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Handbook of Emerging 21st-Century Cities
Edited by Kris Bezdecny, Kevin Archer
‘This superb Handbook revolves around what the meaning of the term “city” might be in the 21st century. In this urban century, this is indeed the pre-eminent question and this book incisively dissects the multiplicity of processes that a...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Global City Makers
Edited by Michael Hoyler, Christof Parnreiter, Allan Watson
‘Global City Makers offers an insightful, engaging and much-needed contribution to our understanding of the role of agency in shaping global city networks.’ – Charlotte Hoole, Built EnvironmenteBook:Find out more$40.00
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Making Hong Kong
Pui-yin Ho
‘As this book makes clear, Hong Kong has successfully thrived against all odds to develop into a world city of fame and substance. Town planning certainly has its role and major political turning points have been capitalised on to the ci...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Varieties of Capital Cities
David Kaufmann
‘Varieties of Capital Cities provides a thorough and sweeping assessment of the ways four leading capital cities struggle to control their economic destinies through public locational policies. In a trenchant analysis of the economic, go...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Knowledge, Policymaking and Learning for European Cities and Regions
Edited by Nicola F. Dotti
‘At a time of major transformation in the relationship between research and policy, this is a timely and thought-provoking volume. The creation of knowledge, and its application to the design and implementation of policy, have new analyt...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Cities and Sustainable Technology Transitions
Edited by Marina van Geenhuizen, J. Adam Holbrook, Mozhdeh Taheri
This enlightening book elucidates the leadership challenges of various cities in emerging transitions towards higher levels of sustainability. It examines elements of three socio-technical systems, energy, transport and healthcare, while...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Research Agenda for Cities
Edited by John R. Short
‘Where are we now – and where are we going in research on cities? What are the pressing issues and how should we approach and understand them? This book is lively, challenging and offers novel points of theoretical and empirical departur...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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How Great Cities Happen
John Stanley, Janet Stanley, Roslynne Hansen
‘This fine volume on cities draws from the considerable stock of wisdom accumulated over many years by its three authors, all of whom have leading international reputations and experience in the fields of city planning and management. It...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Governing Compact Cities
Philipp Rode
‘Governing Compact Cities is a prime example of what could be called the new Urban Studies: not beholden to disciplinary and professional silos, but working across them; less focused on one particular city or problem, but comparative in ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Megaregions
Edited by John Harrison, Michael Hoyler
‘Megaregions presents an excellent collection of spatial-imaginary cameos drawn from the US and beyond, together with theoretically searching and provocative commentary from its editors. [The book] provides a series of thought-provoking ...eBook:Find out more$35.20
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Housing Wealth and Welfare
Edited by Caroline Dewilde, Richard Ronald
‘Housing Wealth and Welfare makes a timely and important contribution to our understanding of home ownership’s role in shaping contemporary welfare states.’ – Gavin Wood, RMIT University, AustraliaeBook:Find out more$40.00
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Sustainable Innovation and Regional Development
Edited by Leïla Kebir, Olivier Crevoisier, Pedro Costa, Véronique Peyrache-Gadeau
‘This book is a compendium of interesting case studies on sustainable innovation that represent a new approach to business behavior. This approach incorporates cultural, political, and ethical values, and shared responsibility of the eco...eBook:Find out more$40.00
