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Instruments of Land Policy
Dealing with Scarcity of Land
Av Jean-David Gerber, Thomas Hartmann m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
632 kr
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In dealing with scarce land, planners often need to interact with, and sometimes confront, property right-holders to address complex property rights situations. To reinforce their position in situations of rivalrous land uses, planners can strategically use and combine different policy instruments …
Nordic Experiences of Sustainable Planning
Policy and Practice
Häftad, 2020
711 kr
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For well over a decade, there has been a drive towards sustainability in planning throughout the Nordic countries. But are these countries experiencing a paradigm shift in planning research and practice with regards to sustainability? Or is the sustainability discourse leading them into an impasse …
Bicycle Urbanism
Reimagining Bicycle Friendly Cities
Häftad, 2020
690 kr
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Over recent decades, bicycling has received renewed interest as a means of improving transportation through crowded cities, improving personal health, and reducing environmental impacts associated with travel. Much of the discussion surrounding cycling has focused on bicycle facility design—how to …
Towards Sustainable Cities
East Asian, North American and European Perspectives on Managing Urban Regions
Av Peter J. Marcotullio, André Sorensen
Inbunden, 2004
2525 kr
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While there has been much recent research into achieving sustainability in urban areas, most of this is specific to a particular region. This volume broadens these discussions by extending the analysis from North American and European cities to include East Asian cities. Many cities in Asia have …
TVA Regional Planning and Development Program
The Transformation of an Institution and Its Mission
Inbunden, 2004
1837 kr
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The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a world-renowned model for regional planning and development. Based along the Tennessee River and its series of hydro-electric power stations, dams and reservoirs, the TVA development program envisioned a broad regional planning program. The program focused …
Urban Sprawl in Western Europe and the United States
Av Chang-Hee Christine Bae, Harry W. Richardson
Inbunden, 2004
2525 kr
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Urban sprawl is one of the key planning issues today. This book compares Western Europe and the USA, focusing on anti-sprawl policies. The USA is known for its settlement patterns that emphasize low-density suburban development and extreme automobile dependence, whereas European countries emphasize …
Environmental Planning in the Netherlands: Too Good to be True
From Command-and-Control Planning to Shared Governance
Av Gert de Roo
Inbunden, 2003
2525 kr
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The Netherlands is one of the most prominent and innovative countries in the field of environmental planning. Over the past decade, its government has introduced such ground-breaking schemes as Integrated Environmental Zoning, the City-Environment Project, the Bubble Concept and Policy Concepts and …
Advancing Sustainability at the Sub-National Level
The Potential and Limitations of Planning
Inbunden, 2004
2525 kr
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Sustainability notions have been widely embraced by planners. However, the question of what can planners contribute to the advancement of such notions has not received much attention until now. This volume examines the potential contribution of planning to the advancement of sustainability at …
Plan-making for Sustainability
The New Zealand Experience
Av Neil J. Ericksen, Philip R. Berke m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
2525 kr
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Around the introduction of Agenda 21 at Rio in 1991, some countries like the Netherlands and New Zealand were already leading the way with quite innovative approaches to environmental planning. Focusing on the New Zealand government's innovations in sustainable and environmental planning, …
Renewing Urban Communities
Environment, Citizenship and Sustainability in Ireland
Inbunden, 2005
1530 kr
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Ireland is now an urban society, and both parts of the island have experienced rapid urban-generated growth and new patterns of development in recent years. This inter-disciplinary book adopts an all-Ireland perspective to investigate the tension that exists between sustainable urban development …
Spatial Planning, Urban Form and Sustainable Transport
Inbunden, 2005
2600 kr
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The ways in which we travel have a huge impact on sustainability. This book addresses the relationship between travel patterns and the physical form of cities, and considers the role of spatial planning in that relationship. Three sections present empirical research and commentaries from leading …
Integrating City Planning and Environmental Improvement
Practicable Strategies for Sustainable Urban Development
Inbunden, 2004
2525 kr
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Since Integrating City Planning and Environmental Improvement was originally published in 1999, the practice of integrating urban physical planning and environmental quality management has been widely adopted by governments worldwide. Fully revised and updated with a new preface by editors Donald …
Environmental Planning in the Caribbean
Av Janet Momsen, Jonathan Pugh
Inbunden, 2006
2759 kr
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Illustrated by case studies from both smaller nations - such as Carriacou, Barbados and St Lucia - and larger countries - including Cuba, Mexico and Jamaica - this volume brings together leading writers on environmental planning in the Caribbean to provide an interdisciplinary contemporary critical …
Urban Environmental Planning
Policies, Instruments and Methods in an International Perspective
Inbunden, 2004
768 kr
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Originally published in 1997, Urban Environmental Planning provides a groundbreaking overview of innovative methods and techniques for measuring and managing the environmental effects of urban land uses on other urban activities. Fully revised and updated, this second edition brings together a team …
New Principles in Planning Evaluation
Av Abdul Khakee, Angela Hull m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
2525 kr
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This book provides recently developed and tested methods for assessing the strengths and weaknesses of planning and policy options. Several contributions focus on new substantive areas of concern in planning evaluation, including environmental justice and sustainable urban development. Applications …
