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Resilient Cities: Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change

Resilient Cities: Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change




From the Back Cover Even with significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, a certain degree of climate change will...
2001 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness: Making Choices

2001 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness: Making Choices


William Battaile



2001 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness: Making Choices...
The Measurement and Analysis of Housing Preference and Choice

The Measurement and Analysis of Housing Preference and Choice


Henny C.C.H. Coolen, Roland W. Goetgeluk, Sylvia J.T. Jansen



From the Back Cover What are the current trends in housing? Is my planned project commercially viable? What should b...
Towards an Urban Nation: Germany since 1780

Towards an Urban Nation: Germany since 1780


Friedrich Lenger



Review "...let it be said that every line of this collection is well worth reading. All that this valuable series needs i...
Promise and betrayal: universities and the battle for sustainable urban neighborhoods

Promise and betrayal: universities and the battle for sustainable urban neighborhoods


John Ingram Gilderbloom, Robert Lee Mullins



Promise and betrayal: universities and the battle for sustainable urban neighborhoods...
Development and Cities: Essays from Development in Practice (Development in Practice)

Development and Cities: Essays from Development in Practice (Development in Practice)


David Westendorff, Deborah Eade



About the Author Deborah Eade became editor of the international journal Development in Practice in 1991 and has publishe...
Contention and Trust in Cities and States

Contention and Trust in Cities and States


Chris Tilly, Michael Hanagan



From the Back Cover Cities and nation-states have co-existed uneasily throughout human history. At times fused, at other ...
City tourism: national capital perspectives

City tourism: national capital perspectives


Brent W. Ritchie, Robert Maitland



About the Author Robert Maitland teaches at the the Centre for Tourism Research, University of Westminster, UK. Brent W. ...
Geocomputation, Sustainability and Environmental Planning

Geocomputation, Sustainability and Environmental Planning


Beniamino Murgante, Alessandra Lapucci, Giuseppe Borruso



From the Back Cover The experience developed by Ian McHarg represents the first attempt to base environmental planning on...
Urban Models and Public-Private Partnership

Urban Models and Public-Private Partnership


Remo Dalla Longa



From the Back Cover This book addresses the topic of urban models with reference to large western cities and particularly...
Rural Landscapes and Agricultural Policies in Europe

Rural Landscapes and Agricultural Policies in Europe


Annette Piorr, Klaus Müller



Rural Landscapes and Agricultural Policies in Europe...
Nanotechnology in Civil Infrastructure: A Paradigm Shift

Nanotechnology in Civil Infrastructure: A Paradigm Shift




From the Back Cover Nanotechnology in Civil Infrastructure is a state-of-the art reference source describing the latest d...
OECD Territorial Reviews: NORA Region 2011. The Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland and Coastal Norway

OECD Territorial Reviews: NORA Region 2011. The Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland and Coastal Norway


Oecd



OECD Territorial Reviews: NORA Region 2011. The Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland and Coastal Norway...
The Peasant Family and Rural Development in Yangzi Delta, 1350-1988

The Peasant Family and Rural Development in Yangzi Delta, 1350-1988


Philip Huang



The Peasant Family and Rural Development in Yangzi Delta, 1350-1988...
Against the Tide: The Battle for America's Beaches

Against the Tide: The Battle for America's Beaches


Cornelia Dean



Amazon.com Review Castles built on sand are doomed, they say. But in our hunger for an ocean view from the living-room w...
Asia on Tour: Exploring the rise of Asian tourism

Asia on Tour: Exploring the rise of Asian tourism


Peggy Teo, T.C. Chang, Tim Winter



Review 'Asia on Tour is a valuable addition to the slowly growing discourse on non-Western tourist behaviour. It does so by...
Gated Communities: Social Sustainability in Contemporary and Historical Gated Developments

Gated Communities: Social Sustainability in Contemporary and Historical Gated Developments


Ola Uduku, Samer Bagaeen



Review 'An excellent comparative study and much needed synthesis.' Anna Minton, writer and journalist, author of Ground ...
Model city blues: urban space and organized resistance in New Haven

