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  • 1
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    China’s Urban Construction Land Development : The State, Market, and Peasantry in Action (2020)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Architecture. ; Urban Sociology. ; Cities, Countries, Regions.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Interpreting the Development of Urban Construction Land in China -- Understanding Land Developments in a Globalizing World: Theoretical Alternatives -- Making Sense of China’s Urban Construction Land Development: Towards Dual-track Political Ecology -- Methodological Issues -- The Changing Geography of China’s Urban Construction Land -- Changing Institutions for The Development of Urban Construction Land -- Formal Development of China’s Urban Construction Land -- Informal Development of China’s Urban Construction Land. Urban Construction Land Development in Beijing -- Urban Construction Land Development in Shenzhen -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book examines the nature and internal dynamics of China’s urban construction land (UCL) development, drawing insights from the recently developed theory of regional political ecology. Based on the author’s original research, it identifies two different types of UCL development in China, namely top-down, formal development in the legal and regulated domain, and spontaneous and informal, bottom-up development in the semi-legal, poorly regulated gray domain. Presenting a systematic analysis and comparison, it reveals a scale and speed of informal land development no less significant than that of formal land development, although informal land development tends to be scattered, pervasive, difficult to track, and largely overlooked in research and policy formation. Contrary to the popular perception of the peasantry as passive victims of land development, this book uncovers an intriguing dynamic in which the peasantry has played an increasingly (pro)active role in developing their rural land for urban uses in informal markets. Further, based on an investigation of UCL development in Beijing and Shenzhen, it shows an interesting trajectory in which the uneven growth and utilization of UCL are contingent upon the various developmental milieus in different places. China’s land institutions, based on an urban–rural dual land system, are not conducive to the ultimate goal of saving and efficiently utilizing land. Accordingly, an urban–rural integrated land market and management system is highly advisable. The theoretical and empirical enquiry presented challenges the perceived notion of China’s UCL development as the outcome of market demand and state supply. Further, it argues for an inclusive treatment of the informality that has characterized urbanization in many developing countries, and for a reassessment of the role played by the peasantry in land-based urbanization. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXVII, 474 p. 169 illus., 19 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811505652
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0565-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-0565-2
    DDC: 307.76
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    EU Regional and Urban Policy : Innovations and Experiences from the 2014–2020 Programming Period (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Urban economics. ; Urban Sociology. ; Urban Economics.
    Description / Table of Contents: The reform of Cohesion Policy in the 2014-2020 programming period and the regional smart specialization strategy -- Regions and Macro-regions in European Territorial Cooperation: present and 2021+ -- The urban question with the EU integration project. A continuous project of experimentation -- Innovation in EU “urban policy” during the 2014-2020 programming period: conceptions, experiences and perspectives -- Conclusions. .
    Abstract: The book critically reflects on some of the most important novelties and experimentations in the context of the European Union’s renewed urban and regional policy in the last programming period, 2014-2020. In particular, it examines four main innovations characterizing this period, which emerged as a result of the deep rethinking and reorganization of Cohesion Policy in the spirit of the place-based approach to local development, i.e. the development of the smart specialization strategy, the establishment of macro-regions, the focus on the urban dimension as a horizontal priority, and the role of social innovation in urban policy. Unlike other similar books, it analyzes the urban dimension of the reformed EU cohesion policy, especially focusing on its interplay with the regional dimension, and which has not been fully addressed to date. The book is intended for social scientists engaged in research on European issues, especially from regional and urban perspectives, policy-makers, particularly at the local level, and graduate students interested in regional and urban European matters.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VI, 88 p. 5 illus., 3 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030345754
    Series Statement: PoliMI SpringerBriefs,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34575-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-34575-4
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  • 3
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    Los Angeles and the Summer Olympic Games : Planning Legacies (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sports Sociological aspects. ; Economic geography. ; Political science. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sport Sociology. ; Economic Geography. ; Political Science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- 2. The Los Angeles Olympics 1932 -- 3 The Los Angeles Olympics 1984 -- 4 The Los Angeles Olympics 2028 -- 5 Similarities and differences between the three LA Olympics -- 6 Conclusionf: Legacies of the 2028 Olympics -- Index -- Acronyms. .
