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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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Nature-Based Solutions for Cities
Edited by Timon McPhearson, Nadja Kabisch, Niki Frantzeskaki
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly being adopted to address climate change, health, and urban sustainability, yet ensuring they are effective and inclusive remains a challenge. Addressing these challenges through chapters by l... -
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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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Resilience and Regional Development
Edited by Gabriela C. Pescariu, Romana Tigănaşu, Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp
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Handbook on Transport and Land Use
Edited by João de Abreu e Silva, Kristina M. Currans, Veronique Van Acker, Robert J. Schneider
Synthesizing current understandings on the relationship between transport and land use, this timely Handbook proposes an agenda for research and practice that leads toward more human-centered communities within an increasingly urbanized ... -
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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 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... -
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Discourse Analysis in Transport and Urban Development
Edited by Robin Hickman, Christine Hannigan
Drawing on discourse analysis as an emerging field in transport and urban development, this innovative book takes a novel approach to examining the different interpretations, diversity of views and controversy in society. -
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Handbook on City and Regional Leadership
Edited by Markku Sotarauta, Andrew Beer
In this timely Handbook, people emerge at the centre of city and regional development debates from the perspective of leadership. It explores individuals and communities, not only as units that underpin aggregate measures or elements wit...eBook:Find out more$50.40
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Concise Encyclopedia of Human Geography
Edited by Loretta Lees, David Demeritt
With 78 specially commissioned entries written by a diverse range of contributors, this essential reference book covers the breadth and depth of human geography to provide a lively and accessible state of the art of the discipline for st...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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New Perspectives on Urban Deathscapes
Edited by Danielle House, Mariske Westendorp, Avril Maddrell
Establishing a new set of international perspectives on experiences of death, disposition and remembrance in urban environments, this book brings deathscapes – material, embodied and emotional places associated with dying and death – to ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