Model city blues: urban space and organized resistance in New Haven


Mandi Isaacs Jackson



Review "Model City Blues breaks new ground reassessing New Haven politically through the lens of ethnographic and histori...
Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Making Local Strategies Work: Building the Evidence Base

Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Making Local Strategies Work: Building the Evidence Base




Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Making Local Strategies Work: Building the Evidence Base...
The Creation of Modern Athens: Planning the Myth

The Creation of Modern Athens: Planning the Myth


Eleni Bastéa



Review "...a beautifully made book..." Journal of Modern Greek Studies Book Description The Creation of Modern ...
Groundwater and Subsurface Environments: Human Impacts in Asian Coastal Cities

Groundwater and Subsurface Environments: Human Impacts in Asian Coastal Cities


Makoto Taniguchi



Groundwater and Subsurface Environments: Human Impacts in Asian Coastal Cities...
Geoinformatik in Theorie und Praxis, 2. Auflage

Geoinformatik in Theorie und Praxis, 2. Auflage


Norbert De Lange



Review Aus den Rezensionen zur 2. Auflage: "… De Lange … erklärt in knapper Weise den Zusammenh...
Transformation Of Cities In Central And Eastern Europe: Towards Globalization

Transformation Of Cities In Central And Eastern Europe: Towards Globalization


F. E. Ian Hamilton



Transformation Of Cities In Central And Eastern Europe: Towards Globalization...
Geographic information science and public participation

Geographic information science and public participation


Ramasubramanian L.



From the Back Cover This book argues that many positive planning and policy outcomes can result when GIS experts and comm...
Spatial Planning and Urban Development:: Critical Perspectives (Urban and Landscape Perspectives)

Spatial Planning and Urban Development:: Critical Perspectives (Urban and Landscape Perspectives)


Davide Ponzini, Pier Carlo Palermo



From the Back Cover Urban planning is a complex field of knowledge and practice. Through the decades, theoretical debate ...
Urban Structure Matters (The Rtpi Library Series)

Urban Structure Matters (The Rtpi Library Series)


Petter Naess



Urban Structure Matters (The Rtpi Library Series)...
The Geography Of Opportunity: Race And Housing Choice In Metropolitan America (James A. Johnson Metro Series)

The Geography Of Opportunity: Race And Housing Choice In Metropolitan America (James A. Johnson Metro Series)


William Ju Wilson Xavier De Souza Briggs



Review "An indespensable, comprehensive guide for changing the 'rules of the game' in American housing markets." --David ...
City Museums and City Development

City Museums and City Development


Robert R. Macdonald



Review Cities need museums as people need memories: not as a repository of their past, but as a token of their identity a...
The Beginner's Guide to Nation-Building

The Beginner's Guide to Nation-Building


James Dobbins



Review This new book produced by the RAND Corporation is a remarkable success. You have to read 'The Beginner's Guide to ...
Building Safer Cities: The Future of Disaster Risk (Disaster Risk Management, 3)

Building Safer Cities: The Future of Disaster Risk (Disaster Risk Management, 3)


Margaret Arnold, Alcira Kreimer, Anne Carlin



Building Safer Cities: The Future of Disaster Risk (Disaster Risk Management, 3)...
Urban-Rural Interactions: Towns as Focus Points in Rural Development (Contributions to Economics)

Urban-Rural Interactions: Towns as Focus Points in Rural Development (Contributions to Economics)


Eveline Van Leeuwen



Review From the reviews: “Two main approaches to town development have been adopted in the literature. … I...
Sovereign City: The City-State Ancient and Modern (Reaktion Books - Globalities)

Sovereign City: The City-State Ancient and Modern (Reaktion Books - Globalities)


Geoffrey Parker



About the Author Geoffrey Parker is the Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Political Geography and Geopolitics at the Uni...
Manufacturing Suburbs: Building Work and Home on the Metropolitan Fringe (Critical Perspectives on the Past)

Manufacturing Suburbs: Building Work and Home on the Metropolitan Fringe (Critical Perspectives on the Past)