    Abstract: This open access book describes the three planning approaches and legacy impacts for the Olympic Games in one locale: the city of Los Angeles, USA. The author critically compares the similarities and differences of the LA Olympics by reviewing the 1932 and 1984 Olympics and by analyzing the concurrent planning process for the 2028 Olympics. The author unravels the conditions that make (or do not make) LA28’s argument “we have staged the Games before, we can do it again” compelling. Setting the bid’s promises into the contemporary local and global mega-event contexts, the author analyzes why LA won the bids, how those wins allowed LA to negotiate concessions with the IOC and NOC, and how legacies were planned, executed, and ultimately evolved. The author concludes with a prediction which 2028 legacy promises might and might not be fulfilled given the local and international Olympic contexts.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XV, 60 p. 5 illus., 1 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030385538
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38553-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-38553-8
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    Perception, Design and Ecology of the Built Environment : A Focus on the Global South (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainable architecture. ; Sustainability. ; Economic development. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. ; Sustainability. ; Development Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Environment, Perception and Design of the Built -- Chapter 1. An introduction (Mainak Ghosh) -- Part II. Environment and the Built: Earth as an Inspiration -- Chapter 2. A Place-making between Mountain and River: A General View on Dwelling culture and Architecture of the Indigenous Vernacular Villages in Indonesia (Indah Widiastuti) -- Chapter 3. Reflection on Rhetorics, Appropriate Building Materials and Domestic Utilities Towards Reduction of Housing Costs in Tanzania (Moses Felician Moses) -- Chapter 4. Sustainable Planning Interventions for Urban Crisis in respect to Outdoor Thermal Comfort-Case study of Kolkata (Debashish Das) -- Chapter 5. Traditional Houses of Cunda Island in Anatolia (Ayten Erdem) -- Part III. Perception and the Built: Eyes of the Mind -- Chapter 6. Regionalising Contemporary Architecture in West Sumatra (Feni Kurniati) -- Chapter 7. Hyderabad: A city with glorious past and flying future (Madhu Vottery) -- Chapter 8. Recife Fascinations (Rachael Carter) -- Chapter 9. Living in Alleys: A Story of Urban Kampong (Achmad Syaiful) -- Part IV: Design and the Built: Man the Place Maker -- Chapter 10. The ‘smart’ as a project for the city (V. Geropanta) -- Chapter 11. Urban Transformations of Residential Settlements in Colonial Towns: Case Study of Little Europe (Ruchira Das) -- Chapter 12. Evaluating and Comparing The Effectiveness of Subnational Policies Concerning Hurricane Evacuation Zones in Built Environment: Applicability of the State of Florida Model (Haris Alibasic) -- Chapter 13. Transformation of Commercial Centres and Urban Development Process in Global South (Sanghamitra Sarkar) -- Part V: Future of the Built -- Chapter 14. Future of the Built: A Holistic View, (Mainak Ghosh).
    Abstract: T his edited volume is a compilation of the ‘built environment’ in response to many investigations, analyses and sometimes mere observations of the various dialogues and interactions of the built, in context to its ecology, perception and design. The chapters concentrate on various independent issues, integrated as a holistic approach, both in terms of theoretical perspectives and practical approaches, predominantly focusing on the Global South. The book builds fabric knitting into the generic understanding of environment, perception and design encompassing ‘different’ attitudes and inspirations. This book is an important reference to topics concerning urbanism, urban developments and physical growth, and highlights new methodologies and practices. The book presumes an understanding unearthed from various dimensions and again woven back to a common theme, which emerges as the reader reads through. Various international experts of the respective fields working on the Global South contributed their latest research and insights to the different parts of the book. This trans-disciplinary volume appeals to scientists, students and professionals in the fields of architecture, geography, planning, environmental sciences and many more.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XI, 580 p. 248 illus., 186 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030258795
    Series Statement: Springer Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25879-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25879-5
    DDC: 307.76
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  • 5
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    The Rise in Vacant Housing in Post-growth Japan : Housing Market, Urban Policy, and Revitalizing Aging Cities (2020)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Human geography. ; Urban economics. ; Economic geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Human Geography. ; Urban Economics. ; Economic Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Why the rise in urban housing vacancies oc-curred and matters in Japan -- Mapping the problems of housing vacancies in Japan -- Changes in essential facilities of housing estates in an aging society: the failure of city planning in Japan -- Geodemographic characteristics of vacant houses in the resale condominium market in the Kansai metropolitan area -- The decline in price of suburban secondhand hosuing in Hiroshima city -- Distribution of vacant homes in Tama city in the Tokyo metropolitan area: estimation using GIS and small area statistics -- Urban abandonment and housing vacancies in Japanese local cities: a case of Kyo-machiya, traditional wooden town houses -- A problem of vacant housing in local cities: Utsunomiya city, Tochigi prefecture case study -- Revitalizing old houses “Kominka” by private real estate agencies -- Local responses to a rise in housing vacancies in the Nagoya suburbs. .
