Urban Economics

Motivated by the rapid increase in housing demand and the population of older adults worldwide, this book provides an interdisciplinary and multi-l...

The social impact of the Internet and new digital technologies is irrefutable, especially for adolescents. It is simply no longer possible to under...

In the light of digital transformation and the role of information and communication technologies for economic development, this volume discusses t...

The volume contains an editorial and nine contributions to the proceedings of the 14th international conference of the Faculty of Economics and Bus...

This edited volume discusses the concept of resilient cities within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. Written by an international panel of...

This is a book about urban complexity how it evolves and how it gets destroyed. It explores the structures of interdependency which underpin citie...

Over the last decades waves of deindustrialization have swept across European countries leaving potential consequences across cities, regions, and ...

Auroville in Tamil Nadu, South India, is an internationally recognized endeavour in prefiguring an alternative society: the largest, most diverse, ...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 international license. It is free to read on Oxford Academic and offere...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platfo...

For many younger and lower-income people, housing affordability continues to worsen. Based on the academic research of two distinguished housing ...

This book proposes a heritage-based approach for the sustainable urban development of the historic cities. The rapid growth of the cities, under th...

This book couples data analytics with social behavioural studies and participatory design to derive deeper insights on city dwellers present needs ...

This book couples data analytics with social behavioural studies and participatory design to derive deeper insights on city dwellers present needs ...

This open access book offers valuable insights into experimenting with New European Bauhaus values and principles in urban transformation, drawing ...

Affordable Housing in the United States addresses the issue of affordability, or lack thereof, in housing, going beyond conventional policy discuss...

Affordable Housing in the United States addresses the issue of affordability, or lack thereof, in housing, going beyond conventional policy discuss...

Affordable Housing in the United States addresses the issue of affordability, or lack thereof, in housing, going beyond conventional policy discuss...

Affordable Housing in the United States addresses the issue of affordability, or lack thereof, in housing, going beyond conventional policy discuss...

Aligned with global trends in post-industrialization, the economy of Metro Vancouver is changing, but along its own trajectory. The focus is shifti...

The book discusses some of the issues related to proximity, challenges an acritical use of the concept and highlights several dimensions that may b...

When firms and people are located near each other in cities and in industrial clusters, they benefit in various ways, including by reducing the cos...