Regional & area planning books

This book analyses the question of the right to the city, informal economies and the non-western shape of neoliberal...  Read More >>

This book breaks new ground in demystifying the relationship between architecture, nationhood, and other forms of...  Read More >>

This book engages with current debates on ‘planetary urbanization’ and the nature of urban political theory, but...  Read More >>

This book explores the spatial characteristics of the city of Kolkata in India and the socio-political and physio-climatological...  Read More >>

This book applies the concept of moral ordering to urban affairs. It demonstrates how multi-stakeholder engagement...  Read More >>

This book analyses the key livelihood and governance challenges that the urban poor experience while navigating...  Read More >>

This book provides an introduction to spatial planning in the Netherlands. It explores the academic underpinnings...  Read More >>

This book brings together chapters that address questions of leisure, activism and the animation of urban environments....  Read More >>

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This book seeks to identify and to examine factors and mechanisms underlying the growth and development of smart...  Read More >>

This book provides unique perspectives into newly changed political and socioeconomic urban landscapes due to COVID-19...  Read More >>

With government ever more dependent on speculative property developments that come at the expense of diverse working-class...  Read More >>

With government ever more dependent on speculative property developments that come at the expense of diverse working-class...  Read More >>

This open access book aims to present the cutting-edge research of scholars from the Global South, where scholars...  Read More >>

""[Shrink the City] surveys ways in which cities around the globe have created compact neighborhoods where residents'...  Read More >>

With Canadians burdened by the world’s highest household debt after decades of failed housing policy, Home Truths:...  Read More >>

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Spatial planning is at a crossroads, with nearly half of UK planners now employed in the private sector. This book...  Read More >>

PREAMBLE This book talks about the type of leadership used by most leaders in underdeveloped and developing countries....  Read More >>

This book explores the discourse on urban and regional inequality within the framework of neoliberalism.  Read More >>

Offers a multidimensional analysis of critical conflicts, shedding light on their underlying dynamics and implications...  Read More >>

This guide outlines issues facing Pacific countries as they struggle to build resilient infrastructure and shows...  Read More >>

Smart City Assessment: A Novel Framework for Development and Evaluation of Smart Cities outlines a new assessment...  Read More >>

These Recommendations (Volumes I & II) have been developed by the United Nations Economic and Social Council’s Committee...  Read More >>