An unprecedented look at the central role one man played in the transformation of New York City On January 1, 2002, Mich......more

Harnessing large urban housing estates in former socialist countries as a resource for the future housing supply require......more

This comprehensive handbook presents the current state of knowledge on geospatial technologies, techniques, and methods ......more

The 4-mile-long, 550-acre Hudson River Park is nearing completion and is the largest park built in Manhattan since Centr......more

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Laboratorio de Vivienda presents the 32 projects selected and built, including research, drawings, and descriptions by t......more

This book places planners’ skills for engagement with children and young people centre stage by discussing several proje......more

This book places planners’ skills for engagement with children and young people centre stage by discussing several proje......more

Urban Australia confronts numerous challenges in the 21st century: climate change, housing, transport, greenspace, socia......more

This book explores the need for innovative approaches to administrative digitization, leveraging technologies such as AI......more

The book uses the experience of the Great East Japan Earthquake 2011 to realise community relocation with human rights a......more

A survey of fifteen years of urban research by Hong Kong-based Swiss architect Géraldine Borio in Bangkok, Hong Kong, an......more

The purpose of the book is to assess the process of urban verticalization in different contexts through time, to provide......more

Das Buch nimmt den Leser als intellektuelles Abenteuer auf eine Reise durch eine sorgfältig zusammengestellte Auswahl vo......more

This book showcases cutting-edge research on city form revealing that urban design features--such as topology, morpholog......more

A holistic vision of the urban body’s metabolic flows, needs and challenges Difficult problems do not always require far......more

This book proposes operational approaches to public sector support to community-led development of urban low-income grou......more

In this unique book on housing in India, 11 leading scholars come together to offer a critical appraisal of current hous......more

Current planning and design modes of dwellings and neighbourhoods are facing challenges of both philosophy and form. Pas......more

Computers may make our working lives easier and more productive, but has the quality of our output suffered as a result?......more

Transportation expert Jarrett Walker believes that transit can be simple, if we focus on the underlying geometry that al......more

Neighbourhood open space ranks highly as a key component in suburban liveability assessments. This book uniquely connect......more

Up for walking that extra mile on your travels with just a perfect book in hand? A book about streets of London written ......more

Taking on Finland as its main case study, Urban Inequality in a Nordic Welfare State investigates urban governance, land......more

This book maps the lived experiences surrounding three urban farms in Havana to construct a deeper understanding about t......more

This book offers a fresh, interdisciplinary perspective on the contemporary importance, and increasing complexity, of th......more

This book investigates how practices of community carsharing are influencing everyday mobility. It argues that hegemonic......more

Neighbourhood open space ranks highly as a key component in suburban liveability assessments. This book uniquely connect......more

How do you experience a public space? Do you feel safe? Seen? Represented? The response to these questions may differ ba......more

This topical, edited collection analyses the state of the planning system in England and offers a robust, evidence-based......more

Sustainable urban planning and urban renewal are major challenges of the 21st century. In this context, Urbanism and Tow......more

Urban Mobility Systems in the World provides insight into the geographical organization of urban mobility systems around......more

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This fully revised second edition reflects the great expansion in urban ecology research, action, and teaching since 201......more

This fully revised second edition reflects the great expansion in urban ecology research, action, and teaching since 201......more

’Rethinking Parking’ provides a pathway to a better parking/place balance and access to destinations worth visiting. It ......more

This handbook takes on one of the most pressing issues of today’s society - the question of housing. It is a cutting-edg......more

65,000 years ago, modern humans arrived in Australia, having navigated more than 100 km of sea crossing from southeast A......more

This book focuses on spearheading the integration of maintainability and sustainable facility management right from the ......more

This book focuses on spearheading the integration of maintainability and sustainable facility management right from the ......more

This volume offers a comprehensive insight on sustainable development of local territories. It recommends the planning o......more

The Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB) has a clear commitment in compiling and presenting an overview of the projects it ......more

Routledge Handbook on Labour in Construction and Human Settlements presents a detailed and comprehensive examination of ......more

This book presents a methodology for the design, construction, monitoring, optimization, and post-occupancy evaluation o......more

This book explores one of the most prevailing problems of the contemporary urban world, i.e. traffic congestion and its ......more

The application of technology, in smart cities, to create meaningful sustainability is set to change all our lives. The ......more

"Exploring Land Use Impact on Conservation Efforts" offers an insightful examination of the intricate relationship betwe......more

This book illuminates the implications of the USA’s final phase of colonial rule in the Philippine Islands. It explores ......more

The Equity Planner provides a toolkit of practical solutions for planners and all those involved in placemaking to promo......more

Economic development is intended to benefit everyone in a community; however, in many cases, increased public and privat......more

A sociologist explores why "green cities" won’t fix everything--and urges us to celebrate urban life as it is Everywhere......more

"Patterns" of Threshold spaces in the Historical City of Jeddah explores the meaning of threshold spaces and investigate......more

This textbook provides a comprehensive and systematic coverage of regional policy, dealing with core theories and lookin......more

The unprecedented growth faced by the Chinese cities in the last decades entailed serious consequences: economic and soc......more

Introduces new strategies, concepts, and approaches in architecture and urban design for fundamental changes towards dec......more

Winner of the 2022 Urban Affairs Association Best Book Award. City visions represent shared, and often desirable, expect......more

This two-volume book on smart cities thoroughly explores and sheds light on the prominent elements of the smart city phe......more

This lab manual is a companion to the third edition of the textbook Computational Methods and GIS Applications in Social......more

Climate change is having an immediate and sometimes life-threatening impact, especially for older adults - generally spe......more

Unveiling Macquarie Marshes: A Geomorphological Study of Avulsion" is a comprehensive exploration of the Macquarie Marsh......more

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2023 BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "Revelatory, superbly written, and pulsing with wisdom and humanity, How ......more

This book, the first of its kind, introduces various aspects of urban planning in India and contributes towards debates ......more

Inclusion and Exclusion of the Urban Poor in Dhaka explores how the inhabitants of poor neighborhoods in Dhaka, Banglade......more

This handbook explores two guiding questions - how can university-community partnerships in planning education work, and......more

"This is a story of profound urban change over decades of time in a symbolic space celebrated as a worldwide phenomenon.......more

Building the 21st Century City through Public-Private Partnerships introduces students and early-career professionals to......more

- For the first time, Hugh Petter - one of the most successful traditional architects of his generation - reveals the jo......more

This outlines a method for dynamic pricing of high-occupancy toll lanes based on non-linear programming techniques, fini......more

Ethan Carr’s forthcoming book, Boston’s Franklin Park: Olmsted, Recreation, and the Modern City, documents the design an......more

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What is the relevance of the Chandigarh experiment today? Written by an esteemed scholar and former resident of the city......more

This book explores energy consumption and thermal comfort in the social housing sector in the Eastern Mediterranean basi......more

Focusing on a private collection of 60 postcards of modern architecture in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Agra,......more

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