For the past century, governments have been compelled, time and again, to return to the search for solutions to the housing and economic...
Books of March 2011
Ed Ferrari and Peter Lee, Building Sustainable Housing Markets. Chartered Institute of Housing, Coventry, UK. 2010. 168 pp.
Published at: 17 March 2011
In the early 2000s there was intense concern about the sustainability of local housing markets in parts of the north of England. Nine Housing...
Angela Hull, Transport Matters: Integrated Approaches to Planning City-Regions. Routledge. 2010. 298 pp.
Published at: 16 March 2011
Addressing the principles of sustainability, spatial planning, integration, governance and accessibility of transport, this book focuses on the...
Paul Stouten, Changing Contexts in Urban Regeneration. Techne Press. 2010. 248 pp.
Published at: 15 March 2011
The book presents a comprehensive overview of relevant theory, including the socio-spatial characteristics of neighbourhoods and cities; the place...
I. Alexander, S. Greive, D. Hedgcock (eds). Planning Perspectives from Western Australia: A Reader in Theory and Practice. Curtin University. 2010.
Published at: 15 March 2011
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Beth Moore Milroy, Thinking Planning and Urbanism. University of British Columbia Press. 2010. 316 pp.
Published at: 14 March 2011
Inspired by Times Square, Toronto wanted the Dundas Square area to capture entertainment and impulse spending by tourists and residents. As with...
Gert de Roo & Elisabete A. Silva (eds.), A Planner's Encounter With Complexity (New Directions in Planning Theory). Ashgate Pub Co. 2010. 336 pp.
Published at: 13 March 2011
Spatial planning is about dealing with our 'everyday' environment. In the "Planners' Encounter with Complexity", the authors present various...
Yvonne Rydin, Governing for Sustainable Urban Development. Earthscan. 2010. 224 pp.
Published at: 12 March 2011
The book is above all concerned with demonstrating how sustainable urban development can be delivered in practice. It will be essential reading...
Patsy Healey, Making Better Places: The Planning Project in the Twenty-First Century. Palgrave. 2010. 240 pp.
Published at: 11 March 2011
A rich and inspiring read, written with authority, deep understanding and extraordinary clarity by one of the world’s leading planning scholars.–...
Stefanie Dühr, Claire Colomb & Vincent Nadin, European Spatial Planning and Territorial Cooperation. Routledge. 2010. 480pp.
Published at: 10 March 2011
Written for students, academics, practitioners and researchers of spatial planning and related disciplines, this book is essential reading for...









