Urban and municipal planning and policy Books

Book SynopsisThis open access textbook is a comprehensive introduction to space syntax method and theory for graduate students and researchers. It provides a step-by-step approach for its application in urban planning and design. This textbook aims to increase the accessibility of the space syntax method for the first time to all graduate students and researchers who are dealing with the built environment, such as those in the field of architecture, urban design and planning, urban sociology, urban geography, archaeology, road engineering, and environmental psychology. Taking a didactical approach, the authors have structured each chapter to explain key concepts and show practical examples followed by underlying theory and provided exercises to facilitate learning in each chapter. The textbook gradually eases the reader into the fundamental concepts and leads them towards complex theories and applications. In summary, the general competencies gain after reading this book are:– to understand, explain, and discuss space syntax as a method and theory;– be capable of undertaking various space syntax analyses such as axial analysis, segment analysis, point depth analysis, or visibility analysis;– be able to apply space syntax for urban research and design practice;– be able to interpret and evaluate space syntax analysis results and embed these in a wider context;– be capable of producing new original work using space syntax.This holistic textbook functions as compulsory literature for spatial analysis courses where space syntax is part of the methods taught. Likewise, this space syntax book is useful for graduate students and researchers who want to do self-study. Furthermore, the book provides readers with the fundamental knowledge to understand and critically reflect on existing literature using space syntax. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Urban Space as a Generator for Societal Processes.- Chapter 1: Introduction to the relevant spatial units.- Chapter 2: Spatial Relationships: Measuring integration and potential through movement.-Chapter 3: Orientation and Wayfinding: Measuring visibility.- Chapter 4: Private and Public space: Measuring the relation between buildings and streets.- Chapter 5: Linking Space Syntax to Socio-Economic Data.- Chapter 6: Space Syntax’s Contribution to the Discourse in Urban Theory.- Chapter 7: Make the Urban Work: Application of Space Syntax in international research and practice.- Chapter 8: Get Started: How to undertake a Space Syntax analysis.- Chapter 9: Space Syntax Glossary and Useful Literature.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book is based on work from the COST Action “RESTORE - REthinking Sustainability TOwards a Regenerative Economy'', and highlights how sustainability in buildings, facilities and urban governance is crucial for a future that is socially just, ecologically restorative, and economically viable, for Europe and the whole planet. In light of the search for fair solutions to the climate crisis, the authors outline the urgency for the built environment sector to implement adaptation and mitigation strategies, as well as a just transition. As shown in the chapters, this can be done by applying a broader framework that enriches places, people, ecology, culture, and climate, at the core of the design task - with a particular emphasis on the benefits towards health and resilient business practices.This book is one step on the way to a paradigm shift towards restorative sustainability for new and existing buildings. The authors want to promote forward thinking and multidisciplinary knowledge, leading to solutions that celebrate the richness of design creativity. In this vision, cities of the future will enhance users’ experience, health and wellbeing inside and outside of buildings, while reconciling anthropic ecosystems and nature. A valuable resource for scientists and students in environmental sciences and architecture, as well as policy makers, practitioners and investors in urban and regional development.Table of ContentsPart I: Processes, Methods And Tools For Regenerative Design.- Foreword: Regenerative Design In Practice: Digital Design Tools To Enhance The Well-Being Of The Inhabitants Of The Natural And Built Environment (Emanuele Naboni And Lisanne Havinga).- Chapter 1. Axiomatic Design In Regenerative Urban Climate Adaptation (Clarice Bleil De Souza And Ilya Vladimirovich Dunichkin).- Chapter 2. Restorative Design Tools For The Existing City: H-Bim Potentials (Carlo Bianchini, Martina Attenni And Giorgia Potestà).- Chapter 3. The Application Of Urban Building Energy Modeling In Urban Planning (Shimeng Hao And Tianzhen Hong).- Chapter 4. Adaptation To Climate Change As A Key Dimension Of Urban Regeneration In Europe: The Cases Of Copenhagen, Vienna And Madrid (Sonia De Gregorio Hurtado).- Chapter 5. Water Runoff And Catchment Improvement By Nature Based Solution (Nbs) Promotion In Private Household Gardens: An Agent-Based Model (Rembrandt Koppelaar, Antonino Marvuglia And Benedetto Rugani).- Chapter 6. Carbon Accounting For Regenerative Cities (Jukka Heinonen And Juudit Ottelin).- Chapter 7. How Rating Systems Support Regenerative Change In The Built Environment (Melinda Orova And András Reith).- Part Ii: Innovative Approaches In Professional Design Practice.- Foreword: Bridging The Gap Between Design And Construction Following A Life Cycle Approach Consisting Of Practical Approaches For Procurement, Construction, Use & Operation And Future Life (Giulia Peretti And Carsten Druhmann).- Chapter 8. Covering The Gap For An Effective Energy And Environmental Design Of Green Roofs: Contributions From Experimental And Modelling Researches (Laura Cirrincione And Giorgia Peri).- Chapter 9. Gender Matters! Thermal Comfort And Individual Perception Of Indoor Environmental Quality: A Literature Review (Edeltraud Haselsteiner).- Chapter 10. Climatic, Cultural, Behavioural And Technical Influences On The Indoor Environment Quality And Their Relevance For A Regenerative Future (Edeltraud Haselsteiner, Marielle Ferreira Silva And Željka Kordej-De Villa).- Chapter 11. Textile As Material In Human Built Environment Interaction (Preben Hansen, Vesna Gryjoska And Milica Jovanoska).- Chapter 12. Restorative Design For Heritage Requalification: Selected Roman Works (Luciano Cupelloni).- Chapter 13. 3d Printing Technology Within A Regenerative Construction Framework (Odysseas Kontovourkis).- Chapter 14. From Resilient And Regenerative Materials To A Resilient And Regenerative Built Environment (Ferhat Bejtullahu And Naomi Morishita-Steffen).- Part Iii: Rethinking Technology Towards A Regenerative Economy.- Foreword: Rethinking Technology: Low Impact Technology For Regenerative Indoor Environment (Wilmer Pasut And Roberto Lollini).- Chapter 15. The Blue Growth Smart Specialisation Challenges Towards The Restorative Economy (Milen Baltov).- Chapter 16. From Restorative Building To Regenerative Economy: A Model-Theoretical Analysis On Biobased Plastics For The Construction Industry (Daniel Friedrich).- Chapter 17. Тhe Use Of Waste Sludge: Benefits To The Regenerative Economy In Bulgaria (Angel Sarov).- Chapter 18. Circular Economy In Construction From Waste To Green Recycled Products In Israel: A Case Study (Zvi Weinstein).- Chapter 19. Cultural Heritage, Tourism And The Un Sustainable Development Goals: The Case Of Croatia (Željka Kordej-De Villa And Ivan Šulc).- Chapter 20. The Green Building Approach: Recent Initiatives In The Evolving Italian Scenario (Fabrizio Tucci).- Chapter 21. Strategies To Promote Deep Renovation In Existing Buildings (Cristina Jiménez-Pulido, Ana Jiménez-Rivero And Justo García-Navarro).- Chapter 22. Investigating, Implementing And Funding Regenerative Urban Design In A Post-Covid-19 Pandemic Built Environment: A Reading Through The Un Sustainable Development Goals And The Green New Deal (Maria Beatrice Andreucci And Antonino Marvuglia).

