Cities & Infrastructure (Urban Studies) Books

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81. Photovoltaics in the Urban Environment

    Lessons Learnt from Large Scale Projects

    Edited by Bruno Gaiddon, Henk Kaan, Donna Munro

    The concept of cities as potential photovoltaic power plants is rapidly gaining prominence, but until now there has been no large scale study of the impacts of such development on urban fabric and infrastructure, or on inhabitants. This book, based on wide-ranging studies supported by the European...

    Published August 27th 2009 by Routledge
82. Building Prosperity

    Housing and Economic Development

    By Anna Tibaijuka

    This book is a much-needed account, with numerous detailed examples, of the role of housing in economic growth and development by an author in a unique position to understand its importance and the practical measures for delivering that growth. While the linkages between housing and the...

    Published August 20th 2009 by Routledge
83. Planning for Climate Change

    Strategies for Mitigation and Adaptation for Spatial Planners

    Edited by Simin Davoudi, Jenny Crawford, Abid Mehmood

    Climate change is changing the context of spatial planning and shaping its priorities. It has strengthened its environmental dimension and has become a new rationale for coordinating actions and integrating different policy priorities. This book sets out the economic, social and environmental...

    Published August 20th 2009 by Routledge
84. Energy from the Desert - 2 Volume Set

    Edited by Kosuke Kurokawa

    The world's deserts are sufficiently large that, in theory, covering a fraction of their landmass with PV systems could generate many times the current primary global energy supply. The third book in the Energy from the Desert series examines the socio-economic, environmental and financial issues...

    Published August 20th 2009 by Routledge
85. Urban Wind Energy

    By Sinisa Stankovic, Neil Campbell, Alan Harries

    Energy security, rising energy prices (oil, gas, electricity), 'peak oil', environmental pollution, nuclear energy, climate change and sustainable living are hot topics across the globe. Meanwhile, abundant and perpetual wind resources offer opportunities, via recent technological developments, to...

    Published July 29th 2009 by Routledge
86. African Indigenous Vegetables in Urban Agriculture

    Edited by Charlie M. Shackleton, Margaret W. Pasquini, Axel W. Drescher

    This book provides a comprehensive synthesis of current knowledge of the potential and challenges associated with the multiple roles, use, management and livelihood contributions of indigenous vegetables in urban agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. There has been growing research and policy effort...

    Published June 29th 2009 by Routledge
87. The Polycentric Metropolis

    Learning from Mega-City Regions in Europe

    By Sir Peter Hall, Kathy Pain

    A new 21st century urban phenomenon is emerging: the networked polycentric mega-city region. Developed around one or more cities of global status, it is characterized by a cluster of cities and towns, physically separate but intensively networked in a complex spatial division of labour. This book...

    Published June 29th 2009 by Routledge
88. Advances in Building Energy Research

    Volume 3

    Edited by Mat Santamouris

    Advances in Building Energy Research (ABER) offers state-of-the-art information on the environmental science and performance of buildings, linking new technologies and methodologies with the latest research on systems, simulations and standards. As stringently reviewed as a journal but with the...

    Published June 1st 2009 by Routledge
89. Adapting Cities to Climate Change

    Understanding and Addressing the Development Challenges

    Edited by Jane Bicknell, David Dodman, David Satterthwaite

    Series: Earthscan Climate

    This volume brings together, for the first time, a wide-ranging and detailed body of information identifying and assessing risk, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in urban centres in low- and middle-income countries. Framed by an overview of the main possibilities and constraints for...

    Published May 28th 2009 by Routledge
90. Design Activism

    Beautiful Strangeness for a Sustainable World

    By Alastair Fuad-Luke

    Design academics and practitioners are facing a multiplicity of challenges in a dynamic, complex, world moving faster than the current design paradigm which is largely tied to the values and imperatives of commercial enterprise. Current education and practice need to evolve to ensure that the...

    Published May 27th 2009 by Routledge