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Taylor & Francis Ltd Towards Sustainable Cities East Asian North
Book SynopsisWhile there has been much recent research into achieving sustainability in urban areas, most of this is specific to a particular region. This volume broadens these discussions by extending the analysis from North American and European cities to include East Asian cities. Many cities in Asia have deep historical roots, have sustained dense populations through time and have grown prosperous in recent decades. They also face significant environmental degradation and other planning challenges. In bringing together and comparing strategies and experiences from three distinct global regions, this book offers unique insights and new perspectives on the challenges of moving towards greater urban sustainability. While questioning which strategies can promote sustainable cities in a global context, the book also illustrates that while formulae generated out of American and European experience cannot be universally applied, some of the analytical approaches and experience of the other developed countries can offer insights for those working in different contexts. It argues that managing urban change for greater urban sustainability in diverse regions requires detailed understanding of local issues and regional strategies as well as strong support from local communities.Trade Review’The volume is unique in using the contemporary discourse on urban sustainability as a bridge to research and policy in three different continents - Asia, Europe and North America. In particular, it places the challenges and recent experience in moving toward sustainable cities in Asia - the most rapidly growing part of our urban world - in a comparative context.’ Larry Bourne, University of Toronto, Canada ’The book provides a welcome addition to the Western focus of the literature on urban sustainability...a useful contribution, particularly for those interested in growth management and the Asian experience.’ Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design ’...provides an enthralling treatise of sustainable development issues.’ Centre for Education in the Built Environment: Projects and InitiativesTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Urban Sustainability Questions: Towards sustainable cities, André Sorensen, Peter J. Marcotullio and Jill Grant; Sustainable urbanism in historical perspective, Jill Grant; Why the Asian urbanization experience should make us think differently about planning approaches, Peter J. Marcotullio. Part II: Planning Strategies for More Sustainable Cities in North America and Europe: An inquiry into the promise and prospects of smart growth, Gerrit-Jan Knaap; Varieties of US growth management: lessons from New York and San Francisco, Rolf Pendall; Cross-border impacts of growth management regime: Portland, Oregon, and Clark County, Washington, Chang-Hee Christine Bae; Developing and employing sustainability indicators as a principal strategy in planning: experiences in the Puget sound urban region of Washington State, Donald Miller; Sustainable Portland? A critique, and the Los Angeles counterpoint, Harry W. Richardson and Peter Gordon; Canada's experience in planning for sustainable development, Jill Grant; Coping with the growing complexity of our physical environment: the search for new planning tools in the Netherlands, Gert de Roo; Central Belgium, a 'Park City'? A policy based on de-concentrated clustering, Jef Van den Broeck. Part III: Planning Strategies for More Sustainable Cities in Japan and Korea: Major issues of land management for sustainable urban regions in Japan, André Sorensen; Empowerment in the Japanese planning context, Hideki Koizumi; Green structure plan for a sustainable urban-rural relationship in Japan, Mikiko Ishikawa; Sustainable community improvement in Japan: infill redevelopment where everyone can continue to live, Shigeru Satoh; Reform of planning controls for an urban-rural continuum in Korea, Sang-Chuel Choe; Inner-city growth management problem in Seoul: residential rebuilding boom and planning response, Kwang-Joong Kim; Urban growth management and housing supply in the capital region of South Korea, Sang-Dae Lee. Part IV: Conclusions: Towards land management policies for more sustainable cities, Jill Grant, Peter J. Marcotullio and André Sorensen.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Community Indicators Measuring Systems Urban and
Book SynopsisCommunity indicators measuring systems represent a mechanism to improve monitoring and evaluation in planning, incorporating citizen involvement and participation. They reflect the interplay between social, environmental and economic factors affecting a region''s or community''s well-being, and, as such, can be extremely valuable to planners and developers. Yet, little research has been conducted on their efficacy. This book provides a comprehensive review of how community development indicators evolved and examines their interplay with planning and development. It questions how we adequately measure concepts associated with indicators systems and whether these systems are sustainable and can best evolve. In doing so, the book allows a better understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of community indicators measuring systems, as well as how best to design and implement them.Trade Review'...makes a significant contribution to our continuing understanding and appreciation of the value of indicators...A clear strength of the book is the impressive range of issues covered...Community leaders, researchers and graduate students in urban studies, environmental management, land use planning and geography will be sure to find something of deep interest among the chapters.' Urban StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Theory And Basis For Community Indicators: Understanding indicators, Heidi Hoernig and Mark Seasons; Historical background of community indicators, Clifford Cobb and Craig Rixford. Relating Community Indicators To Planning And Development: The sustainable Calgary story: a local response to a global challenge, Noel Keough; Indicators and core area planning: applications in Canada's mid-sized cities, Mark Seasons; Integrating community indicators with economic development planning, Rhonda Phillips and Susan Bridges. Technological Dimensions: Community statistical systems: discussion of development and data issues, Naomi Oliver, Christiana Schumann and Marc T. Smith; Role of multi-scalar GIS-based indicators studies in formulating neighbourhood planning policy, Rina Ghose and William Huxhold; Where do we want to be? Making sustainability indicators integrated, dynamic and participatory, Jeff Carmichael, Sonia Talwar, James Tansey and John Robinson; Subject index.
