Urban and municipal planning and policy Books

Book SynopsisThis book covers the key principles of residential planning and offers principles for innovative and sustainable neighbourhood design. It is useful to students and practitioners of urban design, planning, and urban systems and architecture studios focused on sustainable residential development.Table of Contents1. Designing Sustainable Environments 2. Planning with Nature 3. Moving in Neighbourhoods 4. Mixing Land Uses and Sense of Place 5. Public Open Spaces 6. Livable Denser Places 7. Weaving Old and New 8. Edible Landscapes and Landscaping 9. Alternative Energy, District Heating, and Waste Management 10. Innovative Dwelling Concepts 11. Low Carbon Residences

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This book uses a unique typology of ten core drivers of injustice to explore and question common assumptions around what urban sustainability means, how it can be implemented, and how it is manifested in or driven by urban interventions that hinge on claims of sustainability. Aligned with critical environmental justice studies, the book highlights the contradictions of urban sustainability in relation to justice. It argues that urban neighbourhoods cannot be greener, more sustainable and liveable unless their communities are strengthened by the protection of the right to housing, public space, infrastructure and healthy amenities. Linked to the individual drivers, ten short empirical case studies from across Europe and North America provide a systematic analysis of research, policy and practice conducted under urban sustainability agendas in cities such as Barcelona, Glasgow, Athens, Boston and MontrÃal, and show how social and environmental justice is, or is not, being taken

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Book SynopsisThis book includes fieldwork from five continents and demonstrates the breadth of techniques used by environmental criminologists to understand crime.Environmental criminologists seek to understand crime within the physical, and even digital, contexts where it occurs believing that crime occurs when people converge in time and space and that the environment impacts the opportunity for crime. Understanding the environment aids the researcher in answering an essential question: what can be done to alter the place to prevent or reduce crime? However, to understand complex environmental influences, researchers need to engage in fieldwork. Fieldwork involves researchers entering the environment they are studying to observe, listen, and experience the surroundings in a way that influences their understanding of the place and people in the environment. This book highlights the broad array of crime types from package theft in the suburbs to poaching in the Nile basin that eTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Provoked poachers? Applying a situational precipitator framework to examine the nexus between human- wildlife conflict, retaliatory killings, and poaching 2. When a loved one is on community supervision: the crime controller strategies used by ‘PoPPs’ (parents/ partners/ peers of probationers and parolees) 3. Putting qualitative methodology in perspective: reflections on the relevance of fieldwork into the field of Environmental Criminology 4. Exploring the influence of daily microroutines on residential guardianship and monitoring patterns 5. Yelping about a good time: casino popularity and crime 6. Porch pirates: examining unattended package theft through crime script analysis 7. Fieldwork protocol as a safety inventory tool in public places

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an overview and assessment of infrastructure's legal and governance underpinnings. Infrastructure is often thought of as a term referring only to the physical entities pipes, cables, utility poles, highways, airports that facilitate the transmission of water, gas, telecommunications and electricity, as well as enabling both private and public transportation, and serving to house more or less public services such as health care and schools. However, infrastructure planning and implementation are not reducible to bricks and mortar. The complex process requires drawing from and sometimes re-inventing or recycling legal tools, from construction contracts to financing deals', which are often taken for granted by both practitioners and urban studies scholars. These are as important today as they were when the first railway lines were built, and to a large extent they remain just as invisible: the avalanche of drawings and photographs of planned or in-process faTable of Contents1. Audit, 2. Bonds, 3. Community consultations, 4. Credit ratings, 5. ‘The deal’, 6. High-speed rail, 7. Public-private partnerships, 8. Smart cities, 9. "Value for money" assessments, 10. Conclusion

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The struggle for the right to housing is a battle over property rights and land use.For housing to be provided as a human need, land must be recognised as a common right.Property, Planning and Protest is a compelling new investigation into public opposition to housing and real estate development. Its innovative materialist approach is grounded in the political economy of land value, and it recognises the conflict between communities and real estate capital as a struggle over land and property rights. Property, Planning and Protest is about a social movement struggling for democratic representation in land-use decisions. The amenity groups it describes champion a democratic plan-led system that allocates land for social and environmental goals. Situating this movement in a history of land reform and common rights, this book sets out a persuasive new vision of democratic planning and affordable housing for all.

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Book SynopsisThe first edition of Olympic Cities, published in 2007, provided a pioneering overview of the changing relationship between cities and the modern Olympic Games. This substantially revised and much enlarged fourth edition builds on the success of its predecessors. The first of its three parts provides overviews of the urban legacy of the four component Olympic festivals: the Summer Games; Winter Games; Cultural Olympiads; and the Paralympics. The second part comprises systematic surveys of six key aspects of activity involved in staging the Olympics and Paralympics: finance; sustainability; the creation of Olympic Villages; security; urban regeneration; and tourism. The final part consists of ten chronologically arranged portraits of host cities from 1960 to 2032, with complete coverage of the Summer Games of the twenty-first century.As controversy over the growing size and expense of the Olympics, with associated issues of democratic accountability and legacy, continue

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Book SynopsisGet ready to be at the forefront of the future of urban development!As cities continue to rapidly grow, the demand for sustainable and efficient infrastructure becomes more urgent. That's where What Every Engineer Should Know About Smart Cities comes in, offering a comprehensive guide to the concepts and technologies driving the transformation of our cities.Delve into the world of smart cities and discover how information and communication technologies are revolutionizing urban environments. With clear definitions and a focus on real-world applications, this book explores the benefits and challenges of smart cities. It also highlights interdisciplinary topics such as smart buildings, autonomous cars, and urban emergency management systems.This book is not just a theoretical exploration of smart cities. It goes beyond that by providing an in-depth look at the key technologies that are essential to creating smart cities. From the Internet of Things and blocTable of ContentsChapter 1 Defining Smart Cities: An OverviewChapter 2 Smart Cities and the Internet of Things: A Synergetic PartnershipChapter 3 Smart Cities as Complex Systems: A Systems-of-Systems ApproachChapter 4 Modeling and Simulation for Smart City DevelopmentChapter 5 Digital Twin for Smart Cities TransformationChapter 6 Blockchain for Secure and Transparent Smart City TransactionsChapter 7 Smart Mobility for Liveable Cities: Opportunities and ChallengesChapter 8 Building Healthy Cities with Smart TechnologiesChapter 9 Agribusiness in the Era of Smart Cities: Opportunities and ChallengesChapter 10 A Smarter Education for a Better Future: Opportunities and ChallengesChapter 11 Smart City in Action: A Case Study of the City of Santa Rosa, Brazil

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an in-depth overview of graphic and visual communication styles for conveying climate change and climate action within the landscape architectural profession and in academia. The book features visualizations of climate adaptation and resilience, developed by award-winning landscape architects and academics from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Italy, France, Finland, South Africa, Singapore, and China. Representing Landscapes: Visualizing Climate Action illustrates the imaginative ways in which climate action and climate resilient concepts are visually presented, communicated, and perceived. The book will be especially valuable for students and practitioners in landscape architecture, urban planning, and related fields to understand how to visually capture climate change issues and design solutions, and to deliver this message to the public.

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of the City is an outstanding reference source to this exciting subject and the first collection of its kind. Comprising 40 chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into clear sections addressing the following central topics:â Historical Philosophical Engagements with Citiesâ Modern and Contemporary Philosophical Theories of the Cityâ Urban Aestheticsâ Urban Politicsâ Citizenshipâ Urban Environments and the Creation/Destruction of Place.The concluding section, Urban Engagements, contains interviews with philosophers discussing their engagement with students and the wider public on issues and initiatives including experiential learning, civic and community engagement, disability rights and access, environmental degradation, professional diversity, social justice, and globalization. Essen

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Book SynopsisThis book proposes operational approaches to public sector support to community-led development of urban low-income group social housing in the prevailing and medium-term. Within the context of mitigating and redressing the existential threats of climate change and global pathogenic transmission, building on current concerns of global heating and the lessons learnt from the 2020-22 COVID-19 pandemic, the book closely examines recent examples from a wide international range of countries and cities from the Sri Lanka experience to Arab States of the Middle East and the Andes. Topics include maintenance and management of public sector housing, poverty alleviation objectives, climate change mitigation, housing density, local land management and planning, land rights, affordable housing markets, and international governance and administration, ultimately pointing to the universal need for institutional, organisational and human skills development and the compilation and dissemination of opeTrade Review‘Responses to the need for low-income urban housing have evolved over the past 80 years. It is still evolving, influenced even more so now by the climate crisis and the need to consider public health. In this book, Professor Wakely captures the essence of these and other key determinants in influencing that evolution, including land tenure, land use management, financing, and the need for ongoing partnership and collaboration. This book is a valuable resource for those engaged in low-income urban housing and must contribute to shaping future strategies and responses for all role players in this field.’Greg Munro, Director, Cities Alliance, Belgium‘Departing from the critical distinction between "public" and "social" housing, this book offers a historical account of the evolution of housing policies from the twentieth century to the present day. In doing so, it examines the travelling of policy and legal framings across the so-called Global North and South and the emergence and recognition of collective processes of social production of habitat, adopted in the commodified production of housing through the State and/or the private sector.Professor Wakely takes us through this journey while looking at why the right to adequate housing cannot be advanced in dissociation from other contemporary crises, notably the climate emergency and the global health crisis that last manifested through the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020–2023. The book is important reading for those seeking to understand the trajectory of different narratives and approaches to today’s debates on urban social housing.’Adriana Allen, University College London, UK‘The recent COVID-19 pandemic and the fast-growing global warming process have both highlighted the centrality of housing and health conditions in urban areas: more than ever, discussion of housing policies is imperative. In an increasingly urbanised world, it is urgently necessary to critically understand the limits and possibilities of the range of strategies aiming to provide access to housing, especially for the more vulnerable groups and for the urban poor.We must all learn from the lessons already available, such as those so well organised by Professor Patrick Wakely in this important and timely book. Written with precision as a result of decades of reflection, research, teaching and action in several countries, the book articulates information, analysis, and original proposals for the formulation of answers to the global housing crisis. It is a fundamental reading for urban managers, development agencies, academics, students and members of social movements.’Edesio Fernandes, Urban and Environmental Researcher, Brazil‘In this concise work, Pat Wakely draws on his extensive academic and professional experience to capture the essential characteristics of the post-war urban social housing policy development, including recent times. Focusing primarily on the Global South, and drawing on some of the key examples from the Global North, he identifies important lessons for policy makers including key reflections for addressing the new challenges posed by global heating and potential future pandemics. In particular he highlights the critical role of subsidiarity and participatory partnerships between key public and community actors to enable effective policy interventions for social housing delivery.’Ramin Keivani, Oxford Brookes University, UKTable of ContentsForeword (by Robert Biel) Preface & Introduction Chapter 1. Prevailing and emerging policy approaches Chapter 2. Implementation strategies Chapter 3. Land & Location Chapter4. Land use and landscape planning & management Chapter 5. Legislation, norms, standards and land use planning Chapter6. Financial support and the way ahead.

