Regional & area planning books

In this timely Handbook, people emerge at the centre of city and regional development debates from the perspective...  Read More >>

Explores efforts of rural citizens to counter intolerance, build inclusive communities, and become better neighbours....  Read More >>

This book presents a select set of papers from an international and multidisciplinary approach, outlining the vanguard...  Read More >>

Daylight, Design and Place-Making examines the role of daylight in creating and revealing the wonders of heritage...  Read More >>

This book captures ground-breaking attempts to utilise culture in territorial development and regeneration processes...  Read More >>

Affordable Housing Preservation in Washington, DC uses the case of Washington, DC to examine the past, present,...  Read More >>

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is China’s ambitious re-mapping of globalisation. This book focuses on the multi-national...  Read More >>

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The book examines institutional innovation of urban regeneration in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai, three Chinese...  Read More >>

This book presents a critical analysis of the concept of ‘adequate housing’.  Read More >>

This book explores incentives capable of enhancing the effectiveness of urban planning systems in Sub-Saharan Africa...  Read More >>

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Originally published in 1985, this book analyses the development of private rented housing in Britain, France, the...  Read More >>

This book explores the relationship between families, firms, and regions and the extent to which these relationships...  Read More >>

The City Makers of Nairobi re-examines the history of the urban development of Nairobi in the colonial period.  Read More >>

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This book explores the changes cities face when they become metropolises, forming expanding regions which create...  Read More >>

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This book provides a detailed historical and design analysis of the development of parks and modern landscape architecture...  Read More >>

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

Pemba: Spontaneous Living Spaces looks at self-built dwellings and settlements in the case study city of Pemba,...  Read More >>

In this book, Noha Saleeby puts forward a vision for sustainable growth. Readers are introduced to DVN-T City, a...  Read More >>