. Recent Developments and Prospects for Modeling City Logistics 1Eiichi TANIGUCHI, Russell G. THOMPSON and Ali Gul QURESHI 1.1. Introduction 1 1.2. VRPTW with consideration of environment, energy efficiency and safetyh2 1.3. Multi-agent models 3 1.4. Big data analysis 4 1.5. Physical Internet 5 1.5.1. Movers 6 1.5.2. Nodes 6 1.5.3. Container loading 7 1.5.4. Cross-docking 7 1.6. Co-modality 8 1.7. Electric vehicles 12 1.8. Road network strengthening 13 1.9. Conclusions 15 1.10. Bibliography 16 Chapter 2. Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) in Urban Areas, Revisited 29Johan VISSER, Julian ALLEN, Michael BROWNE, José HOLGUÍN-VERAS and Juvena NG2.1. Introduction 29 2.2. Terminology 30 2.3. Trends in the Netherlands 31 2.3.1. The number of LCVs is growing 31 2.3.2. Most LCVs are (not) used for logistics 32 2.3.3. LCVs are used mainly within urban areas 32 2.3.4. Due to Internet shopping, the number of LCVs in cities will increase but not with the same speed as the yearly growth of Internet shopping 33 2.3.5. Vans become bigger 33 2.3.6. Competition from the cargo bike 33 2.4. Trends in the United States 34 2.4.1. Historical estimates of LCV traffic (1960s) 34 2.4.2. Recent estimates of LCV traffic (2015) 35 2.5. Trends in the UK 37 2.5.1. LCVs journey purpose and fleet numbers by sector 38 2.5.2. Changes in size, weight and propulsion for LCVs in the UK 40 2.5.3. E-commerce and the rise in van numbers 40 2.6. Future 41 2.7. Conclusions 42 2.8. Bibliography 42 Chapter 3. Importance and Potential Applications of Freight and Service Activity Models 45José HOLGUIN-VERAS, Shama CAMPBELL, Carlos A. GONZÁLEZ-CALDERÓN, Diana RAMÍREZ-RÍOS, Lokesh KALAHASTHI, Felipe AROS-VERA, Michael BROWNE and Ivan SANCHEZ-DIAZ3.1. Introduction 45 3.2. Urban economies and freight and service activity 47 3.3. Freight and service activity modeling 51 3.3.1. Survey data 52 3.3.2. Modeling approach 53 3.4. Practical uses of freight and service activity models 54 3.4.1. Identification of FTG patterns in metropolitan areas 55 3.4.2. FTG trends at the county level 57 3.4.3. FTG analyses to support development of freight model 58 3.4.4. Quantification of parking needs for a commercial center 58 3.5. Conclusions 59 3.6. Bibliography 60 Chapter 4. Toward Sustainable Urban Distribution Using City Canals: The Case of Amsterdam 65J.H.R. VAN DUIN, L.J. KORTMANN and M. VAN DE KAMP 4.1. Introduction 65 4.2. Literature review on waterborne urban freight transport 68 4.3. Conceptual model of distribution of the canal system 70 4.3.1. Freight 71 4.3.2. Freight vessels 71 4.3.3. Canals 72 4.3.4. Destinations (shops) and their final delivery 72 4.4. Specification of the model 72 4.4.1. Data collection and general modeling assumptions 73 4.4.2. Demand patterns 73 4.5. Verification and validation 74 4.5.1. Verification 75 4.5.2. Validation 75 4.6. Experiments 75 4.6.1. Overview and discussion of simulation experiments 76 4.6.2. Discussion of the main findings 78 4.7. Conclusions 79 4.8. Bibliography 80 Chapter 5. Effects of Land Use Policies on Local Conditions for Truck Deliveries 85Kazuya KAWAMURA and Martin MENNINGER 5.1. Introduction 85 5.2. Policy tools of land use and built environment 87 5.3. Research framework 89 5.3.1. Research hypothesis 89 5.3.2. Data 91 5.3.3. Truck Score 91 5.3.4. Analysis tools 94 5.4. Analysis results 96 5.4.1. Lane width 96 5.4.2. Access time to expressways 97 5.4.3. Truck parking citations 99 5.4.4. Truck Scores 100 5.5. Summary and conclusion 101 5.6. Bibliography 103 Chapter 6. Investigating the Benefits of Shipper-driven Collaboration in Urban Freight Transport and the Effects of Various Gain-sharing Methods 105Milena JANJEVIC, Ahmed AL FARISI, Alexis NSAMZINSHUTI and Alassane NDIAYE 6.1. Introduction 105 6.2. Methodology 107 6.3. Literature review 108 6.3.1. Models for horizontal collaboration in urban freight transport 108 6.3.2. Gain-sharing methodologies for horizontal collaboration 111 6.3.3. Modeling horizontal collaboration schemes in urban freight transport 113 6.4. Modeling horizontal collaboration in urban freight transport 113 6.4.1. Simulating a horizontal collaboration between shippers 113 6.4.2. Integrating different gain-sharing methods between shippers 116 6.5. Application to Brussels-Capital Region 117 6.5.1. Context 117 6.5.2. Results with regard to the benefits of the co-loading scheme 118 6.5.3. Analysis of different gain-sharing models 119 6.6. Conclusion 121 6.7. Bibliography 122 Chapter 7. The Future of City Logistics – Trends and Developments Leading toward a Smart and Zero-Emission System 125Hans QUAK, Robert KOK and Eelco DEN BOER7.1. Introduction 125 7.1.1. Zero-emission logistics in city centers 126 7.1.2. Reducing city logistics’ carbon footprint to meet climate agreement 126 7.1.3. Dealing with diversity and inertia in city logistics 127 7.2. Research methodology and paper setup 128 7.3. Trends and developments in city logistics 130 7.3.1. More demanding customer 130 7.3.2. Increasing pressure for reduction of GHG emissions 130 7.3.3. Increased pressure for livability of cities 131 7.3.4. Circular economy 131 7.3.5. Connecting the physical world 131 7.3.6. Physical Internet and universal labeling 132 7.3.7. Robotization and automation 132 7.3.8. Vehicle drivetrain technology 133 7.4. Toward performance-based regulation 134 7.5. City logistics unraveled: different segments 135 7.5.1. General cargo 136 7.5.2. Temperature controlled logistics 137 7.5.3. Parcel and express mail 138 7.5.4. Facility logistics 138 7.5.5. Construction logistics 138 7.5.6. Waste collection 139 7.6. Developments’ impacts in city logistics segments 139 7.7. Conclusion 144 7.8. Acknowledgements 144 7.9. Bibliography 145 Chapter 8. A 2050 Vision for Energy-efficient and CO2-free Urban Logistics 147Martin RUESCH, Simon BOHNE, Thomas SCHMID, Philipp HEGI, Ueli HAEFELI, Tobias ARNOLD and Tobias FUMASOLI 8.1. Introduction 147 8.1.1. Starting point and challenges 147 8.1.2. Research objectives 148 8.1.3. Project phases and work packages 149 8.1.4. Research focus and boundaries 150 8.1.5. Research Framework 150 8.1.6. Focus of the chapter 151 8.2. Approach and methodology 151 8.3. Scenario development and analysis 154 8.3.1. Approach for scenario development 154 8.3.2. Scenario A: protection of natural resources 155 8.3.3. Scenario B: liberalization and technology orientation 155 8.3.4. Main features of the scenarios 156 8.3.5. Quantification of scenarios 156 8.4. 2050 vision targets 158 8.5. 2050 vision for energy-efficient and CO2-free urban logistics 159 8.5.1. 2050 vision development process vision elements 159 8.5.2. 2050 vision for energy-efficient and CO2-free urban logistics 161 8.5.3. Vision impact 163 8.6. Conclusions and outlook 165 8.7. Acknowledgements 166 8.8. Bibliography 166 Chapter 9. Assessing the Impact of a Low Emission Zone on Freight Transport Emission 169Christophe RIZET 9.1. Introduction 169 9.1.1. Freight fleets and their changes 171 9.2. Changes in emissions in the Paris area according to scenarios 179 9.3. Conclusion 183 9.4. Bibliography 185 Chapter 10. Long-Term Effects of Innovative City Logistics Measures 189Tariq VAN ROOIJEN, Don GUIKINK and Hans QUAK 10.1. Introduction 189 10.2. Data and methodology 192 10.3. General long-term effects of CIVITAS II city logistics measures 193 10.4. Case studies of city logistics measures in CIVITAS PLUS 195 10.4.1. Case study 1: Cargohopper 195 10.4.2. Case study 2: Beer Boat 200 10.5. Analysis 205 10.6. Conclusion 206 10.7. Acknowledgements 207 10.8. Bibliography 207 Chapter 11. Classification of Last-Mile Delivery Models for e-Commerce Distribution: A Global Perspective 209Matthias WINKENBACH and Milena JANJEVIC 11.1. Introduction 209 11.2. Scope of the study 211 11.3. Literature review 211 11.4. Characterizing the operational setups of delivery models 212 11.4.1. Groups of variables defining last-mile e-commerce delivery models observed in case studies 213 11.4.2. Relationships between characteristic variables 214 11.5. Classification of last-mile delivery models in e-retail 216 11.5.1. Delivery model archetype 1: direct non-priority home/near-home or workplace deliveries 217 11.5.2. Delivery model archetype 2: deliveries towards automatic lockers 219 11.5.3. Delivery model archetype 3: deliveries towards pick-up points 219 11.5.4. Delivery model archetype 4: delivery through a (micro-) consolidation center or urban depot 220 11.5.5. Delivery model archetype 5: delivery through mobile warehouse 221 11.5.6. Delivery model archetype 6: home delivery using an intermediary transshipment point 221 11.5.7. Delivery model archetype 7: local e-fulfillment and same-day delivery through local specialists 222 11.5.8. Delivery model archetype 8: same-day delivery through hyperlocal inventory and process optimization 222 11.5.9. Delivery model archetype 9: same-day customer pick-up at local e-fulfillment centers 223 11.5.10. Delivery model archetype 10: delivery through local courier or crowdshipping networks 223 11.6. The importance of local context 224 11.7. Conclusion 225 11.8. Bibliography 225 Chapter 12. City Logistics with Collaborative Centers 231Serban RAICU, Raluca RAICU, Dorinela COSTESCU and Mihaela POPA12. 1.Introduction 231 12.2. Problem presentation 232 12.3. Transfer options between the collaborative centers 235 12.4. Mathematical model 240 12.5. Case study 242 12.6. Conclusion 247 12.7. Bibliography 248 Chapter 13. Exploring Criteria for Tendering for Sustainable Urban Construction Logistics 251Susanne BALM and Walther PLOOS VAN AMSTEL13. 1. Introduction 251 13.2. Construction logistics 252 13.2.1. Standardization 254 13.2.2. Model development 254 13.2.3. Traffic management and ITS 255 13.3. Tendering construction projects 256 13.4. Discussion and further research 259 13.4.1. Current research 259 13.5. Bibliography 260 Chapter 14. Observing Interactions Between Urban Freight Transport Actors: Studying the Construction of Public Policies 265Mathieu GARDRAT 14.1. Introduction 265 14.2. A diversity of approaches 266 14.3. Field of observation 267 14.4. Analysis framework and data collection method 267 14.5. Social interactions analysis: perceptions of urban freight 274 14.6. Explaining the policy-making obstacles 279 14.7. Conclusion 281 14.8. Bibliography 283 Chapter 15. Viewpoint of Industries, Retailers and Carriers about Urban Freight Transport: Solutions, Challenges and Practices in Brazil 287Leise Kelli DE OLIVEIRA, Paulo Renato DE SOUSA, Paulo Tarso Vilela DE RESENDE, Rafael Barroso DE OLIVEIRA and Renata Lúcia Magalhães DE OLIVEIRA 15.1. Introduction 287 15.2. Methodology 289 15.3 Results 290 15.3.1. City logistics solutions and stakeholders’ points of view 291 15.3.2. Solutions, challenges and current practices 295 15.4. Discussion of results 297 15.5. Conclusion 298 15.6. Acknowledgements 298 15.7. Bibliography 298 Chapter 16. Municipal Co-distribution of Goods: Business Models, Stakeholders and Driving Forces for Change 303Olof MOEN 16.1. Introduction 303 16.2. Business models 305 16.3. Stakeholders 308 16.4. Development 1999–2016 310 16.5. The Skåne survey 314 16.6. Driving forces for change 315 16.7. Conclusion 319 16.8. Bibliography 319 Chapter 17. Optimizing Courier Routes in Central Business Districts 325Russell G. THOMPSON, Lele ZHANG and Michael STOKOE 17.1. Introduction 325 17.2. Model development 326 17.3. Literature review 328 17.3.1. Bi-level optimization 328 17.3.2. Vehicle routing problem (traveling salesman problem) 329 17.3.3. Multi-objective optimization 329 17.4. Formulation 330 17.4.1. Notation 330 17.4.2. Assumptions 330 17.4.3. Costs 331 17.4.4. Bi-level programming formulation 331 17.5. Software development 332 17.5.1. Neighborhood generation procedures 333 17.6. Test network 333 17.7. Sydney central business district 335 17.8. Conclusion 338 17.9. Bibliography 339 Chapter 18. A Vehicle Routing Model Considering the Environment and Safety in the Vicinity of Sensitive Urban Facilities 343Ali Gul QURESHI, Eiichi TANIGUCHI And Go IWASE 18.1. Introduction 343 18.2. Modeling 345 18.3. Genetic algorithm 348 18.4. Experiment setup 349 18.5. Results and discussion 350 18.6. Conclusion 355 18.7. Bibliography 356 Chapter 19. Remote Assessment Sensor Routing: An Application for Waste Management 359Mehdi NOURINEJAD, Nico MALFARA, Matthew J. ROORDA 19.1. Introduction 359 19.2. Literature review 361 19.2.1. Vehicle routing 361 19.2.2. Inventory routing problem 363 19.2.3. State-of-practice in waste collection 363 19.2.4. State-of-the-art in waste collection 364 19.3. Remote assessment sensor routing problem (RASRP) 364 19.3.1. Approximate dynamic programing model (ADPM) 364 19.3.2. Benchmark models 369 19.4. Model analysis and evaluation 371 19.4.1. Analysis of the continuous approximation model 371 19.4.2. Analysis of the approximate dynamic programing model 374 19.5. Conclusions 375 19.6. Bibliography 376 Chapter 20. Can Routing Systems Surpass the Routing Knowledge of an Experienced Driver in Urban Deliveries? 381Jacques LEONARDI And Tadashi YAMADA 20.1. Introduction: problem understanding and issues, research hypotheses, objectives and key questions 381 20.2. Measures, approaches and method of the study and the trials 385 20.3. Test design 387 20.4. Results: Software A trial 390 20.4.1. Combination of pedestrian and street routing optimization 391 20.4.2. Grouping orders 392 20.4.3. Software B trial 394 20.5. Discussion and concluding remarks 395 20.6. Acknowledgements 398 20.7. Bibliography 398 List of Authors 401 Index 405