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Book SynopsisDemocracy as Creative Practice: Weaving a Culture of Civic Life offers arts-based solutions to the threats to democracies around the world, practices that can foster more just and equitable societies. Chapter authors are artists, activists, curators, and teachers applying creative and cultural practices in deliberate efforts to build democratic ways of working and interacting in their communities in a range of countries including the United States, Australia, Portugal, Nepal, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The book demonstrates how creativity is integrated in place-based actions, aesthetic strategies, learning environments, and civic processes. As long-time champions and observers of community-based creative and cultural practices, editors Tom Borrup and Andrew Zitcer elucidate work that not only responds to sociopolitical conditions but advances practice. They call on artists, funders, cultural organizations, community groups, educational institutions, government, and oth

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Book SynopsisTransport and the spatial location of population and activities have been important themes of study in engineering, social sciences and urban and regional planning for many decades. However, an integrated approach to the modelling of transport and land use has been rarely made, and common practice has been to model both phenomena independently.This book presents an introduction to the modelling of land use and transport interaction (LUTI), with a theoretical basis and a presentation of the broad state of the art. It also sets out the steps for building an operational LUTI model to provide a concrete application. The authors bring extensive experience in this cross-disciplinary field, primarily for an academic audience and for professionals seeking a thorough introduction.Trade Review"It is a book that will be of greatest use to those with some background in the field, or those with a more general quantitative background who seek a guide to what is happening in the world of land use–transport interaction modeling."-- Kenneth Button, George Mason University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: A Brief History of LUTI ModelsChapter 2: A Classification of LUTI ModelsChapter 3: The Nexus Between Transport and Land Use: AccessibilityChapter 4: Microeconomic Theory of the Interaction Between Transport and Land UseChapter 5: Spatial Interaction ModelsChapter 6: Random Utility Theory and LUTI ModelsChapter 7: Optimisation and LUTI modelsChapter 8: Definition of the Model’s Purpose, the Study Area and the Input DataChapter 9: Models for Simulating the Location of Population and ActivitiesChapter 10: Models for Simulating the Impact of Accessibility on Real Estate PricesChapter 11: Models for Simulating the Transport SystemChapter 12: Spatial Dependence in LUTI ModelsChapter 13: Practical Application of a LUTI Model

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Book SynopsisPublic Places Urban Spaces provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, theory and practices of urban design for those new to the subject and for those requiring a clear and systematic guide. In this new edition the book has been extensively revised and restructured. Carmona advances the idea of urban design as a continuous process of shaping places, fashioned in turn by shifting global, local and power contexts. At the heart of the book are eight key dimensions of urban design theory and practicetemporal, perceptual, morphological, visual, social, functionaland two new process dimensionsdesign governance and place production.This extensively updated and revised third edition is more international in its scope and coverage, incorporating new thinking on technological impact, climate change adaptation, strategies for urban decline, cultural and social diversity, place value, healthy cities and more, all illustrated with nearly 1,000 carefully chosen images. Trade Review‘The third and the newest edition of the book is one of the best documentations of urban design discourse, not just because of the sheer volume of the materials covered, but also because it helps to "make sense of the complex overlapping and sometimes confusing urban design literature- Hooman Foroughmand Araabi, Journal of Urban DesignTable of ContentsChapter 1. Urban Design Process: Shaping Better PlacesChapter 2. The Shifting Contexts for Urban DesignChapter 3. The Temporal DimensionChapter 4. The Perceptual DimensionChapter 5. The Morphological DimensionChapter 6. The Visual DimensionChapter 7. The Social DimensionChapter 8. The Functional DimensionChapter 9. The Design Governance DimensionChapter 10. The Place Production Dimension

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Book SynopsisCreating peace for a cityâs intimate enemies is harder than making war.This book is about the trajectories of urban conflict and peace in the politically polarized cities of Jerusalem and Belfast since 1994 â how sometimes there has been hopeful change while at other times debilitating stasis and regression. Based on extensive research, fieldwork, and interviews, Scott Bollens shows how seeking peace in these cities is shaped by the interaction of city-based actors and national elites, and that it is not just a political process, but a social and spatial one that takes place problematically over an extended period. He intertwines academic precision with ethnography and personal narrative to illuminate the complex political and emotional kaleidoscopes of these polarized cities. With hostility and competition among groups defined by ethnic, religious, and nationalistic identity on the increase across the world, this timely investigation contributes to our understanding of todayâs fractured cities and nations. Table of ContentsPreface List of Illustrations 1. National and Urban Co-Production of Conflict and Peace 2. Jerusalem I: Urban Spatial Changes amid Political Impasse 3. Jerusalem II: Interlocking Trajectories of National Politics and Urban Dynamics 4. Jerusalem III: The Self-Perpetuating Cycle of Israeli Hegemonic Territoriality 5. Belfast I: Building Peace in a Post-Violent Conflict City 6. Belfast II: Peacebuilding as Process - Disrupted Trajectories and Urban Outcomes 7. Belfast III: The Competing Demands of Political Stability and Urban Peacebuilding 8. Conflict and Peace: Political and Spatial Trajectories Interviews References Index

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Book SynopsisWith Asia's cities undergoing unprecedented growth in the 21st century, lauded the urban century' by many, Sustainable Cities in Asia provides a timely examination of the challenges facing cities across the continent including some of the projects, approaches and solutions that are currently being tested.This book uses numerous case studies, analysing topical issues ranging from city cycling in India, to green spaces in China, to the use of community-led energy generation projects in post-Fukushima Japan. Containing contributions from an international team of scholars, it also takes a multi-disciplinary approach and draws on examples from a wide range of countries, including China, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. Ultimately, by providing a comprehensive discussion of the broader debates around the shape of sustainable urbanism, it demonstrates that Asia is one of the most active regions in terms of the development of sustainable cTable of ContentsPreface, Simon Joss and Robert Cowley Introduction, Li Yu and Federico Caprotti SECTION I: THE SUSTAINABLE CITY IN ASIA 1. Unlocking urban trajectories: planning for environmentally just transitions in Asia, Caren Levy, Adriana Allen, Vanesa Castán Broto and Linda Westman 2. The story does not remain the same: multi-scalar perspectives on sustainable urban development in Asia and Hong Kong, Federico Cugurullo 3. Does the Asian property market work for sustainable urban developments?, Fatih Eren 4. Migration and urbanization in contemporary Asia: addressing urban inequalities and promoting social sustainability, Megha Amrith 5. Let’s Focus on connections: reading Chinese eco-cities from a relational, multi-scalar perspective, I-Chun Catherine Chang SECTION II: CHALLENGES AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES 6. Green as urban spectacle in China, Xuefei Ren 7. Property-led urban growth, institutional change and urban sustainability: the case of China in an international perspective, Yunqing Xu and Xi'an Jiaotong 8. The impacts of high-speed rail on Shanghai’s suburban communities: social sustainability and environmental justice, Shuping Zhang and Zhu Qian 9. The Kathputli Conundrum: slum redevelopment and the institutionalisation of unsustainability, Anubhav Pradhan 10. Sustainable cities in South Asian countries: a politico-cultural perspective, Dillip Kumar Das 11. Buying (into) sustainability: technocratic environmentalism in Abu Dhabi, Surajit Chakravarty 12. Songdo: the hype and decline of world’s first smart city, Seungho Yoo 13. Challenging the eco-city: residents’ perceptions of social sustainability in Tianjin Eco-City, China, Federico Caprotti and Ziyue Gong SECTION III: SHAPING THE SUSTAINABLE CITY IN ASIA 14. Sustainable community development in Taipei, Taiwan, Yung-Jaan Lee 15. Can mega events lead to sustainable urban development? The case of Beijing and Guangzhou, Yawei Chen and Lu Wang 16. A changing cultural narrative of citizenship, urbanism and cycling in Indian cities, Linda Carroli and Mirko Guaralda 17. A difficult birth: creating Seoul, the 21st century sustainable city, Sofia T. Shwayri 18. Changing approaches to community participation for social sustainability: neighbourhood planning in Singapore and Seoul, Im Sik Cho19. Low carbon communities, energy policy and energy democracy in Japan, Thomas Feldhoff 20. Smart City strategies towards sustainable transformation of China’s industrial parks: the experience of Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, China, Joon Sik Kim and Xiangyi Wang 21. ‘Sustainable’ urban habitats in Shanghai, Tyler Rooker 22. The transnational search of Chinese eco-city projects: historical legacies, authoritarian political operations, and socio-economic dynamics, Shiuh-Shen Chien 23. Urban transformation and city branding in the Greater Pearl River Delta, Martin de Jong, Yawei Chen, Miaoxi Zhao and Haiyan Lu

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Book SynopsisStudies of compact cities have evolved along with the rising awareness of climate change and sustainable development. Relevant debates, however, reveal that the prevailing definitions and practices of compact cities are tied primarily to traditional Western urban forms.This book reinterprets compact city, and develops a ground-breaking discourse of Vertical Urbanism, a concept that has never been critically articulated. It emphasizes Vertical Urbanism as a dynamic design strategy instead of a static form, distinguishing it from the stereotyped concept of vertical city or towers in the park dominant in China and elsewhere, and suggests its adaptability to different geographic and cultural contexts. Using Chinese cities as laboratories of investigation, this book explores the design, ecological, and sociocultural dimensions of building compact cities, and addresses important global urban issues through localized design solutions, such as the relationship betwTable of ContentsList of figures List of tables List of contributors Preface Part I: Framing the Discourse of Vertical Urbanism 1. Vertical Urbanism: Re-conceptualizing the Compact City 2. When New Urbanism Gets Old: Cultural Difference in Global City Design 3. Hong Kong’s Transit-Oriented Podium-Tower Development 4. City without Landmark: The Soft City for the Ageing Society 5. From Manhattan-ism to Bigness: Reconsidering an Alternative Urbanism of Rem Koolhaas Part II: Urban Design and Transformation of Chinese Cities 6. The City after the City 7. Urban Regeneration and Public Space Making: Case Study of Urban Design for the North Bund in Shanghai 8. Urbanism in a Skyscraper: A Study of Vertical Malls in Hong Kong 9. Deterritorialization and the Collective Memories of Contemporary Shanghai 10. Restoring Hydrophilic Cities: Strategies of Urban Waterfront Space Classification and Design in Suzhou 11. Vertical Development and Urban Design: The Jiefangbei Experience Part III: Compact City and Eco-city 12. Performance-based Model for Vertical Urbanism 13. Compact Development in Hong Kong 14. Spatial Metrics of Urban Form: Measuring Compact Cities in China 15. Eco-city Planning in China: A Review of Policies and Cases 2009–2015 16. Living off the Ground: Cautionary Tales from a Small Island Part IV Expanding Pedagogical Territory 17. Experiencing the Compact City: A Pedagogy of Global Engagement 18. Suzhou Industrial Park High-speed Rail Station Business District 19. Redevelopment of Xiangmen Area in the Historic Center of Suzhou 20. Wuyuan Bay Waterfront Redevelopment in Xiamen Index