Robert Lewis



Review "The objectives of this collection of theoretically inclined and empirically defended essays by well-respected sch...
Managing Weather and Climate Risks in Agriculture

Managing Weather and Climate Risks in Agriculture


Editors, Mannava V.K. Sivakumar, Raymond P. Motha



Managing Weather and Climate Risks in Agriculture...
Competitiveness and Growth in Brazilian Cities: Local Policies and Actions for Innovation (Directions in Development)

Competitiveness and Growth in Brazilian Cities: Local Policies and Actions for Innovation (Directions in Development)


Ming Zhang



Competitiveness and Growth in Brazilian Cities: Local Policies and Actions for Innovation (Directions in Development)...
Urban Sustainablity Through Environmental Design

Urban Sustainablity Through Environmental Design


Kevin Thwaites



About the Author Sergio Porta is assistant professor in urban planning and design at the Department of Architecture and Pla...
Redefining Urban And Suburban America: Evidence From Census 2000 (Redefining Urban and Suburban America)

Redefining Urban And Suburban America: Evidence From Census 2000 (Redefining Urban and Suburban America)


Bruce Katz, Robert E. Lang



About the Author Alan Berube is a fellow with the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution. Bruce Katz is...
Empowering Metropolitan Regions Through New Forms of Cooperation (Euricur Series)

Empowering Metropolitan Regions Through New Forms of Cooperation (Euricur Series)


Alexander Otgaar, Carolien Speller, Jan Van Der Meer, Leo Van Den Berg



About the Author Alexander Otgaar is senior researcher at the unit Regional, Port and Transport Economics, which is part ...
World in Transition: Ways Towards Global Environmental Solutions

World in Transition: Ways Towards Global Environmental Solutions


German Advisory Council On Global Change



Review "...compulsory reading for everyone who, either professionally or form a purely intellectual interest, seeks infor...
Cross-border Governance and Sustainable Spatial Development: Mind the Gaps! (Central and Eastern European Development Studies (CEEDES))

Cross-border Governance and Sustainable Spatial Development: Mind the Gaps! (Central and Eastern European Development Studies (CEEDES))




Cross-border Governance and Sustainable Spatial Development: Mind the Gaps! (Central and Eastern European Development Studies (CEEDES))...
Developments in Spatial Data Handling: 11th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling

Developments in Spatial Data Handling: 11th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling


Peter F. Fisher



Developments in Spatial Data Handling: 11th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling...
Geographic Information Systems in Transportation Research

Geographic Information Systems in Transportation Research


J. C. Thill



Review A. Stewart Fotheringham...very timely....one cannot help but be impressed with both the breadth and the quality of...
The Modeling Process in Geography (Geographical Information Systems)

The Modeling Process in Geography (Geographical Information Systems)


Yves Guermond



The Modeling Process in Geography (Geographical Information Systems)...
Invented Edens: Techno-Cities of the Twentieth Century (Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation)

Invented Edens: Techno-Cities of the Twentieth Century (Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation)


Arthur P. Molella, Robert H. Kargon



Review "Invented Edens offers a profoundly original perspective on the interaction between technology and ...
Wild Urban Woodlands: New Perspectives for Urban Forestry

Wild Urban Woodlands: New Perspectives for Urban Forestry


Ingo Kowarik, Stefan Kã¶Rner



Review From the reviews: "This book is about the ‘new wilderness’ arising on abandoned urban-industrial are...
MetroGreen: Connecting Open Space in North American Cities

MetroGreen: Connecting Open Space in North American Cities


Donna Erickson



Review "Throughout the book, I was impressed with Erickson''s attention to defining jargon so that the material is easily...
Property Asset Management

Property Asset Management


D. Scarrett



Review ...covering a great deal of ground...abundance of information in and easily readable and usable form. On putting t...
The Evolving Arab City: Tradition, Modernity & Urban Development (Planning, History and Environment)

The Evolving Arab City: Tradition, Modernity & Urban Development (Planning, History and Environment)


Yasser Elshesht



Review "The Evolving Arab City is an excellent addition to the existing literature on Arab cities. It is an engaging read a...