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Cover City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis
City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Editors: Francisco J. Carrillo and Cathy Garner
Exploring the ways that contemporary urban life takes the Holocene for granted, this multidisciplinary book warns that anthropogenic environmental impacts are on course to challenge the viability of most human settlements. It highlights how, despite increased warnings, most cities appear to be in denial of the potential impending catastrophes and remain ill-prepared to handle major disruptions.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
19 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800883666
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Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
Cover Knowledge For The Anthropocene
Knowledge For The Anthropocene
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Editors: Francisco J. Carrillo and Günter Koch
With human-induced environmental impacts disrupting human life in deeper ways and at a wider scale than anything previously experienced, this multidisciplinary book looks at the ways that current knowledge bases seem inadequate to help us deal with such realities. It offers a critical appraisal of the current knowledge infrastructure, including science, technology, innovation, education and informal knowledge systems.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
09 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800884298
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Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
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Planned Urban Development
Learning from Town Expansion Schemes in the UK and Europe
Chris Couch
Using case studies from the UK and Europe, Chris Couch examines the nature and achievements of the expanded towns programmes that emerged in the mid-20th century to accommodate population growth and overspill from densely populated urban areas. Thought-provoking insights into lessons to be learnt are provided, alongside arguments for further planned expansion of smaller towns today.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
14 Sep 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788976916
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Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
Cover Trophy Cities
Trophy Cities
A feminist perspective on new capitals
Dorina Pojani
Offering a fresh perspective, this timely book analyzes the socio-cultural and physical production of planned capital cities through the theoretical lens of feminism. Dorina Pojani evaluates the historical, spatial and symbolic manifestations of new capital cities, as well as the everyday experiences of those living there, to shed light on planning processes, outcomes and contemporary planning issues.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
07 Sep 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839100444
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Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
Cover Research Handbook on International Law and Cities
Research Handbook on International Law and Cities
Editors: Helmut Philipp Aust and Janne E. Nijman
This groundbreaking Research Handbook provides a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the impact of international law on cities. It sheds light on the growing global role of cities and makes the case for a renewed understanding of international law in the light of the urban turn.
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Handbook
Publication Date:
27 Aug 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788973281
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Law 2021
Cover Ordinary Cities, Extraordinary Geographies
Ordinary Cities, Extraordinary Geographies
People, Place and Space
Editors: John R. Bryson, Ronald V. Kalafsky, and Vida Vanchan
This insightful book explores smaller towns and cities, places in which the majority of people live, highlighting that these more ordinary places have extraordinary geographies. It focuses on the development of an alternative approach to urban studies and theory that foregrounds smaller cities and towns rather than much larger cities and conurbations.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
17 Aug 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789908022
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Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
Cover A Modern Guide to the Urban Sharing Economy
A Modern Guide to the Urban Sharing Economy
Editors: Thomas Sigler and Jonathan Corcoran
Providing a comprehensive overview of the urban sharing economy, this Modern Guide takes a forward-looking perspective on how sharing goods and services may facilitate future sustainability of consumption and production. It highlights recent developments and issues, with cutting-edge discussions from leading international scholars in business, engineering, environmental management, geography, law, planning, sociology and transport studies.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
10 Aug 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789909562
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Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
Cover Handbook of Cities and Networks
Handbook of Cities and Networks
Editors: Zachary P. Neal and Céline Rozenblat
This Handbook of Cities and Networks provides a cutting-edge overview of research on how economic, social and transportation networks affect processes both in and between cities. Exploring the ways in which cities connect and intertwine, it offers a varied set of collaborations, highlighting different theoretical, historical and methodological perspectives.
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Handbook
Publication Date:
20 Jul 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788114714
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Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
Cover Predatory Urbanism
Predatory Urbanism
The Metabolism of Megaprojects in Asia
Agatino Rizzo and Anindita Mandal
Addressing the complex interrelationships between city making and the resources needed for its production, Predatory Urbanism explores the link between urbanization and resources in the global South. It particularly focuses on urban megaprojects, highlighting these planned developments and re-developments carried out by the state or state-linked agencies.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
15 Jun 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800881075
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Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
Cover Urban Planning, Management and Governance in Emerging Economies
Urban Planning, Management and Governance in Emerging Economies
Paradigm Shifts
Editors: Jan Fransen, Meine P. van Dijk, and Jurian Edelenbos
Exploring how urban professionals plan, manage and govern cities in emerging economies, this insightful book studies the actions and instruments they employ. It highlights how the paradigms of interventions and approaches to urban management are shifting, indicating that urban governance is becoming increasingly important in dealing with wicked issues, like climate change and social and economic inequalities in cities.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
11 Jun 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800883840
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Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021