Deden Rukmana, Rendy A. Diningrat, Sonia Roitman, Hana Afifah Amini, Adiwan Aritenang, Ferdinand P. Boedhiarto, Julia Crowley, Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes, Santy Paulla Dewi, Erwin Fahmi...
A fascinating journey through Europe’s old towns, exploring why we treasure them—but also what they hide about a continent’s fraught history...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-Feb-2024, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Verso Books, ISBN-13: 9781839761928)
The Hidden Rules of Architecture: how to build world-class, award winning, creative, innovative, sustainable, liveable and beautiful spaces that foster a sense of place and well beingLeading architect Reinier de Graaf De Graaf puncture...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Island Press, ISBN-13: 9781642832860)
A new model of comprehensive planning as a living process rather than a static document How does your community map out a long-term vision for the built environment? Most US cities and counties have long used the comprehensive plan for th...Loe edasi...
Urbanization in the Middle East is entering a new phase of global importance. As climate change pressures intensify and environmental limits become more visible, cities built under conditions of heat, water scarcity, and rapid transformation have be...Loe edasi...
As cities grow and demands increase, continuing to build is unavoidable. Continuing to build in the same way, however, is not. This book challenges the dangerous trajectory of extractive, growth-centred practices within of the built environment indu...Loe edasi...
This book examines how proximity-based planning, sustainable mobility, and equitable land use can support more resilient and livable cities. Bringing together international research and case studies, the book offers both conceptual foundations and p...Loe edasi...
This book posits that, beyond China’s reform and opening-up policy and various factors of timing, geographical advantages, and popular will, the institutional innovations introd...Loe edasi...
Belinda Yuen, Yanjun Cai, Cristina Maria Nearing, Jiaxuan Wang, Xin Yang
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, ISBN-13: 9789819825943)
Using mixed methods research including archival research, case studies, and interviews, this book examines how urban innovation approaches and strategies progress through their inception, initiation, implementation, institutionalisation, integration...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031962196)
The book will be different and new in relation to the available books in the market, such as Urban Green utilizing Innovative Parks for Resurgent Cities, Green and Ecological Technologies for Urban Planning in relation to Creating Smart Citie...Loe edasi...
This book offers an in-depth examination of the ways in which artificial intelligence is reshaping urban landscapes to address the demands of sustainable development, positioning AI as an essential instrument for creating intelligent, resilient citi...Loe edasi...
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of LGBTQ+ centers and organizations in urban areas, a phenomenon that began in North American and Western European cities four decades ago and now flourishes around the world....Loe edasi...
Disrupting traditional notions of urban and city planning, this volume examines the intricate interplay of conflicts, the emergence of new borders for refugees and migrants, colonial legacies and postcolonial policies, and grassroots struggles for...Loe edasi...
This open access book explores the dynamic interface of urban practice, transformation, and cities and climate change science. Beginning with the landmark 2018 Cities and Climate Change Science Conference, moving through the Innovate4Cities Conferen...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Harvard University Press, ISBN-13: 9780674296411)
Sidewalks, easily overlooked, are a vital public resource and central to controversies over homelessness and policing, property rights and development. Michael Pollack explores the on-the-ground reality of American sidewalks and related legal issues...Loe edasi...
Improving Environmental and Human Health with Community Trees and Forests provides the latest and most comprehensive information on community forests globally, how these trees improve human health and well-being, the value of community trees,...Loe edasi...
This textbook offers an accessible overview of a century of planning theory, bringing a critical perspective rooted in contemporary research that will appeal to lecturers and to their students. Organised thematically, with a focus on institutional...Loe edasi...
Uneven Urban and Regional Growth: Global Urbanization, Regional Economies and Local Dynamics examines the links between economic growth, metropolitan development, and environmental sustainability in advanced economies. Focusing on urban areas as hub...Loe edasi...
This book examines how catastrophes—natural, technological, ideological, biological, and socioeconomic—transform urban design and planning, potentially creating turning points in a citys development trajectory.Through historical case stu...Loe edasi...
As cities expand massively downward and underground space replaces the urban sub-surface, accurate urban water balances are systematically overlooked. The results are truncated water balance analyses with unforeseen consequences, sometimes costly an...Loe edasi...
Highlighted with up-to-date statistics and key insights, this resource spotlights 100 top U.S. cities renowned for thriving business climates and exceptional living. It offers a trusted reference on urban dynamics and economic vigor, empowering deci...Loe edasi...
Statistical insights and essential data reveal the top 100 U.S. cities celebrated for their business strength and quality living. With clear rankings and detailed information, readers gain a practical guide to identifying the most promising American...Loe edasi...
Explore current, detailed statistics and vital metrics on 100 U.S. cities known for thriving business climates and exceptional living standards. This data-rich guide delivers key insights that help evaluate urban opportunities, merging analytical de...Loe edasi...
Presenting a detailed guide to 100 leading U.S. cities prized for their business potential and quality of life, the resource offers current statistical insights and essential metrics in an easy-to-use format. It delivers a clear picture of urban suc...Loe edasi...
Explore statistical insights and key data on the top 100 US cities renowned for thriving business climates and quality lifestyles. This resource highlights vital metrics and analysis, offering a clear view of urban factors that influence living, wor...Loe edasi...
Based on decades of research, this book reveals how the rule of the few can redirect your focus to create effective crime control policies. Based on decades of research, this book reveals how the rule of the few can redirect your fo...Loe edasi...