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Book SynopsisSpatial planning is about dealing with our ''everyday'' environment. In A Planner''s Encounter with Complexity we present various understandings of complexity and how the environment is considered accordingly. One of these considerations is the environment as subject to processes of continuous change, being either progressive or destructive, evolving non-linearly and alternating between stable and dynamic periods. If the environment that is subject to change is adaptive, self-organizing, robust and flexible in relation to this change, a process of evolution and co-evolution can be expected. This understanding of an evolving environment is not mainstream to every planner. However, in A Planner''s Encounter with Complexity, we argue that environments confronted with discontinuous, non-linear evolving processes might be more real than the idea that an environment is simply a planner''s creation. Above all, we argue that recognizing the ''complexity'' of our environment offers an entirelTrade Review'The challenges of complexity to our understandings of and approaches to planning are increasingly hard to ignore. Complexity has moved beyond the heuristic to a cogent analysis of how people and places interact and is now exploring ways of conceiving, planning and governing space from spatial modelling to property rights. A Planner's Encounter with Complexity strikes a fine balance between an overview and contemporary research and is a must read for all those involved in place-making.' Phil Allmendinger, University of Cambridge, UK 'What is specifically interesting about A Planner's Encounter with Complexity is that while past studies have looked at planning from the perspective of complexity, this collection illuminates the various ways planners see complexity and the possible links between the two domains. This is an important step forward towards a fruitful discourse between the two domains out of which might emerge a complexity of theory of planning.' Juval Portugali, Tel Aviv University, Israel ’... this is an interesting and useful book that provides a decent overview of what planners think about complexity and what they are doing with it.’ Journal of Regional ScienceTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Planning and complexity: an introduction, Gert de Roo; Being or becoming? That is the question! Confronting complexity with contemporary planning theory, Gert de Roo; Dealing with society's 'big messes', Jens-Peter Grunau and Walter L. Schönwandt; Complexity in spatial planning practice and theory: the case of Kiruna mining town, Kristina L. Nilsson; Complex systems, evolutionary planning?, Luca Bertolini; Complexity in city systems: understanding evolution and design, Michael Batty; Emergence, spatial order, transaction costs and planning, Chris Webster; Spatial planning processes: applying a dynamic complex systems perspective, Menno Huys and Marcel van Gils; The awakening of complexity in conceptualisations of space in planning, Janneke E. Hagens; Process and transient scenarios in collaborative planning: managing the time dimension, Adele Celino and Grazia Concilio; Complexity and cellular automaton: exploring its practical application, Elisabete A. Silva; Complexity and travel behaviour: modelling influence of social interactions on travellers' behaviour using a multi-agent simulation, Yos Sunitiyoso, Erel Avineri and Kiron Chatterjee; Complexity theory and transport planning: fractal traffic networks, Erel Avineri; Going beyond the metaphor of the machine: complexity and participatory ecological design, Joanne Tippett; Rethinking brownfields: discourses, networks and space-time, Nikos Karadimitriou, Joe Doak and Elisabete Cidre; Urban governance and social complexity, Joris van Wezemael; Waves of complexity: theory, models, and practice, Elisabete A. Silva; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Companion to the Suburbs provides one of the most comprehensive examinations available to date of the suburbs around the world. International in scope and interdisciplinary in nature, this volume will serve as the definitive reference for scholars and students of the suburbs. This volume brings together the leading scholars of the suburbs researching in different parts of the world to better understand how and why suburbs and their communities grow, decline, and regenerate. The volume sets out four goals: 1) to provide a synthesis and critical appraisal of the historical and current state of understanding about the development of suburbs in the world; 2) to provide a forum for a comprehensive examination into the conceptual, theoretical, spatial, and empirical discontents of suburbanization; 3) to engage in a scholarly conversation about the transformation of suburbs that is interdisciplinary in nature and bridges the divide between the Global North andTrade Review"Hanlon and Vicino have produced a sorely-needed collection of essays on the definition, composition, and evolution of the wide variety of settlements collectively known as the suburbs. Notable both for its interdisciplinary methods and global scope, this volume includes an excellent and well-balanced selection of articles by leading urban and suburban scholars. I recommend this book to policymakers, researchers, and students concerned with metropolitan growth and the spatial dimensions of poverty and inequality." - Paul A. Jargowsky, Rutgers University, U.S.A."The Routledge Companion to the Suburbs brings together key contemporary urban scholars to systematically challenge the ways in which we understand and describe the suburbs. Crossing national and disciplinary boundaries, this collection expands our knowledge of urbanism and the forms it assumes across the globe." - Ali Modarres, Professor and Director, Urban Studies, University of Washington Tacoma, USATable of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Suburban Definitions and Descriptions Part II: Global Perspectives on the Suburbs Part III: Diversity, Exclusion, and Poverty in the Suburbs Part IV: Planning, Public Policy, and Reshaping the Suburbs Part V: Conclusion and Future Prospects Index

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Book SynopsisThis book lays out the different and complex dimensions of urbanisation in India. It brings together contributors with expertise in fields as varied as demography, geography, economics, political science, sociology, anthropology, architecture, planning and land use, environmental sciences, creative writing, filmmaking and grassroots activism to reflect on and examine India's urban experience. It discusses various dimensions of city lifehow to define the urban; the conditions generating work, living and (in)security; the nature of contemporary cities; the dilemmas of creating and executing urban policy, planning and governance; and the issues concerning ecology and environment. The volume also articulates and evaluates the way Indian urbanism promotes and organises aspirations and utopias of the people, whilst simultaneously endorsing disparities, depravities and conflicts.The volume includes interventions that shape contemporary debates. Comprehensive, accessible and tTable of ContentsForeword Preface Introduction: Revisiting Urban India I Debate on Defining the Urban Rurbanisation: An Alternate Development Paradigm Subaltern Urbanisation Revisited II Conditions Generating Work, Living and (In)Security Only ‘Good People’, Please: Residential Segregation in Urbanising India Inclusive Urbanisation: Informal Employment and Gender Resettlement, Mobility and Women’s Safety in Cities Cities for Healthy People III Cities of Contemporary India The Planned and the Unplanned: Company Towns in India The Logistical City Cities and Smartness Public Spaces and Places: Gendered Intersectionalities in Indian Cities Reading the City through Art IV Urban Policy, Planning and Governance India’s ‘Urban’ and the Policy Disconnect Changing Trajectories of Urban Local Governance Urban Development, Housing and ‘Slums’ Engine Urbanism Post-national Urbanism: ‘Ordinary’ People, Capital and the State V Ecology, Environment and Well-Being The Art of Evolution Nurturing Urban Commons for Sustainable Urbanisation The Unsustainable Urban Waste Economy: What is to be Done? The Canal and the City: An Urban–Ecological Lens on Chennai’s Growth Cities: Changing the Metaphor to Quality of Life

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Book SynopsisPortland is a young city founded on a river bank in a virgin forest less than 200 years ago. Shaping Portland: Anatomy of a Healthy City is about the values engendered by the place, and how those values have influenced the growing city. It examines how and why the public realm supports or obstructs the health-forward lifestyles of those who choose to live there. This book explores the values and dynamics that shaped a healthy city to enable those things. It is a case study of a recognized success looking more closely at a recent urban infill: the Pearl District. The future roles of the planners and other design professionals in continuing to build healthy and responsive environments are suggested. The cities of the future will be those that we already inhabit, but infilled and adapted to tomorrow's needs and values. Understanding the dynamics involved is essential for those in whose hands we entrust the design of cities and urban places.Trade Review"Insightful. Tillett brings his intimate knowledge of the city and it’s city-shapers to illuminate the critical ideas and the social context that gave rise to a remarkable story in modern city-building. And he lets us know it's a work still in progress, signaling hope for the next generation of city-builders." Gil Kelley, FAICP, General Manager of Planning, Urban Design and Sustainability, City of Vancouver, BC; former Director of Planning, City of Portland, Oregon"Portland is a wonderful city and Paddy Tillett's thoughtful and exhaustive analysis describes the important contribution that intelligent place making and urban design has made. This book is surely a must read for any aspiring politician as while Portland currently benefits from enlightened governance there is no cause for complacency. Tillet's fictional epilogue charts a catastrophic, but credible, future that matches any Hollywood block-buster script, should his warnings be ignored." Howard Sheppard Director, City Design and Planning, LDDC"An insightful and laser-sharp assessment of the successes and shortfalls of Portland’s innovative and place-based planning and urban design within an international professional context. The result is a must-read book with hope and direction for development that sustains a healthy metropolitan life-style while confronting the realities of climate change, flooding, landslides, and a major seismic event."Don Miles, FAIA, Founding board member of Project for Public Spaces, Retired principal of ZGF Architects LLP"Paddy Tillett is a student of urbanism and design, able to articulate well how each has been exhibited in his adopted home town of Portland, and the role each has played in the evolution of one of America's most livable cities. He has a good grasp of how the implications of our urban design decisions, whether intentional or not, greatly affect our use and enjoyment of a place, and its spaces. In Shaping Portland, Tillett communicates this in a manner accessible to both the professional design practitioner seeking to learn from the experience of a successful natural and built environment, as well as the lay person seeking to quench their thirst for knowledge of how this most successful exhibition of a healthy and livable city came to be. There are many lessons contained within this book that provide insight into Portland's future as a resilient city, and to inform others who may wish to apply them to help improve the health of communities elsewhere." David M. Siegel, FAICP, Former President, American Planning Association"What I really like about the book is how it looks at Portland from a variety of vantage points: as a collection of buildings, streets and parks, but also natural factors like topography and climate, as well as the values that underscore all that we do in shaping the city, the past errors we've made, and the great challenge we face in the years ahead preparing for a potentially cataclysmic seismic event."Brian Libby, Portland ArchitectureTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Symptoms of Urban Health2. A City Cast in Place3. A City Shaped by Values4. Dimensions of a Healthy City 5. The Pearl District6. Past Errors & Future Options7. Corrective measures 8. Improving the Health of the City9. Look Back in Anguish List of AcronymsPhoto and Image CreditsIndex

