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1. Smart Cities

   Governing, Modelling and Analysing the Transition

   Edited by Mark Deakin

   Smart city development has emerged a major issue over the past 5 years. Since the launch of IBM’s Smart Planet and CISCO’s Smart Cities and Communities programmes, their potential to deliver on global sustainable development targets have captured the public’s attention. However, despite this...

   To Be Published August 27th 2013 by Routledge
2. Creating Smart-er Cities

   Edited by Mark Deakin

   Drawing upon the smart experiences of "world class" cities in North America, Canada and Europe, this book provides the evidence to show how entrepreneurship-based and market-dependent representations of knowledge production are now being replaced with a community of policy makers, academic leaders,...

   Published January 15th 2013 by Routledge
3. From Intelligent to Smart Cities

   Edited by Mark Deakin, Husam Al Waer

   The concept of smart cities offers a revolutionary vision of urban design for sustainability. Utilizing the intelligent application of new technologies, smart cities also incorporate considerations of social and environmental capital in order to transform the life and work of cities. This book...

   Published July 3rd 2012 by Routledge
4. Sustainable Urban Development Volume 3

   The Toolkit for Assessment

   Edited by Ron Vreeker, Mark Deakin, Stephen Curwell

   Series: Sustainable Urban Development Series

   The third volume of the Sustainable Urban Development Series outlines the BEQUEST toolkit that helps link protocol with the assessment methods currently available for evaluating the sustainability of urban development. It details the decision support mechanisms developed for users of the...

   Published December 11th 2008 by Routledge
5. Sustainable Urban Development Volume 2

   The Environmental Assessment Methods

   Edited by Mark Deakin, Gordon Mitchell, Peter Nijkamp, Ron Vreeker

   Series: Sustainable Urban Development Series

   In this book, the second of a three-volume series, leading authorities on the methodology of environmental assessment provide a unique insight into questions of critical importance to sustainable urban development. Using the framework and protocols set out in Volume 1, Volume 2 examines how well...

   Published April 4th 2007 by Routledge
6. Sustainable Urban Development Volume 1

   The Framework and Protocols for Environmental Assessment

   Edited by Stephen Curwell, Mark Deakin, Martin Symes

   Series: Sustainable Urban Development Series

   Based on original research, this first volume of a set of groundbreaking new books sets out a framework for analyzing sustainable urban development and develops a set of protocols for evaluating the sustainability of urban development. Protocols included are for sustainable urban planning, urban...

   Published September 6th 2005 by Routledge