Regional & area planning books

The book brings in new dimensions in planning especially in regularizing informal settlements in the global South....  Read More >>

How could the world around us be better designed? To celebrate the Coronation of King Charles Ill, we asked an eclectic...  Read More >>

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This book examines the process, policies, and politics of urban development in China, with particular attention...  Read More >>

This book applies both industrial engineering and computational intelligence to demonstrate intelligent machines...  Read More >>

This book is the first in which current societal themes revolving around urbanism, architecture, and city planning...  Read More >>

What sets Staten Island apart from the rest of New York City? Kenneth M. Gold argues that the lack of a subway connection...  Read More >>

The Tennessee Valley Authority was the largest agency created under the auspices of the New Deal. The TVA was responsible...  Read More >>

This book provides a concise and up-to-date overview of environmental noise control issues, utilizing specific case...  Read More >>

Presents the story of a group of citizens in Fairfax County, Virginia, and their efforts over half a century to...  Read More >>

Explores the evolution of civil engineering, what has happened in recent decades, what will develop in the future,...  Read More >>

Based on a decade of ethnographic and archival research in Peru, this volume reveals how prevailing representations...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1973, this book synthesizes the mass of material into an introduction to the study of spatial...  Read More >>

Political Postmodernisms shows how postmodern architecture in the unlikely settings of Chile during the neoliberal...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1980, this book draws together a wide range of studies dealing with various aspects of land...  Read More >>

This book presents a systematic analysis of challenges in the field of Geographical Information Systems and Science,...  Read More >>

This book offers an interdisciplinary and dynamic account of the politicization of urban planning in Mumbai, India....  Read More >>

This new handbook brings together various views and experiences of the impacts of flooding and its management in...  Read More >>

This handbook presents evidence that there has not been an end of public space and its varied use. In cities in...  Read More >>

This book provides a systematic and multifaceted overview of urban wellbeing. It explores the characteristics and...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1988, Accommodating Inequality provides a basis for a radical re-think of housing policy...  Read More >>

Explores how urban planners, architects, historic preservationists, neighborhood residents, and even folklorists...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1986, this book compares and evaluates the effects of converting rental housing into owner...  Read More >>

This book presents several perspectives on the COVID-19 crisis as it impacted the United States, focusing on policies,...  Read More >>

Political Postmodernisms shows how postmodern architecture in the unlikely settings of Chile during the neoliberal...  Read More >>