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Resilient Cities: Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change

Resilient Cities: Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change




From the Back Cover Even with significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, a certain degree of climate change will...
2001 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness: Making Choices

2001 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness: Making Choices


William Battaile



2001 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness: Making Choices...
The Measurement and Analysis of Housing Preference and Choice

The Measurement and Analysis of Housing Preference and Choice


Henny C.C.H. Coolen, Roland W. Goetgeluk, Sylvia J.T. Jansen



From the Back Cover What are the current trends in housing? Is my planned project commercially viable? What should b...
Towards an Urban Nation: Germany since 1780

Towards an Urban Nation: Germany since 1780


Friedrich Lenger



Review "...let it be said that every line of this collection is well worth reading. All that this valuable series needs i...
Promise and betrayal: universities and the battle for sustainable urban neighborhoods

Promise and betrayal: universities and the battle for sustainable urban neighborhoods


John Ingram Gilderbloom, Robert Lee Mullins



Promise and betrayal: universities and the battle for sustainable urban neighborhoods...
Development and Cities: Essays from Development in Practice (Development in Practice)

Development and Cities: Essays from Development in Practice (Development in Practice)


David Westendorff, Deborah Eade



About the Author Deborah Eade became editor of the international journal Development in Practice in 1991 and has publishe...
Contention and Trust in Cities and States

Contention and Trust in Cities and States


Chris Tilly, Michael Hanagan



From the Back Cover Cities and nation-states have co-existed uneasily throughout human history. At times fused, at other ...
City tourism: national capital perspectives

City tourism: national capital perspectives


Brent W. Ritchie, Robert Maitland



About the Author Robert Maitland teaches at the the Centre for Tourism Research, University of Westminster, UK. Brent W. ...
Geocomputation, Sustainability and Environmental Planning

Geocomputation, Sustainability and Environmental Planning


Beniamino Murgante, Alessandra Lapucci, Giuseppe Borruso



From the Back Cover The experience developed by Ian McHarg represents the first attempt to base environmental planning on...
Urban Models and Public-Private Partnership

Urban Models and Public-Private Partnership


Remo Dalla Longa



From the Back Cover This book addresses the topic of urban models with reference to large western cities and particularly...
Rural Landscapes and Agricultural Policies in Europe

Rural Landscapes and Agricultural Policies in Europe


Annette Piorr, Klaus Müller



Rural Landscapes and Agricultural Policies in Europe...
Nanotechnology in Civil Infrastructure: A Paradigm Shift

Nanotechnology in Civil Infrastructure: A Paradigm Shift




From the Back Cover Nanotechnology in Civil Infrastructure is a state-of-the art reference source describing the latest d...
OECD Territorial Reviews: NORA Region 2011. The Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland and Coastal Norway

OECD Territorial Reviews: NORA Region 2011. The Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland and Coastal Norway


Oecd



OECD Territorial Reviews: NORA Region 2011. The Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland and Coastal Norway...
The Peasant Family and Rural Development in Yangzi Delta, 1350-1988

The Peasant Family and Rural Development in Yangzi Delta, 1350-1988


Philip Huang



The Peasant Family and Rural Development in Yangzi Delta, 1350-1988...
Against the Tide: The Battle for America's Beaches

Against the Tide: The Battle for America's Beaches


Cornelia Dean



Amazon.com Review Castles built on sand are doomed, they say. But in our hunger for an ocean view from the living-room w...
Asia on Tour: Exploring the rise of Asian tourism

Asia on Tour: Exploring the rise of Asian tourism


Peggy Teo, T.C. Chang, Tim Winter



Review 'Asia on Tour is a valuable addition to the slowly growing discourse on non-Western tourist behaviour. It does so by...
Gated Communities: Social Sustainability in Contemporary and Historical Gated Developments

Gated Communities: Social Sustainability in Contemporary and Historical Gated Developments


Ola Uduku, Samer Bagaeen



Review 'An excellent comparative study and much needed synthesis.' Anna Minton, writer and journalist, author of Ground ...