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Book SynopsisEcological and livable cities need an objective method to be examined. This book is in search of a method to determine the level of livability, ecology and energy efficiency. Ecological and sustainable cities need to properly make up for the existent weakness of the city's construction under fine ecological environment. The intention of this comparative study is an attempt to improve life quality in Tirana, Albania. It gives examples of successful strategies, e.g. bioclimatic solution through passive solar systems and the use of underground tunnels. This book is aimed at researches, professionals, architects and city planners.Table of ContentsAn approach from ecovillages and ecocities to Tirana, Albania.- Tirana the capital of Albania. A brief history of regulatory plans, anti-bombing hideouts and its climate conditions.- Leed and Breeam building standards and Albanian law related to building thermal performance.- Social impact in a specific neighborhood in Tirana, Albania.- In the traces of bioclimatic architecture.- Existing site conditions. Building thermography and U-Value measurements. Case study Tirana, Albania.- Bioclimatic eco-renovation concept design and strategies. The use of different materials.- Bioclimatic eco-renovation. Case study Tirana, Albania.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores significant aspects of the New Urban Agenda in the Asia-Pacific region, and presents, from different contexts and perspectives, innovative interventions afoot for transforming the governance of 21st-century cities in two key areas: (i) urban planning and policy; and (ii) service delivery and social inclusion. Representing institutions across a wide geography, academic researchers and development practitioners from Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America have authored the chapters that lend the volume its distinctly diverse topical foci. Based on a wide range of cases and intriguing experiences, this collection is a uniquely valuable resource for everyone interested in the present and future of cities and urban regions in Asia-Pacific.Table of ContentsForeword President of the East-West CenterPreface Bharat Dahiya and Ashok DasSection 1: IntroductionChapter 1: The New Urban Agenda in the Asia-PacificBharat Dahiya and Ashok DasChapter 2: Resilience-Based Urban Disaster ManagementAllen ClarkSection 2: Urban Planning and PolicyChapter 3: From Urban Policy Making to Implementation: Reviving Riverine Urban Community of Amphawa, ThailandBharat Dahiya and Wichaya KominChapter 4: Integrating Urban and Rural Development (IURD) through Governance Program in China's Megacities: A Suzhou ModelMin Zhao, Chenhao Fang, Chen Chen, Richard LeGatesChapter 5: Case study (India)Debolina KunduChapter 6: Urban Planning, Policy and Governance Challenges: A Case Study of Megacity of Dhaka, BangladeshSalahuddin AminuzzamanChapter 7: Urban Governance Challenges and Reforms in IndonesiaWilmar SalimChapter 8: Issues in Urban Planning and Policy: Case Study of Lahore, PakistanNasir Javed and Asad JanSection 3: Innovations in Service Delivery and Access toward Social InclusionChapter 9: Financing Local Infrastructure and Public Services—A Township Case in Suburban SuzhouXu Chen, Min Zhao, Richard LeGatesChapter 10: Urban Governance in Australia: A case study of Brisbane cityBhishna Bajracharya and Shahed KhanChapter 11: Re-thinking, re-form and re-imagine urban planning in Indonesia: Kota Kita and Community Participation in CitiesJohn TaylorChapter 12: The Changing Role of Voluntary Regional Organisations in Australia: A case study from PerthShahed Khan and Bhishna BajracharyaChapter 13: Urban Service Delivery and Access: The special case of Brunei DarussalamPushpa Thambipillai and Li Li PangChapter 14: Guizhou Province’s Six Action Plan Program for Rural InfrastructureFeng Luan, Haiyan Zou, Hui XI, Ben YangChapter 15: The political economy of urban governance in Asian cities - delivering water, sanitation and solid waste management servicesHashim Zaidi, Ammar Malik and Jamie BoexChapter 16: Relevant practices for social inclusion by local governmentsBjörn MollerSection 4: Emerging Trends and Future TrajectoriesChapter 17: Emerging Trends and Future TrajectoriesAshok Das and Bharat Dahiya

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Book SynopsisDoing research is an essential element of almost all programmes in planning studies as well as related areas such as geography and urban studies, from undergraduate, through Masters to doctoral programmes. While most texts on such research emphasise methodologies, this book is unique in addressing how theoretical frameworks and perspectives can inform research activity. Providing both a concise introduction to a wide range of such theories and detailed engagement with cases of planning research, it provides the reader with the insights necessary to conduct theory-informed research. It offers an understanding of how the choice of a theoretical framework has implications for the focus of the research, the precise research questions addressed and the methodologies that will be most effective in answering those questions. Through practical advice and published examples it will support planning researchers in doing stronger, more widely-applicable research, which answers key questions about planning systems and their role within our societies.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: theory and planning research.- Chapter 2 Governmental Models: the hope of rational public administration.- Chapter 3 Rational Choice Perspectives: self-interest and decision-making.- Chapter 4 The Influence of New Institutionalism: how culture shapes planning.- Chapter 5 Governance Theory: stakeholders, networks and collaboration.- Chapter 6 Urban Politics: conflict, power and justice.- Chapter 7 Political Economy: crisis and response.- Chapter 8 Discourse, Knowledge and Governmentality: the influence of Foucault.- Chapter 9 Relational Approaches: assemblages, materiality and power.- Chapter 10 Conclusion: on doing planning research.

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Book SynopsisShaping our cities, streets and public spaces, urban design informs the places we live. It is a complex multi-disciplinary process, requiring the input of a wide variety of stakeholders and design and construction professionals. Each urban project invariably throws up a new set of problems and strategic decisions for the design team. This guide distils the essential information required for the expert direction of the day-to-day work of urban design, from strategic design to masterplanning through to character assessment and collaboration. Compact and accessible with over 250 hand-drawn figures and plans, it's the perfect everyday companion for junior practitioners and experienced heads alike across the built environment.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Place, Pioneers and Practitioners Chapter 2: Urban Design in Action Chapter 3: Context, Character and Quality Chapter 4: Politics, Collaboration and the Role of Local Authorities Chapter 5: Strategic Urban Design and Masterplanning Appendix: Checklist for Assessing Context and Character

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Book SynopsisShaking Up the City critically examines many of the concepts and categories within mainstream urban studies that serve dubious policy agendas. Through a combination of theory and empirical evidence, Tom Slater shakes up mainstream urban studies in a concise and pointed fashion by turning on its head much of the prevailing wisdom in the field. To this end, he explores the themes of data-driven innovation, urban resilience, gentrification, displacement and rent control, neighborhood effects, territorial stigmatization, and ethnoracial segregation. With important contributions to ongoing debates in sociology, geography, urban planning, and public policy, this book engages closely with struggles for land rights and housing justice to offer numerous insights for scholarship and political action to guard against the spread of an urbanism rooted in vested interest. Trade Review"Slater’s broad approach and global lens grant this book great potential to help scholars, especially younger ones, to rethink the logic behind research questions and approaches." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"Sitting down with Shaking Up the City: Ignorance, Inequality, and the Urban Question is like pulling up a chair with Tom Slater to talk about the state of play of urban studies. . . .Yet the highlight of this work is the intellectual contribution, which I see as holding the idea of epistemology – that is, the production of knowledge – and the idea of agnotology – that is, the production of ignorance – in tension with each other." * Urban Studies *"Shaking Up the City sets a new direction of critical urban geography." * Antipode *"Slater offers important insight for urban scholars and practitioners by showing how ideology, politics, and institutional arrangements interact to narrow urban policy choice sets." * Journal of the American Planning Association *"A detailed and very well-written account of several important concepts in critical urban theory." * Housing Studies *

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Book SynopsisWhy do autocrats build spectacular new capital cities? In The Geopolitics of Spectacle, Natalie Koch considers how autocratic rulers use spectacular projects to shape state-society relations, but rather than focus on the standard approachon the project itselfshe considers the unspectacular others. The contrasting views of those from the poorest regions toward these new national capitals help her develop a geographic approach to spectacle.Koch uses Astana in Kazakhstan to exemplify her argument, comparing that spectacular city with others from resource-rich, nondemocratic nations in central Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, and Southeast Asia. The Geopolitics of Spectacle draws new political-geographic lessons and shows that these spectacles can be understood only from multiple viewpoints, sites, and temporalities. Koch explicitly theorizes spectacle geographically and in so doing extends the analysis of governmentality into new empirical and theoretical terrain.<Trade ReviewWith its accessible writing style and lively anecdotal interludes, The Geopolitics of Spectacle invites critical thinking about the often alluded to, yet seldom critically assessed, discourse of the 'theatrical' or 'false modernity' of Asian cities in popular Western media. Reading Koch's book will therefore not only teach us much about political geography, but will also train us to overcome 'intellectual laziness' and become critically informed spectators of some of the world's fastest emerging cities. * LSE Review of Books *A thoughtful study in political geography. * Journal of Peace Research *Provides [a] compelling vision of what urban practices can do politically. [Koch] brings years of fieldwork experience and regional expertise that make the book [a] strong contribution to... political geography as well as urban studies more broadly. [Her] theoretical findings are deployable in contexts beyond Asia and MENA and [is] a welcome addition to the growing political geographic literature on urbanization. * Geopolitics *While theoretically rich, Geopolitics of Spectacle is at the same time written in a skilful and accessible way. It is an important contribution to the fields of human geography, political studies and anthropology. Koch's monograph is an inspiring work, worth recommending to scholars interested in a wide range of topics: from urban studies, broadly defined post-Soviet studies or area studies to governmentality and citizenship. * Inner Asia *The Geopolitics of Spectacle is an interesting piece or writing, in itself a detournement through difficult to access spaces and places, as well as its more shiny and dramatic foci. Well structured and with a strong narrative drive, the reader will certainly consider boarding train 84 for that long ride from Kazanski station to Astana Nurly Jol... This reviewer will certainly pay this book a second visit. * Eurasian Geography and Economics *The Geopolitics of Spectacle is an essential contribution to multidisciplinary fields that deal with global dynamics of urbanization, authoritarianism in urban politics, nation-building and identity politics, and the geographies of megaprojects. A work that is essential for the researcher, it is also highly readable, concise, and timely; an ideal text for graduate and undergraduate courses. * Journal of Urban Affairs *Koch's book provides a refreshingly concrete theoretical framework for understanding spectacle in a non-Western, non-democratic context... The book is further innovative in its methodological approach, which directly tackles the shortcomings of conventional area-based analyses fixated on commonalities across case studies, rather than their divergences. By making a case for divergent-case comparisons, Koch is able to break away from the all-too-often default comparison of Central Asia with its former Soviet counterparts, a comparison that may not always be the most relevant. By widening our understanding of suitable cases for comparison, the book opens new channels for framing Central Asian research in other disciplines. * Central Asian Affairs *In essence, the work scores on account of being novel both in theme and approach. Its objectives are clearly defined and the author has been successful in meeting these. The treatise is thoughtfully conceived, soundly researched, well-argued and lucidly expressed. More important, it looks beyond established stereotypes and includes voices from the margins, not just in the choice of case studies but within the case studies as well. The work locates itself at a research frontier and deserves to be commended equally for its perspective, approach, and methodology. * Social & Cultural Geography *[The Geopolitics of Spectacle] provide[s] critical accounts of Astana as a symbol of Kazakhstan's modernity and use[s] the experience of people who work in and outside Astana to substantiate that critique. * Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Spectacular Urbanism and the New Capitals of Asia 1. Approaching Spectacle Geographically 2. From Almaty to Astana: Capitalizing the Territory in Kazakhstan 3. From Astana to Aral: Making Inequality Enchant in Kazakhstan's Hinterlands 4. From Astana to Asia: Spectacular Cities and the New Capitals of Asia Compared Conclusion: Synecdoche and the Geopolitics of Spectacular Urbanism in Asia