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Book SynopsisWithin the spatial design disciplines, research through design as a tool and practice has often been neglected. This book provides a much-needed companion to the theories, methods and processes involved in using design-based research in landscape, architecture and urban design. Aimed specifically at researchers completing PhD projects, supervisors and designers working in practice, it covers applied approaches to help you to use design research in your work. With fully illustrated examples of original international design research PhDs from a variety of programme types, such as individual, structured and practice-based, Design Research for Urban Landscapes offers PhD candidates and supervisors a clear foundational pathway. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Crossing fields: Designing and Researching Raumgeschehen 2. Design Research as a Non-Linear Interplay of Five Moments 3. Navigating in Urban Landscapes – Mapping as a Navigational Strategy in Designing Landscapes 4. Walk with Me! How Walking Inspires Designing 5. Design Comments – A Dialogue-Based Approach to Using Designerly Knowledge in Transdisciplinary Contexts 6. On Playing and Designing. Gaining Knowledge and Finding Ideas through Play during the Process of Designing Urban Landscapes Chapter 7. Holding onto the land 8. Urban Landscape Stories – Narratives as a Design Research Tool 9. Creating Future Research Platforms 10. Setting Out. Creative Strategies for the Beginning Phase in Large-Scale Landscape Design 11. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book is recommended reading for planners preparing to take the AICP exam. In this new book, the author bridges the gap between theory and practice. The author describes an original approach-Feedback Strategy-that builds on the strengths of previous planning theories with one big difference: it not only acknowledges but welcomes politics-the bogeyman of real-world planning. Don''t hold your nose or look the other way, the author advises planners, but use politics to your own advantage. The author admits that most of the time planning theory doesn''t have much to do with planning practice. These ideas rooted in the planner''s real world are different. This strategy employs everyday poltiical processes to advance planning, trusts planners'' personal values and professional ethics, and depends on their ability to help clients articulate a vision. This volume will encourage not only veteran planners searching for a fresh approach, but also students and recTable of ContentsPlanning Practice and Political Power, Planning Practice and Planning Theory, Running the Gauntlet of Planning Critics, Rationales for Public Planning, The Critical Role of Values and Ethics, Centralized Rationality: The Planner as Applied Scientist, Centralized Non-Rationality: The Planner Confronts Politics, Decentralized Rationality: The Planner as Political Activist, Decentralized Non-Rationality: The Planner as Communicator, Setting the Stage: Ideas, Feedback, Goals-and Trial Balloons, The Feedback Strategy of Public Planning, The Politically Savvy Planner, Vision

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Book SynopsisDonald Shoup brilliantly overcame the challenge of writing about parking without being boring in his iconoclastic 800-page book The High Cost of Free Parking. Easy to read and often entertaining, the book showed that city parking policies subsidize cars, encourage sprawl, degrade urban design, prohibit walkability, damage the economy, raise housing costs, and penalize people who cannot afford or choose not to own a car. Using careful analysis and creative thinking, Shoup recommended three parking reforms: (1) remove off-street parking requirements, (2) charge the right prices for on-street parking, and (3) spend the meter revenue to improve public services on the metered streets.Parking and the City reports on the progress that cities have made in adopting these three reforms. The successful outcomes provide convincing evidence that Shoupâs policy proposals are not theoretical and idealistic but instead are practical and realistic. The good news about our decades of baTrade Review"This book is a well-crafted and appropriate follow-up to Shoup’s original theoretical bombshell, updating its content for a new political climate and policy sector receptiveness to parking reform relative to that of over 15 years prior… Shoup’s sustained energy for and embrace of the field suggest we are likely to see new drives to progress the work further. Certainly, Parking and the City symbolizes something of a ‘coming-of-age’ for progressive parking research, revealing how far 21st century attitudes to and frameworks of urban parking have transformed and how they now sit within a new political landscape." –Planning Theory and Practice, 2019, Vol. 20, No. 3, Review by Rebecca Clements "In his landmark book, The High Cost of Free Parking, Donald Shoup, FAICP, argued that reducing subsidies for parking would reduce air pollution and traffic congestion as well as improve land use... In a follow-up book, Parking and the City, Shoup and 46 other contributors examined the results of these reforms in practice and found important benefits for cities, the economy, and the environment."-American Planning Association"In recognizing Shoup's decades-long work to improve transportation and land use by reforming cities' parking policies, the American Planning Association placed him among other well-known authors including Rachel Carson and Jane Jacobs."-UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs"Shoup's writing is as incisive and entertaining as ever. The imperative of parking reform—in a year of wildfires, floods, and transit systems choking on lack of revenue and riders—has never been clearer. Parking and the City is a perfect follow up to a classic work."-Planetizen"For those who seek to manage and reform parking—and for urban planners, developers, transportation specialists, and policymakers—Parking and the City is an indispensable resource."-Public Square: A CNU Journal"Don Shoup has done more to revolutionize the way we think about parking than anybody on the planet. His latest book tells the story of the impact his ideas are having on the subject. It is a must read for anybody who cares about the future of our cities."-Michael Dukakis, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University, USA"Parking and the City then, achieves on several levels. While the book freely admits that parking is in no way one of the most ‘glamourous’ or interesting issues for consideration by planners and urban designers, the volume nevertheless approaches the subject in a highly lucid and engaging way. The arguments presented in the first and second sections do good work at turning the established assumptions of planning instruments and city economics related to parking on their head, highlighting the hidden inequalities within. The book also delivers well in its suggestions for how interested readers might advocate for ‘something better’ in parking in their own towns and cities."-Michael Kordas, University of Glasgow "Ultimately, Parking and the City ably meets its objectives to provide, in a single volume, a compendium of the latest insights on parking management, curated by the world's lead­ing parking scholar. The book could readily be used by prac­titioners seeking clear evidence supporting the reforms they seek to implement, and it would also function well as a text­book for a parking policy class."-Andrew Mondschein, University of Virginia "Scoup's writing is as incisive and entertaining as ever. The imperative of parking reform - in a year of wildfires, floods, and transit systems choking on lack of revenue and riders - has never been clearer. Parking and the City is a perfect follow up to a classic work."-Planetizen's Top 10 Urban Planning Books - 2018 "Parking and the City is a valuable contribution to a field that has been greatly shaped by Shoup himself. Shoup’s intention is to provide a shorter and updated version of his prior work, a volume that combines policy arguments like those found in The High Cost of Free Parking with real-world examples of the sort of parking policy decisions that are made every day by city councils and municipal governments. Shoup has achieved that goal. Parking and the City is an accessible, interesting, and comprehensive treatment of parking policy that will provide the general reader with a sound understanding of parking policy as it stands in the United States today."-Eric Childress, George Mason UniversityTable of ContentsPreface. Introduction. PART I. REMOVE OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS Chapter 1. Truth in Transportation Planning Chapter 2. People, Parking, and Cities Chapter 3. The High Cost of Parking Requirements Chapter 4. The Unequal Burden of Parking Requirements Chapter 5. Parking Mismanagement: An Rx for Congestion Chapter 6. The United States of Parking Chapter 7. The Fiscal and Travel Consequences of Parking Requirements Chapter 8. The Environmental Impacts of Parking Lots Chapter 9. Parking and Affordable Housing in San Francisco Chapter 10. The Unintended Consequences of New York City’s Parking Requirements Chapter 11. The High Cost of Bundled Parking Chapter 12. Parking Policy in Asian Cities Chapter 13. Parking Infrastructure and the Environment Chapter 14. The Parking Glut in Los Angeles Chapter 15. Less Off-Street Parking, More Mexico City Chapter 16. From Parking Minimums to Parking Maximums in London Chapter 17. Putting a Cap on Parking Requirements Chapter 18. Parking Requirements and Housing Development Chapter 19. Parking Reforms Made Easy Chapter 20. Parking Management for Smart Growth Chapter 21. On-Street Parking Management vs. Off-Street Parking Requirements Chapter 22. Abolishing Parking Requirements: A Guide for Practitioners Chapter 23. Buffalo Abandons Parking Requirements Chapter 24. Solar Parking Requirements PART II. CHARGE MARKET PRICES FOR ON-STREET PARKING Chapter 25. Cruising for Parking Chapter 26. Free Parking or Free Markets Chapter 27. Informal Parking on Sidewalks Chapter 28. Progressive Parking Prices Chapter 29. Progressive Parking Fines Chapter 30. Disabled Parking Abuse Chapter 31. Ending the Abuse of Disabled Parking Placards Chapter 32. Ending Disabled Placard Abuse at Parking Meters: The Two-Tier Solution Chapter 33. Parking Charity Chapter 34. Popular Parking Meters Chapter 35. Parking Limits: Lessons from parking Demand Management in Berkeley Chapter 36. SFpark Chapter 37. SFpark: Pricing Parking by Demand Chapter 38. Did SFpark Work? Chapter 39. Cruising for Parking: Lessons from SFpark Chapter 40. Optimizing the Use of Public Garages: Pricing Parking by Demand Chapter 41. LA Express Park Chapter 42. The Politics and Economics of Parking on Campus Chapter 43. Cashing Out Employer-Paid Parking PART III. PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICTS Chapter 44. Parking Matters in Old Pasadena Chapter 45. Revitalizing a Downtown with Smart Parking Policies Chapter 46. Paid Parking and Free Wi-Fi in Ventura Chapter 47. A Parking Benefit District Grows in Houston Chapter 48. The Benefits of Parking Benefit Districts in Austin Chapter 49. Parking Benefit Districts in Mexico City Chapter 50. Parking Benefit Districts in Beijing Chapter 51. Parking Benefit Districts in Residential Neighborhoods Epilogue

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Book SynopsisThe volumes in this set, originally published between 1969 and 2001, is comprised of original books published in conjunction with the British Sociological Association. The set draws together original research by leading academics based on study groups and conference papers, in the areas of youth, race, the sociology of work, gender, social research, urban studies, class, deviance and social control, law, development, and health. Each volume provides a rigorous examination of related key issues. This set will be of particular interest to students and academics in the field of sociology, health and social care, gender studies and criminology respectively.

