Urban & municipal planning books

Examines the transformation of San Francisco's iconic waterfront from the eve of its decline in 1950 to the turn...  Read More >>

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Examines culture as a socio-historical concept, introducing a line of scholarship to show what 'culture' does and...  Read More >>

The environment that we construct affects both humans and our natural world in myriad ways. This title presents...  Read More >>

In this special issue, leading neuroscientists and neurologists present comprehensive review papers and empirical...  Read More >>

A study of urban stormwater runoff that explores the relationships among nature, technology, and society in cities....  Read More >>

Urban processes like segregation, migration, or economic transition take place at different temporal and spatial...  Read More >>

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Addressing a huge knowledge gap from a policy perspective, this volume focuses on the economic tools available for...  Read More >>

Disasters are the result of complex interactions between social and natural forces, acting at multiple scales from...  Read More >>

This book examines 'The Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context', which celebrates...  Read More >>

Suitable for students and researchers across the social sciences who are planning, conducting and disseminating...  Read More >>

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Offers a genealogical interrogation of the relationship between security and risk through its materialisation in...  Read More >>

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Is the dream of homeownership for America's working families obsolete, an aspiration from a bygone era? In Regaining...  Read More >>

New urban developments such as office blocks, warehouses and retail complexes are increasinglycommonin outer city...  Read More >>

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing...  Read More >>

* A comprehensive survey of the processes necessary to implement urban design work. * Explains the...  Read More >>

Although efforts are made to provide and protect the rights of citizens in respect of livelihood, food, shelter,...  Read More >>

<p>Cities shape the lives and outlooks of billions of people, yet they have been overshadowed in contemporary political...  Read More >>

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Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different...  Read More >>

This volume fills a gap in the literature on planning and the development of queer spaces. It highlights the resistance...  Read More >>

Tower and Slab looks at the contradictory history of the modernist mass housing block - home to millions of city...  Read More >>