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The Impact of COVID on Cities and Regions
Edited by Peter K. Kresl, Mattia Bertin
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has arguably caused some of the most noticeable and influential societal and economic changes since World War Two. This path-breaking book investigates these changes and the subsequent responses of urban poli... -
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Resilience and Regional Development
Edited by Gabriela C. Pascariu, Ramona Ţigănaşu, Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp
Interdisciplinary in its approach, with expert contributors from diverse backgrounds, Resilience and Regional Development brings to light the significance of multiple dimensions of resilience and its implications for the economy. -
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How Great Cities Happen
John Stanley, Janet Stanley, Roslynne Hansen
Urban planners in developed countries are increasingly recognizing the need for closer integration of land use and transport. However, this updated second edition of How Great Cities Happen explains how crises like climate change and the...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Research Agenda for Small and Medium-Sized Towns
Edited by Heike Mayer, Michela Lazzeroni
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Exploring current debates on the topic, this book maps out an agenda for theory, research an...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Rethinking Smart Cities
Zaheer Allam, Yusra Raisah Takun
This innovative book explores the foundations of the smart city and, through a critique of its challenges and concerns, showcases how to redefine the concept for increased sustainability, liveability and resilience in urban areas. It und...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Research Agenda for Real Estate
Edited by Piyush Tiwari, Julie T. Miao
Offering fresh insights into the key emerging issues in the field, including the changing socio-economic contexts brought about by the rise of the millennial generation and the creative class, the Covid-19 pandemic, and a greater emphasi...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Public Policy in Contentious Times
Peter K. Kresl
US society today is widely seen as being split into constituencies which have sequestered themselves in two or more silos, with policy discussion between them having become impossible. The treatise of this book is that denizens of the Un...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Benchmarking and Regulation in Transport
Edited by Chris Nash, Ginevra Bruzzone
This insightful book provides readers with an in-depth discussion of the use of benchmarking in regulation in the European transport sector. It argues that benchmarking is invaluable to regulators, particularly in the transport sector wh...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Ordinary Cities, Extraordinary Geographies
Edited by John R. Bryson, Ronald V. Kalafsky, Vida Vanchan
This insightful book explores smaller towns and cities, places in which the majority of people live, highlighting that these more ordinary places have extraordinary geographies. It focuses on the development of an alternative approach to...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Transport in Human Scale Cities
Edited by Miloš N. Mladenović, Tuuli Toivonen, Elias Willberg, Karst T. Geurs
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This timely book calls for a paradigm shift in urban transport, which remains one of the cri... -
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The City and Quality of Life
Peter K. Kresl
This unique and insightful work examines the importance of ‘quality of life’ for the city which has become a key component of urban competitiveness over the past 30 years. It argues that having a high or low ‘quality of life’ will have i...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Cities and Regions in Crisis
Martin Jones
Offering a geographical political economy analysis, this book explores the mechanisms, institutions, and spaces of subnational economic development. Martin Jones innovatively examines how policy-makers frame problems and offer interventi...eBook:Find out more$38.36