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Book SynopsisIt's widely accepted that our environment is in crisis. Less widely recognized is that three quarters of environmental damage is due to cities the places where most of us live. As this powerful new book elucidates, global sustainability is therefore directly dependent on urban design. In Living Architecture, Living Cities Christopher Day and Julie Gwilliam move beyond the current emphasis on technological change. They argue that eco-technology allows us to continue broadly as before and only defers the impending disaster. In reality, most negative environmental impacts are due to how we live and the things we buy. Such personal choices often result from dissatisfaction with our surroundings. As perceived environment has a direct effect on attitudes and motivations, improving this can achieve more sustainable lifestyles more effectively than drastic building change with its notorious performance-gap limitations. As it's in places that our inner feelings and matTrade Review"The book contains fascinating studies and considerations about complex problems of mutual relations between human habitats and natural environment. The reader is encouraged to rethink and redefine the basic priorities faced by architects in the design processes of settlements and cities in order to reduce the negative environmental impact. The author's drawings and illustrations add great value to the book." - Janusz Rebielak, Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology, Poland, Chairman of the Committee for Architecture and Town Planning of the Wroclaw Branch of the Polish Academy of Science, Poland"Those constructing homes for the future may be well versed in best sustainability practice and technological solutions to the carbon footprint, but Christopher Day and Julie Gwilliam see little quarter being given to vital and life-sustaining matters of soul and spirit. In this challenging, radical book they argue that without spiritual thinking in the mix we can never have spiritual comfort in our homes." - Angela Neustatter, journalist and author"Christopher Day and Julie Gwilliam write from a profound holistic point of view, with intuitive understanding of the subtle messages of architecture and based on Day's deep all-embracing philosophy. With extensive research and a large number of photos and exquisite drawings they provide small and big solutions to our environmental problems, including that of the need to be close to nature within cities, and creating beautiful surroundings and quiet spaces." - Petra Jebens-Zirkel, holistic-organic architect"Based on scores of illustrations from the literature on architecture and urban design, the authors enter a plea for an architecture of the city grounded in the spirit of place. Their call is for humanity and sensitivity in design; sustainability is not a science but a conscience." - Lino Bianco, Faculty for the Built Environment, University of Malta"As a social and political activist Christopher Day’s science-based insight is my tool to persuade planners and politicians to change the direction of development. This book is a full toolbox of vision backed by solid science. The illustrations offer instant grasp of the principles that turn a hard shell into a breathing skin for social, economic, familial and cultural life to flourish through exceptionally challenging times." - Vicky Moller, charity director, political activist and chair of West Wales town and community forumsTable of ContentsPART 1: LIFE-SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENT: METHOD OR APPROACH? 1. The environmental crisis: ecological or experiential? 2. Anticipating coming unknowns 3. Environmental impacts PART 2: EXPERIENTIAL ENVIRONMENT 4. Perceived reality: sensory experience 5. Soul and spirit nourishment PART 3: PLACE: THE SETTING FOR EVERYDAY LIFE 6. Placemaking for people 7. Place: identity, continuity and integrity 8. Design for community 9. Getting around cities 10. Connectivity 11. Use, space and life 12. Design for security PART 4: PROCESSES, DRIVERS AND OUTCOMES 13. Settlement form, space and life 14. Design processes: how, by whom, how fast? 15. Economic vigour as process-driver and shaper 16. The primary change-driver: money 17. Sustainability and economics PART 5: LIVING WITH A CHANGING WORLD 18. Future climate: future issues 19. Design with the elements 20. Ecological design: energy aspects 21. Cyclic systems 22. Habitat 23. Bio-climatic placemaking 24. Design for demanding climates 25. Everything change: future-proofing 26. Material applications: eco-towns, eco-projects and eco-regeneration 27. New situation: new approaches 28. Sustainability or sustenance? Illustration credits Index

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Book SynopsisWaterfronts Revisited addresses the historical evolution of the relationship between port and city and re-examines waterfront development by looking at the urban territory and historical city in their complexity and entirety. By identifying guiding values, urban patterns and typologies, and local needs and experiences, cities can break the isolation of the harbor by reconnecting it to the urban structure; its functions, spaces and forms. Using the UNESCO recommendation for the Historic Urban Landscape as the guiding concept and a tool for managing urban preservation and change, this collection of essays illustrates solutions to issues of globalisation, commercialization of space and commoditisation of culture in waterfront development. Through sixteen selected case studies, Editors Heleni Porfyriou and Marichela Sepe offer planners and urban designers a broad spectrum of alternative solutions to waterfront regeneration interventions and redevelopments, Table of ContentsIntroductionHeleni Porfyriou, Marichela Sepe, Port cities and waterfront developments. From the re-actualisation of history to a new city imagePart I: Port Cities in History1. Donatella Calabi, Early modern port cities: harbouring ships and residential settlement 2. Dimitris Kontogeorgis, Romanian Danubian and Black Sea ports during the 19th century. Between tradition and modernization.Part II: The Transformations of Historic Ports in Eastern Mediterranean Cities3. Vilma Hastaoglou-Martinides, The historic harbours of Eastern Mediterranean Cities; the challenges of enhancement 4. Hicran Topçu, The transformation process of the Galata port in Istanbul’s history. Reflections on the impacts of the ‘Galataport project’ 5. Cristina Pallini, Alexandria’s waterfronts. Form, identity and architecture of a port-city Part III: Waterfronts Revisited. Regeneration, Redevelopments and the Historic Urban Landscape SECTION I Local stories and the impact of a global model6. Steve Ward, Internationalising port regeneration: models and emulators7. John Pendlebury, The Historic Urban Landscape of the Liverpool waterfront: the Three Graces in a new perspective 8. Francesco Gastaldi, Genova a success story! 9. Rosario Pavia, The difficulties faced by waterfront rehabilitation projects in Italy10. Michelangelo Savino, Messina’s waterfront regeneration: what a chance to reinvent the city! 11. Marcela Pizzi Kirschbaum, Valparaiso, port, railway and industry; a cultural landscape which generated modernity in need of preservation12. Chen Yu, Regenerating urban waterfronts in China: the rebirth of the Shanghai Bund 13. Jinnai Hidenobu, The landscape of Tokyo as a city on the water - past and presentSECTION II New redevelopment strategies14. Dirk Schubert, The transformation of North-western European urban waterfronts - divergence and convergence of redevelopment strategies15. Oriana Giovinazzi, The internationalization of the Marseilles waterfront. An integrated approach16. Carola Hein, Felicitas Hillmann, The Missing Link: Redevelopment of the Urban Waterfront as a Function of Cruise Ship TourismIndex

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Book SynopsisShaping Jerusalem: Spatial planning, politics and the conflict focuses on a hidden facet of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the relentless reshaping of the Holy City by the Israeli authorities through urban policies, spatial plans, infrastructural and architectural projects, land use and building regulations. From a political point of view, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may appear to be at an impasse; however, it is precisely by looking at the city's physical space that one can perceive that a war of cement and stone is under way. Many books have been written on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict over Jerusalem; some of them have focused on the urban fabric; Shaping Jerusalem uniquely discusses the role of Israeli spatial actions within the conflict. It argues that Israel's main political objective control over the whole city is ordinarily and silently pursued through physical devices which permanently modify the territory and the urban fabric. RTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsPreface1. The spatial dimension of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict over Jerusalem2. The occupied city: planning the occupation of East Jerusalem3. The illegal city: urban policies for Arab neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem4. The locked city: the separation Barrier as territorial strategy5. The lesson of Jerusalem

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Book SynopsisThis new and substantially revised edition of Heritage Planning: Principles and Process offers an extensive overview of the burgeoning fields of heritage planning and conservation. Positioning professional practice within its broader applied and theoretical contexts, the authors provide a firm foundation for understanding the principles, history, evolution, debates, and tools that inform heritage planning, while also demonstrating how to effectively enact these processes. Few published works focus on the practice of heritage planning. The first edition of this book was developed to fill this gap, and this second edition builds upon it. The book has been expanded in scope to incorporate new research and approaches, as well as a wide range of international case studies. New themes reflect the emerging recognition that sustainability, climate resilience, human rights, social justice, and reconciliation are fundamental to the future of planning. Heritage Planning isTrade Review'Kalman and Létourneau’s revised Heritage Planning is an important work appearing at just the right time. This volume situates heritage conservation as a dynamic professional practice in contemporary society, while establishing clear and comprehensive frameworks for project-centered work. It manages to be a sophisticated scholarly treatment as well as a practical professional reference. The reach of examples is global; and it connects to issues of great urgency (sustainability, resilience, public health, indigenous societies). Practitioners and educators alike will find this an extremely valuable volume.'—Randall Mason, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania'The best book on built heritage planning just got better. Heritage Planning is extensively illustrated and packed with information for students and practitioners alike. The new edition is re-organized and augmented for classroom use, while retaining the global coverage and best practices that make it a valuable reference for heritage professionals.'—David Gordon, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario'One of the key objectives of critical heritage studies has been to identify and consider the social, political and ethical implications of heritage planning and conservation practices. By contextualizing the practicalities of heritage planning within broader interdisciplinary debates, this important textbook will be an important resource for those working toward building more equitable and inclusive heritage practices.'—Laurajane Smith, Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies, Australian National University, CanberraKalman and Létourneau’s revised Heritage Planning is an important work appearing at just the right time. This volume situates heritage conservation as a dynamic professional practice in contemporary society, while establishing clear and comprehensive frameworks for project-centered work. It manages to be a sophisticated scholarly treatment as well as a practical professional reference. The reach of examples is global; and it connects to issues of great urgency (sustainability, resilience, public health, indigenous societies). Practitioners and educators alike will find this an extremely valuable volume.—Randall Mason, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaThe best book on built heritage planning just got better. Heritage Planning is extensively illustrated and packed with information for students and practitioners alike. The new edition is re-organized and augmented for classroom use, while retaining the global coverage and best practices that make it a valuable reference for heritage professionals.—David Gordon, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Queen’s University, Kingston, OntarioOne of the key objectives of critical heritage studies has been to identify and consider the social, political and ethical implications of heritage planning and conservation practices. By contextualizing the practicalities of heritage planning within broader interdisciplinary debates this important textbook will be an important resource for those working toward building more equitable and inclusive heritage practices. —Laurajane Smith, Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies, Australian National University, CanberraTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION The nature of heritage planning Organization of the heritage sector PART 1: PRINCIPLES Regulating heritage Conservation charters and conventions Ethics and human rights Sustainability and resilience Best practices PART 2: PROCESS Understanding the historic place Community engagement Value and significance Managing change The Heritage Plan

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Book SynopsisUrban Heritage in Divided Cities explores the role of contested urban heritage in mediating, subverting and overcoming sociopolitical conflict in divided cities. Investigating various examples of transformations of urban heritage around the world, the book analyses the spatial, social and political causes behind them, as well as the consequences for the division and reunification of cities during both wartime and peacetime conflicts.Contributors to the volume define urban heritage in a broad sense, as tangible elements of the city, such as ruins, remains of border architecture, traces of violence in public space and memorials, as well as intangible elements like urban voids, everyday rituals, place names and other forms of spatial discourse. Addressing both historic and contemporary cases from a wide range of academic disciplines, contributors to the book investigate the role of urban heritage in divided cities in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Middle EasTable of Contents1. CONTESTED PASTS IN DIVIDED CITIES: INTRODUCTION; Part I: TRANSFORMATIONS OF HERITAGE AS ‘CONFLICT BY OTHER MEANS’; 2. HERITAGE NECROPOLITICS AND THE CAPTURE OF HEBRON: THE LOGIC OF CLOSURE, FEAR, HUMILIATION AND ELIMINATION; 3. CONTESTED HERITAGE-MAKING AS AN INSTRUMENT OF ETHNIC DIVISION: MITROVICA, KOSOVO; 4. NICOSIA HOTSPOT: VISUALITIES OF MEMORY AND HERITAGE IN THE GREEK CYPRIOT URBAN SPACE; 5. LEFKOSA VS. LEFKOSIA: THE HERITAGE OF CONFLICT; 6. THE DIVISION OF ALEPPO CITY: HERITAGE AND URBAN SPACE; Part II: SEGREGATED HERITAGE; 7. DIVIDED HISTORIES OF THE PACIFIC WAR: REVISITING "CHANGI’S" (POST)COLONIAL HERITAGE; 8. HERITAGE OF INCLUSION OR EXCLUSION? CONTESTED CLAIMS AND ACCESS TO HOUSING IN AMRITSAR, INDIA; 9. SEGREGATION, GENTRIFICATION AND HERITAGE IN FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA: A PRESERVATION PERSPECTIVE; 10. HERITAGE AS A MEDIATOR OF SOCIO-SPATIAL SEGREGATION: CARTAGENA DE INDIAS, COLOMBIA; Part III: DEALING WITH CONTESTED HERITAGE; 11. AN ISLAND IN SECTARIAN SEAS? HERITAGE, MEMORY AND IDENTITY IN POST-WAR REDEVELOPMENT OF BEIRUT’S CENTRAL DISTRICT; 12. ENTREPRENEURIAL HERITAGE-MAKING IN POST-WALL BERLIN: THE CASE OF NEW POTSDAMER PLATZ; 13. DEALING WITH THE SPATIAL REMNANTS OF CONFLICT IN BELFAST: THE ANDERSONSTOWN BARRACKS SITE IN WEST BELFAST; 14. PERFORMING IMAGINARY HEALINGS: THE POST-CONFLICT HERITAGE OF EBRINGTON BARRACKS; 15. CONTESTED COLLECTIVE MEMORY IN THE SEGREGATED CITY OF CAPE TOWN

