The book looks both at the British context as well as experience in other developed economies and takes stock of how the policy has evolved. It examines the rationale for planning gain, how it has …
From 2008, for the first time in human history, half of the world's population will live in cities. Yet despite a wealth of literature on green architecture and planning, there is to date no single…
The New Competitiveness in Design and Construction" outlines twelve pivotal strategies that are essential for firms seeking to thrive in the rapidly evolving landscape of the 21st-century construct…
Effective strategic planning is one of the most important steps a company needs to take in order to have a competitive advantage in today's marketplace. Effective Strategic Planning for Competitive…
The purpose of the book is to describe in depth the local government of a selected group of the world's great cities, to consider the problems these vast communities are confronting, and what steps…
This is the first book to address future informal settlements at the global scale. It argues that to foster favorable conditions for the sustainable evolution of future informal cities, planners mu…
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. Wil…
The purpose of the book is to describe in depth the local government of a selected group of the world's great cities, to consider the problems these vast communities are confronting, and what steps…
Development of the urban environment has to be planned and managed if the best use is to be made of the available land, financial resources, and building talent. The creation, redevelopment, or ext…