Sustainable Development Goals
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Handbook on Smart Growth
Edited by Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Rebecca Lewis, Arnab Chakraborty, Katy June-Friesen
This timely Research Handbook examines the evolution of smart growth over the past three decades, mapping the trajectory from its original principles to its position as an important paradigm in urban planning today. Critically analysing ...eBook:Find out more$52.00
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Hot Cities
Wendy Steele, John Handmer, Ian McShane
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. Shedding light on the future of urban spaces, this path-breaking book is a significant contr...eBook:Find out more$32.76
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Handbook on Urban Social Policies
Edited by Yuri Kazepov, Eduardo Barberis, Roberta Cucca, Elisabetta Mocca
The importance of subnational welfare measures, and their complex embeddedness in wider multilevel governance systems, has often been underplayed in both urban studies and social policy analysis. This Handbook gives readers the analytica...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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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$41.56
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Advanced Introduction to International Water Law
Owen McIntyre
This Advanced Introduction to International Water Law provides an overview of the key international rules, principles and institutions involved in the use and protection of shared international freshwater resources.eBook:Find out more$27.40
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Handbook on Participatory Action Research and Community Development
Edited by Randy Stoecker , Adrienne Falcón
This Handbook is a critical resource for carefully considering the possibilities and challenges of strategically integrating participatory action research (PAR) and community development (CD). Utilizing practical examples from diverse co...eBook:Find out more$56.00
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Rethinking Global Value Chains and Corporate Social Responsibility
Peter Lund-Thomsen
This innovative book sets out to rethink corporate social responsibility (CSR) in global value chains.eBook:Find out more$27.16
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Welfare States in the 21st Century
Ian Greener
On the 80th anniversary of Beveridge’s report on the ‘Five Giants’ confronting societal progress in the 1940s, this innovative book examines the ‘New Giants’ confronting us today: inequality, preventable mortality, the crisis of democrac...eBook:Find out more$27.16
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Handbook on the Business of Sustainability
Edited by Gerard George, Martine R. Haas, Havovi Joshi, Anita M. McGahan, Paul Tracey
This ground-breaking Handbook uniquely focuses on the business of sustainability, offering a fresh insight and practical solutions to the challenges that businesses face in making human activity sustainable. It is organized into four dis...eBook:Find out more$56.00
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Teaching Social Work
Neil Thompson
There are particular challenges involved in teaching social work. As with other professional disciplines, it is not simply a matter of passing on the key elements of the knowledge base; there is also the need to equip students to be able...eBook:Find out more$37.60
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Urban Violence, Resilience and Security
Edited by Michael R. Glass, Taylor B. Seybolt, Phil Williams
Written in a comprehensive yet accessible style, Urban Violence, Resilience and Security investigates the diverse nature of urban violence within Latin America, Asia and Africa. It further analyzes how regular and irregular governing mec...eBook:Find out more$33.56
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Public Private Collaborations for Long Term Investments
Veronica Vecchi, Francesca Casalini, Niccolò Cusumano
This book offers a unique framework to understand how public institutions and private investors can collaborate to sustain long term investments (LTIs), with a specific focus on public-private partnership for infrastructure, blended fina...eBook:Find out more$27.16