Urban & Municipal Planning

Contemporary cities in the Iberian Peninsula have gone through a period of dramatic changes during the last decade. A period of upward economic ind...

Urban planning on the five Lusophone African countries - Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and Príncipe - has so far bee...

There has been relatively little written on the history of urban planning in North Africa, despite the wealth of towns and cities in this region wh...

Innovation, which in essence is the generation of knowledge and its subsequent application in the marketplace in the form of novel products and pro...

The last two decades have seen a marked growth in comparative research within the field of housing studies. This reflects the increasing globalisat...

In an era of rapid urbanization, peri-urban areas are emerging as the fastest-growing regions in many countries. Generally considered as the space ...

Now in paperback: a deeply researched and reported (San Francisco Chronicle) exploration of sea level rise in California that breathes exquisite de...

The housing crisis confronts two of North Americas contemporary urban challenges: affordability and the need to curtail urban sprawl through densif...

The housing crisis confronts two of North Americas contemporary urban challenges: affordability and the need to curtail urban sprawl through densif...

Originally published in 1993, as part of the Ethnoscapes: Current Challenges in the Environmental Social Sciences series, reissued now with a new s...

This book provides a multi-scale reading of the spatial elements in which the extensive urbanity in Yangtze River Delta is constructed, and from th...

A gripping account of how the automobile has failed NYC and how mass transit and a revitalized streetscape are vital to its post-pandemic recovery ...

Living sustainably is not just about preserving the wilderness or keeping nature pristine. The transition to a green economy depends on cities. For...

This open access book describes the complex dynamics that coevolve in cities and from cities, to inform agendas for urban research and urban policy...

Climate Crisis, Energy Violence: Mapping Fossil Energys Enduring Grasp on Our Precarious Future communicates the breadth and scope of fossil fuel i...

This book delves into the concept of city-sea interface as a space of strong physical, ecological, social and functional connection between the edg...

A long-time Austinite and journalists exploration of the profound movements that have shaped Austin, Texascharting the shifts within its vibrant mu...

This book analyses international Green Infrastructure (GI) planning and design strategies. The GI strategy is widely recognized for its multifuncti...

This book offers in-depth ethnographic analyses of key informants interviews on the ecological urbanism and ecosystem services (ES) of selected gre...

The rapid increase in urban population, land prices and land preservation, urban regeneration, as well as globalization and climate change have bee...

Exploring creative responses to community challenges Creative Instigation is a collection of in-depth case stories focused on effective and innovat...

Exploring creative responses to community challenges Creative Instigation is a collection of in-depth case stories focused on effective and innovat...

This key planning textbook on designing healthy and sustainable communities informs planners about community life and the processes of planning and...

This book includes extended and revised selected papers from the 12th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems, SMARTGREENS 2...

With the continual growth of the world's urban population, biodiversity in towns and cities will play a critical role in global biodiversity. This ...

Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urb...

Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urb...

The objective of the volume of selected peer-reviewed papers from EBUILT-2016 Conference (Romania, 2016) is the presentation of latest researches a...

This book introduces an indispensable tool: the carbon footprint calculator for urban planning. In the face of the escalating climate crisis, urban...

Nick Patsaouras arrived from Athens at age 17. After establishing a successful electrical engineering firm, Nick decided to give back to his adopte...

This book analyses of public participation in the different development stages of urban renewal in Macao. Three types of participation are summariz...

This is the book that Canadians must read to understand, and solve, our housing crisis. Hundreds of thousands of Canadians exist on the edge. Rente...

Houston is one of the most diverse cities in the United States and has long been a prime destination for international migrants from Latin America,...

Houston is one of the most diverse cities in the United States and has long been a prime destination for international migrants from Latin America,...

In this classic text, Jane Jacobs set out to produce an attack on current city planning and rebuilding and to introduce new principles by which the...

This book introduces the use of various remote sensing data such as microwave, hyperspectral and very high-resolution (VHR) satellite imagery; mapp...

Examining the rise of Pudong and its role in re-creating Shanghai as a global city, Global Shanghai Remade utilises this important case study to sh...

This edited volume centers around the concept of BioCities, which aim to unify nature and urban spaces in order to reverse the effects of global cl...

Resilient Downtowns provides a guide to communities in reviving and redeveloping their core districts into resilient, thriving neighborhoods. While...