Urban & Municipal Planning

Temporary urbanism has become a distinctive feature of urban life after the 2008 global financial crisis. This book offers a critical exploration o...

Cities in developing countries are faced with housing challenges that differ from country to country. The reasons for and the nature of these chall...

What sets Staten Island apart from the rest of New York City? The island’s identity has in part been defined in opposition to the city, its physica...

What sets Staten Island apart from the rest of New York City? The island’s identity has in part been defined in opposition to the city, its physica...

Gentrification is reshaping cities worldwide, resulting in seductive spaces and exclusive communities that aspire to innovation, creativity, sustai...

Understanding Soils in Urban Environments is a concise book explaining how urban soils develop, change and erode. Soils provide the foundation for ...

Cities are becoming increasingly fragmented materially, socially, and spatially. From broken toilets and everyday things, to art and forms of writi...

Creative solutions for global cities addressing their urgent homeless crises. This book takes on perhaps the most formidable issue facing metropoli...

Bringing to the fore a wealth of original research, A Detroit Story examines how the informal reclamation of abandoned property has been shaping De...

Cities are becoming increasingly fragmented materially, socially, and spatially. From broken toilets and everyday things, to art and forms of writi...

Contemporary cities are in thrall to rocketing real estate prices, climate change, and relentless growth. Make City brings together highly diverse ...

Planning for Community A comprehensive exploration of community planning that integrates today’s social and economic issues with policy and governa...