Urban and Regional Studies
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Trophy Cities
Dorina Pojani
‘Pojani provides a highly original critique of planned capital cities through her use of a feminist perspective. She points to both the colonial inheritance that perseveres in post-colonial nations, even as the new capitals are intended ... -
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Planned Urban Development
Chris Couch
‘Chris Couch provides a detailed overview of the modern history of urban extension schemes in Britain. Discussions of broader trends are combined with in-depth chapters on individual localities, including international comparative case s... -
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Regional Politics and State Secession
Elizabeth A. Nelson
While a number of movements seek state secession, the majority never achieves internationally recognized statehood. Paradoxically, some movements that have succeeded have had weaker claims to statehood than many movements that have faile... -
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A Research Agenda for Heritage Planning
Edited by Eva Stegmeijer, Loes Veldpaus
This insightful Research Agenda examines the multidimensional relationship between heritage planning and pressing current societal challenges around climate, identity and development. Mapping future avenues for the field, it suggests new... -
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A Modern Guide to the Digitization of Infrastructure
Edited by Juan Montero, Matthias Finger
‘Infrastructure is not designed for the digital age. Digitalization enables infrastructure managers to dramatically create more value from infrastructure in novel ways. This book covers aspects ranging from technology to markets to get t... -
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Benchmarking and Regulation in Transport
Edited by Chris Nash, Ginevra Bruzzone
‘Benchmarking has become an important tool for sectors such as transport where there is limited direct competition. It aids both regulators and the operators themselves to identify best practice and enhance performance. This valuable vol... -
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Handbook on Cities and Complexity
Edited by Juval Portugali
‘This is a fascinating collection of discussions by leading authors, ranging from philosophical perspectives, to conceptual frameworks and mathematical models across many disciplines. A unifying theme is the role of human cognition and d... -
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Marketing Countries, Places, and Place-associated Brands
Edited by Nicolas Papadopoulos, Mark Cleveland
‘For too long the fields of place marketing and branding on the one hand, and country of origin and country image on the other, have evolved in parallel, with minimal integration between these two highly related fields. This timely book ... -
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Ordinary Cities, Extraordinary Geographies
Edited by John R. Bryson, Ronald V. Kalafsky, Vida Vanchan
‘Ordinary Cities, Extraordinary Geographies is a call for a more inclusive research agenda centering overlooked places often perceived as less important because they are not exceptionally large, or wealthy, or confronted by exceptional c... -
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A Modern Guide to the Urban Sharing Economy
Edited by Thomas Sigler, Jonathan Corcoran
‘Spanning multiple disciplines and continents, A Modern Guide to the Urban Sharing Economy documents how sharing platforms transform mobility, space and our relationship with things. How platforms are regulated will determine whether “sh... -
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Living with Pandemics
Edited by John R. Bryson, Lauren Andres, Aksel Ersoy, Louise Reardon
‘This book captures a very specific moment in our current lives: the rise of a formidable pandemic, one more aggressive and more global than prior pandemics. It has already killed more people than have some of our major wars. The authors... -
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Research Handbook on International Law and Cities
Edited by Helmut P. Aust, Janne E. Nijman, Miha Marcenko
‘Walter Benjamin – foremost among writers on cities – once observed (to paraphrase) that crafting a good piece of writing entails making, at once, a musical composition, an architectural construction, and a woven textile. The Research Ha...