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Book SynopsisThis volume of three books presents recent advances in modelling, planning and evaluating city logistics for sustainable and liveable cities based on the application of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems). It highlights modelling the behaviour of stakeholders who are involved in city logistics as well as planning and managing policy measures of city logistics including cooperative freight transport systems in public-private partnerships. Case studies of implementing and evaluating city logistics measures in terms of economic, social and environmental benefits from major cities around the world are also given.Table of ContentsPreface xv Chapter 1. Integrating Direct and Reverse Logistics in a “Living Lab” Context: Evaluating Stakeholder Acceptability and the Potential of Gamification to Foster Sustainable Urban Freight Transport 1Valerio GATTA, Edoardo MARCUCCI, Michela LE PIRA and Andrea CICCORELLI 1.1. Introduction 1 1.2. CITYLAB: city logistics in living laboratories 4 1.2.1. Integrating direct and reverse logistics in a living lab context: the case of Rome 5 1.2.2. The role of gamification to foster sustainable urban freight transport 7 1.3. Data/methodology . 8 1.3.1. Plastic cap collection at the University of Roma Tre 8 1.3.2. Stated choice experiments 10 1.3.3. Discrete choice models 11 1.4. Results 11 1.4.1. Policy implications 16 1.5. Conclusion 17 1.6. Acknowledgements 17 1.7. Bibliography 18 Chapter 2. Optimizing the Establishment of a Central City Transshipment Facility to Ameliorate Last-Mile Delivery: a Case Study in Melbourne CBD 23Khalid ALJOHANI and Russell G. THOMPSON 2.1. Introduction 23 2.2. Literature review 25 2.2.1. Recent trends and challenges affecting last-mile delivery 25 2.2.2. rational challenges in last-mile freight in the central city area 26 2.2.3. Establish small-scale logistics facilities in the central city area 26 2.3. Overview of methodology 28 2.4. Results and analysis of the observational study of loading activities in Melbourne CBD 28 2.5. Framework to establish Central City Transshipment Facility in the central city area 35 2.5.1. Description of framework 35 2.5.2. Stages of integrated framework 36 2.6. Conclusion 43 2.7. Bibliography 43 Chapter 3. Simulation of a City Logistics Solution for Montreal 47Marguerite SIMO, Teodor Gabriel CRAINIC and Yvon BIGRAS 3.1. Introduction 47 3.2. Literature review 48 3.2.1. Different types of model classification 48 3.2.2. Different models for urban freight 49 3.3. Methodology 51 3.3.1. The initial national model 51 3.3.2. Modifying model 53 3.4. Results 56 3.4.1. Base case scenario 56 3.4.2. Scenario 1 57 3.4.3. Scenario 2 58 3.4.4. Scenario 3 59 3.5. Conclusion 61 3.6. Acknowledgements 61 3.7. Bibliography 62 Chapter 4. Simulation Applied to Urban Logistics: A State of the Art 65Sarra JLASSI, Simon TAMAYO and Arthur GAUDRON 4.1. Introduction 65 4.1.1. Modeling versus simulation 66 4.2. Research method 67 4.3. Analytical framework 72 4.3.1. Simulation techniques used in different types of problems 72 4.3.2. Software solutions 80 4.3.3. Research opportunities 80 4.4. Conclusion 81 4.5. Acknowledgements 83 4.6. Bibliography 83 Chapter 5. Can the Crowd Deliver? Analysis of Crowd Logistics’ Types and Stakeholder Support 89Heleen BULDEO RAI, Sara VERLINDE, Jan MERCKX and Cathy MACHARIS 5.1. Introduction 89 5.2. Literature review 91 5.3. Methodology 94 5.4. Results 96 5.5. Conclusion 103 5.6. Acknowledgements 104 5.7. Bibliography 105 Chapter 6. Preliminary Investigation of a Crowdsourced Package Delivery System: A Case Study 109Sudheer BALLARE and Jane LIN 6.1. Introduction 109 6.2. Overview of the case study 111 6.2.1. Types of delivery service 111 6.2.2. Pricing model 112 6.3. Research questions 113 6.3.1. Data 114 6.3.2. Analysis findings 117 6.4. Further discussion 123 6.4.1. Market opportunities 123 6.4.2. Qualitative assessment of service 124 6.5. Conclusion 125 6.6. Acknowledgements 125 6.7. Bibliography 126 Chapter 7. Concepts of an Integrated Platform for Innovative City Logistics with Urban Consolidation Centers and Transshipment Points 129Eiichi TANIGUCHI, Rémy DUPAS, Jean-Christophe DESCHAMPS and Ali Gul QURESHI 7.1. Introduction 129 7.2. Concepts of integrated platform for city logistics 130 7.3. Surveys on opinions about UCC and transshipment 132 7.3.1. Questionnaire 132 7.3.2. Results 133 7.4. Urban consolidation centers in Tokyo and Bordeaux 137 7.4.1. UCC in Tokyo 137 7.4.2. UCC in Bordeaux 139 7.5. Implementation issues 141 7.6. Conclusion 144 7.7. Acknowledgements 145 7.8. Bibliography 145 Chapter 8. E-Consumers and Their Perception of Automated Parcel Stations 147Sara VERLINDE, César ROJAS, Heleen BULDEO RAI, Bram KIN and Cathy MACHARIS 8.1. Introduction 147 8.2. Literature review 149 8.3. Methodology 151 8.4. Results 154 8.4.1. Delivery preferences of online consumers 154 8.4.2. Attitude toward automated parcel stations 155 8.4.3. Expectations and use of automated parcel stations 155 8.5. Conclusion 157 8.6. Bibliography 158 Chapter 9. Loading/Unloading Space Location and Evaluation: An Approach through Real Data 161Simon TAMAYO, Arthur GAUDRON and Arnaud DE LA FORTELLE 9.1. Introduction 161 9.2. Proposed approach 163 9.2.1. Data collection 164 9.2.2. Demand generation 165 9.2.3. Optimization model 168 9.3. Application and findings 173 9.3.1. Data collection and demand generation 173 9.3.2. Location of 10 L/U spaces if there are no prior spaces in the area 174 9.3.3. Location of two new L/U spaces taking into account the existing spaces 175 9.3.4. Evaluation of the existing L/U spaces in the area 176 9.4. Conclusion 177 9.5. Acknowledgements 178 9.6. Bibliography 178 Chapter 10. Understanding Road Freight Movements in Melbourne 181Loshaka PERERA, Russell G. THOMPSON and Yiqun CHEN 10.1. Introduction 181 10.2. Data 183 10.2.1. Comprehensive freight data 183 10.2.2. Land-use data 184 10.2.3. Employment data 185 10.3. Analysis, results and discussion 185 10.3.1. General descriptive analysis 185 10.3.2. Test of independence 192 10.3.3. Regression analysis 194 10.3.4. Freight vehicle cost analysis 197 10.4. Conclusion 198 10.5. Future work 199 10.6. Bibliography 199 Chapter 11. High-Resolution Last-Mile Network Design 201Daniel MERCHÁN and Matthias WINKENBACH 11.1. Introduction 201 11.2. Literature review 202 11.3. Network circuity in last-mile logistics 203 11.3.1. Circuity factors 203 11.3.2. Empirical analysis for São Paulo 204 11.4. Model for two-echelon network design 206 11.5. Case study 209 11.6. Conclusion 212 11.7. Bibliography 212 Chapter 12. Cooperative Models for Addressing Urban Freight Challenges: The NOVELOG and U-TURN Approaches 215Maria RODRIGUES, Eleni ZAMPOU, Vasilis ZEIMPEKIS, Alexander STATHACOPOULOS, Tharsis TEOH and Georgia AYFANTOPOULOU 12.1. Introduction 215 12.2. Business models in the UFT environment 217 12.3. Need for cooperative business models in the evolving UFT environment 219 12.3.1. The approach of NOVELOG 219 12.3.2. The case of Turin 221 12.3.3. The approach of U-TURN 224 12.4. Conclusions 232 12.5. Bibliography 233 Chapter 13. The Capacity of Indonesian Logistics Service Providers in Information and Communication Technology Adoption 235Kuncoro Harto WIDODO, Joewono SOEMARDJITO and Yandra Rahardian PERDANA 13.1. Introduction 235 13.2. Literature review 237 13.2.1. ICT as an essential logistics performance 237 13.2.2. The role of ICT in city logistics 238 13.2.3. ICT platforms and innovation in logistics 240 13.2.4. Impact of ICT adoption 241 13.3. Method 242 13.4. Results 243 13.5. Conclusion 246 13.6. Bibliography 246 Chapter 14. An Explorative Approach to Freight Trip Attraction in an Industrial Urban Area 249Elise CASPERSEN 14.1. Introduction 249 14.2. Background 251 14.3. Data from establishments in Groruddalen 252 14.3.1. try classification 254 14.4. Estimating freight trip generation models 256 14.4.1. FTA model functional form 257 14.4.2. Model extension with establishment and shipment characteristics 261 14.5. Conclusion 264 14.6. Bibliography 266 Chapter 15. Choice of Using Distribution Centers in the Container Import Chain: a Hybrid Model Correcting for Missing Information 269Elnaz IRANNEZHAD, Carlo G. PRATO And Mark HICKMAN 15.1. Introduction 270 15.2. Methods 271 15.2.1. Data 271 15.2.2. Model formulation 274 15.2.3. Model specification 276 15.3. Results 277 15.4. Conclusions 279 15.5. Acknowledgements 279 15.6. Bibliography 279 Chapter 16. Applying Gamification to Freight Surveys: Understanding Singapore Truck Drivers’ Preferences 281Fangping LU And Lynette CHEAH 16.1. Introduction 281 16.2. Gamification process 283 16.2.1. What is gamification? 283 16.2.2. Gamification design methods 284 16.3. Protoypes and testing 287 16.4. Conclusion 293 16.5. Acknowledgements 295 16.6. Bibliography 296 Chapter 17. Urban Distribution of Craft-Brewed Beer in the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area 299Renata Lúcia Magalhães DE OLIVEIRA, Patrick Mendes dos SANTOS, Jonathan REITH, Julia Almeida COSTA and Leise Kelli DE OLIVEIRA 17.1. Introduction 299 17.2. The urban distribution of beer 301 17.3. Study area: Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area 303 17.4. Methodological approach 304 17.4.1. Data collection and spatialization 305 17.4.2. Descriptive analysis of the consumer profile 307 17.4.3. Logistics network design 307 17.5. Results and discussions 309 17.5.1. Descriptive analysis of the consumer profile 310 17.5.2. Logistics network design 311 17.6. Conclusion 313 17.7. Acknowledgements 314 17.8. Bibliography 314 Chapter 18. Issues and Challenges in Urban Logistics Planning in Indonesia 317Kuncoro Harto WIDODO, Danang PARIKESIT, Hengki PURWOTO, Joewono SOEMARDJITO and ERIADI 18.1. Introduction 317 18.2. Identifying urban logistics challenges 318 18.2.1. Urban growth and urbanization 318 18.2.2. E-commerce growth 319 18.2.3. Space conflict 320 18.2.4. Traffic density congestion 321 18.2.5. Readiness for agents/operators 322 18.2.6. Readiness for logistics regulation 323 18.2.7. Environmental, geographical and disasters issues 323 18.3. Implementation of city logistics in Indonesia 325 18.4. Acknowledgements 326 18.5. Bibliography 326 Chapter 19. From City Logistics Theories to City Logistics Planning 329Francesco RUSSO and Antonio COMI 19.1. Introduction 329 19.2. The state of the art 331 19.2.1. ds and models 331 19.2.2. City logistics plans 333 19.2.3. Goals 334 19.3. The interconnected processes to study and to implement city logistics 335 19.4. The city logistics plan definition 336 19.4.1. Empirical data driving city logistics theories and the plan design 337 19.4.2. City logistics measures 337 19.4.3. Grant for start-up 341 19.5. Conclusions 343 19.6. Bibliography 343 Chapter 20. Strategies to Improve Urban Freight Logistics in Historical Centers: the Cases of Lisbon and Mexico City 349Juan Pablo ANTÚN, Vasco REIS and Rosário MACÁRIO 20.1. Introduction 349 20.2. Objectives 351 20.3. Methodology 352 20.4. Trends in corporate logistics for urban goods distribution 352 20.5. Urban logistics in historical centers 353 20.5.1. Complexity of the physical distribution of goods in Historical Centers and Central Districts of cities 353 20.5.2. Priority areas of intervention for public policies to improve Urban Logistics in Historical Centers and Central Districts of cities 354 20.6. Parallelisms and contrasts in logistic practices in the Historical Centers of the city of Mexico and Lisbon 356 20.6.1. Trends in logistics practices 356 20.6.2. Logistics impact of pre-selling 357 20.6.3. Size and technology of urban freight vehicles 358 20.6.4. Logistics Platforms: DLP and OC 359 20.7. Experimental proposals for the Historical Center of Lisbon 360 20.7.1. Characteristics of the Historic Center of Lisbon 360 20.7.2. Period of operation of deliveries to the HORECA sector 361 20.7.3. Experimental proposals to improve the logistics of distribution of goods, with particular reference to the HORECA sector, at the Historic Districts of Lisbon 361 20.8. Conclusions 365 20.9. Bibliography 365 List of Authors 367 Index 371