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1990, this title presents the personal reflections of renowned community architect Rod Hackney, who served for many years as President of both the Royal Institute of British Architects and the International Union of Architects. Educated in the Modernist tradition of architecture in Britain and Denmark, Hackney's return to England in the 1970s changed his outlook completely. Cities like Birmingham and Sheffield had been ruined by ill-conceived planning; whole communities had been torn apart by massive destruction of Victorian terraces, and relocated to grim tower block estates. To those communities that he has rescued from the threat of redevelopment, Rod Hackney is a local hero. Determined to save Britain's inner cities, he has been a major influence on Prince Charles and a powerful spokesman for the silent majority of the urban poor, who often have no say as to where and how they live.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; List of illustrations; Foreword by the Rt Hon The Lord Scarman OBE 1. The Making of a Modernist 2. An Innocent Abroad 3. The Dream Becomes a Nightmare 4. The Battle of Black Road 5. The Wasteland 6. Cry for Help 7. Sound and Fury 8. Modernism is Dead 9. Hackney’s Empire; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisProvides an international history of urban development, from its origins to the industrial revolution. This well established book maintains the high standard of information found in the previous two editions, describing the physical results of some 5000 years of urban activity. It explains and develops the concept of ''unplanned'' cities that grow organically, in contrast with ''planned'' cities that were shaped in response to urban form determinants. Spread throughout the texts are copious illustrations from a wealth of sources, including cartographic urban records, aerial and other photographs, original drawings and the author''s numerous analytical line drawings. Table of Contents1. The Early Cities 2. Greek City States 3. Rome and the Empire 4. Medieval Towns 5. The Renaissance: Italy Sets a Pattern 6. France: Sixteenth to 8. Britain: Sixteenth to Mid Nineteenth Centuries 9. Spain and her Empire 10. Urban USA 11. Islamic Cities of the Middle East 12. Appendix A: China 13. Appendix B: Japan 14. Appendix C: Indian Mandalas 15. Appendix D: Indonesia 16. Appendix E: Comparative Plans of Cities

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Book SynopsisMore than half of the world's population now live in urban areas, and cities provide the setting for contemporary challenges such as population growth, mass tourism and unequal access to socio-economic opportunities. Urban Heritage, Development and Sustainability examines the impact of these issues on urban heritage, considering innovative approaches to managing developmental pressures and focusing on how taking an ethical, inclusive and holistic approach to urban planning and heritage conservation may create a stronger basis for the sustainable growth of cities in the future.This volume is a timely analysis of current theories and practises in urban heritage, with particular reference to the conflict between, and potential reconciliation of, conservation and development goals. A global range of case studies detail a number of distinct practical approaches to heritage on international, national and local scales. Chapters reveal the disjunctions between inTable of ContentsEditor’s IntroductionCh. 1 Approaches to Urban Heritage, Development and Sustainability Dr Sophia Labadi, University of Kent, United KingdomEmeritus Prof William Logan, Deakin University, Melbourne, AustraliaPart I. Implementing International Frameworks at the National LevelCh. 2 In the slipstream of development: World Heritage and development-induced displacement in Laos Kearrin Sims, University of Western Sydney, AustraliaProf Tim Winter, Deakin University, AustraliaCh. 3 World Heritage, Poverty and Development: a disconnect? Answers from Island of Mozambique, Mozambique Albino Jopela. Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique.Ch. 4 Interrogating communities of expertise on urban conservation and development: past and future of ‘public and open spaces’ in the old city of Tunis Bianca Maria Nardella and Elisabete Cidre, University College, London, United Kingdom Ch. 5 Challenges for Implementing UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape in CanadaDr Stacey Jessiman de Nanteuil, Stanford University, United States of AmericaCh. 6 Using the Historic Urban Landscape to reimagine Ballarat: the Local ContextKristal Buckley, Deakin University, AustraliaDr Steven Cooke, Deakin University, Australia Susan Fayad, City of Ballarat, AustraliaCh. 7 Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Urban Environment – Some Experiences Gained from Implementing UNESCO’s 2003 ConventionDr Janet Blake, Lecturer in Law, Uni. of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, IranPart II. Reconciling Urban Heritage Conservation and Development?Ch. 8 The Impacts of Culture and Heritage-led Development Programs: the Cases of Liverpool (UK) and Lille (France) Dr Sophia Labadi, University of Kent, United KingdomCh. 9 Management Strategies for Historic Towns in Europe Emeritus Prof. Robert Pickard, Northumbria University, Newcastle, United KingdomCh. 10 Corporate Visual Impact on Historic Urban LandscapeDr Celia Martinez Yanez, University of Granada, Spain Ch. 11 From Zero Sum Game to Arranged Marriage: The Struggle between Built Heritage Conservation and Urban Development in Post-colonial Hong Kong Dr Lee Ho Yin, University of Hong Kong, ChinaProf. Lynne DiStefano, University of Hong Kong, ChinaCh. 12 Cuba as ‘Exception’: UNESCO’s Historic Urban Landscape Approach, Integral Development and the Changing Management of Historic Centres in Late Socialist CubaDr Matthew J. Hill, University of Massachusetts, United StatesDr Maki Tanaka, University of California Berkeley, United StatesPart III. Grass-roots Heritage and Bottom-up ApproachesCh. 13 Stakeholder Involvement: A Necessary Condition for the Sustainable Preservation of the Urban HeritageDr Eduardo Rojas, consultant, World Bank, United States of AmericaCh. 14 Whose Heritage? Conflicting Narratives and Top-down and Bottom-up Approaches to Heritage Management in Yangon, MyanmarEmeritus Prof William Logan, Deakin University, AustraliaCh. 15 Living heritage, community participation and sustainability: redefining development strategies in Hoi An Ancient Town World Heritage property, Viet NamPham Thi Thanh Huong, UNESCO Office, Hanoi, VietnamCh. 16 Deep Ecology and Hauz Khas Village Heritage for Delhi Megacity PlanningDr Yamini Narayanan, Deakin University, Australia

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Book SynopsisAs the Regional Plan Association embarks on a Fourth Regional Plan, there can be no better time for a paperback edition of David Johnson's critically acclaimed assessment of the 1929 Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs. As he says in his preface to this edition, the questions faced by the regional planners of today are little changed from those their predecessors faced in the 1920s.Derided by some, accused by others of being the root cause of New York City's relative economic and physical decline, the 1929 Plan was in reality an important source of ideas for many projects built during the New Deal era of the 1930s.In his detailed examination of the Plan, Johnson traces its origins to Progressive era and Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago. He describes the making of the Plan under the direction of Scotsman Thomas Adams, its reception in the New York Region, and its partial realization.The story he tells has important lessons for plaTrade Review'Deals with matters of major interest both to geographers and to planners...a fascinating...vivid and spellbinding story...I strongly recommend this well-written and provocative book. The answers about events and ideas of seventy years ago are relevant today.' - Environment and Planning, 1998...provides the reader with a detailed case study of the plan-making process...a rich resource...Professor Johnson is to be commended for the meticulous research and interesting writing and presentation..." - Town Planning ReviewTable of ContentsPreface to the Paperback Edition. Preface. 1. Introduction 2. The Making of the New York Metropolitan Region 3. The Emergence of a Planning Tradition 4. First Steps Towards a Metropolitan Regional Plan 5. The Search for Scope and Substance 6. Technological and Ideological Inputs 7. From Survey to Plan 8. Conflict Amidst Planning: Three Decisions 9. Carrying Out the Plan: 1929 to 1941 10. Plan and Reality: 1965 11. The Regional Plan as an Artefact and Process

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Book SynopsisToday, designers are shifting the practice of landscape architecture towards the need for a more complex understanding of ecological science. Constructed Ecologies presents ecology as critical theory for design, and provides major ideas for design that are supported with solid and imaginative science. In the questioning narrative of Constructed Ecologies, the author discards many old and tired theories in landscape architecture. With detailed documentation, she casts off the savannah theory, critiques the search for universals, reveals the needed role of designers in large-scale agriculture, abandons the overlay technique of McHarg, and introduces the ecological and urban health urgency of public night lighting.Margaret Grose presents wide-ranging new approaches and shows the importance of learning from science for design, of going beyond assumptions, of working in multiple rather than single issues, of disrupting linear design thinking, and of dealiTable of ContentsPart I: A Background to Design, 1. The Environment is Not a Human Construct, 2. Global Differences, Not Universals, 3. Shifting Adaptabilities, Not Static Concepts, Part II: Thinking about Design, 4. Multiple, Not Solo Voices, 5. Inquiries, Not Assumptions, 6. Thinking Backwards, Not as a Forward and Linear Narrative

