Regional & area planning books

This book tells the story of visionary urban experiments, and delves first into the eco-city, second the smart city...  Read More >>

"Touted as the key to more livable cities, the ""smart cities"" approach gets an independent-minded analysis from...  Read More >>

On Christmas Eve 1917, an overcrowded, out-of-control streetcar exited the Mount Washington tunnel, crashing into...  Read More >>

This book explores the decline and growth of the private rental sector in Australia delving into the changing dynamics...  Read More >>

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences,...  Read More >>

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Drawing on the narratives of urban farmers and gardeners, Back to the Roots demonstrates that urban agriculture...  Read More >>

""Waterfront planner, urban historian, and parks advocate Ann Buttenwieser looked to New York City's nineteenth-century...  Read More >>

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences,...  Read More >>

Drawing on the narratives of urban farmers and gardeners, Back to the Roots demonstrates that urban agriculture...  Read More >>

This book explores the contributions of psychological, neuroscientific and philosophical perspectives to the design...  Read More >>

Andalusia is the largest mining producer in Spain, the second-largest copper producer in the EU and a leader in...  Read More >>

"In 1980, William H. Whyte published the findings from his revolutionary Street Life Project in The Social Life...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Public Transport is a reference work of chapters providing in-depth examination of the...  Read More >>

This book brings together the papers presented at the Smart and Sustainable Built Environments Conference, 2018...  Read More >>

A study on urban risk and resettlement programs in the Global South in the era of climate change. Environmental...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1912, this book with extensive source footnotes and bibliography follows the evolution and...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1986, this book remains as relevant today as when it was first published, as it discusses...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1974 this book examines the problems confronting the London public transport system in the...  Read More >>

When originally published in 1975, this was the only genuinely introductory textbook to the subject of transportation...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1986 and a major contribution towards improving operations within transportation systems,...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1988 the central issue of this book is city centre decline and the potential of adequate...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1964, this book assesses the role of government and its agencies in the transport sector...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1981, this volume provides a systematic and detailed critique of the practice of transport...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1988, this book reviews a selection of national policies and sets them against EU (the former...  Read More >>