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  • Urban Competitiveness

    Theory and Practice

    by Peter Kresl, Daniele Ietri ...
    Series series Regions and Cities
    During the past 25 years the burden of managing economic policy for competitiveness has devolved to cities and to urban regions. National governments have increasingly been focused on staving off fiscal collapse. Mayors and local administrations have become very creative and active in looking after the state of their local economy and have developed extensive agencies for inter-city cooperation ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • City Innovation in a Time of Crisis

    Edited by Peter Karl Kresl ...
    Recognizing the profound impact of the COVID pandemic on cities, this book explores the role of city leaders and innovation in responding to crises. Peter Karl Kresl brings together experts from across the world to analyze the future of cities and identify important ways to prepare for and manage catastrophes in urban settings.The book outlines the significant loss of competitiveness suffered by ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Mid-sized Cities and Regions in Global Competition

    Edited by Peter Karl Kresl ...
    This informative book provides key insights into the successes of mid-sized cities across the globe, as well as the threats they face. It examines the strategies they employ to establish a unique position and compete effectively within the international urban hierarchy.Contributors explore various experiences, challenges and strategic approaches that define and distinguish mid-sized cities from ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Smaller Cities in a World of Competitiveness

    by Peter Karl Kresl, Daniele Ietri ...
    Series series Regions and Cities
    Much recent research in Urban Studies has concentrated on the notion of the ‘global city’ but discussion has also covered a larger set of mega cities, with populations in excess of 10 million. This analysis has begged the question of the optimal size for a city – is larger always better?Smaller Cities explores the advantages and disadvantages of different sized cities, trying to determine their ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Urban Competitiveness in Developing Economies

    Edited by Peter Karl Kresl ...
    Series series Regions and Cities
    Plenty has been written on the competitiveness of megacities, capital cities, and regional hubs. Cities in developing countries have not yet received the same attention – this book fills that gap. An international team of expert academics have come together to present a comprehensive study of the competitiveness of cities in the developing world. Spanning Asia, Africa, and Latin America, this book ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Creating Cities/Building Cities

    Architecture and Urban Competitiveness

    by Peter Karl Kresl ...
    For the past 150 years, architecture has been a significant tool in the hands of city planners and leaders. In Creating Cities/Building Cities, Peter Karl Kresl and Daniele Ietri illustrate how these planners and leaders have utilized architecture to achieve a variety of aims, influencing the situation, perception and competitiveness of their cities.Whether the objective is branding, re ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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  • Beyond Smart Cities

    How Cities Network, Learn and Innovate

    by Tim Campbell ...
    The promise of competitiveness and economic growth in so-called smart cities is widely advertised in Europe and the US. The promise is focussed on global talent and knowledge economies and not on learning and innovation. But to really achieve smart cities – that is to create the conditions of continuous learning and innovation – this book argues that there is a need to understand what is below the ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Sharing Cities

    A Case for Truly Smart and Sustainable Cities

    by Duncan McLaren, Julian Agyeman ...
    Series series Urban and Industrial Environments
    How cities can build on the “sharing economy” and smart technology to deliver a “sharing paradigm” that supports justice, solidarity, and sustainability.The future of humanity is urban, and the nature of urban space enables, and necessitates, sharing—of resources, goods and services, experiences. Yet traditional forms of sharing have been undermined in modern cities by social fragmentation and ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • New Industrial Urbanism

    Designing Places for Production

    by Tali Hatuka, Eran Ben-Joseph ...
    Since the Industrial Revolution, cities and industry have grown together; towns and metropolitan regions have evolved around factories and expanding industries. New Industrial Urbanism explores the evolving and future relationships between cities and places of production, focusing on the spatial implications and physical design of integrating contemporary manufacturing into the city. The book ... Read more

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  • Unfolding Cluster Evolution

    Edited by Fiorenza Belussi, Jose Luis Hervás-Oliver ...
    Series series Regions and Cities
    Various theories have been put forward as to why business and industry develops in clusters and despite good work being carried out on path dependence and dynamics, this is still very much an emerging topic in the social sciences. To date, no overarching theoretical framework has been developed to show how clusters evolve.Unfolding Cluster Evolution aims to address this gap by presenting ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Co-Cities

    Innovative Transitions toward Just and Self-Sustaining Communities

    by Sheila R. Foster, Christian Iaione ...
    Series series Urban and Industrial Environments
    A new model of urban governance, mapping the route to a more equitable management of a city’s infrastructure and services.The majority of the world’s inhabitants live in cities, but even with the vast wealth and resources these cities generate, their most vulnerable populations live without adequate or affordable housing, safe water, healthy food, and other essentials. And yet, cities also often ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Urban Cultural Planning

    Edited by Rana Amirtahmasebi, Jason Schupbach ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    This book provides a manual for planning for arts and culture in cities, featuring chapters and case studies from Africa, the Americas, Australasia, the Middle East, South and East Asia, and more. The handbook is organized around seven themes: arts and planning for equity and social development; incorporating culture in urban planning; the intersection of creative and cultural industries and ... Read more

    $72.99 USD