    Abstract: This book explores how Japanese cities have transformed since the 1950s by describing housing and urban planning policies, urbanization processes, and maps with GIS analysis. It also discusses how housing vacancies have increased in shrinking Japanese cities, with case studies in Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, and Utsunomiya, and examines public–private partnerships and civil engagement to revitalize cities. Providing examples of how Japanese cities have addressed the issues of aging populations and urban shrinkage, it contributes to better decision-making by politicians, planners, local authorities, NPOs, and local communities in many rapidly urbanizing and potentially aging regions such as Asia. In the era of urban shrinkage, Japanese cities have struggled with aging populations, low fertility, population loss, and a decline in the economic base over decades. In particular, shrinkage in metropolitan suburbs and large cities (e.g., sites of prefectural government with 300 000–400 000 inhabitants) has caused serious social problems owing to the huge aging population and large areas covered. One typical problem that has emerged is an increase in vacancies in now empty and abandoned housing.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVI, 175 p. 53 illus., 24 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811379208
    Series Statement: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7920-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-7920-8
    DDC: 307.76
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  • 6
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    Singapore’s Park System Master Planning : A Nation Building Tool to Construct Narratives in Post-Colonial Countries (2020)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainability. ; Physical geography. ; Cultural property. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainability. ; Physical Geography. ; Cultural Heritage.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Framing the Discourse of Urban Green-provision and Constructions of Nation: Western Policies and Singapore’s Debate -- Design and Planning of Singapore’s Public Open Space, Parks and Gardens in the Early Colonial Times -- The British Colonial Planning Model provides an Integrated System of Public Open Spaces: the 1958 Master Plan -- Parks for the Community: the Modernist City State Planning Model -- Design of Parks and Public Open Space in the Post-Modern: from Creation of Character and Visual Identity to Theme – Gardens -- Heritage Parks. Re-purposing and Thematizing Colonial Gardens: Construction of History and Nation in City Parks -- Singapore’s Green Infrastructure Concept and Biophilic Urbanism -- The ‘Singapore Playground’: System of Themed Public Parks Conceived as Green Infrastructure. Building Environmental, Social and Cultural Sustainability through Nature-Reconstruction, Community Participation and Identity-Making -- Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book traces the evolution of Singapore’s parks system, from colonial to present times. Further, it contextualizes the design and planning of parks in the general discourse on western and eastern traditions: early twentieth century western conceptions ‘imported’ during colonialism; modernism; postmodernism, and the contemporary ecological debate. Park system planning products respond to national policies and result in structural urban elements and a range of park types. Global (western ideology) and local issues have influenced park system planning and the physical design of individual parks over time. However, in Singapore the eastern literature has not addressed the development of parks and urban green spaces in terms of historical perspective. The publication reveals the interrelations between visual representations and changing political ideologies. Singapore’s system of public parks is shown to represent an iconography created by the state. Its set of constructed narratives elucidates on the potential social, cultural and environmental roles of public parks. However, Singapore’s park system presents a novel paradigm for expanding Asian cities, characterized by evolving urban imaging strategies. In framing Singapore’s case study within the broader perspective of eastern applications of western planning and design practices, and constructions of nation in post-colonial countries, the manuscript establishes the contribution of the Singaporean model of design and planning of parks to the international debate.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXX, 355 p. 97 illus., 75 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811367465
    Series Statement: Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6746-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-6746-5
    DDC: 307.76
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  • 7
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    Warsaw Housing Cooperative : City in Action (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainability. ; Ethnology. ; Culture. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainability. ; Regional Cultural Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Modern Dreams. Modern Illusions – Ideas on Cooperativism -- Progress Through Architecture. Two Modernisms? -- How Does the Space Perform? -- Sensitive Urban Planning or Critical Spatial Practice? -- An Old or New Urban Issue? -- Workshop? Settlement House? Laboratory? -- Models of Urban Cultures -- ‘Total Pedagogisation’? -- State of Emergency and Everyday Life in Żoliborz.