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Planning Theory presents key contemporary themes in planning theory through the views of some of the most innovative thinkers in planning. They introduce and explore their own specialized areas of planning theory, to conceptualize their contemporary positions and to speculate how these positions are likely to evolve and change as new challenges emerge.In a changing and often unpredictable globalized world, planning theory is core to understanding how planning and its practices both function and evolve. As illustrated in this book, planning and its many roles have changed profoundly over the recent decades; so have the theories, both critical and explanatory, about its practices, values and knowledges. In the context of these changes, and to contribute to the development of planning research, this handbook identifies and introduces the cutting edge, and the new emerging trajectories, of contemporary planning theory. The aim is to Table of ContentsPlanning Theory: An IntroductionMichael Gunder, Ali Madanipour, Vanessa WatsonPart I: Contemporary Planning Practices Spatial Planning: The Promised Land or Rolled-Out Neoliberalism? Simin DavoudiStrategic Planning: Ontological and Epistemological ChallengesLouis AlbrechtsGrowth Management Theory: From the Garden City to Smart Growth Jill L. GrantPlanning in the AnthropoceneWilliam E. ReesPart II: How Meaning/Values are Constructed in Planning The Public InterestStefano MoroniRethinking Scholarship on Planning Ethics Tanja Winkler Communicative Planning Tore Sager Neoliberal PlanningGuy BaetenNeo Pragmatist Planning TheoryCharles HochUrban Planning and Social Justice Susan S. FainsteinThe Grassroots of Planning: Poor People's Movements, Political Society, and the Question of RightsAnanya RoyThe Dilemmas of Diversity: Gender, Race and Ethnicity in Planning TheorySuzanne Speak and Ashok KumarPostcolonial Consequences and New MeaningsLibby PorterPostpolitics and PlanningJonathan Metzger‘Cultural Work’ And the Remaking of Planning’s ‘Apparatus of Truth’Andy InchCountering ‘The Dark Side’ of Planning: Power, Governmentality, Counter-ConductMargo HuxleyCo- Evolutionary Planning Theory: Evolutionary Governance Theory and Its RelativesKristof Van Assche, Raoul Beunen, Martijn DuineveldPart III: Networks, Flows, Relationships and Institutions Flexibly Networked, Yet Institutionally Grounded: The Governance of PlanningRaine Mäntysalo and Pia Bäcklund New Institutionalism and Planning TheoryAndré SorensenConflict and AgonismJohn PløgerInsurgent Practices and Decolonization of Future(s) Faranak MiraftabState Hegemonic Planning and the Marginalization and Oppression of PeopleYosef JabareenActor-Network TheoryYvonne RydinSpatial Planning and the Complexity of Turbulent, Open Environments: About Purposeful Interventions in a World of Non-Linear ChangeGert de RooAssemblage Thinking in Planning TheoryJoris Van WezemaelLines of BecomingJean Hillier

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Book SynopsisThis book explains how with careful planning and design, the functions and performance of constructed wetlands can provide a huge range of benefits to humans and the environment. It documents the current designs and specifications for free water surface wetlands, horizontal and vertical subsurface flow wetlands, hybrid wetlands and bio retention basins; and explores how to plan, engineer, design and monitor these natural systems. Sections address resource management (landscape planning), technical issues (environmental engineering and botany), recreation and physical design (landscape architecture), and biological systems (ecology). Site and municipal scale strategies for flood management, storm-water treatment and green infrastructure are illustrated with case studies from the USA, Europe and China, which show how these principles have been put into practice.Written for upper level students and practitioners, this highly illustrated book provides designers with the toTrade Review‘What do you need to know about constructed wetlands? It’s probably here. The authors cover benefits, design, plantings, ecology, and more. With a target audience of upper-level students and practitioners, this extensively illustrated book does have a tendency to get into the weeds of the topic (Sample sentence: "Swans, geese, many species of ducks, and king rail eat the plant’s seeds and tubers, while muskrat, beaver, and porcupine eat the tubers."). But they’re wetland-friendly weeds.’Landscape Architecture MagazineTable of Contents1. Water and Sustainable Urban Design, 2. Wastewater Characteristics, 3. Free Water Surface Constructed Wetlands, 4. Horizontal Subsurface Flow Treatment Wetlands, 5. Vertical Subsurface Flow Treatment Wetlands, 6. Hybrid Constructed Wetlands, 7. Plants in Constructed Wetlands, 8. Riparian Wetlands, 9. Stormwater Management and Sustainable Development, 10. Increasing the Sustainability of Agriculture, 11. Treatment of Industrial Effluent in Constructed Wetlands, Appendix

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Companion to Planning in the Global South offers an edited collection on planning in parts of the world which, more often than not, are unrecognised or unmarked in mainstream planning texts. In doing so, its intention is not to fill a gap' that leaves this mainstream' unquestioned but to re-theorise planning from a deep understanding of place' as well as a commitment to recognise the diverse modes of practice that come within it. The chapters thus take the form not of generalised, universal' analyses and prescriptions, but instead are critical and located reflections in thinking about how to plan, act and intervene in highly complex city, regional and national contexts. Chapter authors in this Companion are not all planners, or are planners of very different kinds, and this diversity ensures a rich variety of insights, primarily based on cases, to emphasise the complexity of the world in which planning is expected to happen.The book is divided inTrade Review"This collection reveals an incredible diversity in thought and practice in the urban planning field, across the rich range of sectors, planning issues, and geographies represented. Planning is always context dependent and this volume helps distill lessons across cases while appreciating differences. It highlights guidance for fast-growing cities in the global south that stems from their own experiences rather than discredited notions of universal "best practice." It is imperative reading for everyone focusing on research and practice in the global south." - Aniruddha Dasgupta, Global Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, USATable of ContentsList of figures and tables List of tables List of contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Gautam Bhan, Smita Srinivas and Vanessa Watson Section One: Planning and/as the state 1. Spatial rationalities and the challenges for planners in the New Urban Agenda for Sustainable Development Clive Barnett and Susan Parnell 2. Growth and inclusion in the mega-cities of India, South Africa and Brazil Patrick Heller 3. Urban planning at a crossroads: A critical assessment of Brazil's City Statute, 15 years later Edesio Fernandes 4. African urbanisation and democratisation: Public policy, planning and public administration dilemmas Dele Olowu 5. Data on rapidly growing cities – Lessons from planning and public policies for housing precarity in Brazil Eduardo Marques 6. A ‘peripheries’ view of planning failures in Kolkata and Hyderabad in India Sudeshna Mitra Section Two: Economy and economic actors 7. Urbanisation and development: Reinforcing the foundations Ivan Turok 8. Planning Special Economic Zones in China Qianqi Shen 9. Planning in the midst of informality: An application to youth employment programmes in Egypt Ragui Assaad 10. No Global South in economic development Smita Srinivas 11. The informal economy in cities of the global south: Challenges to the planning lexicon Caroline Skinner and Vanessa Watson 12. Urban finance: Strengthening an overlooked foundation of urban planning Paul Smoke Section Three: New drivers of change: Ecology, infrastructure and technology 13. Urban climate adaptation in the global South: Justice and inclusive development in a new planning domain Eric Chu, Isabelle Anguelovski and Debra Roberts 14. Social-environmental dilemmas of planning an ‘ecological civilisation’ in China Jia-Ching Chen 15. Open space provision and environmental preservation strategies: A case study in Brazil Mônica A. Haddad 16. Cities and urban food poverty in Africa Jane Battersby 17. Technology and spatial governance in cities of the global South Nancy Odendaal 18. Balancing accessibility with aspiration: Challenges in urban transport planning in the global South Anjali Mahendra Section Four: Landscapes of citizenship 19. ‘Terra Nullius’ and planning: Land, law and identity in Israel/Palestine Oren Yiftachel 20. The Intent to Reside: Residence in the auto-constructed city Gautam Bhan, Amlanjyoti Goswami and Aromar Revi 21. Living as logistics: Tenuous struggles in the remaking of collective AbdouMaliq Simone 22. Informal worker organising and mobilisation: Linking global with local advocacy Chris Bonner, Françoise Carré, Martha Alter Chen and Rhonda Douglas 23. Is there a typical urban violence? Fernando M. Carrión and Alexandra Velasco 24. Urban upgrading to reduce violence in informal settlements – The case of Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU) in Monwabisi Park, Cape Town, South Africa Mercy Brown-Luthango and Elena Reyes 25. Starting from here: Challenges in planning for better health care in Tanzania Maureen Mackintosh and Paula Tibandebage Section Five: Planning pedagogies 26. Learning from the city: A politics of urban learning in planning Colin McFarlane 27. Campus in camps: Knowledge production and urban interventions in refugee camps Alessandro Petti 28. At the coalface, take 3: Re-imagining community-university engagements from here Tanja Winkler 29. Co-learning the city – Towards a pedagogy of poly-learning and planning praxis Adriana Allen, Rita Lambert and Christopher Yap 30. Learning to learn again: Restoring relevance to development experiments through a whole systems approach Jigar Bhatt Index

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Community Development explores community development theory and practice across the world. The book provides perspectives about community development as an interactive, relevant and sometimes contradictory way to address issues impacting the human condition. It promotes better understanding of the complexities and challenges in identifying, designing, implementing and evaluating community development constructs, applications and interventions. This edited volume discusses how community development is conceptualized as an approach, method or profession. Themes provide the scope of the book, with projects, issues or perspectives presented in each of these areas.This handbook provides invaluable contextualized insights on the theory and practice of community development around core themes relevant in society. Each chapter explores and presents an issue, perspectives, project or case in the thematic areas, with regional and country contexTable of ContentsI. Governance and Community Development 1. Governance 2. Communities in Governance in a Neoliberal Age 3. Community Development in Theory and Practice: Reviving Critical Democratic Impulse 4. Community Development and Governance: An Australian Example 5. How Does Your Garden Grow: Is Public Policy Responsible for the Death of Community Development in Aotearoa New Zealand? II. Place and Community Development 6. Saemaul Development and Global Saemaul Undong for Community Development 7. Place-Based Approaches to Poverty Alleviation: Institutional Innovation and Asset-Based Community Development 8. Land, Culture, Culture Loss and Community: Rural Insights from Sub-Saharan Africa 9. Awareness-Raising as Community Development: Theory, Case study and Innovation in Myanmar III. Sustainable Livelihoods and Community Development 10. Sustainable Community Development and the Green Economy: Ensuring a Strong Sustainability Approach 11. Practices of Community Development and Sustainable Livelihoods in Indonesia 12. The Role of Community Engagement and Indicators in Generating Knowledge for Informing Regional Planning for Sustainability IV. Culture and Creative Expression in Community Development 13. The Way Art Works and Reading Island Community – Insights for Community Development 14. "Basta Masaya OK na" Reflections on Creative and Culture-based Approaches to Community Development Practice in the Philippines 15. The Necessity and Impossibility of Cultural Democracy 16. Equity and Resilience: Planning and Developing Horizontal Networks through Cultural Districts 17. Community Cultural Capital: in the Anakie Gemfields Community, Australia V. Identity, Belonging and the Life course 18. Opinions, Life Experiences, and Definitions of Children, Young People, and University Students from the Province of Buenos Aires 19. From Community Engagement to Community Emergence: A Conceptual Framework and Model to Rethink Youth-Community Interaction 20. Building Communities of Youth: Narratives of Community and Belonging Among Young People Attending Youth Cafes in Ireland 21. International Migration Decisions and Happiness: The Migration Happiness Atlas as a Community Development Initiative 22. Identity is the Koordoormitj Essence of Life of Australian Aboriginal Community Development VI. Community Development, Human Rights and Resilience 23. Indigenous Planning: Replanting the Roots of Resistance 24. Conflict, the Brain, and Community: A Neurobiology-Informed Approach to Resilience and Community Development 25. Building Community Against the Odds: Asylum Seekers in Indonesia 26. Understanding the Human Rights of Children with Disability: A Melanesian Case Study 27. A Conceptual Framework of Human Rights, Democracy and Development (HRDD) Adult Education Project in Rural KwaZulu-Natal VII. Engagement and Knowledge 28. Community Development in the Era of Large-Scale Data: Integrating Quantitative Data and Community Engagement 29. Collaborative Community Development Practice: Interfacing with Government to Create a Small Business Incubator 30. The South Memphis Revitalization Action Project (SOMERAP): A Town/Gown Partnership for Community Transformation 31. Social Work and Community Development in Australia: Friends or Foes? 32. Direct Public Participation in Local Government as Community Development: The Case of Turkey

