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Elgar Encyclopedia in Urban and Regional Planning and Design
Edited by Kristof Van Assche, Raoul Beunen, Martijn Duineveld
This ground-breaking Encyclopedia provides a nuanced overview of the key concepts of urban and regional planning and design. Embracing a broad understanding of planning and design within and beyond the professions, it examines what plann... -
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Handbook on China’s Urban Environmental Governance
Edited by Fangzhu Zhang, Fulong Wu
This Handbook addresses how Chinese cities govern environmental changes generated by fast economic growth and urbanisation. With in-depth case studies on governing waste management, climate change, and energy transition, it will illumina... -
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The Urban Now
John R. Short
Drawing upon over a quarter of a century’s worth of research, The Urban Now illuminates our present urban condition. John Rennie Short captures the main features of this moment of urban significance, investigating the city as a crucial a... -
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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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Understanding Personal Mobilities
Aharon Kellerman
In this thought-provoking book, Aharon Kellerman presents a wide-ranging understanding of personal mobilities; the mobilities which individuals initiate, direct, and operate physically and virtually and which constitute an expression of ... -
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Research Handbook on City and Municipal Finance
Edited by Craig L. Johnson, Tima M. Moldogaziev, Justin M. Ross
This timely Handbook explores the handling of city and municipal finances in the 21st century. It examines the impact of the Great Recession and Covid-19 pandemic on cities and municipalities, highlighting strengths, weaknesses, and aven... -
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Nature-Based Solutions for Cities
Edited by Timon McPhearson, Nadja Kabisch, Niki Frantzeskaki
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. Nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly being adopted to address climate change, healt... -
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A Research Agenda for Sustainable Cities and Communities
Edited by Kes McCormick, James Evans, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, Niki Frantzeskaki
Global in its outlook, this Research Agenda systematically reviews and critiques existing research on sustainable cities, calling for greater engagement with a diversity of perspectives. It interrogates foundational assumptions in the fi... -
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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... -
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A Research Agenda for Gentrification
Edited by Winifred Curran, Leslie Kern
Offering a new theoretical framework for understanding gentrification and displacement, this timely Research Agenda focuses on resistance as the central research area in this subject field. Arguing that the future of gentrification resea... -
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Handbook on City Logistics and Urban Freight
Edited by Edoardo Marcucci, Valerio Gatta, Michela Le Pira
Providing an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of city logistics and urban freight research, this Handbook offers multidisciplinary insights on the key theories, themes and pressing issues common to urban and metropolitan landscapes. -
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Handbook on Planning and Power
Edited by Michael Gunder, Kristina Grange, Tanja Winkler
Drawing on research from diverse thinkers in urban planning and the built environment, this Handbook articulates the cutting edge of contemporary understandings about power and its impact on planning. It identifies the current state of k...eBook:Find out more$65.00