    Abstract: This book discusses the unknown and remote urban experiment of modernist social practices and dreams of a better tomorrow. It describes the history of the Warsaw Housing Cooperative not as a historical relic or a single case study, but instead analyses this working-class social housing estate – in itself an extremely interesting emancipatory project – from the perspective of contemporary urban studies. It focuses on issues related to the power of architecture, architects and the estate residents themselves: the city's performative actions, problems related to the polycentric character of the city authorities, the opportunities of building urban institutions, and social identities and urban common goods. Inspired by the history of the Warsaw Housing Cooperative, the book investigates how the estate residents, assisted by social reformers (today called urban activists), organised the urban space of performative democracy, and how they developed anti-capitalist, urban-survival strategies and created new lifestyles. It also analyses how passive tenants turned into active citizens claiming their right to the city. The inspiring book is intended for researchers in the field of performative studies, urban sociologists, critical urban studies researchers, animators of social life and urban activists.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XV, 292 p. 44 illus., 34 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030230777
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23077-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23077-7
    DDC: 307.76
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  • 8
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    Making Green Cities : Concepts, Challenges and Practice (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainable architecture. ; Urban ecology (Biology). ; Landscape ecology. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. ; Urban Ecology. ; Landscape Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Concepts -- Chapter 1. The Green City: general concept -- Chapter 2. The nature concept - of what the green consist of -- Chapter 3. The benefit concept - How people can benefit from urban nature -- Part 2: Challenges and Practices -- Chapter 4. Urban Parks -- Chapter 5. Urban Gardening -- Chapter 6. Urban Agriculture -- Chapter 7. Urban Forests -- Chapter 8. Urban waters and wetlands -- Chapter 9. Urban Protected Areas -- Chapter 10. Urban Biodiversity -- Chapter 11. Multi-functional urban green spaces -- Chapter 12. Conflicting nature in cities. .
    Abstract: This book shows what role nature can play in a city and how this can make it a better place for people to live. People, planners, designers and politicians are working towards the development of green cities. Some cities are already promoted as green cities, while others are on their way to become one. But their goals are often unclear and can include different facets. Presenting contributions from world leading researchers in the field of urban ecology, the editors provide an interdisciplinary overview of best practices and challenges in creating green cities. They show examples of how to build up these cities from bits and pieces to districts and urban extensions. Each example concludes with a summary of the collected knowledge, the learning points and how this can be used in other places. The best practices are collected from around the world – Europe, Australia, America and Asia. The new dynamic urban development of Asia is illustrated by case studies from China and the Indian subcontinent. The reader will learn which role nature can play in green cities and what the basic requirements are in terms of culture, pre-existing nature conditions, existing urban surroundings, history, design and planning. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: IX, 532 p. 230 illus., 158 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030377168
    Series Statement: Cities and Nature,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37716-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-37716-8
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    High-Rise Urban Form and Microclimate : Climate-Responsive Design for Asian Mega-Cities (2020)
    Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainable architecture. ; Climatology. ; Buildings Environmental engineering. ; System theory. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. ; Climate Sciences. ; Building Physics, HVAC. ; Complex Systems.
    Description / Table of Contents: High-rise urban form -- Urban form and urban climates -- Urban high-rise microclimate -- Urban heat island intensity in residential quarters -- Pedestrian wind environment in residential quarters -- Solar radiation in high-rise urban environment -- Cooling effects of urban greenery at three scales -- Developing a thermal atlas for commercial-business.
    Abstract: The book comprehensively investigates the relationship between critical urban form and fabric parameters and urban microclimate in the high-rise urban environment that prevails in Asian megacitiessuch as Shanghai. It helps readers gain a deeper understanding ofclimate-responsive urban design strategies and tactics for effectively mitigating the negative impacts of deteriorating urban thermal environments on pedestrian thermal comfort, outdoor air quality and building energy consumption. It also reviews the latest advances in urban climate research, with a focus on the challenges in terms of outdoor space comfort, health, and livability posed by the high-rise and high-density development in emerging Asian megacities, and proposes an integrated framework in response to the pressing need for microclimate research. It then presents a series of studies on high-rise residential and non-residential urban neighborhoods and districtsbased on instrumented field study, validated numerical simulation, and spatial analysis using a GIS platform. The book includes extensive, valuable experimental data presented in a clear and concise manner. The thermal atlas methodology based on empirical modeling and spatial analysis described is a useful climate-responsive design tool for both urban designer and architects. As such, the book is of particular interest to researchers, professionals, and graduate students in the fields of urban planning and design, building science and urban climatology.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVI, 211 p. 107 illus., 80 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811517143
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1714-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1714-3
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  • 10
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    Urban Studies and Entrepreneurship (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Entrepreneurship. ; New business enterprises. ; Political science. ; Economic sociology. ; Education and state. ; Technological innovations. ; Urban Sociology. ; Entrepreneurship. ; Political Science. ; Economic Sociology. ; Education Policy. ; Innovation and Technology Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Demography -- Incentives -- Urban Design -- Education -- Collaborative Governance.
