Regional Planning

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789394657038Author Shri Prakash Sharif QamarFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint The Energy and Resources Institute, TERIPublisher The Energy and Resources...

Arguing that traditional approaches to planning are insufficient to address the complexities of transforming cities and regions in contemporary society, this innovative book makes the case for training planners in new and creative ways as coordinators,...

The study of universities' role in regional engagement has traditionally been focusing on exceptional cases. This book presents a reconceptualision which embraces its underlying complexity, and proposes a roadmap for a renewed research agenda. Starting...

Dilemmas of Regional and Local Development aims to identify, diagnose and evaluate various approaches towards regional and local socio-economic development. Over the course of the book, authors from 12 countries and four continents come together to...

This book places Australian conditions and urban planning centrally within comparative analysis of planning systems and cultures around the world to address issues including urban governance, climate change, transportation planning, regional development,...

This book places Australian conditions and urban planning centrally within comparative analysis of planning systems and cultures around the world to address issues including urban governance, climate change, transportation planning, regional development,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916023086Author Harry PalmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Shane BooksPublisher Shane Books

This title was first published in 2002.Employing a range of case studies from three northern European countries - England, Sweden and The Netherlands - this captivating book explores the process of heritage conservation from theoretical initiation to...

Many of the key notions associated with spatial planning are essentially 'fuzzy' in their nature. For example, while almost everyone accepts 'sustainability' as an important goal of planning, the actions of the actors involved can render the achieved...

In aiming to understand and model peoples’ out-of-home movements, the academic field of transport planning is confronted with two major challenges. Firstly, leisure travel is increasing in importance and is more complex and variable than work-related...

Based on in-depth empirical research, this book develops our understanding of maritime transport costs, the maritime industry and the competitiveness of regions in a global market environment through a geographical lens. Further, the book uses a unique...

Why is it that modern architects and planners - these benevolent and socially visionary experts - have created environments that can make one feel so uneasy? Using a philosophical and psycho-analytical approach, this book critically examines expert...

This title was first published in 2001. An interdisciplinary team of leading European scholars bring together case studies from Western and Eastern Europe to illustrate and critically analyze the shifting relationships of agricultural, environmental and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558442337Author Daphne A. KenyonFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyPublisher Lincoln Institute of Land...

This title was first published in 2001. An interdisciplinary team of leading European scholars bring together case studies from Western and Eastern Europe to illustrate and critically analyze the shifting relationships of agricultural, environmental and...

Published in 1999, this book explores the emergence of contemporary urban agriculture as well as official attitudes toward this practice. Using three theoretical models, the author tells us who is more likely to be involved in urban agriculture. In line...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789354421273Author K. Seeta Prabhu S. ParasuramanFormat HardbackPage Count 420Imprint Orient Blackswan Pvt LtdPublisher Orient Blackswan Pvt...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558443426Author Joan YoungmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyPublisher Lincoln Institute of Land...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916023024Author Harry PalmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Shane BooksPublisher Shane Books

Why and how do some acts of protest trigger mass mobilization while others do not? Using the cases of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya, Mekouar argues that successful mass mobilization is the result of a surprise factor, whose impact and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558443037Author Susan CulpFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyPublisher Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyWeight(grams)...

This thought-provoking book analyses recent innovations for researching travel behaviour over the life course. Original in its approach, it synthesises quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods to contribute to conceptual, methodological and empirical...

Urban sprawl is one of the key planning issues facing many US cities, leading to the creation and adoption of a variety of approaches to control growth. However, many growth management ideas do not align well with the growth-promoting planning traditions...

In recent years, Dutch environmental policy has undergone some pivotal changes, the most significant of which have been decentralization and deregulation, encouraging local communities to develop and deliver policies which are tailor-made to their...

Around the introduction of Agenda 21 at Rio in 1991, some countries like the Netherlands and New Zealand were already leading the way with quite innovative approaches to environmental planning. Focusing on the New Zealand government's innovations in...

The participation of citizens in democratic politics serves as an indicator to measure a country's development, its political modernization and political civilization.To promote citizens' political participation, it is important to have them participate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558443303Author Rick JacobusFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyPublisher Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558442887Author William A. FischelFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyPublisher Lincoln Institute of Land...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916023055Author Harry PalmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Shane BooksPublisher Shane Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916023093Author Harry PalmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Shane BooksPublisher Shane Books

Sustainability Appraisal is a state-of-the-art analysis of the status and scope of Sustainability Appraisal/Assessment (SA), drawing on a wealth of international experiences and approaches. This comprehensive guide highlights how SA can be used to...

This title was first published in 2000. Drs Tanya Bowyer-Bower and Colin Stoneman compile the views of top researchers, members of Government, civil society, NGOs, funders, and Zimbabwe's three farmers' unions. The history of land reform in Zimbabwe is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558442979Author John E. AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyPublisher Lincoln Institute of Land...

This book analyses the strategies used by public authorities to expand the UK aviation industry in relation to growing political opposition and the negative impact of flying on local communities and climate change. Its genealogical investigations show...

Smart Evaluation and Integrated Design in Regional Development puts forward an alternative approach to evaluation in spatial planning - one that focuses on 'territory' and 'landscape'. The book introduces an innovative evaluation approach, namely...

American metropolitan areas today are divided into neighborhoods of privilege and poverty, often along lines of ethnicity and race. City residents traveling through these neighborhoods move from feeling at home to feeling like tourists to feeling so out...

The world's population is rapidly urbanizing but the affluence and development often associated with cities are far from equitably or sustainably distributed. Where it was once taken for granted that responsibility for urban development lay with the...

The practical application of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is becoming increasingly common. A growing number of SEAs are being undertaken around the world, and several countries have issued guidance on how these should be carried out. However,...

This study explains how, confronting ever-greater environmental pressures, we can plan for and achieve a sustainable environment. The book focuses on urban development, as population and resources and often the most severe environmental problems are...

Peri-urban interfaces - the zones where urban and rural areas meet - suffer from the greatest problems to humans caused by rapid urbanization, including intense pressures on resources, slum formation, lack of adequate services such as water and...