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of International Planning Education is the first comprehensive handbook with a unique focus on planning education. Comparing approaches to the delivery of planning education by three major planning education accreditation bodies in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom, and reflecting concerns from other national planning systems, this handbook will help to meet the strong interest and need for understanding how planning education is developed and delivered in different international contexts.The handbook is divided into five major sections, including coverage of general planning knowledge, planning skills, traditional and emerging planning specializations, and pedagogy. An international cohort of contributors covers each subject's role in educating planners, its theory and methods, key literature contributions, and course design.Higher education's response to globalization has included growth in planning eduTrade Review"After the start of planning education at Liverpool University (1907), the planning teaching exploded in post-war societies and recently in the awaking of new economies in the south. This first international handbook offers a unique insight in the common grounds, enabling a cross fertilization of experiences over the world."Willem Salet, University of Amsterdam"This insightful book is timely at the start of modern urban planning’s second century. I predict that reviewers of the 50-year anniversary edition, writing in 2070, will find that planning education is even more highly valued by society and that the emerging normative themes reviewed in the current edition dominate the curriculum."Chris Webster, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong"I appreciate the authors for this wonderful and unique compilation on pedagogy of Planning Education and highly recommend it to educators as this book bridges the gap between various schools of planning from different parts of the world. This book paves the way for a global discussion on this very important subject concerning planning education. Hopefully additional pedagogical approaches will be added to this book over a period time."Utpal Sharma, Director, Institute of Architecture & Planning, Nirma University, Ahmedabad"Bringing together informative chapters on the essence of planning and its pedagogy, on core components, specialisation subjects and emerging topics in planning education, and on approaches to professional competency assessment, The Routledge Handbook of International Planning Education is a must-read for those who teach planning and research in planning. I found it an enjoyable and informative read, as well as a valuable sourcebook on how planning education is evolving and being delivered in different international contexts." Prof.Dr. Ela Babalık, METU, Ankara “The Routledge Handbook of International Planning Education promises to be the most influential and widely used guide to the how, what and why of planning education. The perspectives and advice tendered by this distinguished and diverse assemblage of planning educators will ensure that all of us do what we do more effectively. It has no equal.”Christopher Silver, PhD, FAICP, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida“The ongoing conversation on how planning training travels across international borders is more relevant than ever. This volume provides a conceptually astute and carefully curated range of papers that considers the geographic and sectoral dimensions of this. It is a rich resource for planning educators as well as those in related disciplines.”Nancy Odendaal, University of Cape Town; Chair: Association of African Planning Schools"This handbook is a great compendium of theories and practices that celebrate planning education. At the same time, it catapults planning as a dynamic contemporary disciplinary field taught in universities. A must read reference for planning educators throughout the world."Juan Ángel Demerutis Arenas, Professor/ researcher at the University of Guadalajara and President of the Association of Latin American Schools of Planning and Urbanism (ALEUP- Asociación Latinoamericana de Escuelas de Urbanismo y Planificación)"Providing broad and diverse contributions to planning education coming from English-language scholarship, from methodologies to emerging and traditional areas of analyses and practice, this handbook provides a powerful opportunity to share common knowledges, creative experiences and practices related to planning in different contexts, emphasizing solidarity and empowerment of social groups over competition."Heloisa Costa, Federal University of Minas Gerais and ANPURTable of ContentsPART 1Introduction 1 1 IntroductionNancey Green Leigh and Bruce Stiftel 2 Education and Demonstration of Professional CompetenceAndrea I. FrankPART 2Pillars of Planning Education3 Planning HistoryRobert Freestone 4 Teaching Planning Theory in ChinaKang Cao, Qinshi Li, Xiaolan Li, and Li Zheng 5 Planning LawRichard K. NortonPART 3Pedagogy 6 Designing Core CurriculaJessica L. H. Doyle and Bruce Stiftel7 Planning TechnologyJennifer Minner, Jennifer Evans-Cowley, and Nader Afzalan 8 Role of Studios and WorkshopsJudith Grant Long 9 GenderDory ReevesPART 4Planning Skills10 Written, Oral, and Graphic CommunicationHemalata C. Dandekar11 Research Design and PracticeDavid Hsu12 Quantitative MethodsWilliam J. Drummond13 Qualitative MethodsSai Balakrishnan and Ann Forsyth14 Spatial AnalysisSubhrajit Guhathakurta15 LeadershipMichael NeumanPART 5ATraditional Subjects of Specialization16 Local Economic Development PlanningNancey Green Leigh and Lynn M. Patterson17 Regional Economic Development PlanningEdward M. Bergman and Edward Feser18 Planning at the National LevelDaniel Galland and Frank Othengrafen19 International Comparative PlanningFrank Othengrafen and Daniel Galland20 Land Use PlanningNicole Gurran21 Environmental PlanningChristian Zuidema and Gert de Roo22 Transportation PlanningAndrea Broaddus and Robert Cervero23 Housing and Real Estate PlanningKatrin B. Anacker24 Urban DesignBarbara FagaPART 5BEssential Subjects of Planning Sustainable Places25 Climate ChangeWard Lyles and Mark Stevens26 Water Resources PlanningCaitlin Dyckman27 Planning the Just CityRachel Garshick Kleit and Rebecca F. Kemper28 Food SystemsAlfonso Morales and Rosalind Greenstein

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Book SynopsisTo attract investment and tourists and to enhance the quality of life of their citizens, municipal authorities are paying considerable attention to the quality of the public domain of their cities including their urban squares. Politicians find them good places for rallies. Children consider squares to be playgrounds, the elderly as places to catch-up with each other, and for many others squares are simply a place to pause for a moment.Urban Squares as Places, Links and Displays: Successes and Failures discusses how people experience squares and the nature of the people who use them. It presents a typology of squares' based on the dimensions of ownership, the square's instrumental functions, and a series of their basic physical attributes including size, degree of enclosure, configuration and organization of the space within them and finally based on their aesthetic attributes their meanings. Twenty case studies illustrate what works and what does not work in differeTrade Review"El libro pasa revista a muchos casos de plazas urbanas significativas en cuanto al diseño y la vida urbana de las ciudades a nivel mundial, como la de San Marcos, en Venecia (2017, pp. 240-244), que puede considerarse para el lector geógrafo, urbanista, arquitecto, ingeniero, etcétera, como una especie de guía para entender el papel de las plazas urbanas hoy e, incluso, para desarrollar posteriores investigaciones en este campo de estudio." —Federico Camerin, Investigaciones Geográficas, April 2019"The book reviews many cases of urban squares in terms of design and life of cities around the world, such as the of San Marcos, in Venice, which can be considered for the geographer reader, urban planner, architect, engineer, etc., as a kind of guide to understand the role of urban spaces today, and even to develop further research in this field of study." —Federico Camerin, Investigaciones Geográficas, April 2019Table of ContentsPrologue: The Concern Part 1: Introduction 1. Experiencing Public Open Spaces2. Squares as Places, Links and Displays3. Sociocultural ConsiderationsPart 2: Types of Urban Squares and their Design 4. Public, Quasi-public and Semi-public Squares5. Types based on Instrumental Functions: 6. Types based on Size7. Types based on Degree of Enclosure 8. Types based on Configurations9. Types based on Internal Designs10. Types based on Symbolic Functions11. Types based on Design ParadigmsPart 3: Learning from Case Studies12. A Score of Case Studies Rittenhouse House Square, Philadelphia Sproul Plaza, University of California at Berkeley Paley Park, New York Cours Honoréd-Estiennne d’Orves, Marseille La Place des Terreaux, Lyon Federation Square, Melbourne Paternoster Square, London Robson Square, Vancouver Olympic Plaza, Calgary Trafalgar Square, London The Capitol Square, Chandigarh Oxford Square, Sydney Pershing Square, Los Angeles Schouwburgplein, Rotterdam The Guggenheim Museum forecourt, Bilbao North and South Shanghai Railway Station Squares, Shanghai Jacob K. Javits Federal Building Plaza, New York Granary Square, London Times Square, New York Piazza San Marco, Venice Part 4: What Works and What Doesn’t Work13. The Qualities of Lively Urban Squares14. The Qualities of Quiet Urban SquaresEpilogue

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together a group of distinguished international authors to analyze and comment upon the various roles of evaluation and valued ideas, in planning and education of planners. Topics covered include the nature of aesthetic judgement and of practical judgement, the implications for planning of various theories of environmental ethics, and the significance of key concepts such as heritage, justice, professional ethics and the public interest in orienting planning practice. Contributors relate their ideas about planning to a wide range of philosophical and social theories and debates, including feminist writings, discussions of post modernism, critical theory and the work of Anglo-American analytical philosophers. These essays will prove stimulating not only to planning theorists and practitioners, but to anyone interested in the way evaluations and key concepts contained in them can and should influence public policy.Trade Review’It should be essential reading for student planners...Huw Thomas must be thanked for bringing together an authoritative international collection.’ Planning Practice & Research ’...interesting and useful collection of essays...’ Environment and Planning A ’As someone who scoured the library shelves in a desperate search for contemporary texts that applied ethical and moral thinking to the planning context, I welcome this collection of essays. They are thoughtfully written and provide students with an important and reasonably accessible set of ideas.’ Town Planning ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Environmental ethics and the field of planning: alternative theories and middle-range principles; Aesthetics in planning; Values in the past: conserving heritage; Environmental issues and the public interest; Planning and justice; Values, subjectivity, sex; The moral mandate of the profession of planning; Political judgement and learning about value in transportation planning: bridging Habermas and Aristotle; Values and planning education.

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Book SynopsisThis is a book about the population of London during the early modern period and a detailed book about the population of a European metropolitan city at that time. Much is now known about the historical demography of rural England, but very little is understood about the larger towns and cities. Roger Finlay applies new techniques in historical demography, principally family reconstitution and aggregative analysis of parish registers, to study the growth of population in London. He shows that parish registers are as reliable for the analysis of population trends in London as in rural England. The death rate was much higher in London than in the countryside, and this difference was not offset by a markedly higher birth rate, so the population would have declined but for migration. There were striking variations in both fertility and mortality between contrasting social areas of London.Table of Contents1. Introduction: The magnet of the metropolis; 2. The accuracy of the London parish registers; 3. The general growth of population in London; 4. London social structure in 1638; 5. The measurement of mortality rates; 6. The effect of plague on mortality experience; 7. Marriage and fertility; 8. Population and metropolis.

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The essays presented in this volume, first published in 2000, describe a phenomenon so widespread in human time and space that its importance is easily overlooked. This book explores how wall-building traditions throughout the world illustrate universal themes of defensive strategy and the symbolism of power, each time in a distinctive local context.

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