Regional & area planning books

The ageing population is a global societal issue. Policymakers, planners, and the public, third and private sectors...  Read More >>

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Topics covered include: urban resilience in a climate context, climate responsive planning and urban climate interventions...  Read More >>

Including beneficiaries' personal stories, this report shows how the Asian Development Bank has worked with the...  Read More >>

Introduces UNCTAD's novel Sustainability Score for National Trade Facilitation Committees. This Score aims at assessing...  Read More >>

This ground-breaking book is the first to bring an ecological...  Read More >>

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Building Smart, Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure in Developing Countries contains the papers presented at...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1994, this book provides an important contribution to contemporary housing debates as well...  Read More >>

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Originally published in 1981, this book explores the plight of the locally born or locally employed faced with spiralling...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1986 at a time when Britain was facing a major housing crisis, this book, containing much...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1982, this is a companion volume to State Housing in Britain. Together the 2 volumes cover...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1979, these essays provide a guide to the labyrinth of issues which together made up ‘housing...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1961, is the report into an investigation of the forms of organization used by local authorities...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1979, this book was the first to provide a comprehensive political-economic analysis of...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1993, this book traces how governments in France, Germany, Britain, Denmark and Ireland...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1990, and re-issued in 2020 with an updated Preface, this book shows how the UK has become...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1988, this book documents and explains the emergence of flat ‘break-ups’ – the sale of individual...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1987 this book examines attempts by successive individuals and governments to overcome slum...  Read More >>

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