Regional & Area Planning

This title was first published in 2003:The advent of the Labour government in 1997 provoked major change in the political landscape of the UK. Prio...

This title was first published in 2003. Over the last 30 years, Liverpool has undergone more economic restructuring and urban change than virtually...

Originally published in 1971, this volume contains papers invited for a conference on economic research relevant to national urban development held...

This advice note illustrates the application of the policies set out in the NPPF in determining applications for planning permission and listed bui...

The Routledge Companion to Professional Awareness and Diversity in Planning Education engenders a discourse on how urban planning as a discipline i...

This volume discusses the nuances of cultural phenomena in the transforming urban landscape of Indian cities. It focuses on the role of globalizati...

This volume explores one of the most complex labour landscapes of India - the urban daily labour market. These markets form an important sector of ...

Bringing together case studies ranging across the globe, including the US-Mexico borderlands, the Calais encampment in France, refugee camps in Ken...

Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home became a global phenomenon, yet before 2020, it was a relatively understudied pr...

Urban Planning for Social Justice in Latin America explores how urban planning can be used as a tool for social equity. The book examines several L...

This book examines the unique socialist-modernist architecture built in the twentieth century in Central and Eastern Europe as a source of heritage...

This monograph analyses the role of border cities in promoting territorial development processes in border regions across the world. It not only em...

Many African countries are home to extraordinary architecture that is virtually unknown. There are interpretations of Art Deco, International Style...

The best streets in the world's villages, towns, and citieswhether modest or grandcontinually remind one that simplicity is part of the recipe for ...

Moving from the mid-seventeenth century to the near present, this book marks physical and conceptual changes across European towns and examines how...

Streets make up more than 80 percent of all public space in cities, yet street space is often underutilised or disproportionately allocated to the ...

What if, even in the heart of a densely developed city, people could have meaningful encounters with nature? While parks, street trees, and green r...

What if scrapping one flawed policy could bring US cities closer to addressing debilitating housing shortages, stunted growth and innovation, persi...

New transportation technologies can expand our world. During the last century, motorised modes increased our mobility by an order of magnitude, pro...

Walker is a realist, and Human Transit is a spirited guideprescriptive but with a righteous dash of polemicto what we get wrong about transit. --To...

The SMOTIES network is a partnership of ten design universities, research centres, creative agencies, and national associations. Each partner selec...

Offers a much needed update on urban politics in a globalized world... Davidson and Martin, as well as contributors, chart new territory and produc...

This book presents interdisciplinary research on the aesthetics of perfection and imperfection. Broadening this growing field, it connects the aest...

Clearly demonstrates the specific characteristics that make for comprehensible, friendly and controllable places; 'Responsive Environments' - as op...

This book explores how the concept of region has evolved over time and shaped architectural culture and practice. It questions what the words regio...

Today, there is a tremendous mismatch between the available housing stock in the US and the housing options that people want and need. The post-WWI...

The 2007 bridge collapse in Minneapolis-St. Paul quickly became symbolic of the debilitated interstate highway system, and of what many critics see...

Public transit is a powerful tool for addressing a huge range of urban problems, including traffic congestion and economic development as well as c...

This book offers new guidance for urban and transportation planners and urban policy makers on how to accelerate development of cities away from au...

From the beginning of his career, Peter Calthorpe has been a leading innovator in sustainable building projects, sustainable development, and walka...

Short-term, community-based projects - from pop-up parks to open streets initiatives - have become a powerful and adaptable new tool of urban activ...

What would it mean to live in cities designed to foster feelings of connectedness to the ocean? As coastal cities begin planning for climate change...

Inventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles traces the improbable rise of Los Angeles through the prism of six visio...

Based on the eponymous symposium and exhibition, Fulfilled: Architecture, Excess, and Desire considers the role of architecture in a culture shaped...

Tim Beatley has long been a leading advocate for the greening of cities. But too often, he notes, urban greening efforts focus on everything except...

How might school funds be spent more effectively in todays uncertain environment? This up-to-date volume explores a range of ideas to help schools ...

In the age of climate change, psychology and design have been employed through impromptu collaborations to validate solutions and future scenarios....

In the age of climate change, psychology and design have been employed through impromptu collaborations to validate solutions and future scenarios....

Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Perspective from Portland and the Pacific Northwest is the summary of a workshop convened by the National Researc...

For thousands of years, the underground has provided humans refuge, useful resources, physical support for surface structures, and a place for spir...

Die Abteilung da (die architektur) an der Kunstuniversität Linz ist seit 1990 Österreichs jüngste und kleinste Architekturschule. In der Stadt an d...

This essential book offers suggestions for how cities and spaces can be planned and designed to reduce the impact of stress, provide opportunities ...