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  • Land Use-Transport Interaction Models

    by Rubén Cordera, Ángel Ibeas, Luigi dell’Olio, Borja Alonso ...
    Transport and the spatial location of population and activities have been important themes of study in engineering, social sciences and urban and regional planning for many decades. However, an integrated approach to the modelling of transport and land use has been rarely made, and common practice has been to model both phenomena independently.This book presents an introduction to the modelling of ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

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  • Planning Sustainable Cities

    An infrastructure-based approach

    by Spiro Pollalis ...
    Planning Sustainable Cities: An infrastructure-based approach provides an analytical framework for urban sustainability, focusing on the services and performance of infrastructure systems.The book approaches infrastructure as a series of systems that function in synergy and are directly linked with urban planning. This method streamlines and guides the planning process, while still highlighting ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Network Design And Optimization For Smart Cities

    by Panos M Pardalos, Konstantinos Gakis ...
    Series Book 8 - Series On Computers And Operations Research
    This comprehensive reference text is a collection of important research findings on the latest developments in network modeling for optimization of smart cities. Such models can be used from outlining the fundamental concepts of urban development to the description and optimization of physical networks, such as power, water or telecommunications. Networks help us understand city economics and ... Read more

    $106.99 USD

  • The Pedestrian and the City

    by Carmen Hass-Klau ...
    The Pedestrian and the City provides an overview and insight into the development, politics and policies on walking and pedestrians: it includes the evolution of pedestrian-friendly housing estates in the 19th century up to the present day. Key issues addressed include the struggle of pedestrianization in town centers, the attempts to create independent pedestrian footpaths and the popularity of ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Urban Retrofitting for Sustainability

    Mapping the Transition to 2050

    Edited by Tim Dixon, Malcolm Eames, Miriam Hunt, Simon Lannon ...
    With a foreword from Paul King, Chief Executive, UK Green Building Council and Chairman, Zero Carbon HubAs concerns over climate change and resource constraints grow, many cities across the world are trying to achieve a low carbon transition. Although new zero carbon buildings are an important part of the story, in existing cities the transformation of the current building stock and urban ... Read more

    $200.00 USD

  • Urbanism

    by David Rudlin ...
    The Academy of Urbanism was founded in 2006 with a mission to recognise, encourage and celebrate great places across the UK, Europe and beyond, and the people and organisations that create and sustain them. This book is a compendium of seventy five places that have been shortlisted as part of the Academy's annual awards scheme which covers great Places, Streets, Neighbourhoods, Towns and Cities ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Urban Complexity and Planning

    Theories and Computer Simulations

    by Shih-Kung Lai, Haoying Han ...
    In recent years, there has been a new understanding of how cities evolve and function, which reflects the emergent paradigm of complexity. The crux of this view is that cities are created by differentiated actors involved in individual, small-scale projects interacting in a complex way in the urban development process. This 'bottom up' approach to urban modeling not only transforms our ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Healthy Urban Planning

    by Hugh Barton, Catherine Tsourou ...
    Healthy Urban Planning aims to refocus urban planners on the implications of their work for human health and well-being. If many of the problems faced in cities are to be resolved, improving health will be the fundamental goal of urban planners. Poor housing, poverty, stress, pollution, and lack of access to jobs, goods and services all impact upon health. This book provides practical advice on ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Urban Planning And The Development Process

    by David Adams ...
    This text is about the very essence of urban planning in a market economy. It is concerned with people - landowners, developers, investors, politicians and ordinary members of the public - who produce change in towns and cities as they relate to each other and react to development Pressure. Whether Such Change Occurs Slowly And Is Almost Unnoticed, Or happens rapidly and is highly disruptive, a ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Travel Demand Management Options in Beijing

    by Asian Development Bank ...
    Rapid urbanization and motorization combined with high population density have led to serious congestion and air quality problems in the People's Republic of China capital of Beijing. While Beijing accounts for less than 2% of the population, more than 10% of the country's vehicles ply the city's roads. This study is part of the Asian Development Bank's initiative to support greener and more ... Read more

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  • The Handbook of Community Safety Gender and Violence Prevention

    Practical Planning Tools

    by Carolyn Whitzman ...
    Violence and insecurity are among the most important issues facing communities in the 21st century. Both family violence and community violence are rapidly rising in the urbanizing nations of theSouth and richer nations are also facing increased concern about the health, social, economic and environmental costs of violence and crime.The Handbook of Community Safety, Gender and Violence Prevention ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • China's Emerging Cities

    The Making of New Urbanism

    Edited by Fulong Wu ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary China Series
    With urbanism becoming the key driver of socio-economic change in China, this book provides much needed up-to-date material on Chinese urban development.Demonstrating how it transcends the centrally-planned model of economic growth, and assessing the extent to which it has gone beyond the common wisdom of Chinese ‘gradualism’, the book covers a wide range of important topics, including:local land ... Read more

    $42.99 USD