    Abstract: This book attempts to advance critical knowledge and practices for fostering a variety of entrepreneurship at a city level. The book aims to connect scholarship and policy practice in two disciplines: Urban Studies and Entrepreneurship. The book has included contributions from developed, emerging, and developing countries. The chapters are clubbed under five main sections; I. Startups and Entrepreneurial Opportunities, II. Knowledge Spillover, III. Social and Bureaucratic Entrepreneurialism, IV. Demography and Informal Entrepreneurs V. Perspectives from Emerging and Developing Economies. In this regard, the book explores a number of questions, such as: what are the important varieties of entrepreneurship, how can they be observed and measured, and how does each variety emerge and operate under various conditions of infrastructure and opportunity? Which type(s) of entrepreneurship should a city prefer? What can cities do to stimulate desirable forms of entrepreneurship or is it more of a spontaneous phenomenon? Why do policies that enhance entrepreneurship in some contexts seem instead to promote crony capitalism and rent-seeking in other contexts? Should cities focus on growing their own entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial enterprises or on luring them from other cities and countries? How can a collective action in a city promote (or hinder) entrepreneurship? The contributions in the present volume address head-on these questions at the intersection of urban studies, economic theory, and the practicalities of economic development and urban governance, in a genuinely global range of places and applications.
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    Pages: XII, 288 p. 27 illus., 20 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030151645
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15164-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-15164-5
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    Functional Urban Areas in Poland : Demographic Trends and Migration Patterns (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Demography. ; Population. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Architecture. ; Urban Sociology. ; Population and Demography. ; Human Migration. ; Regional and Spatial Economics. ; Cities, Countries, Regions.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Functional Urban Areas - Theoretical Background -- Population Growth in Functional Urban Areas -- Regional Variation of Age Composition of Functional Urban Areas -- Ageing Processes in Functional Urban Areas -- Changes in Fertility and Mortality in Functional Urban Areas -- Changes in Migrations in Functional Urban Areas -- Spatial Typology of Functional Urban Areas (Based on Demographic Measurements) -- Summary.
    Abstract: This book explores demographic changes in Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) in Poland since 1990. Functional Urban Areas, introduced by ESPON, refer to functional territorial units that can be defined as travel-to-work-area, representing strong integration between urban cores and their immediate hinterland. The functional urban area consists of a city plus its commuting zone. It fills a significant gap in the academic literature by providing a deep and thorough analysis of the process of population change in Polish FUAs over the past 30 years. In particular, this empirical research work addresses population growth and decline; the main components of population growth including fertility, mortality and migration; age composition; and the pace of population ageing. The book argues that the transformations of urban structures are triggered by second demographic transition (SDT) and suburbanization processes. Based on data from the Central Statistical Office, this comparative study on FUAs in Poland, which employs a division into core and commuting zones, reveals essential similarities and differences in population development, making it possible to construct a demographic typology of FUAs and investigate their spatial arrangements. A unique and innovative book, it will appeal to geographers, demographers, urbanists, city planners and policymakers, as well as students, academic researchers and others involved in urban studies.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: VIII, 196 p. 97 illus., 95 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030315276
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31527-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-31527-6
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    Spatial Behavior in Haredi Jewish Communities in Great Britain (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Demography. ; Population. ; Geography. ; Religion and sociology. ; Political sociology. ; Urban Sociology. ; Population and Demography. ; Regional Geography. ; Sociology of Religion. ; Political Sociology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Haredi Jews in the UK -- Chapter 3. Measurement of the Jewish population in the UK -- Chapter 4. The Litvish world -- Chapter 5. The Hasidic world -- Chapter 6. Summary and conclusion.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the strict orthodox Jewish (Haredi) community, which comprises many sects whose communal identity plays a central role in everyday life and spatial organization. The research reveals and analyses powerful mechanisms of residential segregation acting at the apartment-, building- and near-neighbourhood levels. Identifying the main engines of spontaneous and organised neighbourhood change and evaluating the difficulties of liberalism dealing with non-autonomous individuals in the housing market sheds light on similar processes occurring in other city centres with diverse population groups. Highlighting the impact of various organisational levels on the spatial structure of the urban enclave, the book focuses on the internal dynamics of ethno-religious enclaves that emerge from three levels of action: (1) individuals' relationships with their own and other groups; (2) the community leadership's powers within the group and in respect of other groups; and (3) government directives and tools (e.g planning). The study examines how different levels of communal organisation are reflected in the residential patterns of four British communities: the Litvish communities of Golders Green and Gateshead, and the Hassidic communities of Stamford Hill and Canvey Island.
