Urban Studies
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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 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
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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.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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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
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Cultural Policy Beyond the Economy
Deborah Stevenson
This unique and insightful book provides a comprehensive examination of contemporary cultural policy and its discourses, influences, and consequences. It examines the factors that have led to a narrowing of cultural policy and suggests n...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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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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Rethinking Public Space
Ali Madanipour
Taking a critical perspective, this book rethinks public space in the context of contemporary global health and economic crises, as well as technological, political and cultural change. In order to do so, Ali Madanipour brings together t...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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How Great Cities Happen
John Stanley, Janet Stanley, Roslynne Hansen
Urban planners in developed countries are increasingly recognizing the need for closer integration of land use and transport. However, this updated second edition of How Great Cities Happen explains how crises like climate change and the...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Rethinking Smart Cities
Zaheer Allam, Yusra Raisah Takun
This innovative book explores the foundations of the smart city and, through a critique of its challenges and concerns, showcases how to redefine the concept for increased sustainability, liveability and resilience in urban areas. It und...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Research Agenda for Small and Medium-Sized Towns
Edited by Heike Mayer, Michela Lazzeroni
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. Exploring current debates on the topic, this book maps out an agenda for theory, research an...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Constructing Narratives for City Governance
Edited by Alistair Cole, Aisling Healy, Christelle Morel Journel
Bringing together transnational perspectives on urban narration, this innovative book analyses how a combination of tales, images and discourses are used to brand, market and (re-)make cities, focusing on the actors behind this and the c...eBook:Find out more$40.00