Urban & Municipal Planning

The Changing American Neighborhood argues that the physical and social spaces created by neighborhoods matter more than ever for the health and wel...

Drawing on original Burmese texts and illustrations, recent scholarship, and mapping,  Mandalay and the Art of Building Cities in Burma argues that...

This book discusses resilient urban water resources management in the context of climate change and ongoing urbanization. Twelve cities worldwide r...

How do we accommodate a growing urban population in a way that is sustainable, equitable, and inviting? This question is becoming increasingly urge...

Becoming an URBAN PLANNER Are you considering a career in urban planning? Becoming an Urban Planner is the best place to start. Through in-depth in...

The number of bicyclists is increasing in the United States, especially among the working class and people of color. In contrast to the demographic...

In many rapidly urbanizing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, local politics undermines the effectiveness of urban planning. Politicians...

Lessons from the British and French New Towns: Paradise Lost? explores the evolution of the New Towns in both France and the UK from several perspe...

Salty Urbanism is a concept that refers to the ways in which cities and urban areas will respond and adapt to rising sea levels and the accompanyin...

The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook gathers the best sustainability practices and latest research from the fields of architecture, landscape arch...

The International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction (ICSIC) brings together world-leading academics and practitioners from the fi...

A rich examination of the securitization of the everyday lives of the citizens of Cairo and how to build a more equitable urban orderUntil the year...

The term urban ecology has become a buzzword in various disciplines, including the social and natural sciences as well as urban planning and archit...

Engagement in the City: How Arts and Culture Impact Development in Urban Areas provides readers with numerous examples of ways that the arts can co...

Contemporary Practices of Citizenship in Asia and the West: Care of the Self examines urban communities and societies in Asia and the West to shed ...

What makes strolling down a particular street enjoyable? The authors of Measuring Urban Design argue it's not an idle question. Inviting streets ar...

Written by an expert in parking management, Parking Management for Smart Growth shows how to manage on- and off-street parking supplies to achieve ...

Questions of how to green the North American economy, create a green energy and transportation infrastructure, and halt the deadly increase in gree...

Hank lived by the credo, `first listen, then design'. Scott Bernstein, Founder and Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Center for Neighborhood T...

This book addresses some of the countless challenges faced by developing countries when adopting sustainable design and construction and offers sug...

The Routledge Companion to the Suburbs provides one of the most comprehensive examinations available to date of the suburbs around the world. Inter...

Creating peace for a citys intimate enemies is harder than making war.This book is about the trajectories of urban conflict and peace in the politi...

The Routledge Handbook of International Planning Education is the first comprehensive handbook with a unique focus on planning education. Comparing...

When manufacturers and retailers vacate traditional locations, they leave holes in a citys fabric that signal a shifting urban-industrial terrain. ...

In June of 1962, the Canadian Pacific Railway announced a proposalto redevelop part of its reserved land in the heart of downtownCalgary. In an eff...

Much of modernist architecture was inspired by the emergence of internationalism: the ethics and politics of world peace, justice and unity through...

By 2025, China will have built fifteen new supercities each with 25 million inhabitants. It will have created 250 Eco-cities' as well: clean, green...

This volume compiles contributions from international scholars on the social impacts of urban mobility and discussions on concepts and methods to e...

The requirement for sustainable transport in urban areas has become more onerous in the past decade due to a number of negative externalities which...

The aim of this book is to understand the causes and consequences of new scales and forms of territorial restructuring in a steadily globalizing wo...

The United Nations Brundtland Report defines sustainable development as one that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of...

This collection is a study of the process by which European planning concepts and practices were transmitted, diffused and diverted in various colo...

With 70% of the worlds population expected to live in urban environments by 2050, cities are poised to become the most significant spaces to shape ...

The ten essays in Future Challenges of Cities in Asia engage with some of the most critical urban questions of the near future across Asia. These c...

How does the state separate music from noise? How can such a filtering apparatus shape the content and form of sound production in the city? As a m...

Condoland casts CityPlace a massive residential development of more than thirty condominium towers just outside Torontos downtown core as a micro...