Urban Economics Products

Edited by Waldemar Cudny

Urban Events, Place Branding and Promotion explores the phenomenon of place event marketing, examining the ways in which events are used to brand and disseminate information about a place. It provides a novel contribution to the literature, capturing the growing interest in place promotion, and…

Hardback – 2019-10-07
Routledge
Routledge Contemporary Perspectives on Urban Growth, Innovation and Change

By Mark Abrahamson

Globalization has been built upon, and maintained by, major urban centers. As the interconnections among these cities grow, more cities become involved as important global nodes, and globalization has an extremely strong influence upon the forms and functions of cities everywhere. This new textbook…

Paperback – 2019-10-03
Routledge

By Alejandra Trejo Nieto

Metropolitan areas are home to a significant proportion of the world’s population and its economic output. Taking Mexico as a case study and weaving in comparisons from Latin America and developed countries, this book explores current trends and policy issues around urbanisation, metropolisation,…

Hardback – 2019-09-20
Routledge
Regions and Cities

Edited by Salvatore Capasso, Eugenia Ferragina

This book focuses on issues that are relevant for the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. The depth and the extension of the current political crisis in the area have changed the perspectives of conventional Euro-Mediterranean integration policies. The book provides the grounds for new patterns of…

Hardback – 2019-07-31
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Labour Economics

By Elliot Fishman

There are now over 2,000 cities with a bike share program. Bike Share examines all the major developments in the 50-year history of bike share. The book provides a detailed focus on contemporary bike share programs, including many of the most prominent systems, such as those in Paris, London, and…

Paperback – 2019-07-29
Routledge

By Winifred Curran

This book explores how gentrification often reinforces traditional gender roles and spatial constructions during the process of reshaping the labour, housing, commercial and policy landscapes of the city. It focuses in particular on the impact of gentrification on women and racialized men,…

Paperback – 2019-07-12
Routledge
Routledge Critical Studies in Urbanism and the City

Edited by José L. S. Gámez, Zhongjie Lin, Jeffrey S. Nesbit

Using Rio de Janeiro as the case study city, this book highlights and examines issues surrounding the development of mega-cities in Latin America and beyond. Complex dynamics of urbanization such as mega-event-driven development, infrastructure investment, and informal urban expansion are…

Hardback – 2019-07-02
Routledge
Built Environment City Studies

Edited by Adenrele Awotona

Rebuilding Afghanistan in Times of Crisis provides academics and researchers interested in planning, urbanism and conflict studies with a multidisciplinary, international assessment of the reconstruction and foreign aid efforts in Afghanistan. The book draws together expert contributions from…

Hardback – 2019-06-25
Routledge
Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design

By Jamie O’Brien

This book offers state-of-the-art ‘tools for thinking’ for urban designers, planners and decision-makers. Thematically it focuses on the contexts of problems in urban design and places community spaces at the heart of urban design research. The book provides practicable tools for network modelling…

Hardback – 2019-06-13
Routledge
Routledge Critical Studies in Urbanism and the City

Edited by Prashant Das, Ramya Aroul, Julia Freybote

This book provides insights into commercial and residential real estate markets in one of the world’s fastest growing regions: South Asia. Despite being the growth leader of the future, South Asia is among the "least integrated" regions with a large need for real-estate-specific information and…

Paperback – 2019-06-13
Routledge
Routledge International Real Estate Markets Series

By William M Clarke

Originally published in 1979, Inside the City looks at The City of London as one of the important financial centres in the world. The book provides an interesting insight into the City as a major centre of international banking, asking key questions such as, how long the city can last as a major…

Paperback – 2019-05-29
Routledge
Routledge Library Editions: Financial Markets

By Hamish McRae, Frances Cairncross

Originally published in 1985, Capital City: London as a Financial Centre proves in depth analytical description of the financial institutions of the City of London. The book describes in detail the operations of the banks, the stock market, the insurance world and other bodies that make up the…

Paperback – 2019-05-29
Routledge
Routledge Library Editions: Financial Markets