Urban Geography

Advancing conceptual understanding of how territorial stigmatisation and its components unfold materially as well as symbolically, this book presents a wide range of case studies from the Global South and Global North, including an examination of recent policy measures that have been applied to deal..

_x000D_ **This book was originally printed as a hardback in 1991. The paperback released in 2011 is a reprint of the original**Planning and Urban Growth in Nordic Countries examines urban development and planning in Denmark, Findland, Norway and Sweden. Emphasis is on the period from the mid-ninetee..

Planning for a Sustainable Future provides a multi-disciplinary overview of sustainability issues in the land use context, focusing on principles and their application, the legal, political and policy context...

In this first comprehensive work in English to describe the building of Latin America's capital cities in the post-colonial period, Arturo Almandoz and his contributors demonstrate how Europe and France in particular shaped their culture,..

With an unusually nuanced view of African planning systems in a time of upheaval and political change, Planning Power examines British and French colonial town and country planning efforts in Africa to provide valuable reading for researchers and students in a wide range of disciplines...

This book highlights the complex financial, personal, legal, ideological and societal aspects of land-use, and how it influences and is influenced by property rights...

Real estate as an academic field has gained momentum in recent years due to the sub-prime crisis and sustainability discourses. Developing a novel framework based on the concept of economic sustainability of real estate locations, the book connects with the recent financial crisis, credit crunch and..

Contributed to, and edited by, an international team of leading authors, this revealing book constructs an interdisciplinary discourse on the global spread of private communities based upon empirical evidence...

The chapters in this edited collection, first published in 1981, consider the problems and planning activities in a number of cities across the world. Varied case-studies, including Mexico City, Bogota and Shanghai, reflect the differing economic, cultural and political regimes of the modern world a..

The chapters in this edited collection, first published in 1981, consider the problems and planning activities in a number of cities across the world. Varied case-studies, including Mexico City, Bogota and Shanghai, reflect the differing economic, cultural and political regimes of the modern world a..

Progress in Urban Geography (Routledge Revivals)..

This book explores the challenges faced by informal economy actors, with a particular focus on street vending. It offers a conceptual framework for relationship between law, rights, and space for the informal economy, the contest between traditional, modernist and rights-based approaches to developm..