Urban Geography

This volume examines how the pervasive changes in the relation between private and public property have impacted the spatial form of American cities. In addition to linking spatial patterns and economic costs, the book shows how to quantify these patterns and link them to congestion and transaction ..

This volume examines how the pervasive changes in the relation between private and public property have impacted the spatial form of American cities. In addition to linking spatial patterns and economic costs, the book shows how to quantify these patterns and link them to congestion and transaction ..

After Sustainable Cities provides the reader with the first comprehensive, critical and comparative analysis of the new eco-logics reshaping conventional sustainable cities discourse. It brings together leading researchers on smart cities, green growth, resource flows, vulnerability and resilience, ..

This book, first published in 1984, is an attempt to make students aware of the variety in the urban condition and to introduce them to some of the relationships operating between space and society. From the broad aim of seeking to show the relationship between urbanism and society flows a number of..

This book explores the relationship between decentralisation and urban change in Asian cities from an empowerment perspective. It considers the extent to which decentralisation regimes empower or disempower Asian cities and their residents to govern themselves amidst rapidly transforming urban lands..

This book shows how the most innovative metropolitan planning organizations in the United States are addressing these issues using their mandates to improve transportation networks while pursuing emerging sustainability goals at the same time...

This book shows how the most innovative metropolitan planning organizations in the United States are addressing these issues using their mandates to improve transportation networks while pursuing emerging sustainability goals at the same time...

With contributions from leading authorities in the field, this book draws on the latest advances in social and urban theory, and original empirical material from North and South, to critically analyse the ongoing shifts in the relations between cities and technical infrastructure systems. It explore..

With contributions from leading authorities in the field, this book draws on the latest advances in social and urban theory, and original empirical material from North and South, to critically analyse the ongoing shifts in the relations between cities and technical infrastructure systems. It explore..

First published in 1981, this reissue of Professor Wilson’s classic study outlines the implications of the mathematical models related to catastrophe theory and bifurcation for geography and regional science, by way of a survey of contemporary applications...

First published in 1981, this reissue of Professor Wilson’s classic study outlines the implications of the mathematical models related to catastrophe theory and bifurcation for geography and regional science, by way of a survey of contemporary applications...

This book examines child-nature definitions through two related concepts: the need for connecting to nature and the processes by which opportunities for such contact can be enhanced. This book analyses the available nature from a scientific perspective of habitats, species and environments, together..