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Book SynopsisIn How to Build a Global City, Michele Acuto considers the rise of a new generation of so-called global citiesSingapore, Sydney, and Dubaiand the power that this concept had in their ascent, in order to analyze the general relationship between global city theory and its urban public policy practice.The global city is often invoked in theory and practice as an ideal model of development and a logic of internationalization for cities the world over. But the global city also creates deep social polarization and challenges how much local planning can achieve in a world economy. Presenting a unique elite ethnography in Singapore, Sydney, and Dubai, Acuto discusses the global urban discourses, aspirations, and strategies vital to the planning and management of such metropolitan growth.The global city, he shows, is not one single idea, but a complex of ways to imagine a place to be global and aspirations to make it so, often deeply steeped in politTrade ReviewThere is much potential for fruitful engagement with this book—not least from a perspective that is less critical than that of the author. * International Journal of Urban and Regional Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Speaking of Global Cities 2. The Idea(s) 3. The Debates 4. The Rise 5. The Trajectories 6. The Distinction 7. The Leadership 8. The Governance 9. The Strategies 10. The Cityzens 11. The Comparisons 12. Symbolic Entrepreneurs Postscript

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Book SynopsisFor forty years, as New York’s Lower East Side went from disinvested to gentrified, residents lived with a wound at the heart of the neighborhood, a wasteland of vacant lots known as the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA). Most of the buildings on the fourteen-square-block area were condemned in 1967, displacing thousands of low-income people of color with the promise that they would soon return to new housing—housing that never came. Over decades, efforts to keep out affordable housing sparked deep-rooted enmity and stalled development, making SPURA a dramatic study of failed urban renewal, as well as a microcosm epitomizing the greatest challenges faced by American cities since World War II. Artist and urban scholar Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani was invited to enter this tense community to support a new approach to planning, which she accepted using collaboration, community organizing, public history, and public art. Having engaged her students at The New School in a multi-year collaboration with community activists, the exhibitions and guided tours of her Layered SPURA project provided crucial new opportunities for dialogue about the past, present, and future of the neighborhood. Simultaneously revealing the incredible stories of community and activism at SPURA, and shedding light on the importance of collaborative creative public projects, Contested City bridges art, design, community activism, and urban history. This is a book for artists, planners, scholars, teachers, cultural institutions, and all those who seek to collaborate in new ways with communities.

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Book SynopsisRelevant and sharp, this record turns a careful eye to the issue of time poverty, throwing light on poor urban planning, workplace policies, and other sociopolitical issues that rob working families of time. While maximising productivity and enhancing professional skills, Australians must raise their children, care for their elderly, be involved in their communities, and shrink their carbon footprints. This book investigates what it costs Australian families to do it all: how men’s time is taken up by work, crowding out their capacity to care, and how women struggle to strike a balance between professional ambition and household obligations. It also investigates how work impacts the response to the greatest concern of the 21st century—the planet’s sustainability.

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Book SynopsisBrian Ladd examines the ongoing conflicts radiating from the remarkable fusion of architecture, history, and national identity in Berlin.

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Book Synopsis‘There may be no single climate solution that has a greater breadth of benefits than mini-forests…[and] can be done by everyone everywhere.’ Paul Hawken, from the foreword Are you ready to join the movement to restore biodiversity in our cities and towns by transforming degraded and underused urban land into forests that can help heal the planet? In Mini-Forest Revolution, Hannah Lewis presents the Miyawaki Method, a unique approach to reforestation devised by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki. Lewis explains how tiny forests, as small as six parking spaces, can grow quickly and offer rich biodiversity and environmental benefits – much more so than forests planted by conventional methods. Today, the Miyawaki Method is witnessing a worldwide surge in popularity. Lewis shares stories of mini-forests that have sprung up across the globe and the people who are planting them – from a ‘Forest of Thanks’ in East London, to a mini-forest along the concrete alley of the Beirut River in Lebanon, to a backyard project planted by tiny-forest champion Shubhendu Sharma in India. Mini-Forest Revolution offers a revolutionary approach to planting trees and a truly accessible solution to the climate crisis that can be implemented by communities, classrooms, cities, companies, clubs, and families everywhere.Trade Review"My late friend and colleague, Professor Akira Miyawaki, wanted nothing more than to repair the forests of the world. He wanted trees in the ground, as do I. This book would make him happy."—Diana Beresford-Kroeger, author of To Speak for the Trees"We cannot solve problems by succumbing to fear and anger, and yet so much of the climate conversation is powered by the fearful narrative of a dying planet. In Mini-Forest Revolution, Hannah Lewis offers a different story—one that is authentic, honest, and powered by love. Her writing provides the inspiration, motivation, and recipe for working with nature rather than against it; for gathering our courage and creating the world we imagine."—Shubhendu Sharma, founder and director of Afforestt"Imagine a world where every modest scrap of worn-out dirt or asphalt—think tennis-court-size—can become a cooling, moisture-circulating, air-cleansing, wildlife-nurturing forest within a few years. Mini-Forest Revolution shows how ordinary citizens can embrace this trowel-ready solution, and are doing so even under the harshest, sun-bleached conditions."—Judith D. Schwartz, author of The Reindeer Chronicles

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Book SynopsisDesire lines are the paths that people create through regular usage. They appear where people repeatedly choose to walk and usually signify a route from A to B that’s quicker than the formal path provided. In most cases they indicate the mismatch between what local people want and what designers think people want. By employing some social research basics in the design development process, placemakers can work more meaningfully with local communities to meet their needs and aspirations. This is a practical guide to running public consultations, co-design and community engagement to help practitioners make the most of local knowledge and insight for the benefit of design. It offers guidance on managing community participation, and unapologetically aims to encourage designers to start thinking like social researchers when they undertake these programmes. It’s intended for placemakers - architects, urban designers, landscape architects, and other built environment professionals involved in the planning and design of public realm - who want to develop more people-centred, community-led design approaches. It’s also a valuable tool for students of these disciplines, both as guidance on projects involving primary fieldwork, and as general preparation for professional practice, where skills in working with local communities are increasingly important.Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Research essentials for community participation3. Observation4. Diary studiesA quick guide to qualitative data analysis5. Exhibitions and public meetings A quick guide to public events 6. Survey methods 7. Focus groups A quick guide to communications 8. Collaborative approaches A quick guide to reporting research 9­­­. Ethical and inclusive practice 10. Participants’ experiences

