Urban & Land Use Planning

The political and economic geography of Europe is changing - the European Community is expanding its boundaries towards EFTA and is resuming a closer association with Central and Eastern European regions engaged in radical restructuring. As EC...

Based on the author's extensive research in the field, this book analyzes regional policy for the whole of Europe. Comparing East and West, it offers a new model of regional policy and gives an overview of the direction that it may take in Europe as a...

Since the beginning of the 1980s, British trade unions have experienced a dramatic retreat, marked by rapidly falling membership and declining industrial power. The authors examine the regional dimensions of this retreat of organised labour, paying...

Metropolitan Planning in Britain is the first comparative analysis and assessment of metropolitan areas and their strategic planning for almost two decades. Changes in population distribution, styles of local government, business practices, and attitudes...

First Published in 1999. This book does not aim to offer a new or radically different interpretation of the ongoing debate over cultural geography. Kamrava states nor does it seek to present a universal theory of what Third World countries have done or...

Regional Innovation Strategies offers the first comprehensive analysis of the new wave of innovation-oriented regional policies. It draws conclusions from the European Regional Technology Plans and Regional Innovation Strategies, both in old...

Across Europe concern is rising over the disintegration of social relations and the growing number of people who are being socially excluded. social Exclustoin in European Cities, the first major study of this topic, provides a definition of social...

Sustainable Cities simultaneously tackles two issues of immediate public concern which also find themselves high on the policy agenda: sustainable environmental development and urban development. The themes of the book - the bringing together of the...

Finding specific advice on inclusive processes for engaging a community in a planning or design process can be a daunting undertaking. The latest offering in the Tools for Community Planning Series is the product of nearly two decades of successful...

This management handbook explains the skills and systems needed by all those involved in managing the countryside. It deals with the process of management, national trends, establishing local policies and priorities, implementing schemes, as well as the...

The East and Southeast Asia region constitutes the world's most compelling theatre of accelerated globalization and industrial restructuring. Following a spectacular realization of the 'industrialization paradigm' and a period of services-led growth, the...

The New Urbanism is perhaps the most influential movement that has emerged in suburban design, planning, and development in recent decades. It proposes to reform conventional suburban development by "building community." Building the New...

Urban segregation is one of the main challenges facing urban development around the globe. The usual outcome of many urban development patterns is an unequal social geography, with the urban poor living in large clusters that are remote, isolated,...

The aspirations of individuals, organizations, and states, and their perceptions of problems and possible solutions circulate fast in this instantaneous society. Yet, the deliberation of the underlying public norms seems to escape the attention of the...

One of the great social thinkers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Sir Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) enjoyed a career of astonishing diversity. This new analysis of his life and work reviews his ideas and philosophy of planning, providing...

What happens when computational design and fabrication technologies ramp up to the urban scale? Though these innovative production processes are currently now largely limited to small-scale design projects, what will happen when they are applied to the...

After two decades of evolution and transformation, London had become one of the most open and cosmopolitan cities in the world. The success of the 2012 Olympics set a high water-mark in the visible success of the city, while its influence and soft...

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to urban design, from a historical overview and basic principles to practical design concepts and strategies. It discusses the demographic, environmental, economic, and social issues that influence the...

"The best streets in the world's villages, towns, and cities-whether modest or grand-continually remind one that simplicity is part of the recipe for success in this art. The advice of Victor Dover and John Massengale, their historic examples and their...

This book explores residential satisfaction and housing policy trends in developing nations by using subsidised low-income housing examples in South Africa, Ghana and Nigeria as case studies. While there has been much documentation on the formation of...

Visual Spatial Enquiry explores visual and textual ways of working within spatial research. Architects and spatial thinkers from the arts, social sciences and humanities present rich case studies from remote and regional settings in Australia to the...

Over the past fifty years professional understanding of planning has changed markedly. In the past, planning was primarily described as a technical activity involving data collection, analysis, and synthesis of physical plans and supporting policies. Now...

Houses, and other spaces and environments in which people spend their time, have a crucial impact on quality of life. We are increasingly living in multi-cultural cities and communities, and this too significantly affects how we feel about spaces in...

This book charts the history of the application of science in environmental impact assessment (EIA) and provides a conceptual and technical overview of scientific developments associated with EIA since its inception in the early 1970s. The Application...

Some 7.3 billion people currently live on the planet. Of these, 3.4 billion live in rural areas. In just a few regions-Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa-less than 50 per cent of poverty is now located in rural areas. But for the rest of the...

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780815323839Author Professor Laura A. ReeseFormat HardbackPage Count 178Imprint CRC Press IncPublisher Taylor & Francis...

This much needed book provides an understanding of the sport of skateboarding and how to develop a skateboard park. It provides a well-organized recounting of the history of skateboarding and its regulations. Chapters describe skateboarding facility...

First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780728201668Author Barry Denyer-GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Estates Gazette LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis...

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780728204089Author Barry Denyer-GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint Estates Gazette LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis...

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780728204027Author Barry Denyer-GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 198Imprint Estates Gazette LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis...

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780728203839Author Barry Denyer-GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 190Imprint Estates Gazette LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis...

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780728203822Author Barry Denyer-GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 182Imprint Estates Gazette LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis...

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780728203792Author Barry Denyer-GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 156Imprint Estates Gazette LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis...

First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780728203617Author Barry Denyer-GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Estates Gazette LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis...

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780728203372Author Barry Denyer-GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Estates Gazette LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis...

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780728203280Author Barry Denyer-GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Estates Gazette LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780728203105Author Barry Denyer-GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Estates Gazette LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis...

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780728202917Author Barry Denyer-GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Estates Gazette LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis...

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780728202573Author Barry Denyer-GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Estates Gazette LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis...

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780728202320Author J. Muir WattFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Estates Gazette LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g