Planning - Human Geography Books

New and Published Books

1. Asian Perspectives on Water Policy

   Edited by Cecilia Tortajada, Asit Biswas

   Asian countries are not homogenous. They are in different stages of social and economic development, with cultural conditions and institutional and legal frameworks varying from one country to another. Therefore, how water can be successfully managed differs from one country to another. The book...

   Published February 6th 2012 by Routledge
2. Community Visioning Programs

   Processes and Outcomes

   Edited by Norman Walzer, Gisele Hamm

   Series: Community Development Research and Practice Series

   Community visioning is key in helping local public officials and community leaders create a flourishing future for their cities, and is essential for the effective planning and implementation of these strategies. Visioning involves collaborative goal setting to motivate actions – of planners,...

   Published January 23rd 2012 by Routledge
3. Automobility in Transition?

   A Socio-Technical Analysis of Sustainable Transport

   Edited by Frank W. Geels, René Kemp, Geoff Dudley, Glenn Lyons

   Series: Routledge Studies in Sustainability Transitions

   Is the automobility regime experiencing a transition towards sustainability? To answer that question, this book investigates stability and change in contemporary transport systems. It makes a socio-technical analysis of transport systems, exploring the strategies and beliefs of crucial actors...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
4. China and Europe

   The Implications of the Rise of China for European Space

   Edited by Klaus Kunzmann, Willy A Schmid, Martina Koll-Schretzenmayr

   Series: Regions and Cities

   What are the likely long-term implications of this shift to Asia for the cities and regions of Europe? To just ‘wait and see’ cannot be the response, nor the hope that the attractiveness of Asia will diminish over time and that the economic growth will slow down. Will Europe be able to retain its...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
5. Tourism, Regional Development and Public Policy

   Edited by Nese Kumral, A Özlem Önder

   The tourism industry, as one of the main drivers of creative economy, gains more importance in growth policies both at national and regional levels. However traditional tourism destinations now face a more competitive environment, for an increased number of possible destinations have emerged. This...

   Published December 13th 2011 by Routledge
6. Planning, Markets and Rural Housing

   Edited by Nick Gallent

   This book analyses the key forces affecting the affordability of rural homes in Britain and the changing shape of housing markets. It takes as its starting point, demographic trends impacting upon rural communities and upon market dynamics. From this point, it explores consequent patterns of...

   Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge
7. Private Cities

   Global and Local Perspectives

   By Georg Glasze, Chris Webster, Klaus Frantz

   Series: Routledge Studies in Human Geography

   For the antagonist, private communities are icons of post-consensus, fragmenting civic society, enclosing and excluding by contractual constitution and sometimes by walls and gates. For others they are simply an efficient new way of organizing urban life. Contributed to, and edited by, an...

   Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge
8. Searching for the Just City

   Debates in Urban Theory and Practice

   Edited by Peter Marcuse, James Connolly, Johannes Novy, Ingrid Olivo, Cuz Potter, Justin Steil

   Series: Questioning Cities

   Cities are many things. Among their least appealing aspects, cities are frequently characterized by concentrations of insecurity and exploitation. Cities have also long represented promises of opportunity and liberation. Public decision-making in contemporary cities is full of conflict, and...

   Published October 3rd 2011 by Routledge
9. Rethinking Israeli Space

   Periphery and Identity

   By Erez Tzfadia, Haim Yacobi

   Series: Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies

   This book sheds light on the production of Israeli space and the politics of Jewish and Arab cities. The authors’ postcolonial approach deals with the notion of periphery and peripherality, covering issues of spatial protest, urban policy and urban planning. Discussing periphery as a political,...

   Published April 20th 2011 by Routledge
10. The Politics of Biofuels, Land and Agrarian Change

    Edited by Saturnino Borras Jr., Philip McMichael, Ian Scoones

    Series: Critical Agrarian Studies

    This book addresses key questions on biofuels within agrarian political economy, political sociology and political ecology. Contributions are based on fresh empirical materials from different parts of the world. The book starts with four key questions in agrarian political economy: Who owns what?...

    Published March 23rd 2011 by Routledge