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Book SynopsisFor the past 150 years, architecture has been a significant tool in the hands of city planners and leaders. In Creating Cities/Building Cities, Peter Karl Kresl and Daniele Ietri illustrate how these planners and leaders have utilized architecture to achieve a variety of aims, influencing the situation, perception and competitiveness of their cities. Whether the objective is branding, re-vitalization of the economy, beautification, development of an economic and business center, status development, or seeking distinction with the tallest building, distinctive architecture has been an essential instrument for those who manage the course of a city's development. Since the 1870s, and the reconstruction of Chicago following the Great Fire, architecture has been affected powerfully by advances in design, technology and materials used in construction. The authors identify several key elements in such a strategic initiative, and in the penultimate chapter examine several cases of cities that have ignored one or more of these elements and have failed in their attempt. A unique set of insights into this fascinating topic, this study will appeal to specialists in urban planning, economic geography, and architecture. Readers interested in urban development will also find its coverage accessible and enlightening.Trade Review'In the 21st century, cities will increasingly become the dominant centres of economic and social activity and interaction. Understanding how they evolve and develop will be of crucial importance to ensuring their long-term success and sustainability. This book is a very welcome addition to the literature that seeks to explain both the tangible and intangible factors underpinning effective urban development.'R --Robert Huggins, Cardiff University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Architecture and modern Cities PART I The Hard Side 2. Stimulating the Revival of the City 3. Establishing Business Center Status 4. Establishing Global City Status – the World’s Tallest Building 5. Creating Transformative Parks PART II The Soft Side 6. Establishing a ‘Brand’ or ‘Identity’ 7. Relating the City to the Nation 8. Attracting a Specific Social Cohort 9. Creating Community PART III Final thoughts 10. What Happens when a City Fails to Use Architecture Creatively? 11. Some Observations and Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book provides a comprehensive survey of urban development in Hong Kong since 1841. Pui-yin Ho explores the ways in which the social, economic and political environments of different eras have influenced the city's development. From colonial governance, wartime experiences, high density development and adjustments before and after 1997 through contemporary challenges, this book explores forward-looking ideas that urban planning can offer to lead the city in the future. Evaluating the relationship between town planning and social change, this book looks at how a local Hong Kong identity emerged in the face of conflict and compromise between Chinese and European cultures. In doing so, it brings a fresh perspective to urban research, providing historical context and direction for the future development of the city. Hong Kong's urban development experience offers not only a model for other Chinese cities but also a better understanding of Asian cities more broadly.Urban studies scholars will find this an exemplary case study of a developing urban landscape. Town planners and architects will also benefit from reading this comprehensive book as it shows how Hong Kong can be taken to the next stage of urban development and modernisation.Trade Review‘Making Hong Kong is a significant contribution to Hong Kong's planning history and fills a major gap in the field. It should be read by everyone interested in Hong Kong's development as well as its architectural and urban history.’ -- Cecilia L. Chu, Geographical Research'As this book makes clear, Hong Kong has successfully thrived against all odds to develop into a world city of fame and substance. Town planning certainly has its role and major political turning points have been capitalised on to the city's benefits. The main lesson through reading the Hong Kong story is that it has thrived on new thinking to develop its urban identity and future. This book will equip scholars and planners alike with a solid foundation to take Hong Kong to its next stage of urban development and modernisation.' --Yeung Yue-man, The Chinese University of Hong Kong'This is a professional publication long anticipated by town planners, builders of cities and all those who care about Hong Kong's development. This book will help us review the history and experience of Hong Kong's urban development and town planning so that we can optimise town planning to create a better life for our citizens.' --Ling Kar-kan, Director of Planning (2012-2016), Hong KongTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Duality in Planning (1841-1898) 2. Expansion of the Territory (1898-1941) 3. Experiencing the War (1941-1945) 4. High-Density Development Planning (1945-1979) 5. Approaching the Handover (1979-1997) 6. Transformation after the Return to China (1997-2015) 7. Challenge of Sustainable Development (1997-2015) Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. In this original approach to the world of planning theory, Robert A. Beauregard cuts across the many different ways to think about planning by organizing them around four core tasks: knowing, engaging, prescribing, and executing. In doing so, Beauregard explores how a basic concern with the relationship between knowledge and action has evolved into a complex discussion of democracy, inclusion, and justice. Key features include: a cross-national approach to the topic a unique overview of key concepts centred on the profession of urban and regional planning coverage of historical planning theory as well as recent developments in the field an accessible writing style suitable for both those studying urban and regional planning, as well as practicing planners. Trade Review'The ultimate introduction to planning theory by one of its most prominent voices: selective and demystifying. By outlining a clear map of relevant theories of knowing, engaging, prescribing and executing, Beauregard paves the way for very different readers to advance their understanding of what planning theory is, does and can do.' --Davide Ponzini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy'In this book, Robert A. Beauregard provides a critical review of the developments in planning theory from the original point of view of how they address the situated realms of planning practice; how knowledge is gained and validated in planning, how humans (and non-humans as well) are engaged in it, how its normative aims are prescribed in a justifiable manner, and how plans are executed. His eloquent coverage of the various strands of planning theory, and insights on bridging the persistent theory-practice gap, make this book an essential read to academics and practitioners alike.' --Raine Mäntysalo, Aalto University, Finland'With his customary clarity, Robert Beauregard has used his encyclopaedic knowledge of planning theory to provide a completely fresh perspective on planning practice. In doing so, he has turned most accounts of planning theory inside out, and put the planner and planning organisations at the heart of his book. It should find a place on every planning student's bookshelf.' --Yvonne Rydin, University College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Knowing 3. Engaging 4. Prescribing 5. Executing 6. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. In this original approach to the world of planning theory, Robert A. Beauregard cuts across the many different ways to think about planning by organizing them around four core tasks: knowing, engaging, prescribing, and executing. In doing so, Beauregard explores how a basic concern with the relationship between knowledge and action has evolved into a complex discussion of democracy, inclusion, and justice. Key features include: a cross-national approach to the topic a unique overview of key concepts centred on the profession of urban and regional planning coverage of historical planning theory as well as recent developments in the field an accessible writing style suitable for both those studying urban and regional planning, as well as practicing planners. Trade Review'The ultimate introduction to planning theory by one of its most prominent voices: selective and demystifying. By outlining a clear map of relevant theories of knowing, engaging, prescribing and executing, Beauregard paves the way for very different readers to advance their understanding of what planning theory is, does and can do.' --Davide Ponzini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy'In this book, Robert A. Beauregard provides a critical review of the developments in planning theory from the original point of view of how they address the situated realms of planning practice; how knowledge is gained and validated in planning, how humans (and non-humans as well) are engaged in it, how its normative aims are prescribed in a justifiable manner, and how plans are executed. His eloquent coverage of the various strands of planning theory, and insights on bridging the persistent theory-practice gap, make this book an essential read to academics and practitioners alike.' --Raine Mäntysalo, Aalto University, Finland'With his customary clarity, Robert Beauregard has used his encyclopaedic knowledge of planning theory to provide a completely fresh perspective on planning practice. In doing so, he has turned most accounts of planning theory inside out, and put the planner and planning organisations at the heart of his book. It should find a place on every planning student's bookshelf.' --Yvonne Rydin, University College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Knowing 3. Engaging 4. Prescribing 5. Executing 6. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisWith the UN-Habitat estimating that by 2035 the majority of the world’s population will be living in metropolitan areas, this cutting-edge Research Handbook explores the emerging field of urban design and its place in contemporary scholarship.Gathering together a broad spectrum of eminent and up-and-coming scholars across the globe, Marion Roberts and Suzy Nelson demonstrate the depth and rigour of 21st century urban design research. Contributors explore a wide range of topics such as effectively aligning urban design and landscape; reshaping the sustainable city; crisis and temporary public spaces; indigenous urbanism; and designing a healthy neighbourhood. Combining theoretical knowledge with practical application, this erudite Research Handbook analyses key literature in the field supported by an in-depth examination of international case studies.Offering an extensive cross-disciplinary overview of urban design scholarship, this Research Handbook will prove an enlightening read for academics and researchers in urban design, planning, urban studies, landscape architecture, human geography and cultural studies. Its wealth of specialist knowledge will also benefit urban design, city and planning practitioners alike.Trade Review‘Urban design is a critical profession balancing imperatives for beauty, justice, and sustainability in today’s increasingly dynamic cities. The Research Handbook on Urban Design is a detailed, convincing, and broad-ranging look at empirical inquiry across the scales, sites, spaces, and settlements of urban design. Practitioners, scholars, and students will find the Handbook a valuable and attractive addition to their libraries.’ -- Brent D. Ryan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US‘Bringing together contributions from an international team of urban design academics and professionals, this collection is a welcome addition to the literature on urban design research, enriching a key field in an urbanizing world.’ -- Ali Madanipour, Newcastle University, UK‘This carefully-curated collection demonstrates two things. First, the sheer diversity and interdisciplinarity of urban design as a focus for research. Second, the ingenuity of researchers faced with understanding the multiple wicked urban problems that this throws up. In doing so it offers a valuable guide for researchers in urban design at all levels and internationally.’ -- Matthew Carmona, University College London, UK‘This carefully-curated collection demonstrates two things. First, the sheer diversity and interdisciplinarity of urban design as a focus for research. Second, the ingenuity of researchers faced with understanding the multiple wicked urban problems that this throws up. In doing so it offers a valuable guide for researchers in urban design at all levels and internationally.’ -- Matthew Carmona, University College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Research for urban design: on becoming an established field 1 Marion Roberts and Suzy Nelson PART I APPROACHES TO URBAN DESIGN RESEARCH 1 The new urban design: implications from spatial political economy 12 Alexander Cuthbert and Gusti Ayu Made Suartika 2 Enquiry by mapping: understanding urban assemblages and morphological capacities 24 Elek Pafka and Kim Dovey 3 Effective alignment of urban design and landscape: barriers and successes for education and practice 40 Philip Black and Ian Mell 4 Shaping smart cities: balancing hardware, software and ‘heartware’ 56 Jason Pomeroy and Denise Lim PART II SETTLEMENTS 5 Indigenous urbanism: determining the future from the past for smaller historic settlements in Jaipur, India 79 Shruti Hemani, Neha Goyal Tater and Mahima Sharma 6 Informal urban design: forms of informal settlement 107 Hesam Kamalipour 7 The politics of urban trees: reshaping the sustainable city 125 Jan Woudstra 8 Extending urban design into the hours of darkness: reflections on research 153 Marion Roberts 9 Shedding light on the dark city: from the light master plan to the trame noir 173 Emanuele Giordano PART III NEIGHBOURHOODS 10 Designing a neighborhood 188 Emily Talen 11 Healthy neighbourhoods: research into the connections between urban design and health and well-being 206 Tim Townshend 12 Heritage-led revitalisation in China: identity and modernity in Shenzhen’s urban villages 225 Tim Heath, Fei Chen, Jing Xie and Pengyu Chen 13 Capitalising on highly connected public transport nodes: exploring the relationship between physical design attributes and experiential qualities 248 Carey Curtis and Anders Larsson 14 Built environment and walkability during the COVID-19 pandemic in southern Chile 266 Antonio Zumelzu, Mariana Estrada and Constanza Jara PART IV PUBLIC SPACE 15 Overview of public space: reflections on contemporary research 284 Vikas Mehta 16 Memorials, public space, and urban design 303 Quentin Stevens 17 ‘Cool public spaces for the cities’: a climate-fit approach to the urban design of public streetscapes and squares – a vital contribution to climate-responsive cities 331 Doris Damyanovic, Anna Gabor, Karl Grimm and Florian Reinwald 18 Evolving public spaces in South Africa: moving beyond sustainability and resilience towards regenerative space 349 Karina Landman 19 Crisis and temporary public spaces: reflections from London, UK 367 Krystallia Kamvasinou 20 Time–people–place-based approaches for urban design frame setting 390 Barbara Goličnik Marušić and Damjan Marušić Reflections on research for urban design 405 Marion Roberts and Suzy Nelson Index 411