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This updated second edition of the Advanced Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment offers an up-to-date exploration of the current theory and practice of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), a crucial tool for evaluating and mitigating the impacts of development projects on the environment. Angus Morrison-Saunders provides an overview of the key concepts, principles, and methodologies of EIA, with a focus on recent developments, emerging trends, and best practices in the field.Key Features: Fresh analyses of how environment and development intersect in EIA Exploration of the fundamental ideas promoted by the pioneers of EIA Revised content on international best practice EIA principles and how they apply today Reflections on the increasing need to adopt a holistic, sustainability-oriented approach to EIA. With accessible style, comprehensive coverage, and a practical approach, this book is an essential resource for students, scholars, and practitioners in environmental studies, environmental governance, policy and regulation, urban planning, and related fields who want to deepen their understanding of EIA.Trade Review‘This is a must-read for everyone interested in Environmental Impact Assessment. The author provides a clear and masterful overview of the fundamentals of EIA, that is relevant for those who are new to the field as well as for experienced practitioners and scholars who want to advance their understanding of its origins and development.’ -- Jos Arts, University of Groningen, the Netherlands‘Written by one of the world's leading scholars in the field, this book will open up one's mind to the richness and complexity of EIA, drawing on insightful case studies and more than 350 references from the very early days of EIA to the most recent peer-reviewed journal publications.’ -- Alberto Fonseca, Federal University of Ouro Preto, BrazilTable of ContentsContents: Preface to the second edition vii Preface to the first edition viii PART I OVERVIEW AND CONTEXT 1 Introduction: setting the scene 2 Forms of EIA 3 Back to the beginning – EIA and the National Environmental Policy Act 1969 (US) 4 A brief reflection on the goals and purpose of EIA PART II GENERIC EIA PROCESS COMPONENTS 5 EIA and decision-making 6 Screening and scoping 7 Prediction, assessment and mitigation 8 Review, approval decision and EIA follow-up PART III ABOUT DEVELOPMENT 9 Spectrum of development and design considerations 10 Alternatives and mitigation 9PART IV ABOUT ENVIRONMENT 11 Representing environment 12 Engaging with stakeholders PART V BRINGING DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT TOGETHER 13 Science, uncertainty and adaptive management in EIA 14 Holistic and cumulative impact assessment PART VI CLOSING REMARKS ON EIA 15 Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This insightful Advanced Introduction deftly explores urban segregation on an international scale, offering expert analysis on pressing and theoretical debates and key contemporary issues relating to this interdisciplinary field of study. It provides detailed insights into the various dimensions and domains of urban segregation, the range of methods used for measuring segregation, and the effects it can have on neighbourhoods and individuals. Recognising variations in the patterns of segregation from country to country, the book further discusses the different approaches and challenges affecting policy interventions.Key Features: A review of theories of urban segregation A focus on the impacts of urban segregation Critical analysis of classic and new research methods An exploration of urban segregation across all continents Discussion of why so much attention is given to segregation An outline of segregation in various domains and dimensions Composed of informative and engaging chapters, this timely Advanced Introduction will prove to be an essential read for human geography, sociology and social policy, urban and regional studies students, teachers, and established academics.Trade Review‘In this Advanced Introduction, Sako Musterd offers a broad and incisive overview of the now voluminous literature on urban segregation. Musterd successfully navigates through the often contentious explanations for segregation, and offers new thinking about segregation and the links to spatial inequality. In an era when large scale immigration is changing the inner cities, in Europe and the US, it is a timely review of processes which are fundamental forces in urban change.’ -- William Clark, University of California, US‘This magnificent book could only have been written by Sako Musterd, who brilliantly distills the international scholarly and experiential expertise gained during his unparalleled career. It synthesizes in accessible fashion what we know about the conceptual, methodological, theoretical, political and policy issues related to segregation, and why we should care.’ -- George C. Galster, Wayne State University, US‘Urban segregation, whether by race, class, income or religion is a subject of long standing interest to politicians, policy makers and residents alike. It influences who lives where, and why and how and it has impacts on education, crime, housing and health. This is a must-read introduction by an internationally-known and long-established expert on the subject.’ -- Chris Hamnett, King's College London, UK‘Sako Musterd, one of the most eminent experts on urban segregation, presents an extensive and updated approach to this topic in his remarkable book. Through the innovative lens of an urban history perspective, he deals with the complexity and the multidimensional aspects of this crucial urban process, whilst also addressing important societal and policy considerations.’ -- Marco Oberti, Sciences Po Paris, and Centre for Research on Social Inequalities, France‘Advanced Introduction to Urban Segregation is a brilliant and magisterial synthesis of complex and multi-dimensional urban segregation beyond residential differentiation. Sako Musterd, a world authority on urban segregation research, lucidly explains the concept of urban segregation and its measurement, impacts and policy interventions. Based on his lifetime study of segregation, the book combines deep scholarship on the debates and the research agenda with a stimulating and accessible presentation for scholars and students. This is essential reading for many generations of urban studies.’ -- Fulong Wu, University College London, UK

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Book SynopsisThe block is no more than the land and building area defined by streets. It is the nature of the interface between the two, which has a critical impact on the quality of the spaces between those buildings. The importance of the block to city life is well rehearsed, and in any case, we seldom find ourselves in the business of making cities from scratch. But we are in the business of making new houses, neighbourhoods and new local centres, and we need lots of them: 250,000 a year to be imprecise. Against the background of a burgeoning housing shortage in the UK, there are varied issues to be reconciled. The Urban Block charts the fall and rise of the perimeter block as the staple of urban form and structure from ancient times. It takes you through the process of understanding, defining, structuring and designing the block. Carefully selected urban and suburban case examples explain “do's and don'ts” of good block layout and will help you to produce better masterplans, while staying in touch with commercial realities. This is an essential guide for urban designers, masterplanners and architects that will allow you to produce quality streetscapes in a contemporary context.Table of Contents0. Introducing the Block 1. Understanding the Block 2. Defining the Block 3. Designing the Block 4. Block by Example

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Book SynopsisThis erudite Handbook demonstrates how multiple approaches have been used to conceptualize, measure, and model the complex issue of quality of life (QOL) and individual well-being, emphasizing place and space as critical factors in a meaningful QOL experience among diverse populations including special attention given to older adults.

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Book SynopsisHave you ever wondered exactly what those ‘weeds’ are growing along the kerb or between the cracks in the pavement? Not the pampered plants of parks, front gardens and herbaceous borders, but simply those that exist everywhere and nowhere in particular: the true survivors, the botanical opportunists. In this handy guide, we introduce the most commonplace flowers, shrubs, grasses, mosses and ferns that are to be found on the street, and show the main characteristics by which you can recognise them. Soon you’ll be more alert than ever to the rebellious species of tarmac, wall and gutter as they defy weedkiller, climate change and dog wee. So you can identify the plants you discover in your town as readily as possible, the species are arranged according to their growth form. The book starts with the largest group – herbaceous plants – followed by a few woody plants, grasses, mosses and ferns. The first group is divided again according to flower colour: white, yellow, red/pink, blue/purple and green or brown. Within each colour, you will first find the flowers with a maximum of four petals, then those with five, then those with more than five and finally those with bilaterally symmetrical flowers. So you know quickly which group you are in, there are corresponding symbols in the profile at the bottom of each page. This ingenious little book is sure to enliven even the most mundane walk on the dreariest of days.

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Book SynopsisProposing and demonstrating the ways in which we need to rethink urban green spaces as cities, societies and environments evolve, renowned scholar Cecil C. Konijnendijk explores urban green spaces as essential parts of cities. Chapters offer a comprehensive look at how their roles have changed over time and will continue to do so, moving from their conventional purpose as areas for recreation to become spaces contributing to climate adaptation, biodiversity conservation and economic development.This timely and innovative book argues that we need to rethink the ways in which we govern, design, plan and manage green spaces, as well as the funding of different kinds of green spaces and the narratives around what green spaces can and cannot do. Using a diverse range of case studies from across the globe, Konijnendijk offers practical suggestions for change in the future to make cities greener and healthier, and introduces new green space concepts such as urban groves and streetwoods.This is an invigorating read for students and scholars of urban planning, landscape architecture, urban ecology and urban studies. Urban green space planners, designers and managers will also find the wealth of cases and practical suggestions make this an insightful read.Trade Review‘This book offers a pioneering perspective on applying urban forestry as a nature-based solution. Diverse and disparate research findings are skilfully amalgamated and translated into new paradigms marked decidedly by hybridisation vigour. It presents fresh and integrated ideas to foster synergy, symbiosis and sustainable harmony amongst cities, people and trees.’ -- C. Y. Jim, Education University of Hong Kong‘This is a blockbuster book for the future of urban green spaces. An inspiring overview of the opportunities and challenges in green space development, with innovative answers to timely challenges in a changing world. Konijnendijk's personal perspective as a world-leading expert makes the book incredibly worth reading. A must-read for anyone professionally involved with or interested in urban green spaces.’ -- Ingo Kowarik, Technical University Berlin, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1 Urban green spaces: why rethinking is needed 2 Urban green spaces until today 3 Urban green space use in transition 4 Design and transformation of green spaces 5 Green space management for today and tomorrow 6 Changing governance of green spaces 7 Planning and integration of urban green spaces 8 Securing and diversifying funding for green spaces 9 Shifts in urban green space narratives 10 Perspective: streetwoods, urban groves and more rethinking of urban green spaces References

