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  • Urban Governance Voice and Poverty in the Developing World

    by Nick Devas ...
    Poverty and governance are both issues high on the agenda of international agencies and governments in the South. With urban areas accounting for a steadily growing share of the world's poor people, an international team of researchers focused their attention on the hitherto little-studied relationship between urban governance and urban poverty.In their timely and in-depth examination of ten ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Municipalities and Finance

    A Sourcebook for Capacity Building

    by Nick Devas ...
    Series series Municipal Capacity Building Series
    Finance is a critical issue for municipal governments around the world, and a major constraint on the delivery of pro-poor services at the local level. In many countries, decentralisation has brought the issue of municipal finance to the fore. This sourcebook provides a framework for analysing municipal finance capacity and ways of addressing financial constraints.The ideas come from real-life ... Read more

    $104.99 USD

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  • The Intercultural City

    Planning for Diversity Advantage

    by Charles Landry, Phil Wood ...
    In a world of increasing mobility, how people of different cultures live together is a key issue of our age, especially for those responsible for planning and running cities. New thinking is needed on how diverse communities can cooperate in productive harmony instead of leading parallel or antagonistic lives. Policy is often dominated by mitigating the perceived negative effects of diversity, and ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Small Change

    About the Art of Practice and the Limits of Planning in Cities

    by Nabeel Hamdi ...
    What exactly is 'small change'?Build a bus stop in an urban slum and a vibrant community sprouts and grows around it - that is the power of small changes that have huge positive effects.This book is an argument for the wisdom of the street, the ingenuity of the improvisers and the long-term, large-scale effectiveness of immediate, small-scale actions. Written by Nabeel Hamdi, the guru of urban ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Urban and Regional Planning Education

    Learning for India

    Edited by Ashok Kumar, Diwakar S. Meshram, Krishne Gowda ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This is the first volume exclusively dedicated to planning education, with a focus on India and learning from global experiences for India. Prior to the 1990s, planning education in India was largely confined to national and local economic concerns. Within a globalized scenario, such pedagogies and theories have become outmoded. With new concerns emerging in planning, new pedagogical tools and ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions

    European and Asian Experiences

    Edited by Derk Loorbach, Julia M. Wittmayer, Hideaki Shiroyama, Junichi Fujino, Satoru Mizuguchi ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Reading this book will lead to new insights compelling to an international audience into how cities address the sustainability challenges they face. They do this by not repeating old patterns but by searching for new and innovative methods and instruments based on shared principles of a transitions approach. The book describes the quest of cities on two continents to accelerate and stimulate such ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Calculation of Roundabouts

    Capacity, Waiting Phenomena and Reliability

    by Raffaele Mauro ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Roundabouts have become one of the most significant traffic control measures because they are generally statistically safer and more efficient than traditional at grade intersections. This book is dedicated to the evaluation of the operating conditions of roundabouts. In five parts, it thoroughly illustrates the calculation of the capacity, including reliability, and waiting phenomena parameters, ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Human Smart Cities

    Rethinking the Interplay between Design and Planning

    Edited by Grazia Concilio, Francesca Rizzo ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Within the most recent discussion on smart cities and the way this vision is affecting urban changes and dynamics, this book explores the interplay between planning and design both at the level of the design and planning domains’ theories and practices.Urban transformation is widely recognized as a complex phenomenon, rich in uncertainty. It is the unpredictable consequence of complex interplay ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • The Urban Fabric of Crime and Fear

    Edited by Vania Ceccato ...
    How does the city’s urban fabric relate to crime and fear, and how is that fabric affected by crime and fear? Does the urban environment affect one’s decision to commit an offence? Is there a victimisation-related inequality within cities? How do crime and fear interrelate to inequality and segregation in cities of developing countries? What are the challenges to planning cities which are both ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Urban Planning as a Trading Zone

    Edited by Alessandro Balducci, Raine Mäntysalo ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    'Trading zone' is a concept introduced by Peter Galison in his social scientific research on how scientists representing different sub-cultures and paradigms have been able to coordinate their interaction locally. In this book, Italian and Finnish planning researchers extend the use of the concept to different contexts of urban planning and management, where there is a need for new ideas and tools ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Design and Management of Sustainable Built Environments

    Edited by Runming Yao ...
    Climate change is believed to be a great challenge to built environment professionals in design and management. An integrated approach in delivering a sustainable built environment is desired by the built environment professional institutions. The aim of this book is to provide an advanced understanding of the key subjects required for the design and management of modern built environments to meet ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Perspectives in Urban Ecology

    Ecosystems and Interactions between Humans and Nature in the Metropolis of Berlin

    Edited by Wilfried Endlicher ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book gives an interdisciplinary overview on urban ecology. Basic understanding of urban nature development and its social reception are discussed for the European Metropolitan Area of Berlin. Furthermore, we investigate specific consequences for the environment, nature and the quality of life for city dwellers due to profound changes such as climate change and the demographic and economic ... Read more

    $143.09 USD