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Book SynopsisThis book reinterprets architecture in Beijing during the reigns of the Kangxi (1661-1722), Yongzheng (1723-1735) and Qianlong (1736-1795) emperors in the eighteenth century. More specifically, it views the building processes of the four churches and the Western palaces in the Yuánmíng Yuán garden as an example of cultural dialogue in the context of the Enlightenment. The study is based firstly on archival sources from different institutions from around the globe, using Big Data to manage them. Secondly, it places increased emphasis on architectural remains, preserved both in international collections as well as at archaeological sites. To take advantage of these remains, some were recorded using close-range photogrammetry. Digital sunlight analyses of the buildings’ interiors were also carried out. From these emerging technologies, as well as written sources, it becomes possible first to reinterpret Beijing as an imperial capital where religious tolerance and cosmopolitanism were increasing, and second to re-evaluate the entire Yuánmíng Yuán Garden complex as a miniature version of Beijing. This approach makes for easier subsequent comparisons with other imperial capitals of the time, such as London, Paris and Istanbul. As such, this study reveals a largely neglected chapter in the global history of architecture, while simultaneously offering a crucial re-examination of the existing architectural remains.Table of ContentsIntroductionQing Modernity : The CourtThe Universal Garden-Palace : Yuanming YuanBeijing : The Capital of Religious ToleranceThe Public Images of the Yuanming YuanConclusion : a Modern CityTranscriptionsBibliography

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Book SynopsisThis study reassesses modern architecture and town planning in mid-twentieth-century England, highlighting ideas and debates that were in circulation as modernist ideals gradually took root. The book reveals an architectural culture that was serious, active, and visionary, with impact that extended into the postwar years. Through close studies of specific works and writings, the author acknowledges the importance of the international context of modern architecture as it intersected with the variety of narratives that defined English modernism, such as national identity, the New Empiricism, and the picturesque, taking into account the large community of émigré architects who settled in England with the approach of World War II, as well as a more general dissemination of international style forms and theories from continental Europe. The book places familiar figures such as Berthold Lubetkin and Ernö Goldfinger, as well as projects such as Tecton’s Penguin Pool and the Festival of Britain’s “Live Architecture” Exhibition, in new light, presenting a rich picture of the modern architectural climate in England. The study draws attention to the debates, proposals, and processes that fed into the development of modernist, urban-minded, and forward-looking architectural ideals.Trade Review'With its unique take on the impact of the diasporic displacement of modernist practitioners, Shaping the City to Come makes a delightful contribution to the growing revisionist discourse on the state of modern architectural culture in Britain. In this subtle tale, local conditions responded in important and nuanced ways to the arrival of formative émigré figures and their attendant design ideologies. The text is scholarly in the depth of its meticulous research, as well as accessible in its elegant prose, and will enrich the knowledge of specialists and amateurs alike.' Hadas Steiner, The University at Buffalo, State University of New York'At a time when Britain asserts its independence from Europe, Shaping the City to Come is a timely reminder of the contributions of refugee and émigré architects and planners to English life and culture. Expertly weaving architectural and urban history with cultural theory, this absorbing and well-researched book is sure to revise our understanding of a formative historical era. From interwar experiments in mass housing to post-war urban reconstruction, Lewittes deftly explores how English culture was transformed through its encounter with the European diaspora. Elegantly written and insightful, it suggests a new definition of modern architecture shaped by the experiences of mass migration and forced exile.' Joanna Merwood-Salisbury, Victoria University of WellingtonTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Preface: The Man in the White Suit: England and the Dissemination of Modern Architecture Introduction: Four Stories: Telling the Tale of Modern English Architecture 1. The Visionary and the Concrete: Spirals and Circles 2. London Underground and Overground: From Subcultures and Subterranea to Subtopia 3. Planning London: Wartime Proposals and the Urban Future 4. Living in the Urban Future: Britain “on the cusp” and the Live Architecture Exhibition Conclusion: Architecture in the Diaspora: An Alternative Framework Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book defines the concept of immured spaces across time, space and culture and investigates various categories of restricted places such as divided, segregated and protected spaces. Drawing on examples from across the world, this book analyses not only what separates and divides space, but also the wide variety of impacts that the imposition of new barriers and boundaries or the opening of existing ones has on places, people and surrounding areas. Contributors integrate case studies with theoretical analysis to draw conclusions and advance an analytical framework of immured spaces. The chapters present a point of reference to highlight areas of significance and also to encourage further detailed work in this important area.The book has a strong research dimension and will therefore be of interest to academic communities in planning, cultural heritage, psychology, architecture and urban studies. In addition, the use of case studies to develop a common framework will appeal to practitioners and policy makers.Trade Review‘In Boundaries and Restricted Places, Balkiz Yapicioglu and Konstantinos Lalenis present a sometimes disquieting, sometimes inspiring collection of case studies on immured spaces. From the Old Jewish cemetery in Wrocław, gated communities in Brazil, or the forbidden part of Piraeus, the journey continues to borders in Ireland or Beirut, Nicosia or Indian slums. Scholars of border studies, geography, or spatial planning and architecture will cherish this rich contribution to a better understanding of enclosure and exclusion.’ -- Ben Davy, Visiting Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa‘Sometimes a testament to nationalism, racism, exclusivity, insecurity, or xenophobia, immured spaces and their material representations – walls, borders, gates, and boundaries – have always been an attribute of the urban. This collection of essays expands our notion of immured spaces and pushes us to rethink them through its rich account of material and immaterial, real and perceived spaces for the living and for the dead from different cities around the globe.’ -- Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, University of California, Los Angeles, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to Boundaries and Restricted Places: The Immured Space 1 Balkiz Yapicioglu and Konstantinos Lalenis PART I DIVIDED SPACES 2 The immured against the divided: the case of the walled city Nicosia 12 Balkiz Yapicioglu and Kenan Güven. 3 Navigating through invisible barriers: the evolution of immured Beirut 23 Christine Mady 4 How a long-lasting political crisis and political ambitions create damage to society – the case of the Vistula Spit area 37 Anna Brzezińska-Rawa 5 Borders in Ireland 2021: from immured places to integration to divergence? 49 Brendan Williams 6 Divided architectures: hidden infrastructures of separation and cohesion 64 David Coyles and Clare Mulholland PART II SEGREGATED SPACES 7 The ‘gate’ in Pomakochoria, Greece: memories of underdevelopment? 80 Konstantinos Lalenis 8 The present in the future: segregation and boundaries in the urban science fiction film 96 Marko Kiessel and Jonathan Stubbs 9 Unpacking immured spaces from statutory property rights in Australian strata and Indian slum land rights 111 Rebecca Leshinsky, Pranab R. Choudhury and Serene Ho 10 Investigating how abandoned and derelict cultural heritage can evolve into informal public space 126 Aliye Menteş and Cem Yardımcı 11 Poetic prostitution or female bondage? Troumpa quarter in Piraeus and Tabakika in the city of Larissa 140 Konstantinos Moraitis and Maria Markatou PART III PROTECTED SPACES 12 The gated communities and their socio-spatial configurations in the metropolitan region of Curitiba, Brazil 154 Eliana do Pilar Rocha and Carlos Smaniotto Costa 13 The Leviathan of the South: awakening the public-use of green areas in private condominiums? Emerging practices in São Paulo, Brazil 168 Safira De La Sala and Everaldo Augusto Cambler 14 Immured spaces: narratives of policy instruments. Coastal spaces along the southern part of the Caspian Sea in the north of Iran 184 Maedeh Hedayatifard 15 Opening up of gated communities: a reality of a mirage? 198 Yung Yau PART IV SPACES BEYOND 16 Boundaries in the city between the living and the dead 211 Yannis Polymenidis 17 Hidden space 224 Rena Karanouh 18 Spaces beyond borders: art on and within the walls of the immured neighbourhood of Surlariçi in Nicosia 239 Alev Adil 19 Nobody’s or everybody’s place? The Old Jewish Cemetery in Wroclaw – the story of destruction and protection 250 Magdalena Belof 20 Opening the barrier of military immured spaces in Italy: is their regeneration going beyond the threshold of boundaries? 263 Federico Camerin PART V CONNECTING THE DIVERSITY OF THE IMMURED SPACE 21 Conclusion: connecting the diversity of the immured space 278 Konstantinos Lalenis and Balkiz Yapicioglu Index