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Book SynopsisTrade Review'What remains to be said about cities when the planet is completely urbanized? This astonishing new Handbook seeks answers in the megacity-regions of the world, especially in the burgeoning urban constellations of eastern Asia. The book's diverse and topical chapters help planners and decision-makers, and ultimately inhabitants, to ''find their bearings'' in the unmoored vastness of a planet of megacities.' --Roger Keil, York University, Canada'The book fulfills a very timely mission: to reveal just how complex, varied, and multi-scaled the global urban reality has become - and is still becoming. The authors provide an antidote to simplifying notions about cities and megacities, updating our understanding of urban forces and dynamics, so that we might act upon them more effectively.' --Jeb Brugmann, Founder, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, Germany and author, Welcome to the Urban RevolutionThe Handbook of Megacities and Megacity-Regions provides a much needed assessment of 21st century urbanization, especially with its attention to the scale and density that characterizes todays cities. Its nuanced discussion of how to define megacities and megacity-regions is an important contribution to our understanding of one of the most critical megatrends of our times.' --Eugenie L. Birch, University of Pennsylvania, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Megacities, megacity-regions, and the endgame of urbanization 1 André Sorensen and Danielle Labbé PART I THE CONCEPTUAL CHALLENGES OF MEGACITIES 2 Thinking about mega-conurbations and planning 21 John Friedmann 3 City limits: bounding and unbounding in conceptualizing the megacity 33 Michael Leaf 4 Urbanization and developmental pathways: critical junctures of urban transition 47 André Sorensen 5 El Monstruo : reflections on catastrophic metaphors about Mexico City 65 Julie-Anne Boudreau and Felipe de Alba PART II MEGA-URBAN GOVERNANCE 6 Urban governance of megacities: searching for the collective actor 78 Christian Lefèvre 7 Powerful states, weak states: understanding coercion and neglect in the governance of Marcos-era Manila 92 Nancy Kwak 8 Actors and shifting scales of urban governance in India 101 Loraine Kennedy 9 The incomplete and paradoxical ‘neoliberal turn’ in Mumbai 119 Marie-Hélène Zérah 10 Nurturing neighbourhoods to sustain quality of life in megacities and large city regions: an interdisciplinary reflection on planning for sustainable and socially just cities from Chile 134 Lake Sagaris, María Inés Arribas, María Inés Solimano, Sonia Reyes-Paecke and Juan Carlos Muñoz PART III MEGA-URBAN PATTERNS, FORMS AND PLANNING APPROACHES 11 Urban containment policies for megacities: the case of Beijing 153 Haoying Han 12 East Asian megacities: the view from the periphery 169 Douglas Webster and Jianyi Li 13 On the road again: the geography and characteristics of American commuter megaregions 188 Alasdair Rae and Garrett Dash Nelson 14 The West African corridor from Abidjan to Lagos: a megacity-region under construction 206 Armelle Choplin and Alice Hertzog 15 Cities: growing threats, growing opportunities 223 Daniel Hoornweg and Kevin Pope PART IV MEGA-URBAN LIFE SPACES AND LIVEABILITY 16 Navigating the extensiveness of Jakarta 234 AbdouMaliq Simone 17 Poverty in a wealthy megacity: stories from Tokyo’s alleys after the bubble burst 245 Heide Imai 18 Flooding as emotional politics in the Mexican megacity-region 261 Felipe de Alba PART V MEGA-URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES 19 Measuring progress toward sustainable megacities 278 Iain D. Stewart, Chris A. Kennedy and Angelo Facchini 20 Megacities at risk: the climate–energy conundrum 292 William E. Rees 21 Future megacity-regions and heatwave exposure 309 Peter J. Marcotullio, Carsten Keßler and Balázs M. Fekete 22 Megacity in the delta: managing water in Jakarta 327 Christopher Silver PART VI MEGA-URBAN ECONOMICS, REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTY 23 Rethinking megacity-region development: the land–infrastructure– finance nexus as political project 345 Gavin Shatkin 24 The process of metropolization in megacity-regions 360 Rodrigo Cardoso and Evert Meijers 25 The emergence and economic restructuring of two global super megacity-regions in China: comparing the Pearl River and Yangtze River Deltas 376 Anthony G. O. Yeh, Xingjian Liu, Jili Xu and Mengdi Wu 26 The financialization of real estate in megacities and its variegated trajectories in East Asia 395 Natacha Aveline-Dubach Index 411

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Book SynopsisA manual, monograph, and call to action, Toward an Urban Ecology points to the future of landscape architecture's role in making resilient, sustainable, and community-oriented spaces. Kate Orff, 2017 MacArthur Fellow, has an optimistic and transformative message about our world: we can bring together social and ecological systems to sustainably remake our cities and landscapes. Part monograph, part manual, part manife­sto, Toward an Urban Ecology reconceives urban landscape design as a form of activism, demonstrating how to move beyond familiar and increasingly outmoded ways of thinking about environmental, urban, and social issues as separate domains; and advocating for the synthesis of practice to create a truly urban ecology. In purely practical terms, SCAPE has already generated numerous tools and techniques that designers, policy makers, and communities can use to address some of the most pressing issues of our time, including the loss of biodiversity, the loss of social cohesion, and ecological degradation. Toward an Urban Ecology features numerous projects and select research from SCAPE, and conveys a range of strategies to engender a more resilient and inclusive built environment.Trade Review"Those familiar with landscape architecture and urban design today are no doubt already aware of the originality of this practice and would likely expect this book - part manual, part manifesto, and part monograph - to follow suit. The book’s ambition is nothing short of reconceiving urban landscape design as a form of activism.... SCAPE’s Manufestograph begins to address how we as a discipline can actually effect change. Of all the things this requires—design vision, enabling policies, strategic funding streams, creative partnerships, innovative maintenance strategies, feedback loops, new representation strategies—the most important message this book imparts is the tireless advocacy that change requires, and which SCAPE is able to model. I want to be doing this. We all should be doing this. SCAPE has got something important going. And we have to believe it will make a difference." - Journal of Architectural Education "A beautiful book with engaging full-page color photography that delves into Breakwaters, their Rebuild by Design project in Staten Island, and others." - The Dirt "Kate Orff is an optimistic and creative force in the world of climate adaptive design. Her book is part monograph and part a clarion call for the need of meshing the social and environmental to deal with the future problems of our planet." - Land8 "Cities have multiple connections to the biosphere. Today they are all negative, destructive. This book shows us in great detail and with splendid clarity how we can turn them positive. It goes well beyond standard solutions as it brilliantly explores the biosphere and makes discoveries." - Saskia Sassen, Professor, Columbia University and author of Expulsions "[This book is] a call to action on urban ecology and climate change, with landscape as the principal medium. Kate Orff's Toward an Urban Ecology is a presentation of ground-breaking projects by SCAPE, and the principles and strategies that underlie their success. Human societies cannot successfully mitigate and adapt to the stresses of climate change without a new state of mind, and landscape architects and artists have an essential role to play....required reading for landscape architects." - Anne Whiston Spirn, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, author of The Granite Garden

