The twenty thematic chapters in this book provide a broad set of perspectives on the plight, possibilities and opportunities of urban transport in...
Members Books of April 2011
Graham Haughton, Philip Allmendinger, David Counsell & Geoff Vigar, The New Spatial Planning, Territorial Management with Soft Spaces and Fuzzy Boundaries, Routledge, 2009, 288 p, Hardback or Paperback
Published at: 18 April 2011
Spatial planning, strongly advocated by government and the profession, is intended to be more holistic, more strategic, more inclusive, more...
Michael Neuman and Angela Hull (eds.), The Futures of the City Region. Routledge. 2011. 116 pp.
Published at: 17 April 2011
The book illustrates the dialectical interplay of theory and fact, time and space, and spatial and institutional which expands on our intellectual...
Phil Allmendinger, New Labour and Planning. From New Right to New Left. Routledge. 2011. 194 pp.
Published at: 16 April 2011
Following the Thatcher and Major administrations there was an apparent renaissance of planning under New Labour. After a slow start in which...
Oliver Frey and Florian Koch (eds.),The Future of the European City. Urban Politics, Urban Planning and Urban Society in Transformation. Wiesbaden, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 2011. 432 pp
Published at: 15 April 2011
The objective of the book is the analyses of the often cited model of the European city through an interdisciplinary approach – which implies that...
Chris Gossop (ed.), Sustainable City/Developing World, ISOCARP Review 06, Routledge. 2010. 268 pp.
Published at: 14 April 2011
This book addresses the challenges posed by climate change for the cities and urban regions of the developing world. It is about the responses...
Stijn Oosterlynck, Jef Van den Broeck, Louis Albrechts, Frank Moulaert and Ann Verhetsel, Strategic spatial projects. Catalysts for Change. Routledge, RTPI Library Series. 2010. 238 pp.
Published at: 13 April 2011
This book presents four years of case study research and theoretical discussions on strategic spatial projects in Europe and North America. It...
Pier Carlo Palermo and Davide Ponzini, Spatial Planning and Urban Development. Critical Perspectives, Springer. 2010. 250 pp.
Published at: 12 April 2011
Diverse cultural traditions and professional profiles compete within the complex, controversial field of spatial planning and urban development....
Elizabeth Wilson and Jake Piper, Spatial Planning and Climate Change. Routledge. 2010. 445 pp.
Published at: 11 April 2011
The authors explore a wide range of issues in this comprehensive book on the relationship between our changing climate and spatial planning, and...
William W. Goldsmith and Edward J. Blakely, Separate Societies: Poverty and Inequality in U.S. Cities (2nd ed.). Temple University Press. 2010. 264 pp.
Published at: 11 April 2011
In this revised and updated edition of their 1992 book Separate Societies, the authors present a compelling examination of the damaging divisions...










