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By-Right, By-Design
Housing is an essential, but complex, product, so complex that professionals involved in its production, namely, architects, real estate developers and urban planners, have …
Markets, Politics and the Environment
Markets, Politics and the Environment answers three groups of question: What is planning?’ and as part of this ‘What are its key features as a style of social practice and …
The Architecture of Phantasmagoria
In a time of mass-mediated modernity, the city becomes, almost by definition, a constitutively ‘mediated’ city. Today, more than ever before, the omnipresence of media in every …
China’s Railway Transformation
This book investigates China’s railway transformation through history, along with culture changes and urban development. The book begins by looking at the background of China and …
Unfinished Places: The Politics of (Re)making Cairo’s Old Quarters
The Emerging Politics of (Re) making Cairo's Old Quarters examines postcolonial planning practices that aimed to modernise Cairo’s urban spaces. The author examines the expanding …
Placemaking
End-users provide the most valuable perspective and insights into how public social space should function. Much of the failure of urban settings can be related to over-structured …
Evolving Public Space in South Africa
Evolving Public Space in South Africa discusses the transformation of public space highlighted in the country. Drawing on examples from major cities, the author demonstrates that …
Street-Naming Cultures in Africa and Israel
This book is focused on the street-naming politics, policies and practices that have been shaping and reshaping the semantic, textual and visual environments of urban Africa and …
Territorial Governance across Europe
This book provides a comprehensive framework for analysing, comparing and promoting territorial governance in policy relevant research. It reveals in-depth considerations of the …
Heritage-Led Urban Regeneration in China
Urban planning, regeneration and design is an essentially cultural practice with the outcomes often depending upon an understanding of and engagement with the past. As cities in …
Social Economics and the Solidarity City
Social Economics and the Solidarity City explores the impact and potential of the social economy as a site of urban struggle, political mobilization and community organization. The …
Participatory Design Theory
In recent years, many countries all over Europe have witnessed a demand for a more direct form of democracy, ranging from improved clarity of information to being directly involved …