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Book SynopsisIn car-clogged urban areas across the world, the humble bicycle is enjoying a second life as a legitimate form of transportation. City officials are rediscovering it as a multi-pronged (or -spoked) solution to acute, 21st-century problems, including affordability, obesity, congestion, climate change, inequity, and social isolation. As the world’s foremost cycling nation, the Netherlands is the only country where the number of bikes exceeds the number of people, primarily because the Dutch have built a cycling culture accessible to everyone, regardless of age, ability, or economic means. Chris and Melissa Bruntlett share the incredible success of the Netherlands through engaging interviews with local experts and stories of their own delightful experiences riding in five Dutch cities. Building the Cycling City examines the triumphs and challenges of the Dutch while also presenting stories of North American cities already implementing lessons from across the Atlantic. Discover how Dutch cities inspired Atlanta to look at its transit-bike connection in a new way and showed Seattle how to teach its residents to realize the freedom of biking, along with other encouraging examples. Tellingly, the Dutch have two words for people who ride bikes: wielrenner (“wheel runner”) and fietser (“cyclist”), the latter making up the vast majority of people pedaling on their streets, and representing a far more accessible, casual, and inclusive style of urban cycling—walking with wheels. Outside of their borders, a significant cultural shift is needed to seamlessly integrate the bicycle into everyday life and create a whole world of fietsers. The Dutch blueprint focuses on how people in a particular place want to move.Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Nation of Fietsers Chapter 1: Streets Aren't Set in Stone Chapter 2: Not Sport. Transport Chapter 3: Fortune Favors the Brave Chapter 4: One Size Won't Fit All Chapter 5: Demand More Chapter 6: Think Outside the Van Chapter 7: Build at a Human Scale Chapter 8: Use Bikes to Feed Transit Chapter 9: Put Your City on the Map Chapter 10: Learn to Ride Like the Dutch Conclusion: A World of Fietsers References Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisIn The Human City, internationally recognized urbanist Joel Kotkin challenges the conventional urban-planning wisdom that favors high-density, "pack-and-stack" strategies. By exploring the economic, social, and environmental benefits of decentralized, family-friendly alternatives, Kotkin concludes that while the word "suburbs" may be outdated, the concept is certainly not dead. Aside from those wealthy enough to own spacious urban homes, people forced into high-density development must accept crowded living conditions and limited privacy, thus degrading their quality of life. Dispersion, Kotkin argues, provides a chance to build a more sustainable, "human-scale" urban environment. After pondering the purpose of a city--and the social, political, economic, and aesthetic characteristics that are associated with urban living--Kotkin explores the problematic realities of today's megacities and the importance of families, neighborhoods, and local communities, arguing that these considerations must guide the way we shape our urban landscapes. He then makes the case for dispersion and explores communities (dynamic small cities, redeveloped urban neighborhoods, and more) that are already providing viable, decentralized alternatives to ultra-dense urban cores. The Human City lays out a vision of urbanism that is both family friendly and flexible. It describes a future where people, aided by technology, are freed from the constraints of small spaces and impossibly high real estate prices. While Kotkin does not call for low-density development per se, he does advocate for a greater range of options for people to live the way they want at various stages of their lives. We are building cities without thinking about the people who live in them, argues The Human City. It's time to change our approach to one that is centered on human values.Trade ReviewPraise for Joel Kotkin's The Human City: Urbanism for the Rest of Us "[Kotkin] weaves an impressive array of original observations about cities into his arguments, enriching our understanding of what cities are about and what they can and must become." --Shlomo Angel, Wall Street Journal "Kotkin argues that suburbs are where middle-class families want to live... A city hostile to the middle class is, in Kotkin's view, a sea hostile to fish." --Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek "[The] kinds of places that are getting it right ... we might call Joel Kotkin cities, after the writer who champions them. These are opportunity cities ... [that] are less regulated, so it's easier to start a business. They are sprawling with easy, hodgepodge housing construction, so the cost of living is low... We should be having a debate between the Kotkin model and the [Richard] Florida model, between two successful ways to create posterity." --David Brooks, New York Times "Kotkin's premise focus[es] on the predictions made by some economists who believe suburbs are going to wither as more Americans return to the cities. He [says] those have been hasty reactions to the 2008 economic recession, and that humans' desire for spacious living remains strong. " --Ronnie Wachter, Chicago Tribune "The Human City ... takes a wider and longer view. Kotkin shows how cities developed as religious, imperial, commercial, and industrial centers... To his subject Kotkin brings a useful worldwide perspective." --Michael Barone, Washington Examiner "[Kotkin] believes it's time to start rethinking what suburbia can be and to become more strategic about how it evolves." --Randy Rieland, Smithsonian.com "Kotkin recommends that we embrace a kind of 'urban pluralism'... That means a sustained effort to make the city livable, yes, but it also entails acceptance of the suburbs... The reality of suburban life isn't as grim as the naysayers suggest, and Kotkin rattles off a long list of statistics to prove it." --Blake Seitz, Washington Free Beacon "[Kotkin] writes that the suburbs are alive and well--and are positioned for strong opportunity." --Michael Stevens, Crain's Chicago Business "Whether you're a downtown dweller or suburbanite, renter or owner, there is plenty of urban food for thought in The Human City." --Deborah Bowers, Winnipeg Free Press "A long and lucid argument against ... the current orthodoxy--that high-density living in the core, rather than suburban sprawl, is the optimal design for the modern urbanopolis." --Pat Kane, New Scientist "[The Human City] is a prolonged argument for development that responds to what people want and need during the course of their lives ... [It] is not meant as an anti-urbanist tract, but rather as a redefinition of urbanism to fit modern realities and the needs of families... It's hard to argue with that point." --David R. Godschalk, Urban Land Magazine "The notion that people are dying to leave the suburbs is just not true... Kotkin [says] most of the job growth and affordable housing are in the suburbs." --Kim Mikus, Daily Herald Advance praise for Joel Kotkin's The Human City: Urbanism for the Rest of Us "The most eloquent expression of urbanism since Jane Jacobs's The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Kotkin writes with a strong sense of place; he recognizes that the geography and traditions of a city create the contours of its urbanity." --Fred Siegel, scholar in residence at St. Francis College, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research "Kotkin is a refreshingly poetic and compelling writer on policy; he weaves data, history, theory, and his own probing analysis into a clear and soulful treatise on the way we ought to live now." --Ted C. Fishman, author of China, Inc. and Shock of Gray "Kotkin is one of the clearest urban writers and thinkers of our time. His first-hand experiences and insights on a broad array of issues such as inequity, infertility, lifestyle, and urban design shake the reader like a jolt of urban caffeine." --Alan M. Berger, codirector of the Center for Advanced Urbanism at MIT, founding director of P-REX Lab "While advocates trumpet megacities and global urbanization, Joel Kotkin makes an informed case for urban dispersal and argues that bigger and denser are not necessarily better." --Witold Rybczynski, author of Mysteries of the Mall "This book asks the crucially important question, 'What is a city for?' It should be read by all urban planners and included on the reading list for any urban planning course in a university." --Chan Heng Chee, chairman, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design Praise for Joel Kotkin's The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050: "Given the viral finger-pointing and hand-wringing over what's seen as America's decline these days, Mr. Kotkin's book provides a timely and welcome... antidote." --Sam Roberts, New York Times "Kotkin... offers a well-researched--and very sunny--forecast for the American economy... His confidence is well-supported and is a reassuring balm amid the political and economic turmoil of the moment." --Publishers Weekly "A fascinating glimpse into a crystal ball, rich in implications that are alternately disturbing and exhilarating." --Kirkus Reviews "Kotkin provides a well-argued, well-researched and refreshingly calm perspective." -- Joe Friesen, The Globe and Mail "Lamenting its own decline has long been an American weakness... Those given to such declinism may derive a little comfort from Joel Kotkin's latest book." --The Economist "Kotkin has a striking ability to envision how global forces will shape daily family life, and his conclusions can be thought-provoking as well as counterintuitive." --WBUR-FM, Boston's NPR News Station Praise for Joel Kotkin's The New Class Conflict: "Kotkin is to be commended for seeing past the daily bric-a-brac of American politics to perceive the newly emerging class divisions." -- Jay Cost, The Washington Free Beacon "... Paints a dire picture of the undeclared war on the middle class." -- Kyle Smith, New York Post "... In having the courage to junk the old nostrums, [Kotkin] has taken an important step forward." --Financial Times "This original and provocative book should stimulate fresh thinking--and produce vigorous dissent." --Foreign Affairs Praise for Joel Kotkin's The City: A Global History: "... This fast read succeeds most with Kotkin as storyteller, flying through time and around the world to weave so many disparate histories into one urban tapestry." --The Fifth Annual Planetizen Top 10 Books List, 2006 Edition "... Offers fascinating insight into the ideologies that have created different city designs, and into the natural human desire to gather together to live and for commerce." --Steve Greenhut,The Orange County Register "The book is taut, elegant, informative and lots of fun to read. When I got to the end, I wished it had been longer." --Alan Ehrenhalt,Governing Magazine

