Spatial Planning Books

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1. The Futures of the City Region

   Edited by Angela Hull, Michael Neuman

   The focus of this book is whether and how the 'city region' constitutes a new departure in urbanisation and, if so, what are the key elements of that difference. The realities of the urban are complex and polychromatic. The rise of global networks enabled by supranational administrations both...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-58803-4 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Building Competences for Spatial Planners: Methods and Techniques for Performing Tasks with Efficiency

   By Anastassios Perdicoulis

   Spatial planning is a process. The focus of this book is on the sequence of key tasks that constitute the process and on special techniques that are suitable to conduct these tasks. Spatial planners require a number of skills to manage this process in an efficient manner, select the necessary tasks...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-59456-1 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. Global Ideologies and Urban Landscapes

   Edited by Manfred Steger, Anne McNevin

   How do political ideologies and urban landscapes intersect in the context of globalization? This volume illuminates the production of ideologies as both discursive and spatial phenomena in distinct contributions that ground their analysis in cities of the Global North and South. From Sydney to...

   January 2011 | 978-0-415-59863-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. Insurgencies: Essays in Planning Theory

   By John Friedmann

   For nearly fifty years John Friedmann's writings have not just led the academic study of the discipline, but have given shape and direction to the planning profession itself. Covering transactive planning, radical planning, the concept of the Good City, civil society, rethinking poverty and the...

   January 2011 | 978-0-415-78152-7 | Paperback (Routledge)

5. Strategic Spatial Projects: Catalysts for Change

   Edited by Stijn Oosterlynck, Jef Van Den Broeck, Louis Albrechts, Frank Moulaert, Ann Verhetsel

   This book presents four years of case study research and theoretical discussions on strategic spatial projects in Europe and North America. It takes the position that planning is not well equipped to take on its current challenges if it is considered as only a regulatory and administrative activity...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-56684-1 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Cohesion, Coherence, Cooperation: European Spatial Planning Coming of Age?

   By Andreas Faludi

   Since its foundation the European Union has gradually developed policies that are aimed at achieving increased economic and social cohesion. This book examines the most recent of these, the concept of territorial cohesion. Territorial cohesion is the pursuit of balanced development,...

   October 2010 | 978-0-415-56266-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Territorial Development, Cohesion and Spatial Planning: Knowledge and policy development in an enlarged EU

   Edited by Neil Adams, Giancarlo Cotella, Richard Nunes

   This book examines some of the evolving challenges faced by EU regional policy in light of enlargement and to assess some of the approaches and trends in terms of territorial development policy and practice that are emerging out of this process. Focusing on the experiences on Central and Eastern...

   August 2010 | 978-0-415-55194-6 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Spatial Planning and Climate Change

   By Elizabeth Wilson, Jake Piper

   Spatial planning has a vital role to play in the move to a low carbon energy future and in adapting to climate change. To do this, spatial planning must develop and implement new approaches. Wilson and Piper explore a wide range of issues in this comprehensive book on the relationship between our...

   August 2010 | 978-0-415-49591-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Effective Practice in Spatial Planning

   By Janice Morphet

   After years of being regarded as regulatory tool, spatial planning is now a key agent in delivering better places for the future. Dealing with the role of spatial planning in major change such as urban extensions or redevelopment, this book asks how it can deliver at the local level. Setting...

   June 2010 | 978-0-415-49282-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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    European Spatial Planning and Territorial Cooperation

    By Stefanie Dühr, Claire Colomb, Vincent Nadin

    There is a strong international dimension to spatial planning. European integration strengthens interconnections, development and decision-making across national and regional borders. EU policies in areas such as environment, transport, agriculture or regional policy have far-reaching effects on...

    February 2010 | 978-0-415-46774-2 | Paperback (Routledge)