Planning Books

New and Published Books

1. Lean Design Management

   Edited by Stephen Emmitt

   Series: Architectural Engineering and Design Management

   The fields of design management and lean construction appear to be developing independently. This volume brings together authors from four continents to argue that lean thinking should be integral to design management in the fields of architecture, engineering and construction (AEC). The...

   Published May 24th 2012 by Routledge
2. Ecological Restoration and Environmental Change

   Renewing Damaged Ecosystems

   By Stuart K. Allison

   What is a natural habitat? Who can define what is natural when species and ecosystems constantly change over time, with or without human intervention? When a polluted river or degraded landscape is restored from its damaged state, what is the appropriate outcome? With climate change now threatening...

   Published May 17th 2012 by Routledge
3. Climate Change at the City Scale

   Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation in Cape Town

   Edited by Anton Cartwright, Susan Parnell, Gregg Oelofse, Sarah Ward

   Climate change impacts are scale and context specific, and cities are likely to bear some of the greatest costs. In recent years cities have begun to craft their own climate change responses against the backdrop of the reluctance displayed by nation-states in committing to emissions...

   Published May 17th 2012 by Routledge
4. Managing Organizational Ecologies

   Space, Management, and Organizations

   Edited by Keith Alexander, Ilfryn Price

   Series: Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology

   The term Facilities Management has become global but fraught with confusion as to what the term signifies. For some, notably in the USA, Facilities Management remains a discipline of human ecology. Elsewhere the term has become conflated with an alternative meaning: providing or outsourcing the...

   Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge
5. Market Towns

   Roles, challenges and prospects

   By Neil Powe, Trevor Hart, Tim Shaw

   Original and insightful, this volume, giving in-depth consideration to the key issues affecting the future of market towns, provides readers with a framework for evaluating policy initiatives and progress in market towns. Through a detailed analysis of the characteristics of over 200 towns and...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
6. Systemic Architecture

   Operating Manual for the Self-Organizing City

   By Marco Poletto, Claudia Pasquero

   This is a manual investigating the subject of urban ecology and systemic development from the perspective of architectural design. It sets out to explore two main goals: to discuss the contemporary relevance of a systemic practice to architectural design, and to share a toolbox of informational...

   Published May 10th 2012 by Routledge
7. Designing Resilient Cities: A Guide to Good Practice

   (EP 103)

   By D. Rachel Lombardi, Joanne Leach, Chris Rogers

   This guide presents the Urban Futures Method to test the likely future performance of urban development and regeneration-related ‘sustainability solutions’ – actions taken today in the name of sustainability – in a series of possible future scenarios in the year 2050. If a proposed solution...

   Published May 10th 2012 by IHS - BRE Press
8. Maritime Transport and the Climate Change Challenge

   Edited by Regina Asariotis, Hassiba Benamara

   International maritime transport is the backbone of the world globalized economy. It is a significant contributor to global CO2 emissions but also likely to be affected by wide-ranging and potentially devastating climate change impacts associated with rising sea levels and increased frequency/...

   Published May 2nd 2012 by Routledge
9. The Cost of Poor Housing in Northern Ireland

   By Maggie Davidson, Simon Nicol, Mike Roys, Helen Garrett, Adele Beaumont, Charlotte Turner

   This report summarizes the results of a research project commissioned by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and BRE Trust to apply a methodology developed to calculate the cost of poor housing in England and Wales to the housing of Northern Ireland. This research shows that there is...

   Published May 2nd 2012 by IHS - BRE Press
10. Making Community Design Work

    A Guide For Planners

    By Umut Toker

    Since the earliest settlements, people have deliberated the issues that affect their future together. Making Community Design Work shows how planners can guide the process toward effective decision making and beneficial community design. This well-crafted book distills decades of community design...

    Published April 30th 2012 by APA Planners Press