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Book SynopsisThe IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report (2014) has highlighted the importance of urban areas in mitigating emissions of greenhouse gases. Urban centres are also subject to the impacts of climate change. Hence governance for urban sustainability and resilience needs to be developed to deal with the challenge of climate change in the future and its impacts on urban locations. This book is a rich repository of knowledge and information on this subject of growing relevance.'- Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Professor, Yale Climate and Energy Institute, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, US'This book provides a timely overview of the range of government intervention models in the policy domain of urban sustainability. Combining the two closely related, but usually separated, policy objectives of Sustainability and Resilience has particular utility. Having good ideas about how to save the planet are necessary but if we can't use governance tools to deliver them, we have no hope.'- Peter Newman, Curtin University, AustraliaCities, and the built environment more broadly, are key in the global response to climate change. This groundbreaking book seeks to understand what governance tools are best suited for achieving cities that are less harmful to the natural environment, are less dependent on finite resources, and can better withstand human-made hazards and climate risks.In mapping, describing and evaluating nearly 70 traditional and highly innovative governance tools from Asia, Australia, Europe and North America, Jeroen van der Heijden uncovers the five most eminent contemporary trends in governance for urban sustainability and resilience. He also develops a series of 12 design principles that will help to develop better governance tools for improving the sustainability and resilience of today's cities and those of the future. The book is unique in drawing lessons from the theoretical literature on environmental and hazard governance into a broad empirical study.The book will be of great interest to scholars in the field of urban governance, urban planning, sustainable development and resilience, environmental and hazard governance, and climate risk adaptation and mitigation. It will also appeal to students, policymakers and organizations involved with environmental policy and governance.Contents: 1. Where We are Today 2. Direct Regulatory Interventions 3. Collaborative Governance 4. Voluntary Programmes and Market-driven Governance 5. Trends in and Design Principles for Governance for Urban Sustainability and Resilience 6. Conclusion: In Search of an Answer to the Key-Question, Appendix - Methods IndexTrade Review‘The book focuses on the theory and practice of environmental governance where the socio-technical and socio-legal aspects of the environment meet the political and social need for incentives to change behavior. The author presents a comprehensive overview of the challenges, opportunities, and constraints that government and non-government organizations face in achieving urban sustainability and resilience. The book is readable, accessible, and innovativee in proposing new approaches. Policymakers, architects, urban planners, developers, researchers, and residents will find the book informative and instructive for understanding the complexities of urban governance.’ -- Stephanie S. Shipp, Science and Public Policy‘The deleterious effects of urbanism on the environment are one of the foremost challenges of the 21st century, and Jeroen van der Heijden’s book is a timely intervention. His argument is that while there is technical knowledge and social know-how about how to enhance the sustainability and resilience of cities, there is need to harness both by developing appropriate governance approaches and tools.’ -- Rob Imrie, Building Research & Information 2015The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (2014) has highlighted the importance of urban areas in mitigating emissions of greenhouse gases. Urban centres are also subject to the impacts of climate change. Hence governance for urban sustainability and resilience needs to be developed to deal with the challenge of climate change in the future and its impacts on urban locations. This book is a rich repository of knowledge and information on this subject of growing relevance.' -- Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Professor, Yale Climate and Energy Institute, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, US'This book provides a timely overview of the range of government intervention models in the policy domain of urban sustainability. Combining the two closely related, but usually separated, policy objectives of Sustainability and Resilience has particular utility. Having good ideas about how to save the planet are necessary but if we can’t use governance tools to deliver them, we have no hope.’ -- Peter Newman, Curtin University, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Where We are Today 2. Direct Regulatory Interventions 3. Collaborative Governance 4. Voluntary Programmes and Market-driven Governance 5. Trends in and Design Principles for Governance for Urban Sustainability and Resilience 6. 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Book SynopsisDetails the construction of Berlin, and explores homes and workplaces, circulation, commerce, and leisure in the German metropolis as seen through the eyes of all social classes, from the humblest inhabitants of the city slums, to the great visionaries of the modern city, and the demented dictator resolved to remodel Berlin as Germania.Trade Review"Rich and engrossing... Berlin's transformation takes place vividly before our eyes." -- Andrew Mead The Architectural Review "An invaluable storehouse of material... Astonishing in its range." -- Ritchie Robertson Times Literary Supplement (TLS) "Rich and engrossing... Berlin's transformation takes place vividly before our eyes." -- Andrew Mead The Architectural ReviewTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface General Introduction I. Booming Metropolis 1. The Metropolitan Panorama 1. Jules Laforgue, Berlin: The Court and the City (1887) 2. Wilhelm Loesche, Berlin North (1890) 3. Mark Twain, The German Chicago (1892) 4. Heinrich Schackow, Berolina: A Metropolitan Aesthetic (1896) 5. Alfred Kerr, Berlin and London (1896) 6. Alfred Kerr, The Transformation of Potsdamer Strasse (1895, 1897) 7. Max Osborn, The Destruction of Berlin (1906) 8. Werner Sombart, Vienna (1907) 9. Robert Walser, Good Morning, Giantess! (1907) 10. August Endell, The Beauty of the Great City (1908) 11. Oscar Bie, Life Story of a Street (1908) 12. Robert Walser, Friedrichstrasse (1909) 13. Max Weber, Speech for a Discussion (1910) 14. Vorwarts, [City Hall Tower Panorama] (1902) 15. Ernst Bloch, Berlin, Southern City (1915--16) 2. Building and Regulating the Metropolis 16. Theodor Goecke, Traffic Thoroughfares and Residential Streets (1893) 17. Rudolf Adickes, The Need for Spacious Building Programs in City Expansions and the Legal and Technical Means to Accomplish This (1895) 18. Vorwarts, [Deforestation around Berlin] (1908) 19. Die Bank, [Speculation in Tempelhof] (1910--11) 20. P. A. A. (Philip A. Ashworth), Berlin (1911) 21. Walter Lewitz, Architectural Notes on the Universal Urban Planning Exhibition, Berlin (1911) 22. Various authors, The Greater Berlin Competition 1910: The Prize-Winning Designs with Explanatory Report (1911) 23. Cornelius Gurlitt, Review of Greater Berlin and The Greater Berlin Competition 1910 (1911) 24. Sigmund Schott, The Agglomeration of Cities in the German Empire: 1871--1910 (1912) 25. Patrick Abercrombie, Berlin: Its Growth and Present State (1914) 3. Production, Commerce, and Consumption 26. Georg Simmel, The Berlin Trade Exhibition (1896) 27. Albert Hoffmann, The Wertheim Department Store in Leipziger Strasse (1898) 28. Robert Walser, Aschinger's (1907) 29. Karl Scheffler, The Retail Establishment (1907) 30. Leo Colze, The Department Stores of Berlin (1908) 31. Erich Kohrer, Berlin Department Store: A Novel from the World City (1909) 32. Karl Scheffler, Peter Behrens (1913) 33. Karl Ernst Osthaus, The Display Window (1913) 34. Paul Westheim, Nordstern: The New Administration Building in Berlin-Schoneberg (1915) 4. Public Transport and Infrastructure 35. Anonymous, The Concourse of the Anhalter Bahnhof (1880) 36. Alfred Kerr, New and Beautiful!--Bulowstrasse? (1900) 37. Richard Peterson, The Traffic Problems Inherent in Large Cities and the Means of Solving Them (1908) 38. Karl Scheffler, The Elevated Railway and Aesthetics (1902) 39. August Endell, The Beauty of the Great City (1908) 40. Anonymous, The Northern Loop: A Journey on the Ring Railway (1913) 41. Peter Behrens, The Influence of Time and Space Utilization on Modern Design (1914) 42. Karl Ernst Osthaus, The Railway Station (1914) 5. The Proletarian City 43. Theodor Goecke, The Working-Class Tenement Block in Berlin (1890) 44. Otto von Leixner, Letter Eight: A Suburban Street in New Moabit (1891) 45. Heinrich Albrecht, The Working-Class Tenement Buildings of the Berlin Savings and Building Society (1898) 46. Alice Salomon, A Club for Young Working Women in Berlin (1903) 47. Werner Sombart, Domesticity (1906) 48. Albert Sudekum, Impoverished Berlin Dwellings--Wedding (1908) 49. Clara Viebig, Our Daily Bread (1907) 50. Karl Scheffler, The Tenement Block (1911) 51. Kathe Kollwitz, Diary Entry, 16 April 1912 52. Max Jacob, From Apartment House to Mass Apartment House (1912) 53. Victor Noack, Housing and Morality (1912) 6. Public Realm and Popular Culture 54. Paul Lindau, Unter den Linden (1892) 55. Anonymous, The New Prison for Berlin at Tegel (1900) 56. Alfred Kerr, In the New Reichstag (1900) 57. Freisinnige Zeitung, [A Military Parade] (1900) 58. Berliner Tageblatt, [A Sunday in Berlin] (1903) 59. Hans Ostwald, Berlin Coffeehouses (c. 1905) 60. Brustlein, The Rudolf Virchow Hospital in Berlin (1907) 61. Jules Huret, Bruno Schmitz's "Rheingold" for Aschinger (1909) 62. Anonymous, New Buildings Planned for Museum Island, Berlin (1910) 63. Wilhelm Bode, Alfred Messel's Plans for the New Buildings of the Royal Museums in Berlin (1910) 64. Paul Westheim, Ludwig Hoffmann's Berlin School Buildings (1911) 65. Max Wagenfuhr, The Admiral's Palace and Its Bathing Pools (1912) 66. Fritz Stahl, The Berlin City Hall (1912) 67. Else Lasker-Schuler, The Two White Benches on the Kurfurstendamm (1913) 68. Bruno Taut, The Problem of Building an Opera House (1914) 69. Anonymous [Joseph Adler?], The Opening of the Tauentzien Palace Cafe (1914) 7. The Bourgeois City 70. Theodor Fontane, The Treibel Villa (1892) 71. Alfred Kerr, Herr Sehring Builds a Theater Dream (1895) 72. Alfred Kerr, Up and Down the Avenues (1898) 73. Walther Rathenau, The Most Beautiful City in the World (1899) 74. Alfred Kerr, New Luxury, Old Squalor (1900) 75. Hermann Muthesius, The