Governing for Resilience in Vulnerable Places
Av Elen-Maarja Trell, Britta Restemeyer m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
651 kr
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Governing for Resilience in Vulnerable Places provides an overview and a critical analysis of the ways in which the concept ‘resilience’ has been addressed in social sciences research. In doing so, this edited book draws together state-of-the-art research from a variety of disciplines (i.e. spatial …
Sustainable Urbanisation in the Caribbean
Av Eris Dawn Schoburgh, Tracy A. McFarlane m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
2525 kr
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Sustainable Urbanisation in the Caribbean critically examines the socio-geographic context of island states, prioritising the nuanced experiences of Caribbean island states and territories that are largely considered small island developing states (SIDS), against the backdrop of the UN Sustainable …
Sustainable Urbanisation in the Caribbean
Av Eris Dawn Schoburgh, Tracy A. McFarlane m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
710 kr
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Sustainable Urbanisation in the Caribbean critically examines the socio-geographic context of island states, prioritising the nuanced experiences of Caribbean island states and territories that are largely considered small island developing states (SIDS), against the backdrop of the UN Sustainable …
Conflict and Change in Australia’s Peri-Urban Landscapes
Av Melissa Kennedy, Andrew Butt m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
636 kr
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In an era of rapid urbanization, peri-urban areas are emerging as the fastest-growing regions in many countries. Generally considered as the space extending one hundred kilometres from the city fringe, peri-urban areas are contested and subject to a wide range of uses such as residential …
Instruments of Land Policy
Dealing with Scarcity of Land
Av Jean-David Gerber, Thomas Hartmann m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
2600 kr
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In dealing with scarce land, planners often need to interact with, and sometimes confront, property right-holders to address complex property rights situations. To reinforce their position in situations of rivalrous land uses, planners can strategically use and combine different policy instruments …
Governing for Resilience in Vulnerable Places
Av Elen-Maarja Trell, Britta Restemeyer m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
2525 kr
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Governing for Resilience in Vulnerable Places provides an overview and a critical analysis of the ways in which the concept ‘resilience’ has been addressed in social sciences research. In doing so, this edited book draws together state-of-the-art research from a variety of disciplines (i.e. spatial …
Spatial Planning, Urban Form and Sustainable Transport
Häftad, 2016
856 kr
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The ways in which we travel have a huge impact on sustainability. This book addresses the relationship between travel patterns and the physical form of cities, and considers the role of spatial planning in that relationship. Three sections present empirical research and commentaries from leading …
Advancing Sustainability at the Sub-National Level
The Potential and Limitations of Planning
Häftad, 2017
856 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Sustainability notions have been widely embraced by planners. However, the question of what can planners contribute to the advancement of such notions has not received much attention until now. This volume examines the potential contribution of planning to the advancement of sustainability at …
Environmental Planning in the Netherlands: Too Good to be True
From Command-and-Control Planning to Shared Governance
Av Gert de Roo
Häftad, 2016
856 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The Netherlands is one of the most prominent and innovative countries in the field of environmental planning. Over the past decade, its government has introduced such ground-breaking schemes as Integrated Environmental Zoning, the City-Environment Project, the Bubble Concept and Policy Concepts and …
Integrating City Planning and Environmental Improvement
Practicable Strategies for Sustainable Urban Development
Häftad, 2016
240 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Since Integrating City Planning and Environmental Improvement was originally published in 1999, the practice of integrating urban physical planning and environmental quality management has been widely adopted by governments worldwide. Fully revised and updated with a new preface by editors Donald …
TVA Regional Planning and Development Program
The Transformation of an Institution and Its Mission
Häftad, 2017
563 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a world-renowned model for regional planning and development. Based along the Tennessee River and its series of hydro-electric power stations, dams and reservoirs, the TVA development program envisioned a broad regional planning program. The program focused …
Plan-making for Sustainability
The New Zealand Experience
Av Neil J. Ericksen, Philip R. Berke m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
754 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Around the introduction of Agenda 21 at Rio in 1991, some countries like the Netherlands and New Zealand were already leading the way with quite innovative approaches to environmental planning. Focusing on the New Zealand government's innovations in sustainable and environmental planning, …
Urban Sprawl in Western Europe and the United States
Av Chang-Hee Christine Bae, Harry W. Richardson
Häftad, 2016
856 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Urban sprawl is one of the key planning issues today. This book compares Western Europe and the USA, focusing on anti-sprawl policies. The USA is known for its settlement patterns that emphasize low-density suburban development and extreme automobile dependence, whereas European countries emphasize …
Renewing Urban Communities
Environment, Citizenship and Sustainability in Ireland
Häftad, 2017
505 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Ireland is now an urban society, and both parts of the island have experienced rapid urban-generated growth and new patterns of development in recent years. This inter-disciplinary book adopts an all-Ireland perspective to investigate the tension that exists between sustainable urban development …
Environmental Planning in the Caribbean
Av Janet Momsen, Jonathan Pugh
Häftad, 2016
882 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Illustrated by case studies from both smaller nations - such as Carriacou, Barbados and St Lucia - and larger countries - including Cuba, Mexico and Jamaica - this volume brings together leading writers on environmental planning in the Caribbean to provide an interdisciplinary contemporary critical …