Based on decades of research, this book reveals how the rule of the few can redirect your focus to create effective crime control policies. Based on decades of research, this book reveals how the rule of the few can redirect your fo...Loe edasi...
Sari: World Scientific Series On The Built Environment
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, ISBN-13: 9789819830886)
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Applications in the Built Environment offers a clear, practice-oriented guide to using CFD for building and urban design. Written for non-specialist users, it bridges the gap between CFD theory and real-world appli...Loe edasi...
Sari: World Scientific Series On The Built Environment
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, ISBN-13: 9789819830169)
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Applications in the Built Environment offers a clear, practice-oriented guide to using CFD for building and urban design. Written for non-specialist users, it bridges the gap between CFD theory and real-world appli...Loe edasi...
In Understanding Urban Politics: Institutions, Representation, and Policies, Timothy B. Krebs and Arnold Fleischmann introduce a framework that focuses on the role of institutions in establishing the political “rules of the game,” the repre...Loe edasi...
A concise primer on urban politics and policy that highlights the ways in which politics and policies are shaped by the many different institutions, actors, and practices that exist in urban communities. In Understanding Urban Politics:...Loe edasi...
The Urban Pivot: resilience in a time of global disruption captures a pivotal moment in the history of our cities. When the COVID-19 pandemic forced a global pause, it did not spell the end of urban life but rather acted as a great accelerator, expo...Loe edasi...
This book provides an up to date overview of Mediterranean port cities and their challenges in a ‘liquid’ world. It interrogates emerging cultural narratives of these places, new morphological approaches to understand their transformation, and the...Loe edasi...
GIS and BIM in Infrastructure Projects: An Introduction to Applications Across the Lifecycle demonstrates how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can complement Building Information Modelling (BIM) throughout infrastructure development. While BIM...Loe edasi...
GIS and BIM in Infrastructure Projects: An Introduction to Applications Across the Lifecycle emphasizes that infrastructure lifestyle planning cannot be done in isolation but must consider surrounding facilities, utilities, neighbourhoods, and top...Loe edasi...
What does it mean, three decades after the demise of the USSR, to inhabit cities built for a future that has never arrived? In pursuit of the question – what is left of the socialist city? – this book aims not only to trace the material and mnemon...Loe edasi...
In pursuit of the question – what is left of the socialist city? – the aim of this book project is not only to trace the material and mnemonic remains of the socialist city but to show how the Soviet discourse of the city would at times engender r...Loe edasi...
Using a unique data-rich study of Newcastle’s becoming of a metropolitan city-region in the 19th century, this book explores a new understanding of how successful cities attain a metropolitan status. Using a unique data-rich...Loe edasi...
Municipalities around the world have increasingly used inclusionary housing programs to address their housing shortages. This book problematizes those programs in London and New York City by offering an empirical, research-based perspective on the s...Loe edasi...
This comprehensive handbook presents the current state of knowledge on geospatial technologies, techniques, and methods that are imperative for providing solutions to sustainable cities. It addresses the role of geospatial big data and AI techniques...Loe edasi...
What are the challenges and potential of complex and emergent urban systems? This book answers this question by shedding new light on the topics of emergence, complexity, and self-organisation and showing their interconnectedness with other concepts...Loe edasi...
This book examines the dynamic between citizens trust and good governance using the case study of Bangladesh. It will be of interest to political science, public administration, governance studies, development studies, and urban studies as well as...Loe edasi...
This book examines smart cities through the lens of the ICT-driven transformation of the economy and economic systems and the resulting changes influencing organizations (public, private, voluntary) and citizens in the smart city....Loe edasi...
This book provides an analysis of nature satisfaction, nature relatedness, and the motivations for using urban green spaces. It explores the use of spaces such as parks, waterfronts, wooded areas, and fields among different life course phases and so...Loe edasi...
This book explores inequities in the urban built environment across a diverse range of places and considers practical solutions and strategies aimed at building more just, inclusive, and sustainable cities. Achieving more equitable and pr...Loe edasi...
This book critically analyzes the hidden political dimensions associated with the planning of Indonesias new capital. It will be of interest to researchers in the fields of human geography, Asian urban studies, Southeast Asian Studies and megaproje...Loe edasi...
This book analyzes landfill sites in New York City, Greater Toronto, and Tel Aviv, emphasizing the global scale of issues concerning waste disposal and park redevelopments. For scholars, researchers, and academics studying waste studies, the environ...Loe edasi...
Urban Observation and Social Sensing helps readers see cities in a way they havent before. Advanced technologies are used to explain how a city functions. From planning better neighborhoods to understanding how city life affects health, th...Loe edasi...
Empirical studies conducted in this book provide nuanced analysis of social-economic, administrative and political dynamics on the land beyond the airport grounds, such as the project area of Greenfield development, the airport city, or land resourc...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9780367698218)
This book focuses on developing a holistic sustainability assessment-built environment model that can help in identifying sustainability issues and parameters for the built environment. It covers a wide range of sustainable built-form issues in the...Loe edasi...
This book uses the Transformative Innovation Policy to show how innovative processes, practices and systems can facilitate sustainable human settlements in South Africa. For scholars and students of Housing, Human Settlements, Architecture, Public P...Loe edasi...
Collecting writings by a wide range of established scholars together with exciting new voices in architecture and affiliated disciplines, this book shows the pertinence islands hold for critical spatial thinking and practice today....Loe edasi...
