Regional & Area Planning

Historical studies on the involvement of architecture in twentieth-century politics have overlooked its contribution to building Spains democracy. ...

Originally published in 1986 Holford is not just a biography of a major architect, planner and civic designer. In describing the life and times of ...

First published in 1984, Hugh Clouts work contributes to one of the most debated and important topics of the time, the European Economic Community....

APA's popular primer for citizens is all new! For decades, planning officials and engaged citizens have relied on this book for a better understand...

This title was first published in 2002: This work is about the socio-economic and spatial impacts of planning policy aimed at improving the living ...

A popular and practical guide on how to be an effective planning commissioner. Filled with checklists and outlines, it's both a good introduction a...

This book critically engages with the idea of decentralization as empowering cities and their residents to act innovatively and creatively. The con...

Riyadh has set its sights on becoming a world city befitting the twenty-first century. To that end it has embarked on a massive construction drive ...

New Islamist Architecture and Urbanism claims that, in todays world, a research agenda concerning the relation between Islam and space has to consi...

Civic Spaces and Desire presents an original and critical appraisal of civic spaces for a novel theoretical intersection of architecture and human ...

This book provides the tools to maintain and rebuild the interaction between architecture and public space. Despite the best intentions of designer...

Conventional services, such as water, energy and waste services, have been for a long time physically networked and centrally managed. Today, this ...

This practical handbook explains eight constitutional principles and applies them to real-world planning situations. These statements of principles...

First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. This guide explains neighborhood planning for both ci...

The authors classic text focuses on the development of cities and how they have been planned and managed through the ages. The tie between land use...

In this extraordinarily wide-ranging, insightful, and revelatory book, Tony Hiss is the much-praised author of The Experience of Places delves into...

This title was first published in 2001. The hierarchical approach of regional planning institutions is facing crisis. In an era of globalization, t...

Planning at a metropolitan scale is important for effective management of urban growth, transportation systems, air quality, and watershed and gree...

Drone Futures explores new paradigms in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in landscape and urban design. UAS or drones can be deployed with direct ap...

Civic Spaces and Desire presents an original and critical appraisal of civic spaces for a novel theoretical intersection of architecture and human ...

New Regionalism, promoted as a new paradigm of development by the OECD, suggests that globalization is bringing together new technologies, manageme...

The Aesthetics of Neighborhood Change explores cultural shifts that result from gentrification and redevelopment, showing how cultures of racially ...

Transnational learning has become a buzz phrase in European policy-making and in multi-national business. Learning from the experiences of others i...

Life Cycle Approaches to Sustainable Regional Development explains the ways life cycle methodologies and tools can be used to strengthen regional s...