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...