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Taylor & Francis Irelands Heritages Critical Perspectives on Memory and Identity Heritage Culture and Identity
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Challenged Borderlands
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Rethinking Urban Transport After Modernism
Book SynopsisFor the last seven decades, urban settlement policy worldwide has been increasingly dominated by modernist precepts and by urban decisions made in discipline-specific âsilosâ. The urban management consequences have been invariably negative, with increasing sprawl, fragmentation and separation resulting in a wide range of environmental, social and economic problems. This book explores the role of movement in a more integrated approach to urban settlement, and how thinking, policies and actions need to change. South Africa is used as a particularly good case study, since patterns of sprawl, fragmentation and separation have been exacerbated by apartheid, while recent legislation has demanded a reversal of these tendencies.Trade Review’This is an interesting case study from South Africa...the book emphasises an integrated approach to urban management incorporating mobility with interesting illustrations, data.’ Built Environment ’This book presents a comprehensive overview of the planning and policy issues in South African settlements...clearly written...The book is to be recommended as an interesting case study. It would be of interest to all professionals, as well as to undergraduate and post-graduate academics, in the field of urban, land-use and transportation planning, ranging from design to policy-making.’ Journal of Housing and the Built EnvironmentTable of ContentsContents: Defining the problem: the objectives of this book; Setting the scene; Approaches to settlement-making: locating the concepts of structure and space; Movement as an element of urban structure and urban space; Movement in urban structure: the case of South Africa; Movement as an element of urban space; Movement in space: the case of South Africa; Conclusion; References; Appendix A: excerpt from the Transport Planning Act; Appendix B: further readings consulted.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Politics of Forests
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Borders in PostSocialist Europe Territory Scale Society Border Regions Series
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Communicating National Integration
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Marginalisation in China Perspectives on Transition and Globalisation Igu Marginal Regions
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Men in Contemporary Russia
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Savannas and Dry Forests Linking People with Nature
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The New European Rurality Strategies for Small Firms Economic Geography Series
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Taylor & Francis The New Bosnian Mosaic Identities Memories and Moral Claims in a PostWar Society
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Taylor & Francis The Balkans Foreign Direct Investment and EU Accession
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Economic Integration and Development in Africa
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sustainable Development National Aspirations Local Implementation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Women Miners in Developing Countries Pit Women and Others Voices in Development Management
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Protected Areas and Regional Development in Europe
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Taylor & Francis Ltd By Northern Lights On the Making of Geography in Sweden
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Taylor & Francis Services and Economic Development in the AsiaPacific
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Tradition Culture and Development in Africa Historical Lessons for Modern Development Planning Heritage Culture and Identity
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Taylor & Francis Childrens Rights in Africa A Legal Perspective
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Taylor & Francis Ltd KnowledgeBased Services Internationalization and Regional Development The Dynamics of Economic Space
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Taylor & Francis An Ecological Christian Anthropology At Home on Earth
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Taylor & Francis The European City and Green Space London Stockholm Helsinki and St Petersburg 18502000 Historical Urban Studies Series
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Taylor & Francis Volume 8 Tome II Kierkegaards International Reception Southern Central and Eastern Europe Kierkegaard Research Sources Reception and Resources
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Taylor & Francis Paradosiak Music Meaning and Identity in Modern Greece SOAS Studies in Music
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Taylor & Francis Ports Cities and Global Supply Chains Transport and Mobility
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Recovering Resources Recycling Citizenship Urban Poverty Reduction in Latin America
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Ecotourism and Environmental Sustainability Principles and Practice
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Managing Europes Water Resources
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Research Companion to Border Studies
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Taylor & Francis Critical Toponymies The Contested Politics of Place Naming 4 Rematerialising Cultural Geography
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Traditional Food Production and Rural Sustainable Development
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Place Reinvention Northern Perspectives
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Comparing Rural Development
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Taylor & Francis The Changing Governance of Renewable Natural Resources in Northwest Russia
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Taylor & Francis Losing Paradise
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Gendered Experiences of Genocide Anfal Survivors in KurdistanIraq Voices in Development Management
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Taylor & Francis Judicial Accountabilities in New Europe From Rule of Law to Quality of Justice Studies in Modern Law and Policy
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Taylor & Francis Ltd KnowledgeIntensive Business Services Geography and Innovation Economic Geography Series
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Taylor & Francis Strategic Planning for Contemporary Urban Regions
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Taylor & Francis Europe in the World EU Geopolitics and the Making of European Space Critical Geopolitics
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Women of the Kakawin World Marriage and Sexuality in the Indic Courts of Java and Bali
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Taylor & Francis Women of the Kakawin World Marriage and Sexuality in the Indic Courts of Java and Bali
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Taylor & Francis East Asia in the World
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Taylor & Francis East Asia in the World
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Taylor & Francis Latin America in the World An Introduction Foundations in Global Studies
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