Modern Country Home (1905) 76. Edmund Edel, Berlin W. (1906) 77. Max Creutz, Charlottenburg City Hall (1906) 78. Max Creutz, The New Kempinski Building (1907) 79. Maximilian Rapsilber, Hotel Adlon (1907) 80. Robert Walser, Berlin W. (1910) 81. Robert Walser, The Little Berlin Girl (1909) 82. Walter Lehwess, The Design Competition for Rudesheimer Platz (1912) 83. Wilhelm Borchard, The Picnic Season (1914) 84. Paul Westheim, Building Boom (1917) 8. The Green Outdoors 85. Wilhelm Bolsche, Beyond the Metropolis (1901) 86. Heinrich Hart, Statutes of the German Garden City Association (1902) 87. Hans Kampffmeyer, The Garden City and Its Cultural and Economic Significance (1906--7) 88. Heinrich Pudor, The People's Park in Greater Berlin (1910) 89. Karl Ernst Osthaus, Garden City and City Planning (1911) 90. Anonymous, Lietzensee Park in Charlottenburg (1912) 91. Hannes Mullerfeld, Down with the Garden City! (1914) 92. Max Osborn, The Fairy-Tale Fountain in the Friedrichshain, Berlin (1914) 93. Paul Westheim, Workers' Housing Estate at Staaken (1915) 94. Martin Wagner, Urban Open-Space Policy (1915) 95. Bruno Taut, The Falkenberg Garden Suburb near Berlin (1919--20) II. World War I and the City 9. City in Crisis 96. Bruno Taut, A Necessity (1914) 97. Vorwarts, [War or Not] (1914) 98. General von Kessel, Berlin in a State of War: Proclamation of the Commander-in-Chief in the Marches (1914) 99. H. B., [War Fever in Berlin, August 1914] 100. Berliner Tageblatt, [Berlin Potato Shortage] (1915) 101. Anonymous, Competition for Greater Berlin Architects (1916) 102. Berliner Tageblatt, Demonstration in Berlin (1918) 103. Friedrich Bauermeister, On the Great City (1918) 104. Walter Gropius, The New Architectural Idea (1919) 105. Leopold Bauer, The Economic Unsustainability of the Large City (1919) 10. Critical Responses 106. Paul Wolf, The Basic Layout of the New City (1919) 107. Bruno Taut, The City Crown (1919) 108. Otto Bartning, Church Architecture Today (1919) 109. Peter Behrens and Heinrich de Fries, On Low-Cost Building (1919) 110. Kathe Kollwitz, Diary Entry, 11 September 1919 111. Hermann Muthesius, Small House and Small-Scale Housing Development (1920) III. Weltstadt--World City 11. Planning the World City 112. Martin Machler, The Major Population Center and Its Global Importance (1918) 113. Bruno Mohring, On the Advantages of Tower Blocks and the Conditions under Which They Could Be Built in Berlin (1920) 114. Siegfried Kracauer, On Skyscrapers (1921) 115. Martin Machler, On the Skyscraper Problem (1920--21) 116. Joseph Roth, If Berlin Were to Build Skyscrapers: Proposals for Easing the Housing Shortage (1921) 117. Adolf Behne, The Competition of the Skyscraper Society (1922--23) 118. Egon Erwin Kisch, The Impoverishment and Enrichment of the Berlin Streets (1923) 119. Ernst Kaeber, The Metropolis as Home (1926) 120. Karl Scheffler, Berlin Fifty Years from Now: Perspectives on One of the World's Great Cities (1926) 121. Martin Wagner, Werner Hegemann, and Heinrich Mendelssohn, Should Berlin Build Skyscrapers? (1928) 122. Martin Wagner and Adolf Behne, The New Berlin--Berlin, World City (1929) 123. Martin Wagner, The Design Problem of a City Square for a Metropolis: The Competition of the "Verkehr" Company for the Remodeling of Alexanderplatz (1929) 124. Max Berg, The Platz der Republik in Berlin (1930) 125. Werner Hegemann, Berlin, City of Stone: The History of the Largest Tenement City in the World (1930) 126. Walter Benjamin, A Jacobin of Our Time: On Werner Hegemann's Das steinerne Berlin (1930) 127. Hannes Kupper, The "Provinces" and Berlin (1931) 128. Adolf Hitler, Speech at Foundation-Stone Ceremony of the Faculty of Defense Studies, Berlin (1937) 12. Berlin Montage 129. Kathe Kollwitz, Diary Entry, 25 January 1919 130. Kurt Tucholsky, "Berlin! Berlin!" (1919) 131. "Sling" (pseud. Paul Schlesinger), The Telephone (1921) 132. Kathe Kollwitz, Diary Entry, 1 May 1922 133. Friedrich Kroner, Overstretched Nerves (1923) 134. Adolf Hitler, My Struggle (1926) 135. Joseph Roth, The Wandering Jew (1927) 136. Ernst Bloch, Berlin After Two Years (1928) 137. Alfred Doblin, Berlin (1928) 138. Franz Hessel, I Learn: Via Neukolln to Britz (1929) 139. Carl Zuckmeyer, The Berlin Woman (1929) 140. Moritz Goldstein, The Metropolis of the Little People (1930) 141. Karl Scheffler, Berlin: A City Transformed (1931) 142. Siegfried Kracauer, The New Alexanderplatz (1932) 143. Siegfried Kracauer, Locomotive over Friedrichstrasse (1933) 144. Jean Giraudoux, Berlin, Not Paris! (1931) 145. Ernst Erich Noth, The Tenement Barracks (1931) 146. Siegfried Kracauer, A Section of Friedrichstrasse (1932) 147. Gabrielle Tergit, Home is the 75 (or the 78) (1930) 148. Christopher Isherwood, A Berlin Diary (Winter 1932--33) 13. Work 149. Alfred Doblin, General Strike in Berlin (1922) 150. Ludwig Hilberseimer, Buildings for the Metropolis (1925) 151. Franz Hessel, On Work (1929) 152. Peter Panter (pseud. Kurt Tucholsky), Hang on a Moment! (1927) 153. Fritz Stahl, The Klingenberg Power Station at Berlin-Rummelsburg (1928) 154. Hermann Schmitz, Introduction to Siemens Buildings (1928) 155. Egon Erwin Kisch, Berlin at Work (1978) 156. Anonymous, A New High-Rise Building in Berlin: Architect Peter Behrens (1931) 157. Irmgard Keun, Gilgi--One of Us (1931) 158. Else Lasker-Schuler, The Spinning World Factory (1932) 159. Hans Fallada, Little Man, What Now? (1933) 160. Herbert Rimpl and Hermann Mackler, A German Aircraft Factory: The Heinkel Works in Oranienburg (1938) 14. Commodities and Display 161. Alfred Doblin, Berlin Christmas (1923) 162. Alfred Gellhorn, Advertising and the Cityscape (1926) 163. Gerta-Elisabeth Thiele, The Shop Window (1926) 164. Peter Panter (pseud. Kurt Tucholsky), The Loudspeaker (1927) 165. Hans Curlis, Night and the Modern City (1928) 166. Hugo Haring, Illuminated Advertising and Architecture (1928) 167. Joseph Roth, The Really Big Department Store (1929) 168. Alfred Wedemeyer, Berlin's Latest Department Store (1929) 169. Ludwig Hilberseimer, The Modern Commercial Street (1929) 170. Alfons Paquet, City and Province (1929) 15. Housing 171. Fritz Schumacher, The Small Apartment (1919) 172. Kurt Tucholsky, 150 Kaiserallee (1920) 173. Bruno Taut, The New Home: Woman as Creative Spirit (1924) 174. Martin Wagner, Vienna--Berlin: Housing Policies Compared (1925) 175. Ludwig Hilberseimer, On Standardizing the Tenement Block (1926) 176. Leo Adler, Housing Estates in the Britz District of Berlin (1927) 177. Walter Gropius, Large Housing Estates (1930) 178. Werner Hegemann, Berlin and World Architecture: On the Berlin Building Exhibition (1931) 179. Martin Wagner, Administrative Reform (1931) 180. Ilse Reicke, Women and Building (1931) 181. Siegfried Kracauer, Building Exhibition in the East (1931) 182. Heinz-Willi Jungst, Housing for Contemporaries (1932) 183. Gottfried Feder, The German Housing Development Board (1934) 184. Herbert Hoffmann, The Residential Estate on Berlin's Grosse Leegestrasse (1936) 185. The Construction of Communities on the Basis of the People, the Land, and the Landscape (1940) 16. Mass and Leisure 186. Bruno Taut, On New Theaters (1919) 187. Egon Erwin Kisch, Elliptical Treadmill (1919) 188. Adolf Behne, Grosses Schauspielhaus, Scalapalast (1921) 189. Siegfried Kracauer, Rollercoaster Ride (1921) 190. Berliner Borsen-Courier, [Cinema] (1923) 191. Alfred Flechtheim, Gladiators (1926) 192. Gerhard Krause, The German Stadium and Sport Forum (1926) 193. Matheo Quinz, The Romanisches Cafe (1926) 194. Hans Poelzig, The Capitol Cinema (1926) 195. J-S, Review of Walther Ruttmann's Film Berlin: The Symphony of a Great City (1927) 196. Leo Hirsch, Cinemas (1927) 197. Billy Wilder, Berlin Rendezvous (1927) 198. Siegfried Kracauer, Under Palm Trees (1930) 199. Curt Moreck, A Guide to "Licentious" Berlin (1931) 200. Siegfried Kracauer, Radio Station (1931) 201. Hermann Sinsheimer, Boxing Ring (1931) 202. Siegfried Kracauer, Berlin as a Summer Resort (1932) 203. Werner March, The Buildings of the National Sport Arena (1936) 17. Technology and Mobility 204. Friedrich Krause and Fritz Hedde, Swinemunder Bridge (1922) 205. Berliner Tageblatt, [Cycling in Berlin] (1923) 206. Joseph Roth, Declaration to the Gleisdreieck (1924) 207. Ignaz Wrobel (pseud. Kurt Tucholsky), Berlin Traffic (1926) 208. Billy Wilder, Nighttime Joyride over Berlin (1927) 209. Bernard von Brentano, The Pleasure of Motoring (c. 1928) 210. Vicki Baum, Grand Hotel (1929) 211. Siegfried Kracauer, Proletarian Rapid Transit (1930) 212. Peter Panter (pseud. Kurt Tucholsky), Traffic Passing over the House (1931) 213. Siegfried Kracauer, The Cult of the Automobile (1931) 214. Siegfried Kracauer, On Board the "Hamburg Flier": Special Press Trip, Berlin to Hamburg (1933) 215. E. Neumann, Object--Subject (1934) 216. Anonymous, The Intercontinental Airport at Tempelhof (1938) 217. Jakob Werlin / Albert Speer, On the Autobahns of the Reich (1938) 218. Hans Stephan, The Autobahn (1939) 18. From Berlin to Germania 219. Siegfried Kracauer, Screams on the Street (1930) 220. Irmgard Keun, The Artificial Silk Girl (1932) 221. Heinrich Hauser, The Flood of Humanity at Tempelhof (1933) 222. Joseph Goebbels, Berlin Awakes (1934) 223. Herbert Hoffmann, The Air Ministry Building (1936) 224. Adolf Hitler, The Buildings of the Third Reich (1937) 225. The New Berlin Cityscape (1938) 226. Adolf Hitler, Speech at the Topping-Out Ceremony of the New Reich Chancellery (1938) 227. Hans Stephan, Berlin (1939) 228. Albert Speer, Replanning the Capital of the Reich (1939) 229. Adolf Hitler, Table Talk (1941) Acknowledgments Index

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As a demonstration of what it takes to be a reflective practitioner looking back on her work, Mapping Possibility provides a fine introduction to the work a major scholar in our field and should be high on many a reading list.”Patsy Healey, Emeritus Professor of Town and Country Planning, Newcastle University, UK; an exerpt from a review in Planning Theory and Practice Journal. "In this book, one of community planning’s leading thinkers pulls back the curtain on the intellectual and personal journey that has shaped four decades of scholarship. This collection will inspire anew those of us familiar with her work and be a touchstone text for future thinkers and practitioners of community planning."Libby Porter, Professor, Centre for Urban Research, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia"In a book of imagination and wonder, Leonie Sandercock has interwoven politics and personal experience to surprise us all, to expand our senses of possibility, to give us an empowering vision of connection and responsibility, intimacy and critical politics too." John Forester, Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, USA"Sandercock provides an inside-out account of the ways of being, knowing, and acting that shaped her scholarship and practice, spanning the 1970s to the present. 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