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Book SynopsisThe application of technology, in smart cities, to create meaningful sustainability is set to change all our lives. The smart city of the future will be equipped with communication infrastructures to improve the comfort of all citizens, while respecting the environment, and supporting good governance. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) will play a key role, making it possible to better manage infrastructure and transport. Contributors from around the world here present modern insights for use by decision-makers to solve real-world challenges. The authors shed light on forthcoming developments and set out how to plan for increasingly rapid changes. Smart Cities for Sustainability: Approaches and Solutions provides a modern insight for researchers, students, professionals, and decision-makers on the application of digitalization in global cities to achieve their SDG goals.Table of ContentsPART I: Smart cities and technologies Chapter 1. Post Pandemic Urban Planning and Use of Information Technologies in Smart Cities; Seher Konak Chapter 2. Smart Destinations and Eco-Friendly Practices; Cenk Murat Koçoğlu, Burak Pınaroğlu, and Emrah Yaşarsoy Chapter 3. Alternative model of living: Smart ecocities; Beyza Hatırnaz, Dilek Demirer, and Emrah Özkul Chapter 4. Urban Transport Solutions for a Sustainable and Smart Mobility Future: Macro-Environmental Analysis; Marwa Ben Ali and Ghada Boukettaya Chapter 5. Evaluation of Smart City Projects in Eco-Gastronomy Dimension: The Example of Turkey; Fatih Varol, Merve Oksuz and Eren Yalcın Chapter 6. Blue-Green Smart U-Cities via Clean Technologies: Towards High Sustainable, and Low Greenhouse Gases Emissions Urban Areas; Hamid Doost Mohammadian Chapter 7. DRMM and Comprehensive Global Blue-Green Clean Sustainable Urban Mobility Risk Mitigation Plan for Mapping Future Smart Cities through the 5th Wave Theory; Hamid Doost Mohammadian PART II. Digitalization and Sustainability Chapter 8. Eco-City Tourism in Smart Cities for Sustainability; Burcu Kıvılcım Zorba Chapter 9. Smart Tourism Destinations and Digitalization of Cultural Heritage for Sustainability; Nil Sonuç and Seda Süer Chapter 10. Recent Developments in the Evaluation of Renewable Energy Resources in Tourism Businesses: A Literature Review Based on Bibliometric and Content Analysis; Metin Sürme and Dilara Bahtıyar Sarı Chapter 11. Urban 6.0 and Utopia Concepts via Sustainable, Clean, Inclusive, Innovative & U-Mobility through the Theory of Comprehensive Everything; Hamid Doost Mohammadian Chapter 12. Mapping Future Urban Plan– towards Blue-Green Smart City & Mobility through the 5th Wave, i-Sustainability Plus, & DCT Theories; Hamid Doost Mohammadian

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Book SynopsisBarcelonas transformation into the worlds leading smart city is explained by one of its chief protagonists. SMART CITY Barcelona provides an essential guide for innovation and leadership for all those who participate in the design of cities in the 21st century. The Barcelona municipality is a driving force in the creation of city employment, well-being and opportunity. What can the world learn from the Barcelona model? What should municipal governments priorities be when committing to this development model? What are smart cities and what are they not? Why do they generate so much controversy? Based on the authors experience as deputy mayor of urbanism, housing, infrastructures, environment, energy, ICT, and innovation in Barcelona City Council, as well as a consultant and lecturer to cities across the world (Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Doha, Dubai, Oslo, Prague, Moscow and Bogota, to name a few), SMART CITY Barcelona presents twelve theoretical and practical lessons for all citizens, civil servants, politicians, architects, city planners and businessmen who wish to contribute to the design of 21st century cities. The urban development vision to integrate information and communication technology (ICT) and internet of things (IoT) technology in way that makes best use of the resources and human assets peculiar to a city has attracted popular attention and social media comment as people view this new vision as the promotion of the artistic, spiritual and political life of the city they live in.

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Book SynopsisThis collection is an essential guide to, and critique of, visual arts regeneration strategies mobilized by local and national governments attempting to brand their cities in contemporary regional and global markets for lucrative industries, tourism and heritage recognition. Looking at cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand, Da Zha Lan in China, Bogata in Colombia and Rio de Janiero in Brazil and case studies in the former USSR, it offers critical analyses of the history of regeneration policies and practices with a unique focus on the use of architecture, art and visual culture as vehicles for the re-design and re-presentation of cities. Themes treated include sustainability and energy production for cities, sexuality and architecture, surveillance and power on the streets, utopian imaginings of alternative societies and consultation for social change in building.Trade ReviewThe subject of regeneration is one of immediate importance and relevance and this readable and stimulating book, with its wide geographic net, interdisciplinary approach and extended and diverse range of essays, gives it a near unique presence in this area. Iain Borden, University College LondonTable of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Re: 'Regenerate': The Art and Architecture of a Mixed Metaphor Jonathan Harris and Richard J. Williams I Selling (Out) the City? 1. On the Brandwagon - Jonathan Meades 2.Us and Them - Peter Leeson 3. Cinematic Visions of Urban Morality: 'A Driving Perception' - Ian Adrian Fletcher 4. Urban Regeneration in Liverpool: Sign-structures of the Visible and the Invisible - Richard Koeck 5. Curators, Artists, Urban Space - Cecilia Anderson 6. Exploring Subtopia: The Urban Art of Regeneration - Anil Pallan II Urban: Past Tense/ Future Conditional 7. Fragmented Utopias- Architecture, Literature and the Cinematic Image of the Ideal Socialist City of the Future: Dziga Vertov's 'Man with a Movie Camera' - Stavros Alifragkis and Francois Penz 8. Brutalism within and Against Regeneration: The Vagaries of an Ethical Aesthetic from Bevan to Blair - Owen Hatherley 9. New Threads for Old Labryinths: Moving Bodies, 'Trace-works' and the Practised City - Gavin Mcdonald 10. Engaging the City: Participation as Layering Multimedia Sensory Environments - Maria Prieto 11.City of Strangers: Urban Space, Fear and the Sacred in Northern Thailand - Andrew Alan Johnson 12. Street Life in Da Zha Lan - Ou Ning 13. Market Garden City: Making Slum Areas Productive to Build Sustainable Cities - Leonardo Cadena 14. Bio-Port Free Energy City - Simon Swietochowski III 15. regenration, Sexuality and Space - Richard J. Williams 16. 'Search': An Artist Project for Television - Pat Naldi 17. Port Cities, Cosmopolitanism and 'Otherness': The (Mis-) Representation of Liverpool - John Belchem 18. Humility and Participation: Architect as Socail Agent Provocateur - Sarah Wigglesworth 19. Regeneration, Mobility and Contested Space: Cultural Reflections on a City in Transition - Les Roberts Contributors

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Book SynopsisThe Hoo Peninsula is located on the north Kent coast 30 miles east of Central London. This book raises awareness of the positive contribution that the historic environment makes to the Hoo Peninsula by describing how changing patterns of land use and maritime activity over time have given this landscape and seascape its distinctive character. It uses new information, which involved historic landscape, seascape and farmstead characterisation, aerial photographic mapping and analysis, area assessment of the buildings, detailed survey of key sites and other desk-based research. It takes a thematic view of the major influences on the history and development of the Hoo Peninsula and demonstrates the role that the Peninsula plays in the national story. The book is an important step towards changing the perception that the Hoo Peninsula is an out-of-the-way area, scarred by past development, where the landscape has no heritage value and major infrastructure can be developed with minimum objection. Trade Review... authoritative and well-presented book ... packed with information, presented clearly and engagingly ... The best protection from unsympathetic development is an understanding of how and why a place has reached its present appearance and economic structure. This is a model for such studies. -- Paula Martin * International Journal of Nautical Archaeology *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Industry and innovation 3. Defending the realm 4. Farming and fishing 5. The future of the Hoo Peninsula landscape

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Book SynopsisThis collection includes both classical and recent papers that explore the complex interrelationships between transport, land use and the spatial organization of metropolitan areas. Since land use planning and transportation planning play a major role in shaping these relationships, special attention is given to studies on planning issues and policies.Whilst one section of the collection features papers written in the tradition of urban economics, the main emphasis is on studies which examine the impact of various changes in transportation systems on land use.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Transport and Land Use in the New Urban Economies Part II: Transport and Land Use in the Urban Planning Field Part III: Impact of Transport Investment Part IV: Transport Infrastructure Pricing Policies Index

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Book SynopsisEast Asia today is a hotbed of urban expansion. Cities such as Singapore, Taipei, Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing and Shanghai are expanding at a prodigious rate, and this ongoing process of expansion and modernization is bringing rapid and widespread change to this part of the globe. Peter G. Rowe's "East Asia Modern" is a timely comparative study of urban expansion in the region, examining the processes by which new city building has taken place in recent years. The author, well known in the field of East Asian architecture and urbanism, focuses on how the modernizing process might most usefully be understood, especially with regard to building processes and projects; and how that understanding differs from other modernizing circumstances. He explains what modernization has meant for the general cultural diffusion of largely Western, ideas, how East Asian urban regions have developed their own distinct kind of modernity, and also what lessons can be learned from the contemporary East Asian experience. The book also provides a historical assessment of the region, showing how cities have developed over the last century and setting into context their individual paths towards modernization. "East Asia Modern" refutes many of the common misconceptions about life in modern East Asia, and provides a readable, critical assessment of the cities of the region, while also pointing to possible ways forward for the future.Trade Review... an interesting, well-informed, critical and comparative overview of contemporary modernisation in East Asian cities ... A strength of the book is the examination of architectural style and building form. A real sense of cityscape is provided via the accounts of pencil buildings in Hong Kong and the verticality of living ... This book should be a valuable library reference source ... The book's content is up-to-date and detailed ... the numerous black and white photographic illustrations are excellent Geography

