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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...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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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...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Crisis of Democracy in the Age of Cities
Edited by Juval Portugali
Providing a succinct overview of historical, present and future perspectives of cities and urbanism, this discerning book examines how the 21st century, regarded as the age of cities, is associated with the current crisis of democracy.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook on Cities and Complexity
Edited by Juval Portugali
Written by some of the founders of complexity theory and complexity theories of cities (CTC), this Handbook expertly guides the reader through over forty years of intertwined developments: the emergence of general theories of complex sel...eBook:Find out more$52.76
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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...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Resilience and Regional Development
Edited by Gabriela C. Pascariu, Ramona Ţigănaşu, Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp
Interdisciplinary in its approach, with expert contributors from diverse backgrounds, Resilience and Regional Development brings to light the significance of multiple dimensions of resilience and its implications for the economy.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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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...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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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 ...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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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$52.76
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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