Cities & Infrastructure Books

New and Published Books

1. Transforming Urban Transport

   The Ethics, Politics and Practices of Sustainable Mobility

   Edited by Nicholas Low

   Transforming Urban Transport confronts head-on the dilemma faced by a world addicted to automobility. It highlights the danger of continuing along the fossil-fuel path and gives viable technological alternatives which can be deployed to find a solution. Changes in urban mobility and transport...

   Published November 22nd 2012 by Routledge
2. 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
3. The Emerging Asian City

   Concomitant Urbanities & Urbanisms

   Edited by Vinayak Bharne

   The Asian urban landscape contains nearly half of the planet’s inhabitants and more than half of its slum population living in some of its oldest and densest cities. It encompasses some of the world’s oldest civilizations and colonizations, and today contains some of the world’s fastest growing...

   Published September 24th 2012 by Routledge
4. Managing Transboundary Waters of Latin America

   Edited by Asit Biswas

   Definitive analyses of transboundary water management in Latin America are conspicuous by their absence. The situation is a little better for rivers compared to groundwater resources. Transboundary water management in Latin America has been evolving in a somewhat different manner compared to other...

   Published August 12th 2012 by Routledge
5. Routledge Library Editions: Retailing and Distribution

   By Various

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Retailing and Distribution

   Routledge Library Editions: Retailing and Distribution brings together as one set, or individual volumes, groundbreaking retail studies from the field of human geography. Encompassing town and retail planning, marketing geography, the development of shopping centres and the rise of consumerism...

   Published August 8th 2012 by Routledge
6. Lean Design Management

   Edited by Stephen Emmitt

   Series: Architectural Engineering and Design Management

   The fields of design management and lean construction appear to be developing independently. This volume brings together authors from four continents to argue that lean thinking should be integral to design management in the fields of architecture, engineering and construction (AEC). The...

   Published May 27th 2012 by Routledge
7. Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto

   Claiming a Right to the Past

   By Christoph Brumann

   Series: Japan Anthropology Workshop Series

   As the historic capital of the country and the stronghold of the nation’s most celebrated traditions, the city of Kyoto holds a unique place in the Japanese imagination. Widely praised for the beauty of its townscape and natural environments, it is both a popular destination for tourists and home...

   Published March 20th 2012 by Routledge
8. The City in the Experience Economy

   Role and Transformation

   Edited by Anne Lorentzen, Carsten Jahn Hansen

   The book develops a new approach to urban development in which leisure, pleasure or experiences are seen as key drivers. History, authenticity, urban qualities, local culture and leisure offerings or a vibrant retail sector are thus assets in local development also outside of the big cities....

   Published February 13th 2012 by Routledge
9. Megapolitan America

   By Arthur Nelson, Robert Lang

   With an expected population of 400 million by 2040, America is morphing into an economic system composed of twenty-three 'megapolitan' areas that will dominate the nation’s economy by midcentury. These 'megapolitan' areas are networks of metropolitan areas sharing common economic, landscape,...

   Published January 19th 2012 by APA Planners Press