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Book SynopsisThe Survey of London returns to the East End to chronicle Whitechapel, shedding new light on this widely misunderstood district In these volumes, the Survey of London returns to the East End to chronicle Whitechapel, covering Aldgate to Mile End Green, and Brick Lane to Wellclose Square. The name Whitechapel—one of London’s best known—is highly evocative, carrying dark, even mythic associations. These are set aside to present new histories of all the area’s sites and buildings, those standing and many that have gone, in districts that have been repeatedly rebuilt. Abutting the City of London, Whitechapel has, since medieval times, housed commerce and many varied industries. Enriched by centuries of immigration, this area has been “global” for as long as that word has denoted the world and, amidst widespread poverty, some of London’s great institutions have been founded here. In the midst of these landmarks, Whitechapel has seen recent transformation. These volumes bear historical witness with hundreds of superb new photographs and meticulous architectural drawings illustrating detailed accounts of topographical development in accessible prose. They will be an invaluable resource for historians, planners, residents, and the wider public.Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British ArtTrade Review"A new Survey of London publication always marks a red-letter occasion for the capital’s enthusiasts. In these two astonishing volumes on Whitechapel, the Survey has managed even to excel itself"—Jerry White, The London Journal“Every street is minutely assessed in terms of its architectural and urban form, and social and political history...The Survey has evolved gloriously unto collections of detailed studies of each area of London. It makes an outstanding scholarly contribution to our record and understanding of our capital city."—Jeremy Musson, The Oldie

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Book SynopsisThe Harvard GSD Aecom Project on China was a three-year research and design project premised on two fundamental ambitions: recuperating an idea of the city and pursuing alternative forms of urbanization in response to the challenges posed by the developmental city in China. The former treats the project of the city as a cultural, political, and aesthetic act; the latter views the city as a site for urbanization, articulated through architecture, landscape, and infrastructure. This endeavor is analytical and propositional in equal measure. Each year, the Project on China focused on a theoretical problem and practical challenge posed by the model of the developmental city in China, using a particular city as an exemplar: the megaplot with Xiamen as a case study; the future of the city in city-regions and the effects of cross-border urbanization, with Macau as the paradigm; and the status of the countryside in the context of state-driven initiatives to urbanize rural areas. Common Frameworks brings together design projects from a sixteen-week studio over three years, with research and writings on cultural, political, and historical aspects of the city. It presents a critical reflection on the developmental city and the recent hyper-rapid urbanization in China.

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Book SynopsisThe commons as a contested political idea has been continually articulated and reproduced in many disciplines and in relation to specific historical and geographical contexts. Since the 1960s, the concept of commons has started to play an increasingly important role in the field of urban studies. While commons are usually perceived as the material spaces of the city such as streets, parks, public spaces, etc., they are also perceived as the immaterial public realm—including subaltern and mainstream culture, knowledge, language, and modes of sociality. As the commoning process continuously involves the substance of urban spaces, be it physical or virtual, the concept of commons has actively contributed to reshaping spatial imaginaries such as urban islands, archipelagos, and thresholds.This issue of New Geographies proposes the concept of commons as a mode of thinking that challenges assumptions in the design disciplines such as public and private spaces, local and regional geographies, and capital and state interventions. It expands the production of space as the commons into a planetary territory all the way from the intimate and subjective scale of the body to the connected material and immaterial spaces. In doing so, NG 12 aims to foreground the significance of political thinking in the process of space production, and invites to imagine alternative social relations and modes of urbanization.

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Book SynopsisHuman beings in the 21st century hunger, often unconsciously, for places to live that are more than efficient, economical machines. Inhabiting the Sacred offers sound and innovative guidance to both citizens and planning professionals who seek to transform public spaces into sites that answer not only practical needs but spiritual and humanitarian needs as well. The book explains how to give form in everyday landscapes to our most deeply held values and most ennobling purposes, thus turning profane spaces into sacred places.This transformation may be accomplished in interior and exterior private and civic spaces alike. Complex projects may require the assistance of a professional designer and planner, but many projects can be carried out by the individual or family. The processes and techniques described in these pages may even assist indigenous people or other groups in defending territories crucial to their cultural survival. To shape neighborhood and civic space into sacred place requires a partnership between citizens, government and public officials, planners and designers; this book is a resource for all who play these various roles in their communities.The book is organized as a practical guide to creating more meaningful and fulfilling habitation that harmonizes with local culture and personal experiences. Each chapter provides theory, case studies, and how-to techniques aggregated from nearly fifty years of research and practice of embedding values into public landscapes.

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Book SynopsisBlue Dunes chronicles the design of artificial barrier islands developed to protect the Mid-Atlantic region of North America in the face of climate change. It narrates the complex, and sometimes contradictory, research agenda of an unlikely team of analysts, architects, ecologists, engineers, physicists, and planners addressing extreme weather and sea level rise within the practical limitations of science, politics, and economics.Trade ReviewThe primary strength of this edited volume is the treatment of the complexity resulting from the combination of experts with such disparate backgrounds, including design, coastal oceanographic modeling, risk modeling, coastal ecology, planning, economics, and others. * Choice *Highly detailed, interdisciplinary, and technically complex, Blue Dunes also manages to be a rather beautiful book. . . . But most important of all, it is a window into the types of engineering and scientific ingenuity, not to mention political and economic will, that will be necessary to guard against the effects of climate change. -- Ray Bert * Civil Engineering *Table of ContentsI. Introduction Jesse M. Keenan 1. Hurricane Sandy and Extreme Weather Events 2. Rebuild by Design and the Genesis of Blue Dunes 3. Benchmark for Experimentation 4. Conceptualizing Climate Change: Mitigation, Resilience and Adaptation 5. Stakeholder Engagement and the Public Dialogue 6. From Plan to Lesson Plan II. Design Perspectives 1. At the Scale of the Problem Adriaan Geuze & Lauren Micir 2. Too Big to Fail: Mathematical Models vs. Observational Models Kate John-Alder 3. Engaging Design Claire Weisz III.Toward a New Methodology 1. Introduction to the Project Claire Weisz 2. Precedents: Competitions, Exhibitions and Plans Claire Weisz & Justine Shapiro-Kline 3. Precedents: Redefining Parameters by Design i. Coastal Hazards and Mitigation Tools Thomas Herrington ii. Beneficial Use of Dredge Edgar Westerhof iii. Existing Barrier Island Study Mapping Justine Shapiro-Kline iv. Coastal Protection via Offshore Wind Farms: A Transformative Idea Alan Blumberg & Cristina L. Archer 4. Hydrodynamics and Coastal Ecologies i. Computational Modeling Alan Blumberg & Sergey Vinogradov ii. Marine Coastal Mapping Jesse M. Keenan iii. MARCO and Marine Spatial Planning Olaf Jensen 5. Economic and Development Research i. Catastrophic Risk Engineering Andrew Kao ii. Estimated Loss Reduction Mapping Andrew Kao iii. Economic and Financing Considerations Kei Hayashi iv. Cost-Benefit Analysis Kei Hayashi v. Implementation Strategy Jesse M. Keenan, Alan Blumberg & Edgar Westerhof 6. Participatory and Stakeholder Research Claire Weisz, Alan Blumberg & Jesse M. Keenan IV.The Blue Dunes Proposal V. Reflections: Mainstreaming Regional Adaptation Jesse M. Keenan & Claire Weisz 1. Political Economy of Adaptation 2. Design and Planning 3. Perils and Progress Appendix List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Bibliography Index Acknowledgements Credits

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Book SynopsisCan an architect pass through walls? Can the city permeate a house? In The Dissolution of Buildings, architect Angelo Bucci presents projects in his native Sao Paulo and abroad. Advocating an architecture that is "the opposite of global action," his work responds to the topography of the city and to its urban environment. In a lecture delivered at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Bucci discusses work designed with his firm SPBR, projects that span from the scale of the house to the city. His built work is here accompanied by an excerpt from his doctoral dissertation, which explores how the devices available to architecture-and the sectional manipulation of groundplanes in particular-can mitigate some of the inequities and exclusions built in to the fabric of the contemporary city. An essay by Kenneth Frampton frames these projects within the rich lineage of Brazilian house design and members of the Paulista school such as Paulo Mendes da Rocha and Joao Batista Vilanova Artigas.

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Book SynopsisThis two-volume set describes a flexible and adaptive system-based methodology and associated guidelines for the management and allocation of community-based WELF resources. Over the next 50 years, rapid population, urbanization, and economic growth worldwide will create unprecedented demands for water, energy, land, and food (WELF) resources. The discussion on how to meet human needs for WELF resources and how to guarantee their respective securities has changed over time from looking at all four sectors in isolation to understanding their interdependency through the so-called WELF nexus. The approach presented in this book responds to the overall agreement in the WELF nexus literature that the management and allocation of WELF resources at the community level need to be examined in a more systemic, multidisciplinary, participatory, and practical manner while seeking to increase synergies and reduce trade-offs. This book was written to explore the value proposition of that approach. Volume 1 focuses on defining the landscape in which the nexus operates and outlines the proposed methodology. Volume 2 explores the quantitative and qualitative modeling of the nexus and landscape using system modeling tools including system dynamics. It presents a road map for the formulation, simulation, selection, and ranking of possible intervention plans. The proposed methodology is designed to serve as a guide for different groups involved in the science and policy decision aspects of the WELF nexus within the context of community development. The methodology focuses mostly on WELF-related issues in small-scale and low-income communities where securing resources is critical to their short- and long-term livelihood and development.

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Book SynopsisThis two-volume book describes a flexible and adaptive system-based methodology and associated guidelines for the management and allocation of community-based WELF resources. Over the next 50 years, rapid population, urbanization, and economic growth worldwide will create unprecedented demands for water, energy, land, and food (WELF) resources. The discussion on how to meet human needs for WELF resources and how to guarantee their respective securities has changed over time from looking at all four sectors in isolation to understanding their interdependency through the so-called WELF nexus. The approach presented in this book responds to the overall agreement in the WELF nexus literature that the management and allocation of WELF resources at the community level need to be examined in a more systemic, multidisciplinary, participatory, and practical manner while seeking to increase synergies and reduce trade-offs. This book was written to explore the value proposition of that approach. This two-volume book describes a flexible and adaptive system-based methodology and associated guidelines for the management and allocation of community-based WELF resources. Volume 1 focuses on defining the landscape in which the nexus operates and outlines the proposed methodology. Volume 2 explores the quantitative and qualitative modeling of the nexus and landscape using system modeling tools including system dynamics. It presents a road map for the formulation, simulation, selection, and ranking of possible intervention plans. The proposed methodology is designed to serve as a guide for different groups involved in the science and policy decision aspects of the WELF nexus within the context of community development. The methodology focuses mostly on WELF-related issues in small-scale and low-income communities where securing resources is critical to their short- and long-term livelihood and development.

