Urban Studies Products

Edited by Tim Edensor, Ares Kalandides, Uma Kothari

The handbook presents a compendium of the diverse and growing approaches to place from leading authors as well as less widely known scholars, providing a comprehensive yet cutting-edge overview of theories, concepts and creative engagements with place that resonate with contemporary concerns and…

Hardback – 2020-05-05 
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Edited by Katharine S. Willis, Alessandro Aurigi

The Routledge Companion to Smart Cities explores the question of what it means for a city to be ‘smart’, raises some of the tensions emerging in smart city developments, and considers the implications for future ways of inhabiting and understanding the urban condition. The volume draws…

Hardback – 2020-03-03 
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Routledge International Handbooks

Edited by Michael A. Burayidi, Adriana Allen, John Twigg, Christine Wamsler

This volume provides a comprehensive discussion and overview of urban resilience, including socio-ecological and economic hazard and disaster resilience. It provides a summary of state of the art thinking on resilience, the different approaches, tools and methodologies for understanding the subject…

Hardback – 2019-12-18 
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Routledge International Handbooks

Edited by Michael E. Leary-Owhin, John P. McCarthy

The Routledge Handbook of Henri Lefebvre,The City and Urban Society is the first edited book to focus on Lefebvre's urban theories and ideas from a global perspective, making use of recent theoretical and empirical developments, with contributions from eminent as well as emergent global scholars.…

Hardback – 2019-12-05
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Edited by Carlos Nunes Silva

This handbook contributes with new evidence and new insights to the on-going debate on the de-colonization of knowledge on urban planning in Africa. African cities grew rapidly since the mid-20th century, in part due to rising rural migration and rapid internal demographic growth that followed the…

Hardback – 2019-11-11
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Edited by Zlatan Krajina, Deborah Stevenson

The Routledge Companion to Urban Media and Communication traces central debates within the burgeoning interdisciplinary research on mediated cities and urban communication. The volume brings together diverse perspectives and global case studies to map key areas of research within media, cultural…

Hardback – 2019-10-11
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Edited by Gautam Bhan, Smita Srinivas, Vanessa Watson

The Routledge Companion to Planning in the Global South offers an edited collection on planning in parts of the world which, more often than not, are unrecognised or unmarked in mainstream planning texts. In doing so, its intention is not to fill a ‘gap’ that leaves this ‘mainstream’ unquestioned…

Paperback – 2019-09-18
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Edited by Sharon M. Meagher, Samantha Noll, Joseph S. Biehl

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of the City is an outstanding reference source to this exciting subject and the first collection of its kind. Comprising 40 chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into clear sections addressing the following central topics: •…

Hardback – 2019-09-09
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Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy

Edited by Kate Bishop, Nancy Marshall

Increasing urbanization and increasing urban density put enormous pressure on the relationships between people and place in cities. Built environment professionals must pay attention to the impact of people–place relationships in small- to large-scale urban initiatives. A small playground in a…

Hardback – 2019-08-27
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Edited by Nancey Green Leigh, Steven P French, Subhrajit Guhathakurta, Bruce Stiftel

The Routledge Handbook of International Planning Education is the first comprehensive handbook with a unique focus on planning education. Comparing approaches to the delivery of planning education by three major planning education accreditation bodies in the United States, Australia, and the United…

Hardback – 2019-07-31
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Edited by Katrin B. Anacker, Mai Thi Nguyen, David P. Varady

The Routledge Handbook of Housing Policy and Planning provides a comprehensive multidisciplinary overview of contemporary trends in housing studies, housing policies, planning for housing, and housing innovations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Continental Europe. In 29 chapters,…

Hardback – 2019-07-12
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Edited by Anders Blok, Ignacio Farias, Celia Roberts

This companion explores ANT as an intellectual practice, tracking its movements and engagements with a wide range of other academic and activist projects. Showcasing the work of a diverse set of ‘second generation’ ANT scholars from around the world, it highlights the exciting depth and breadth of…

Hardback – 2019-06-25
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