Urban & municipal planning books

Now and then, there really is good government. Bonnie Stone spent 40 years in New York City-and social services-oriented...  Read More >>

This open access book provides new perspectives on circular economy and space, explored towards the definition of...  Read More >>

This book is a collection of works written by young scientists involved in the Integrated Disaster Risk Research...  Read More >>

The authors demonstrate how in the western USA and Canada many green roofs have been designed with native plants...  Read More >>

This book offers the reader a comprehensive understanding and the multitude of methods utilized in the research...  Read More >>

This book examines the dynamics of infrastructure development in Northeast India especially Manipur from a socio-anthropological...  Read More >>

A New Model for Housing Finance presents a thought-provoking solution to the housing crisis that follows the division...  Read More >>

A fascinating read for anyone interested in the politics of disaster relief, Citizens without a City illustrates...  Read More >>

A fascinating read for anyone interested in the politics of disaster relief, Citizens without a City illustrates...  Read More >>

First published in 1973, this two-volume set summarises and structures the contributions by researchers at the Fourth...  Read More >>

What does it mean to design democratic cities and democratic citizens in a time of mass urbanization and volatile...  Read More >>

To fully understand New Jersey in the 2020s and beyond, it is crucial to understand its ever-changing population....  Read More >>

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A multimedia exploration of the morphology of architecture in the American Southwest as defined by evolving modes...  Read More >>

The project From Central Space to Urban Place was undertaken from 2017 to 2021. It had its point of departure in...  Read More >>

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The book discusses the politics and contestations around economic development in Nigeria, and argues that the heavy...  Read More >>

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The book offers a framework for working on the FEW-nexus in a design-led context and integrates the design of urban...  Read More >>

The contributions in this volume map out how technologies are used and designed to plan, maintain, govern, demolish,...  Read More >>

The first major study to apply an intercultural approach to cities and city building outside Europe,considering...  Read More >>

Kevin Loughran explores the High Line in New York, the Bloomingdale Trail/606 in Chicago, and Buffalo Bayou Park...  Read More >>

This book proposes the idea of interstitial space as a theoretical framework to describe and understand the implications...  Read More >>

Kevin Loughran explores the High Line in New York, the Bloomingdale Trail/606 in Chicago, and Buffalo Bayou Park...  Read More >>

This book discusses several topics regarding different vocabularies, such as sacred architecture, heritage buildings,...  Read More >>