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Book SynopsisEast of East: The Making of Greater El Monte, is an edited collection of thirty-one essays that trace the experience of a California community over three centuries, from eighteenth-century Spanish colonization to twenty-first century globalization. Employing traditional historical scholarship, oral history, creative nonfiction and original art, the book provides a radical new history of El Monte and South El Monte, showing how interdisciplinary and community-engaged scholarship can break new ground in public history. East of East tells stories that have been excluded from dominant historical narratives—stories that long survived only in the popular memory of residents, as well as narratives that have been almost completely buried and all but forgotten. Its cast of characters includes white vigilantes, Mexican anarchists, Japanese farmers, labor organizers, civil rights pioneers, and punk rockers, as well as the ordinary and unnamed youth who generated a vibrant local culture at dances and dive bars. Trade Review"Richly layered and movingly felt, East of East is a collaborative history of a seemingly ordinary place revealed as a crossroads of the local and the global. A remarkable interleaving of scholarship and the intimacy of memory." -- D.J. Waldie * author of Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir *"East of East makes several important interventions. First, it is part of an exciting movement to reclaim the histories and geographies of cities from the bottom up. Second, it focuses on a vital but completely overlooked part of LA history - El Monte. Essential reading for all those interested in southern California." -- Laura Pulido * co-Author of, A People’s Guide to Los Angeles *"Welcoming Boom’s New Editorial Team" mention of East of East https://boomcalifornia.com/2019/08/07/welcoming-booms-new-editorial-team/ * Boom California *"Who owns history? New book reconsiders San Gabriel Valley’s pioneer past," Greater LA hosted by Steve Chiotakis https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/lausd-police-el-monte/sgv-el-monte-history-book * "Greater LA," KCRW *“East of East digs up the dirt of greater El Monte to find what is left of ‘us’ — for the authors and contributors born and raised there, and for the Indigenous, immigrant, multiracial, multicultural and transnational communities brought to vivid life in these pages. It writes ‘us’ back into the narratives that erased us and writes new ones to remind us that white pioneer settlers are just part of the story, not the center of it.” * KCET.org *"San Gabriel Mission fire provokes deep, conflicting reactions," by Gustavo Arellano https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-13/san-gabriel-mission-fire-morning-mass * Los Angeles Times *"For 100 Years, El Monte Has Celebrated a Blatant Historical Falsehood. Why? A Southern California City Has a Rich, Multi-Ethnic Past That Its Foundational Myth Erases," by Romeo Guzmán https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2020/08/19/el-monte-end-of-the-santa-fe-trail-true-history/ideas/essay/ * Zócalo Public Square *"The editors of East of East see deeper truths. Greater El Monte, it turns out, is the setting for a story as rich and tangled as the flora that still covers the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area, a patch of parkland that lies, relatively unspoiled, in the watershed the El Montes call home." * Los Angeles Review of Books *"How Authors Are Reaching Book Lovers in the Age of COVID-19," by Teena Apeles https://www.kcet.org/shows/southland-sessions/how-authors-are-reaching-book-lovers-in-the-age-of-covid-19 * KCET.org *"Your history-buff friends all want this magical book for Christmas." * The Press-Enterprise *"Best of all, East of East is both chronicle and challenge to all of us: Know your local history, document it and spread its gospel to the world, no matter how seemingly small." * Los Angeles Times *"Combining creative nonfiction, oral history, and traditional scholarship, the various writings here reclaim the histories and geographies of the urban fringe these writers call 'east of east.' What makes this area so significant is that it’s been a point of 'contact between farmworkers, punks, white supremacists, suburbanites, Zumba dancers, and civil rights activists.'” * L.A. Taco *"Scholars and regular people will find something to enjoy in East of East. Tourists and Locals alike will have a refreshingly informed understanding next time they go cruising through the streets of Aztlán and find themselves on Durfee in El Monte, remembering novelist Salvador Plascencia’s description of Durfee Avenue. What a great gift, or textbook. East of East is scholarship done right. Órale to the publishers and especially lead editors Romeo Guzmán and Carribean Fragoza." * La Bloga *"The 10 best California books of 2020: Featuring 32 essays by writers including Alex Espinoza, Salvador Plascencia and Fragoza, this anthology seeks to restore the 'silenced histories' of El Monte, the small working-class city in eastern Los Angeles County, while also re-imagining its future as a community in its own right. 'The future will not happen in the cities or the suburbs,' the editors write, 'but in the middle, and El Monte and South El Monte have always been in the middle.'" * Los Angeles Times, The 10 best California books of 2020 *"It can and should be an inspiration for likeminded collaborative and multi-disciplinary projects seeking to redress the many wrongs of exclusive historical memory. As stated in the epilogue, localized areas like greater El Monte are often active in national and transnational operations of many kinds 'in broader networks of trade, work, kinship, culture and migration.' This book provides a solid grounding in better understanding these interrelationships, even as 'the rest of its stories have yet to be told.'" * The Public Historian *"A tale of two cities: El Monte’s battle to preserve its Latinx history," by Erik Adams * University Times *"Ethnic Studies Comes Into The Classroom And Onto The Streets," by Julia Barajas * LAist *Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Burn the Wagon: Finding Silenced Histories, Lost Intersections, and Radical Possibilities in Greater El MonteRomeo Guzmán, Carribean Fragoza, Alex Sayf Cummings, and Ryan Reft Part I Origins and Departures1 The Tongva PeopleAurelie Roy2 Toypurina: A Legend Etched in the LandscapeMaria John3 From Alta California to American Statehood: Race, Change, and the Californio Pico FamilyRyan Reft4 Here Come the El Monte Boys: Vigilante Justice and Lynch Mobs in Nineteenth Century El MonteKaren Wilson and Dan Lynch Part II Social and Political Movements 5 Rise, Fall, Repeat: El Monte’s White Supremacy MovementsDaniel Cady6 Ricardo Flores Magón and Anarchist Movement in El MonteYesenia Barragan and Mark Bray7 Bitter Fruit: The El Monte Berry Strike of 1933Melquiades Fernandez8 Schools for All: The Desegregation Campaign in El MonteRachel Newman9 City of Achievement: The Making of the City of South El Monte, 1955-1976Nick Juravich10 La Lucha Continua! Gloria Arellanes and the Women of the Chicano MovementJuan Herrera11 Toward a Radical Arts Practice: Theater and Muralism during the Chicano MovementCarribean Fragoza12 American Dreams and Immigrant Realities in a South El Monte Shoe FactoryAdam Goodman13 Dreams of Escape and Belonging: The Making of Asian El MonteAlex Sayf Cummings Part IIINature and the Built Environment14 Hicks Camp: A Mexican BarrioDaniel Morales15 Life at Marrano Beach: The Lost Barrio Beach of Los AngelesDaniel Medina16 From Small Farming to Urban Agriculture: El Monte Subsistence HomesteadingRyan Reft17 A Community Erased: Japanese Americans in El Monte and the Greater SGVAndre Kobayashi Deckrow18 Whittier Narrows Park: A Story of Water, Power, and DisplacementDavid Reid19 Transportational El Monte, From the Red Car to the FreewayRyan Reft20 The Starlite Swap MeetJennifer Renteria Part IVPopular Culture21 El Monte’s Wild Past: A History of Gay’s Lion FarmMichael Weller22 Memories of El Monte: Art Laboe’s Charmed Life on the AirJude Webre23 El Monte’s Wildweed: Biraciality and the Punk Ethos of The Gun Club’s Jeffrey Lee PierceTroy Andreas Araiza Kokinis24 The Punk and the SeamstressApolonio Morales25 A Gay Bar, Some Familia, and Latina Butch-Femme: Rounding out the Eastside Circle at El Monte’s Sugar ShackStacy I. Macías26 All the Zumba Ladies: Reclaiming Bodies and Space through Serious Booty-ShakingCarribean Fragoza Part V Literary Cartographies27 1181 Durfee Avenue: 1983 to 1986Michael Jaime-Becerra28 Train versus Pedestrian on Valley BoulevardAlex Espinoza29 Epiphany Catholic ChurchToni Margarita Plummer30 Rush StreetCarribean Fragoza31 Durfee AvenueSalvador PlascenciaEpilogue: East of East: Suburban Cosmopolitanism in the San Gabriel ValleyWendy Cheng AcknowledgmentsSelected BibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisMakris and Gatta engage in a rich ethnographic investigation of Asbury Park to better understand the connection between jobs and seasonal gentrification and the experiences of longtime residents in this beach-community city. They demonstrate how the racial inequality in the founding of Asbury Park is reverberating a century later. This book tells an important and nuanced tale of gentrification using an intersectional lens to examine the history of race relations, the too often overlooked history of the postindustrial city, the role of the LGBTQ population, barriers to employment and access to amenities, and the role of developers as the city rapidly changes. Makris and Gatta draw on in-depth interviews, focus groups, ethnographic observation, as well as data analysis to tell the reader a story of life on the West Side of Asbury Park as the East Side prospers and to point to a potential path forward.Trade Review"Focusing on historical segregation both residentially and in the labor market, Makris and Gatta’s rich qualitative work and presentation of intersectionality in Gentrification Down the Shore sheds light on the experiences of living in Asbury Park from the perspective of people who were there long ago during the music heyday, and more recently during its revitalization." -- Kathe Newman * Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University *"From Venice, California, to the Rockaway Peninsula, beach towns like Asbury Park are changing from funky, diverse communities to pricey, sanitized tourist zones of hipster cool. Gentrification Down the Shore documents the tragic consequences of this kind of redevelopment, which bypasses longtime residents in favor of seasonal visitors and deprives them of access to nature, culture, and civic life." -- Sharon Zukin * author of Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places *"Greetings from Asbury Park. Now Let’s Talk About Gentrification and Racism" * SUM *Indoor Voices podcast interview with Mary Gatta and Molly Vollman Makris * Indoor Voices podcast *"Rescue Our Cities and Towns" by Mary Gatta and Molly Vollman Makris * The Progressive *"Makris and Gatta present an informative and compelling portrait of a storied city undergoing its latest transformation even as long-committed businesses and residents struggle to find a place within it. Gentrification Down the Shore deserves a place on the reading lists of cultural historians, gentrification scholars, and above all fans of Asbury Park." * The Metropole *"[A] groundbreaking ethnography...Gentrification Down the Shore is an important book that sheds light on the impact of gentrification on African Americans living in Asbury Park, New Jersey, as the first such text on the subject." * NJ Studies *"Focusing on historical segregation both residentially and in the labor market, Makris and Gatta’s rich qualitative work and presentation of intersectionality in Gentrification Down the Shore sheds light on the experiences of living in Asbury Park from the perspective of people who were there long ago during the music heyday, and more recently during its revitalization." -- Kathe Newman * Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University *"From Venice, California, to the Rockaway Peninsula, beach towns like Asbury Park are changing from funky, diverse communities to pricey, sanitized tourist zones of hipster cool. Gentrification Down the Shore documents the tragic consequences of this kind of redevelopment, which bypasses longtime residents in favor of seasonal visitors and deprives them of access to nature, culture, and civic life." -- Sharon Zukin * author of Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places *"Greetings from Asbury Park. Now Let’s Talk About Gentrification and Racism" * SUM *Indoor Voices podcast interview with Mary Gatta and Molly Vollman Makris * Indoor Voices podcast *"Rescue Our Cities and Towns" by Mary Gatta and Molly Vollman Makris * The Progressive *"Makris and Gatta present an informative and compelling portrait of a storied city undergoing its latest transformation even as long-committed businesses and residents struggle to find a place within it. Gentrification Down the Shore deserves a place on the reading lists of cultural historians, gentrification scholars, and above all fans of Asbury Park." * The Metropole *"[A] groundbreaking ethnography...Gentrification Down the Shore is an important book that sheds light on the impact of gentrification on African Americans living in Asbury Park, New Jersey, as the first such text on the subject." * NJ Studies *Table of ContentsContentsChapter 1: Seasonal GentrificationChapter 2: Racial Segregation, Sex, Gender and Rock n Roll: The History of Asbury ParkChapter 3: Working While BlackChapter 4: Owning a Business—The Employers SideChapter 5: A West Side StoryChapter 6: Cats are the New Dogs (and Other Stuff That Makes Asbury Cool…and Can It Stay Cool?)Chapter 7: Land of Hope and DreamsMethodological AppendixReferences

