Cities and Urban Geography
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Rethinking Smart Cities
Zaheer Allam, Yusra Raisah Takun
This innovative book explores the foundations of the smart city and, through a critique of its challenges and concerns, showcases how to redefine the concept for increased sustainability, liveability and resilience in urban areas. It und...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Research Agenda for Small and Medium-Sized Towns
Edited by Heike Mayer, Michela Lazzeroni
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Exploring current debates on the topic, this book maps out an agenda for theory, research an...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Constructing Narratives for City Governance
Edited by Alistair Cole, Aisling Healy, Christelle Morel Journel
Bringing together transnational perspectives on urban narration, this innovative book analyses how a combination of tales, images and discourses are used to brand, market and (re-)make cities, focusing on the actors behind this and the c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Research Handbook on International Law and Cities
Edited by Helmut Philipp Aust, Janne E. Nijman
This groundbreaking Research Handbook provides a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the impact of international law on cities. It sheds light on the growing global role of cities and makes the case for a renewed understanding of in...eBook:Find out more$54.36
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A Modern Guide to Knowledge
Francisco J. Carrillo
Outlining an integrative theory of knowledge, Francisco Javier Carrillo explores how to understand the underlying behavioural basis of the knowledge economy and society. Chapters highlight the notion that unless a knowledge-based value c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Vertical Cities
Edited by Thomas Maloutas, Nikos Karadimitriou
Exploring the social implications of dense and compact cities, this enlightening book looks at micro-scale segregation through several lenses. These include the ways that the housing market constantly reconfigures social mix, how the str...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Marketing Countries, Places, and Place-associated Brands
Edited by Nicolas Papadopoulos, Mark Cleveland
This book integrates new thinking on the image, marketing, and branding of places at all levels, from town squares to cities and countries, and of the products and peoples associated with them, thereby bridging the ‘country’ and ‘place’ ...eBook:Find out more$43.16
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The Role of Cities in International Relations
Agnieszka Szpak, Robert Gawłowski, Joanna Modrzyńska, Paweł Modrzyński, Michał Dahl
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Concerns about the position and function of nation-states in the international arena have le... -
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Teaching Urban and Regional Planning
Edited by Andrea I. Frank, Artur da Rosa Pires
This innovative book makes the case for training future planners in new and creative ways as coordinators, enablers and facilitators. An international range of teaching case studies offer distinctive ideas for the future of planning educ...eBook:Find out more$37.56
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Property Rights and Urban Transformation in China
Zhu Qian
Addressing fundamental questions surrounding the critical changes affecting China’s urban landscape, social organization and community governance, Property Rights and Urban Transformation in China thoroughly reviews the reform of propert...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook of Megacities and Megacity-Regions
Edited by Danielle Labbé, André Sorensen
Exploring the importance of megacities and megacity-regions as one of the defining features of the 21st century, this Handbook provides a clear and comprehensive overview of current thinking and debates from leading scholars in the field...eBook:Find out more$49.56
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The Elgar Companion to Urban Infrastructure Governance
Edited by Matthias Finger, Numan Yanar
A comprehensive overview of the governance of urban infrastructures, this Companion combines illustrative cases with conceptual approaches to offer an innovative perspective on the governance of large urban infrastructure systems. Chapte...eBook:Find out more$65.00