How can the design of cities address the challenge of climate change? How does city form affect the production of planet-warming greenhouse gases? In Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities, Patrick Condon explains this relationship and shows how following seven simple rules for…
Questions of how to green the North American economy, create a green energy and transportation infrastructure, and halt the deadly increase in greenhouse gas buildup dominate our daily news. Related questions of how the design of cities can impact these challenges dominate the t…
Argues that the new American economy must be driven by exports and powered by cleaner energy and indicate that metropolitan areas should lead the way in this new economic landscape.
This book considers the state of the city and contemporary urbanisation from a range of intellectual and international perspectives. The most interdisciplinary collection of its kindProvides a contemporary update on urban thinking that builds on well established debates in the f…
"Drawing together leading scholars from a variety of academic disciplines, this collection reports the leading edge of research and analysis into the contemporary urban condition. With more than half of the world's population living in urban environments, cities are places of hu…
This book examines the race and immigration issues by considering the nature of the black 'constituency' and its political responses to issues of race and immigration, this book considers the nature of the black 'constituency'. It discusses the political responses of this 'const…
Study identifying the extent, the causes and the consequences of fiscal stress as it affects local government in the 1980s in Britain.
"Leveraging Big Data and 21st century technology to renew cities and citizenship in AmericaThe Responsive City: Engaging Communities Through Data-Smart Governance. The Responsive City is a guide to civic engagement and governance in the digital age that will help leaders link im…
by Heberer, Thomas, Göbel, Christian
fromChinese worlds
by Heberer, Thomas, Göbel, Christian
fromChinese worlds
This book examines the reorganization and reform of China's urban neighborhoods.
