Heterotopia and the City

Public Space in a Postcivil Society

Edited by Michiel Dehaene, Lieven De Cauter

Heterotopia, literally meaning ‘other place’, is a rich concept in urban design that describes a space that is on the margins of ordered or civil...

May 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-42288-8 (Routledge)

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Hazards and the Built Environment

Attaining Built-in Resilience

Edited by Lee Bosher

To withstand, and adapt to, the threats of natural and human-induced disasters the built environment and urban infrastructure need an effective measure of resilience. Construction...

May 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42730-2 (Taylor & Francis)

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Restructuring, Regeneration and Dislocation in the 21st Century Metropolis

By Thomas A. Hutton

Following the restructuring process which swept away the traditional manufacturing economy of the inner city twenty-five years ago, new industries are transforming these former postindustrial...

March 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77134-4 (Routledge)

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Introduction to Rural Planning

By Nick Gallent, Meri Juntti, Sue Kidd, Dave Shaw

Introduction to Rural Planning provides an overview of rural (spatial) planning for students on planning, geography and related programmes. It charts the major patterns and...

January 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42997-9 (Routledge)

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Devolution, Regionalism and Regional Development

The UK Experience

Edited by Jonathan Bradbury

Devolution, Regionalism and Regional Development provides an overview and critical perspective on the impact of devolution on regionalism in the UK since 1999, taking a research-based...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-32361-1 (Routledge)

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Planning for Place and Plexus

Metropolitan Land Use and Transport

By David M. Levinson, Kevin J. Krizek

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77491-8 (Routledge)

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Cities and Economies

By Yeong-Hyun Kim, John Rennie Short

Cities and Economies explores the complex and subtle connections between cities and economies. The rise of the merchant city, the development of the industrial city...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36574-1 (Routledge)

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Urban Sustainability Through Environmental Design

Approaches to time-people-place responsive urban spaces

Edited by Kevin Thwaites, Sergio Porta, Ombretta Romice, Mark Greaves

What can architects, landscape architects and urban designers do to make urban open spaces, streets and squares, more responsive, lively and safe?

Urban Sustainability through...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-38480-3 (Taylor & Francis)

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International Perspectives

Edited by Rowland Atkinson, Sarah Blandy

This informative volume gathers contemporary accounts of the growth, influences on, and impacts of so-called gated communities, developments with walls, gates, guards and other forms...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46379-9 (Routledge)

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Planning the Megacity

Jakarta in the Twentieth Century

By Christopher Silver

In this book, the first on the planning history of Jarkarta, able expert Christopher Silver describes how planning has shaped urban development in Southeast Asia,...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-70164-8 (Routledge)

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