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41. Urban Structure Matters

    Residential Location, Car Dependence and Travel Behaviour

    By Petter Naess

    Series: RTPI Library Series

    Going beyond previous investigations into urban land use and travel, Petter Næss presents new research from Denmark on residential location and travel to show how and why urban spatial structures affect people's travel behaviour. In a comprehensive case study of the Copenhagen metropolitan area,...

    Published July 5th 2006 by Routledge
42. Territory, Identity and Spatial Planning

    Spatial Governance in a Fragmented Nation

    Edited by Mark Tewdwr-Jones, Philip Allmendinger

    This book provides a multi-disciplinary study of territory, identity and space in a devolved UK, through the lens of spatial planning. It draws together leading internationally renowned researchers from a variety of disciplines to address the implications of devolution upon spatial planning and the...

    Published June 14th 2006 by Routledge
43. Indicators for Urban and Regional Planning

    The Interplay of Policy and Methods

    By Cecilia Wong

    Series: RTPI Library Series

    This book focuses on the measurement and utilisation of quantitative indicators in the urban and regional planning fields. There has been a resurgence of academic and policy interest in using indicators to inform planning, partly in response to the current government's information intensive...

    Published May 22nd 2006 by Routledge
44. Planning at the Landscape Scale

    By Paul Selman

    Series: RTPI Library Series

    Traditionally, landscape planning has involved the designation and protection of exceptional countryside. However, whilst this still remains important, there is a growing recognition of the multi-functionality of rural areas, and the need to encourage sustainable use of the whole countryside rather...

    Published April 5th 2006 by Routledge
45. Planning for Diversity

    Policy and Planning in a World of Difference

    By Dory Reeves

    Series: RTPI Library Series

    The practical importance of diversity and equality for spatial planning and sustainable development is still not widely understood. Using international examples, this book shows planners and educationalists the benefits of building in a consideration of diversity and equality at each stage and...

    Published April 21st 2005 by Routledge
46. Regional Innovation Systems

    The Role of Governances in a Globalized World, 2nd Edition

    Edited by Hans-Joachim Braczyk, Philip Cooke, Martin Heidenreich

    Since the first edition of this book in 1995, there has been a worldwide innovation-led economic boom and a subsequent slump, meaning enormous change has also occurred at the level of regional economies. The new edition registers this change and provides an interesting test of the robustness of the...

    Published March 10th 2004 by Routledge
47. Making European Space

    Mobility, Power and Territorial Identity

    By Ole B. Jensen, Tim Richardson

    Making European Space explores how future visions of Europe's physical space are being decisively shaped by transnational politics and power struggles, which are being played out in new multi-level arenas of governance across the European Union. At stake are big ideas about mobility and friction,...

    Published December 3rd 2003 by Routledge
48. Metropolitan Governance and Spatial Planning

    Comparative Case Studies of European City-Regions

    Edited by Anton Kreukels, Willem Salet, Andy Thornley

    Metropolitan Governance and Spatial Planning explores the relationship between metropolitan decision-making and strategies to co-ordinate spatial policy. This relationship is examined across 20 cities of Europe and the similarities and differences analysed.Cities are having to formulate their...

    Published November 13th 2002 by Routledge
49. The Planning Polity

    Planning, Government and the Policy Process

    By Mark Tewdwr-Jones

    Series: RTPI Library Series

    Planning is not a technical and value free activity. Planning is an overt political system that creates both winners and losers. The Planning Polity is a book that considers the politics of development and decision-making, and political conflicts between agencies and institutions within British...

    Published October 9th 2002 by Routledge
50. The Making of the European Spatial Development Perspective

    No Masterplan

    By Andreas Faludi, Bas Waterhout

    Series: RTPI Library Series

    The European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) is published in eleven official EU languages and so is the most international planning policy document that exists. This book is the only comprehensive account of the process of preparing, negotiating and adopting this document. It outlines the...

    Published March 27th 2002 by Routledge