Urban Policy Books

New and Published Books

1. Civil Society and Participatory Governance

   Municipal Councils and Social Housing Programs in Brazil

   By Maureen M. Donaghy

   Series: Routledge Studies in Latin American Politics

   Democratic institutions should promote accountability of government officials to the needs of citizens. Civil society plays a role in exposing corruption as well as in communicating the needs of low-income residents to officials. Neither the institutions of representative democracy nor the presence...

   Published January 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Governing Health in Contemporary China

   By Yanzhong Huang

   Series: China Policy Series

   The lack of significant improvement in people’s health status and other mounting health challenges in China raise a puzzling question about the country’s internal transition: why did the reform-induced dynamics produce an economic miracle, but fail to reproduce the success Mao had achieved in the...

   Published November 11th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Battle for Tolmers Square (Routledge Revivals)

   By Nick Wates

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1976, this book tells of the dramatic struggle between tenants’ groups, community associations, students, squatters, intellectuals, political parties, and property developers at Tolmers Square in north London. The author describes how property developers, interested only in...

   Published October 25th 2012 by Routledge
4. Creative Industries and Urban Development

   Creative Cities in the 21st Century

   Edited by Terry Flew

   The concept of creative industries has developed considerable academic and policy momentum in the 21st century. There has been a connection identified between the rise of creative industries and the urbanisation of the world’s population, particularly in relation to the significance of cities as...

   Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge
5. Local Government and Strategic Choice (Routledge Revivals)

   An Operational Research Approach to the Processes of Public Planning

   By John Friend, Neil Jessop

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1969, this book is concerned with the processes of policy-making in local government. The authors address themselves to the basic challenge of planning in a democracy and consider issues such as how those elected to exercise choice on our behalf can preserve and expand their...

   Published September 20th 2012 by Routledge
6. Shaping Places

   Urban Planning, Design and Development

   By David Adams, Steve Tiesdell

   Shaping Places explains how towns and cities can turn real estate development to their advantage to create the kind of places where people want to live, work, relax and invest. It contends that the production of quality places which enhance economic prosperity, social cohesion and environmental...

   Published September 5th 2012 by Routledge
7. Community Development Approaches to Improving Public Health

   Edited by Robert Ogilvie

   Series: Community Development – Current Issues Series

   As the rates of chronic diseases, like diabetes, asthma and obesity skyrocket, research is showing that the built environment – the way our cities and towns are developed – contributes to the epidemic rates of these diseases. It is unlikely that those who planned and developed these places...

   Published August 12th 2012 by Routledge
8. Retailing (RLE Retailing and Distribution)

   Shopping, Society, Space

   By Larry O'Brien, Frank Harris

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Retailing and Distribution

   This textbook provides an up-to-date, comprehensive and fully integrated treatment of retailing as a) and industry, b) a force shaping social attitudes and contemporary culture, and c) a force for change in modern townscapes. Unlike other texts which focus on specific topics, this book provides a...

   Published August 8th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Cultural Contradictions of Progressive Politics

   The Role of Cultural Change and the Global Economy in Local Policymaking

   By Donald Rosdil

   Series: Routledge Research in Urban Politics and Policy

   Why do some U.S. cities like Seattle and Boston impose social exactions and sustainability targets on private investment while others like Las Vegas and Houston offer property tax and fee remissions to business, tolerate environmentally hazardous activities such as oil drilling, and express...

   Published August 7th 2012 by Routledge
10. Crime and the Life Course

    2nd Edition

    By Michael Benson

    Series: Criminology and Justice Studies

    In recent years, the lifecourse perspective has become a popular theoretical orientation toward crime. Yet despite its growing importance in the field of criminology, most textbooks give it only cursory treatment. Crime and the Lifecourse: An Introduction by Michael L. Benson provides a...

    Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge