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Latin American Modern Architectures: Ambiguous Territories has thirteen new essays from a range of distinguished architectural historians to help you understand the region’s rich and varied architecture. It will also introduce you to major projects that haven’t been written about in English. A...
To Be Published August 22nd 2012 by Routledge
China’s cities are home to 10 per cent of the world’s population today. They display unprecedented dynamism under the country’s surging economic power, and they challenge conventional urban theories and experiences of cities elsewhere. Their remarkable transformation builds on immense traditions,...
To Be Published September 25th 2012 by Routledge
Mathematical models have long been used by geographers and regional scientists to explore the working of urban and regional systems, via a system where the equilibrium point changes slowly and smoothly as the parameters change slowly and smoothly. However, this all changed with the advent of...
To Be Published October 29th 2012 by Routledge
The new edition of The Middle East Today provides an accessible and comprehensive introductory textbook for undergraduate students of Middle East Studies, Middle East politics and geography. This updated and revised edition features a host of pedagogical features to assist students with their...
To Be Published October 31st 2012 by Routledge
Over the past decade spatial planning became an orthodoxy advanced as a progressive, pro-active approach and contrasted and promising inclusive processes and ‘win-win-win’ outcomes around sustainable development, economic growth and social justice. Yet there were growing concerns and criticisms...
To Be Published November 30th 2012 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
Since the early 1990s, the achievement of ‘good governance’ has been a dominant discourse in the pursuit of social and economic development. This book presents a critical challenge to the contemporary development paradigm of good governance. Based on original ethnographic fieldwork on urban water...
To Be Published December 31st 2012 by Routledge
Series: Regions and Cities
This book makes a new contributution to the current lively debate on city regional governance, offering a genuinely comparative approach, covering Europe (east and west) and North America, and thus different ‘cultures’ of city regionalism. Drawing on a series of case studies conducted by the...
To Be Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies
This book focuses on governance and partnerships as central features linked with sustainable urban renewal. Using detailed international case studies, the book explores the effect of institutional design and modes of governance, the role of relevant stakeholders, the norms and knowledge of...
To Be Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series
This book explores urban transformation in East Asia, focusing in particular on the rapid transformation of old and dilapidated neighbourhoods in East Asian cities. Drawing on detailed empirical fieldwork conducted in Seoul and Beijing, including case studies of redevelopment neighbourhoods and...
To Be Published April 29th 2013 by Routledge