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Book SynopsisMakris and Gatta engage in a rich ethnographic investigation of Asbury Park to better understand the connection between jobs and seasonal gentrification and the experiences of longtime residents in this beach-community city. They demonstrate how the racial inequality in the founding of Asbury Park is reverberating a century later. This book tells an important and nuanced tale of gentrification using an intersectional lens to examine the history of race relations, the too often overlooked history of the postindustrial city, the role of the LGBTQ population, barriers to employment and access to amenities, and the role of developers as the city rapidly changes. Makris and Gatta draw on in-depth interviews, focus groups, ethnographic observation, as well as data analysis to tell the reader a story of life on the West Side of Asbury Park as the East Side prospers and to point to a potential path forward.Trade Review"Focusing on historical segregation both residentially and in the labor market, Makris and Gatta’s rich qualitative work and presentation of intersectionality in Gentrification Down the Shore sheds light on the experiences of living in Asbury Park from the perspective of people who were there long ago during the music heyday, and more recently during its revitalization." -- Kathe Newman * Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University *"From Venice, California, to the Rockaway Peninsula, beach towns like Asbury Park are changing from funky, diverse communities to pricey, sanitized tourist zones of hipster cool. Gentrification Down the Shore documents the tragic consequences of this kind of redevelopment, which bypasses longtime residents in favor of seasonal visitors and deprives them of access to nature, culture, and civic life." -- Sharon Zukin * author of Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places *"Greetings from Asbury Park. Now Let’s Talk About Gentrification and Racism" * SUM *Indoor Voices podcast interview with Mary Gatta and Molly Vollman Makris * Indoor Voices podcast *"Rescue Our Cities and Towns" by Mary Gatta and Molly Vollman Makris * The Progressive *"Makris and Gatta present an informative and compelling portrait of a storied city undergoing its latest transformation even as long-committed businesses and residents struggle to find a place within it. Gentrification Down the Shore deserves a place on the reading lists of cultural historians, gentrification scholars, and above all fans of Asbury Park." * The Metropole *"[A] groundbreaking ethnography...Gentrification Down the Shore is an important book that sheds light on the impact of gentrification on African Americans living in Asbury Park, New Jersey, as the first such text on the subject." * NJ Studies *"Focusing on historical segregation both residentially and in the labor market, Makris and Gatta’s rich qualitative work and presentation of intersectionality in Gentrification Down the Shore sheds light on the experiences of living in Asbury Park from the perspective of people who were there long ago during the music heyday, and more recently during its revitalization." -- Kathe Newman * Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University *"From Venice, California, to the Rockaway Peninsula, beach towns like Asbury Park are changing from funky, diverse communities to pricey, sanitized tourist zones of hipster cool. Gentrification Down the Shore documents the tragic consequences of this kind of redevelopment, which bypasses longtime residents in favor of seasonal visitors and deprives them of access to nature, culture, and civic life." -- Sharon Zukin * author of Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places *"Greetings from Asbury Park. Now Let’s Talk About Gentrification and Racism" * SUM *Indoor Voices podcast interview with Mary Gatta and Molly Vollman Makris * Indoor Voices podcast *"Rescue Our Cities and Towns" by Mary Gatta and Molly Vollman Makris * The Progressive *"Makris and Gatta present an informative and compelling portrait of a storied city undergoing its latest transformation even as long-committed businesses and residents struggle to find a place within it. Gentrification Down the Shore deserves a place on the reading lists of cultural historians, gentrification scholars, and above all fans of Asbury Park." * The Metropole *"[A] groundbreaking ethnography...Gentrification Down the Shore is an important book that sheds light on the impact of gentrification on African Americans living in Asbury Park, New Jersey, as the first such text on the subject." * NJ Studies *Table of ContentsContentsChapter 1: Seasonal GentrificationChapter 2: Racial Segregation, Sex, Gender and Rock n Roll: The History of Asbury ParkChapter 3: Working While BlackChapter 4: Owning a Business—The Employers SideChapter 5: A West Side StoryChapter 6: Cats are the New Dogs (and Other Stuff That Makes Asbury Cool…and Can It Stay Cool?)Chapter 7: Land of Hope and DreamsMethodological AppendixReferences

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Book SynopsisThis collection of urban studies research and interpretation crosses the country from Quebec to B.C., comparing trends and perspectives over the past decade and across and beyond disciplines. Core questions of research, policy and practice facing Montreal and Vancouver—those featuring housing and transportation, in particular—are featured in terms of new and innovative directions. Emerging questions—about urban indigeneity, food systems, climate action—are broached in challenging ways. The twenty authors whose original work is compiled here demonstrate the scope for continued, critical, comparative conversation across francophone and anglophone divides. The book offers a significant resource for understanding the intersecting field and practice of urban studies in Quebec and in B.C. and for spurring its further evolution. A French version of this book is also available.

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Book SynopsisThis book collects a set of reflections concerning the planning of contemporary cities by urban design, with a special emphasis on some needs and shortcomings emerged during the coronavirus pandemic. With the ultimate goal of designing accessible, inclusive and welcoming green cities, it discusses the urgent need for new systems of public spaces across the city, together with alternative solutions for individual mobility (especially slow mobility) and social interaction. It is intended for a broad readership, including designers, engineers, architects, social scientists, stakeholders, and public administrators, who deal with various aspects of the realization of the City 4.0.Table of ContentsHow Covid-19 has opened our eyes.- How people experience the city.- How people experience their home and the public spaces.- How human languages change.- How to improve our real-world settings.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores urban resilience through significant, original and rigorous academic research, utilising the experiences of town planners, architects and decision makers to create a charter on resilient communities. The second part of the book presents mini-essays discussing the strategic points of the paper, and enabling more casual readers with the ability to access information on urban resilience. The book then explores urban resilience through the work and understanding of the institutions responsible for regulating the professions of urban planner, educators, professionals, and those involved in communication. Providing numerous illustrations and examples, Resilient Communities and the Peccioli Charter will be of interest to researchers, postgraduates, architects, urban designers and planners alike.Table of ContentsPart I: Urban Resilience in Times of Environmental Crises.- Introduction.- The Periphery Does Not Exist.- From Circular Design to Circular Dynamics.- Part II: The Charter of Peccioli.- Preamble to the Charter of Peccioli. A Vision for Italy: A Nation of Resilient Communities.- The Peccioli Charter, or the New Constitution of the Nation of the Italian Resilient Communities.- Part III: Contributions of the Steering Committee Members.- Introduction.- No More Masterplan! Resilient Communities Require Incremental, Adaptive and Generative Processes.- Building the Space of a Resilient.- The Reslient Landscape of a Community.- The Role of Cultural and Built Heritage as Drivers for the Ecological and Social Regeneration of Suburbs and Minor Urban Centers Toward Future Resilience.- Investing in Human Capital. Towards a New Paradigm of Urban and Social Resilience, Beyond the Notion of Profit.- Farming the Contemporary City: Resilience and Adaptation Strategies from the Past.- Urban Socio-Psychological Resilience.- Designing Material Cultures.- Urban Metabolism: Towards a Holistic Practice of Resilience.- The Right Distance. Forms of Representation for Resilient Communities.- Part IV: From the Charter to the Perspectives of Resilience: Impacts.- Introduction.- A Charter of Resilience: Methodologies and Impact. From a Manifesto in Seven Points to the International Symposiums and Workshops.- Homo Resilience: Cultural Diversity in the Time of the Novacene.- Resilient Cities for Resilient Communities.- The Era of Eco-Responsibility.- The Architecture of the New Century, Interpreter of Chance Through Continuity.- Active Communities for Resilient Cities. Urban Agenda for Italy: Industrial Districts as Resilient Economic, Social and Cultural Communities.- Resilient Padua.- For the Common Good: Courage and Resilience.- Women Architects of Resilience.-"Spatial Drawings": Towards Becoming Aware of Living.- Guidelines for a Resilient Urban Landscape.- For an Ethics of Becoming.- Part V: Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThis book collects ground-breaking works on the actual and potential impact of big data and data-integrated design for resilient urban environments, including human- and ecology-centred perspectives. Comprehending and designing for urban social, demographic and environmental change is a complex task. Big data, data structuring, data analysis (i.e. AI and ML) and data-integrated design can play a significant role in advancing approaches to this task. The themes presented in this book include urban adaptation, urban morphology, urban mobility, urban ecosystems, urban climate, urban ecology and agriculture. Given the compound nature of complex sustainability problems, most chapters address the correlation between several of these themes. The book addresses practitioners, researchers and graduate students concerned with the rapidly increasing role of data in developing urban environments.Table of ContentsThe introduction to informed urban environments.- The bigger picture en route to informed urban environments.- How we see now: Traversing a data-mosaic.- The role of information modelling and computational ontologies to support the design, planning and management of urban environments: Current status and future challenges.- Urban adaptation – Insights from information physics and complex system dynamics.- Decoding cool urban forms: Using open data to build a dialogue between microclimate and configurational morphology in urban environments.- From Amsterdam to New Amsterdam to Amsterdam: How urban mobility shapes cities.- urban microclimate spatiotemporal mapping: A method to evaluate thermal comfort availability in urban ecosystems.- Urban ecosystems and nature-based solutions: The role of data in optimizing the provision of ecosystem services.- Smart urban forestry: Is it the future?- Big data and decision support in rural and urban agriculture.

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Book SynopsisTorre David is an incomplete skyscraper in the center of the Venezuelan capital Caracas that has been occupied and reconstructed by local residents. Work on the building, named after the financial investor David Brillembourg, who died in 1993, was suspended during the Venezuelan financial crisis of 1994. After the office tower - the third highest in Venezuela - had stood empty for many years, it was taken over by the local population in 2008. The occupants made the building their own with improvisation and skill - it is a "vertical favela," now containing not just housing but also other everyday facilities such as an improvised doctor's office, shops, and more. Photographer Iwan Baan has documented Torre David and its occupants, creating a portrait that captures the contradictions of the place while at the same time revealing urban structures that have emerged dynamically and without planning.

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Book SynopsisIs democracy spatial? How are the physical aspects of our cities, houses, streets, and public spaces - the borders, the neighborhoods, the monuments - bearers of our values? In a world of intensifying geo-economic integration, extreme fi nancial and geopolitical volatility, deepening environmental crises, and a dramatic new wave of popular protest against both authoritarian government and capitalist speculation, cities have become leading sites for new claims on state power and new formations of political subjectivity. This volume brings together perspectives from history, sociology, art, political theory, planning, law, and design practice to explore the urban spaces of the political. A selection of contemporary photography from around the world offers a visual refl ection of this timely investigation. Contributors include: Michael Arad, Diane Davis, Keller Easterling, Gerald Frug, Mohsen Mostafavi, Chantal Mouffe, Erika Naginski, Saskia Sassen, Richard Sennett, Loic Wacquant, Krzysztof Wodiczko.

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Book Synopsis'City Riffs' traces the changing perspectives of urban design within an ever-changing global context. Moving between sixteen cities, the book also considers trans-disciplinary aspects of urbanism; formal and informal growth in Kumasi and Caracas, post-colonial structures in New Delhi and Prague, post-urban phenomena in Detroit and Brussels; cultural transitions in Antwerp and Salzburg; the changing nature of place in Seoul and Mostar; and new ecological realities in New York and Rome. Urbanism is viewed as the production of space-integrating aspects of design, ecology, and engineering, as well as other influences on urban cognition such as social, economical, and psychological interactions. As it covers a wide range of places and methods, this book will be an asset to anyone who works on, lives in, or thinks about cities. AUTHOR: Richard Plunz is Professor of Architecture and Director of the Earth Institute's Urban Design Lab at Columbia University, where he has also chaired the Division of Architecture and directed the Urban Design Program at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. SELLING POINTS: . Interlinks various disciplines of urbanism 30 illustrations

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