City and Urban Planning

This book describes the crucial role of planning the development of cities and outlines the consequences of not having a development strategy, focusing on the last century of Rome's evolution as an in-depth case study...

First published in 1984, this book presents a survey of housing problems in various European countries and how individual states have responded...

First published in 1984, this book addresses key questions about the pattern of urban development in Southern Europe and the mechanisms employed to control and regulate this development in individual countries...

First published in 1985, this book presents seven games for use in the teaching and study of planning, urban studies or land administration. These simulations are all built on researched case studies and deal with a number of critical planning and developmental issues...

Schools and Urban Revitalization examines the vital role public schools play as anchor institutions in struggling neighborhoods...

Schools and Urban Revitalization examines the vital role public schools play as anchor institutions in struggling neighborhoods...

Urban voids are spaces for encounter, conflict and otherness, and can be springboards to foster change, creativity and political action. The author describes how the void in the city intervenes in place-making, and uses the example of the Alameda de Hércules in Seville, Spain as a case study which s..

First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Providing a critical introduction into how, on whose behalf, and with what consequences cities are run, the international contributors to this topical volume focus their research on urban change within small cities around the world...

Providing a critical introduction into how, on whose behalf, and with what consequences cities are run, the international contributors to this topical volume focus their research on urban change within small cities around the world...

The world's cities are choking on pollution from traffic and industry. This book examines the causes and scale of urban air pollution, identifying who is most at risk, and what particular health risks various pollutants pose. It considers an effective framework for air quality management...