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    Pages: XIII, 154 p. 32 illus., 27 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030258580
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25858-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25858-0
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    Inventing Berlin : Architecture, Politics and Cultural Memory in the New/Old German Capital Post-1989 (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Cities and towns History. ; Geography. ; Ethnology. ; Culture. ; Collective memory. ; Urban Sociology. ; Urban History. ; Regional Geography. ; Regional Cultural Studies. ; Memory Studies.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Spatial Symbolism and Politics -- The Politicization of Berlin’s Urban Landscape, 1945 – 1989 -- Identity, Politics, and the Creation of Consensus -- The Cultural Landscape of the Berliner Republic: Undoing the Socialist Past -- Putting It All Together: Spatial Symbolism, Cultural Memory, Nation-Building, and Berlin’s Urban Development after 1989 -- Conclusion: Current Outlook, Recent Developments and Wider Relevance.
    Abstract: This book comprehensively examines post-1989 changes to the symbolic landscape of Berlin – specifically, street names, architecture, urban planning and monuments – and links these changes to concepts of contested cultural memory and national identity in Berlin and Germany in the post-Wall period. The core of the book is made up of an analysis of built space changes in the eastern half of the city before and after the Berlin Wall, flanked by an introduction to the theoretical underpinnings of the topic and a wider interpretation of the events in Berlin in relation to other geographic and historical contexts. It furthermore offers an explanatory model for the phenomenon of the "symbolic foreigner" whereby former citizens of the GDR feel disenfranchised and excluded from today's German society. This book is a valuable resource for researchers, students, and also appeals to a wider, non-academic audience with an interest in both cultural memory and Berlin.
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    Pages: XXIII, 197 p. 58 illus., 45 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030297183
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29718-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29718-3
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    Belgrade : The 21st Century Metropolis of Southeast Europe (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Cities and towns History. ; Geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Urban History. ; Regional Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The urban, political and socioeconomic rise and fall of Belgrade through its history -- Chapter 2. Milena Vukmirovic -- Chapter 3. The rise and fall of New Belgrade with current developments in retrospect -- Chapter 4. Belgrade’s Waterfront revitalization -- Chapter 5. Reimaging Belgrade: the case of Savamala district -- Chapter 6. Public Art in Belgrade -- Chapter 7. Pedestrian-friendly Belgrade -- Chapter 8. Belgrade’s development visions and aims.
    Abstract: This book highlights Belgrade, reviewing its recent and historical developments and emphasizing its major ongoing planning projects. The book is divided into eight chapters. The first, entitled The urban, political and socioeconomic rise and fall of Belgrade through its history, introduces the reader to the city, and is followed by a chapter on Belgrade’s urban plans through history. The book continues with a chapter on one of the major urban projects in the former Yugoslavia, the construction of New Belgrade, its development and results, entitled New Belgrade: from no man’s land to modern city. In turn, the following three chapters explore three dominant contemporary topics: Belgrade’s riverfront redevelopment; Reimaging Belgrade: the case of Savamala; and Sustainable Belgrade. Expansion of the pedestrian zone in the city center. The book draws to a close with a chapter on Future predictions: South-Eastern European metropolis of the 21st century. This chapter in particular discusses large city projects and includes predictions about the city’s future.
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    Pages: XII, 308 p. 213 illus., 203 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030350703
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35070-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-35070-3
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    Analyzing Population and Land Use Change : Selected Case Studies of Indian Metropolitan Cities (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainability. ; Environment. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainability. ; Environmental Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Data sources and methodology -- Population dynamics in top seven cities of India -- Land use/cover change in top seven cities of India -- Environmental challenges in seven cities: Interlinkages -- Summary and conclusion.
