Urban and Regional Studies
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Urban Climate Resilience
Edited by Angela van der Berg, Jonathan Verschuuren
This significant book addresses the most important legal issues that cities face when attempting to adapt to the changing climate. This includes how to become more resilient against the impacts of climate change such as sea level rise, i...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Modern Guide to Tourism Economics
Edited by Robertico Croes, Yang Yang
This Modern Guide captures the evolution of foundational tenets, theories, frameworks and models that buttressed tourism economics into an evolving discipline, shining light on both new and old approaches. It systematically examines curr...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Role of Cities in International Relations
Agnieszka Szpak, Robert Gawłowski, Joanna Modrzyńska, Paweł Modrzyński, Michał Dahl
Concerns about the position and function of nation-states in the international arena have led to a growing interest in the role of cities in international relations. This timely book advances the argument that cities are becoming active ... -
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Imagining Pathways for Global Cooperation
Edited by Katja Freistein, Bettina Mahlert, Sigrid Quack, Christine Unrau
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-SA 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This book examines the role of imagination in initiating, contesting, and changing the pathways... -
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Teaching Urban and Regional Planning
Edited by Andrea I. Frank, Artur da Rosa Pires
This innovative book makes the case for training future planners in new and creative ways as coordinators, enablers and facilitators. An international range of teaching case studies offer distinctive ideas for the future of planning educ...eBook:Find out more$36.00
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Property Rights and Urban Transformation in China
Zhu Qian
Addressing fundamental questions surrounding the critical changes affecting China’s urban landscape, social organization and community governance, Property Rights and Urban Transformation in China thoroughly reviews the reform of propert...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook of Megacities and Megacity-Regions
Edited by Danielle Labbé, André Sorensen
Exploring the importance of megacities and megacity-regions as one of the defining features of the 21st century, this Handbook provides a clear and comprehensive overview of current thinking and debates from leading scholars in the field...eBook:Find out more$48.00
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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$65.00
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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$65.00
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Social Policy in Changing European Societies
Edited by Kenneth Nelson, Rense Nieuwenhuis, Mara A. Yerkes
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach this book provides a cutting-edge, in-depth account of social policy research today, how we got here, and where...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook of Sustainable Transport
Edited by Carey Curtis
Exploring the need for a sustainable transport paradigm, which has been sought after by local and national authorities internationally over the last 30 years, this illuminating and timely Handbook offers insights into how this can be sec...eBook:Find out more$56.00
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Handbook of Real Estate and Macroeconomics
Edited by Charles K.Y. Leung
This Handbook collects a set of academic and accessible chapters to address three questions: What should real estate economists know about macroeconomics? What should macroeconomists know about real estate? What should readers know about...eBook:Find out more$65.00