Electronic Books

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Neighbourhoods in Transition : Brownfield Regeneration in European Metropolitan Areas

This book is focused on the intersection between urban brownfields and the sustainability transitions of metreopolitan areas, ...

New Metropolitan Perspectives Knowledge Dynamics, Innovation-driven Policies Towards the Territories’ Attractiveness Volume 1

This book presents the outcomes of the symposium “NEW METROPOLITAN PERSPECTIVES,” held at Mediterranea University, ...

Ontologies for Urban Development

Action C21 of the European programme for Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST—http://www.cost.esf.org/) ...

Planning Abu Dhabi : An Urban History / Alamira Reem Bani Hashim

Alamira Reem, a native Abu Dhabian and urban planner and researcher who has studied the emirate’s development for more ...

Railway Development

This book addresses the role of railways in urban development. The central aim is to inquire into how especially the development ...

Regeneration of the Built Environment from a Circular Economy Perspective

This book explores the strategic importance and advantages of adopting multidisciplinary and multiscalar approaches of inquiry ...

Regenerative Territories : Dimensions of Circularity for Healthy Metabolisms

This book provides new perspectives on circular economy and space, explored towards the definition of regenerative territories ...

Restructing Eastern Germany

This yearbook of urban and regional studies provides English language papers on spatial development research on Germany and ...

Retrofitting Cities for Tomorrow's World / Malcolm Eames, Tim Dixon, Miriam Hunt, Simon Lannon

A groundbreaking exploration of the most promising new ideas for creating the sustainable cities of tomorrow. Reviews the ...

SUPERSUIT : Poetic Interventions in Urban Spaces / Daniel Aschwanden, Michael Wallraff

The increasing accumulation of people in historyless living machines, the challenges posed by migration and a lack of space ...

Sustainable City Regions: Space, Place and Governance

This book records observations of 12 dynamically changing regional cities in Asia, Europe and the United States. The form ...

Sustainable Construction in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution / Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke, Clinton Aigbavboa, Seyi S. Stephen, Wellington Didibhuku Thwala

Provides readers with an understanding of various concepts, benefits, and practices that the adoption of Fourth Industrial ...

Sustainable Nation: Urban Design Patterns for the Future / Douglas Farr

Embraces the idea that the humanitarian, population, and climate crises are three facets of one interrelated human existential ...

Sustainable Urban Logistics: Planning and Evaluation / Jesus Gonzalez-Feliu

Begins with an overview of research in urban logistics and then describes and defines the main components: flows, actors, ...

Sustainable Urban Planning : Vibrant Neighbourhoods - Smart Cities - Resilience / Helmut Bott, Stephan Anders, Gregor Grassl

It addresses the fundamental challenges of urban planning today and offers planners essential knowledge, implementation strategies ...

The Forest and the City

From providers of livelihoods to healthy recreational environments, and from places of inspiration and learning to a source ...

The Post-Socialist City

This book focuses on the spatial transformations in the most dynamically evolving urban areas of post-socialist Central and ...

The Urban Mosaic of Post-Socialist Europe

The book explores urban dynamics in post-socialist Europe 15 years after the fall of communism. The ‘urban mosaic’ metaphor ...

Transport and Town Planning: The City in Search of Sustainable Development / Jean Laterrasse

explores the possibilities of cities that are both more energy efficient and more respectful of the environment. Based on ...

Urban Modernity in the Contemporary Gulf : Obsolescence and Opportunities / Roberto Fabbri, Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Offers a timely and engaging discussion on architectural production in the modernization era in the Arabian Peninsula. Focusing ...

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