    Abstract: This multidisciplinary book discusses and scientifically analyzes issues related to population, land use/cover (LULC) and environmental transformations in the seven most populated cities in India: Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. To do so, it closely examines and compares the trends in selected population parameters, including total population, total number of households, population density, population growth rate, percent of total population in slums and intercensal net migration over the past two decades. Presenting the changes in various LULC categories (built-up land, forest cover, agricultural land, fallow land and water bodies) using the supervised classification of Landsat TM-5 images, it assesses the impact of population and LULC on the maximum and minimum temperatures and average annual rainfall in these regions. The book is a valuable resource for researchers and academics in the areas of sustainability, population and development, and environmental studies as well as those in NGOs and humanitarian sectors working in the areas of sustainable development and environment.
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    Pages: IX, 68 p. 29 illus., 13 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811550362
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5036-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-5036-2
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    Coastal Resorts and Urbanization in Northeast Brazil (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Geography. ; Economic geography. ; Political planning. ; Urban Sociology. ; Geography. ; Economic Geography. ; Public Policy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Urban, Spas And Maritime Vilegiatura -- Chapter 2. The Metropolises Grow Towards The Sea, Northeast Of Brazil -- Chapter 3. Coastal Metropolitization And Tourist Real Estate -- Chapter 4. The Social And Urbanistic Effects Of Tourism Developments In Fortaleza, Brazil -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book intends to present the development of socio-spatial practices in the metropolitan coast of the Northeast of Brazil, highlighting the main urban, spa and tourist agglomerations: Salvador-BA, Recife-PE, Fortaleza-CE, and Natal-RN. The objective is to study the processes of urbanization associated with maritime leisure. In the first chapter, the reader will find a historical and conceptual presentation highlighting the relevance of leisure practices, their forms-flows and their role in the formation of maritime resorts. The second chapter analyses the context of the northeastern region of Brazil and demonstrates the process of modernization and formation of the seaside function within the cities, and later, in the maritime metropolises of the region. The relationship between urbanization and touristic real estate ventures is the central theme of the third chapter, which proposes a specific methodology for studies of this nature. The final chapter presents the seaside resorts in the metropolitan area of Fortaleza, a case study similar to others in the Northeast, examining the urbanistic effects and the key ideas of the planners.
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    Pages: IX, 74 p. 19 illus., 17 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030465933
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Latin American Studies,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46593-3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-46593-3
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    Foregrounding Urban Agendas : The New Urban Issue in European Experiences of Policy-Making (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainability. ; Political planning. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainability. ; Public Policy.
    Description / Table of Contents: (Introduction) Making Sense of the Urban Agendas: Studies in the Production and Use of the Urban in Agenda Discourses -- Part I: The Urban Agenda for the European Union: Spatiality, Knowledge, Powers -- Understanding the Emergence of the Spanish Urban Agenda: Towards a New Multi-level Policy Scenario? -- Urban Policies in Portugal -- Gender Impact in the Agenda 2030 -- Part II: Scottish City Regional Deals: A New Type of Multi-level Partnership? -- The Politics of Making Regions - Competitiveness and the Re-presentation of Territoriality in Europe. The Case of the International Øresund Region -- Metropolitan Areas in Italy, Between National Agenda and Local Agendas -- Part III: The Urban Question in German Policy Making -- Metropolitan Development and Governance: the Cases of England and France -- Metropolitanizing a Nordic state? City-regionalist Imaginary and State Territorial Restructuring in Finland -- Part IV: Urban Agenda at the Regional Scale: the Case of Andalusia -- The Implementation of Madrid 2030 Agenda -- Urban Agenda and Metropolitan Governance: the Case of Milan -- Conclusion. Advancing Urban Agenda Research.
    Abstract: This book highlights the discontinuities and the ongoing development of the urban question in policy-making in the context of the controversial current issues of global reversal and regional revival. It critically examines contemporary public policies and practices at the urban, regional and national scales in order to offer a timely contribution to the debate on the significance of the urban dimension and interpretation in terms of the theory, policy and practice of social-spatial research in the twenty-first century. Focusing on Europe, it explores the current urban policy agendas at different scales - and the mobility of those agendas -, their implications, contradictions and controversies. It brings together original contributions from multiple disciplines but with an urban perspective, including empirical case studies and critical discussions of the following topics: the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the global “New Urban Agenda” as part of the Habitat III process; the Urban Agenda for the European Union; national spatial policies related to urban agendas; urban agendas at regional/urban levels; city regionalism discourse and state rescaling; new formal regional and metropolitan governments as a solution (or problem); the role of new actors in regional urbanization dynamics; multi-level governance processes in developing an urban agenda; informal assemblages at the metropolitan scale aiming at constructing the urban concept and dimension. Given its scope, the book is of interest to urban, regional and EU policy-makers, scholars and students working in the fields of urban geography, urban studies, EU urban and regional policies, and planning.
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    Pages: XV, 316 p. 18 illus., 12 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030290733
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29073-3
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    Data-driven Multivalence in the Built Environment (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Engineering design. ; Buildings Design and construction. ; Medical informatics. ; Computer networks . ; Urban Sociology. ; Engineering Design. ; Building Construction and Design. ; Health Informatics. ; Computer Communication Networks.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: PERSPECTIVES ON THE CITY. Chapter1.Smart Equity (Somwrita Sarkar) -- Chapter2. The Convenient City(Rob Roggema) -- Chapter3. Conceptualization of Smart City: A Methodological Framework for Smart Infrastructure, Smart Solutions and Smart Governance (Aurobindo Ogra) -- Part 2:SMART URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE. Chapter4. Development challenges for Big Data Command and Control Centres for Smart Cities in India (Sarbeswar Praharaj) -- Chapter5. Understanding consumer demand for new transport technologies and services, and implications for the future of mobility (Akshay Vij) -- Chapter6. Smart Interactive Cities: The Use of Computational Tools and Technologies [CTTs] as a Systemic Approach to Reduce Water and Energy Consumption in Urban Areas (Al Saeed Mahmoud and Fadli Fodil) -- Part 3: URBAN HEALTH AND WELLBEING. chapter7. Centenarian Transhumanism Aging in Place (Jennifer Loy) -- Chapter8. Grey smart societies: Supporting the social inclusion of older adults by smart spatial design (Nienke Moor and Masi Mohammadi) -- Chapter9. Real-time interactive multimodal systems for physiological and emotional wellbeing(Nimish Biloria and Dimitra Dritsa) -- Part 4: URBAN LIVING LABS -- Chapter10. Design Labs for Data Driven Multivalence(Mathias Funk) -- Chapter11. The role of living labs in developing smart cities in Indonesia(Hendra Sandhi Firmansyah) -- Part 5: DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES -- Chapter12. Algae Building: Is This the New Smart Sustainable Technology?( Sara J Wilkinson, Peter J Ralph and Nimish Biloria) -- Chapter13. The qualitative image: urban analytics, hybridity and digital representation(Linda Mathews) -- Part 6: SOCIO-SPATIAL ECOSYSTEMS -- Chapter14. Multimodal Accommodations for the Nomadic International citizen [MANIC}(Kas Oosterhuis) -- Chapter15. Understanding the relationship between smart cities and entrepreneurial ecosystems: the case of Sydney(Cetindamar, D., Lammers, T. and Sick, N.) -- Chapter16. Urban Wellbeing in the Contemporary City(Nimish Biloria, Prasuna Reddy, Yuti Ariani and Dhrumil Mehta) -- Part7: CONCLUSIONS.
    Abstract: This book sets the stage for understanding how the exponential escalation of digital ubiquity in the contemporary environment is being absorbed, modulated, processed and actively used for enhancing the performance of our built environment. S.M.A.R.T., in this context, is thus used as an acronym for Systems & Materials in Architectural Research and Technology, with a specific focus on interrogating the intricate relationship between information systems and associative material, cultural and socioeconomic formations within the built environment. This interrogation is deeply rooted in exploring inter-disciplinary research and design strategies involving nonlinear processes for developing meta-design systems, evidence based design solutions and methodological frameworks, some of which, are presented in this issue. Urban health and wellbeing, urban mobility and infrastructure, smart manufacturing, Interaction Design, Urban Design & Planning as well as Data Science, as prominent symbiotic domains constituting the Built Environment are represented in this first book in the S.M.A.R.T. series. The spectrum of chapters included in this volume helps in understanding the multivalence of data from a socio-technical perspective and provides insight into the methodological nuances involved in capturing, analysing and improving urban life via data driven technologies. .
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    Pages: XIV, 338 p. 83 illus., 59 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030121808
    Series Statement: S.M.A.R.T. Environments,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12180-8
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    Divided Tokyo : Disparities in Living Conditions in the City Center and the Shrinking Suburbs (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Human geography. ; Sustainability. ; Economic geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Human Geography. ; Sustainability. ; Economic Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Divided Tokyo: Housing policy, the ideology of homeownership, and the growing contrast between the city center and the suburbs -- The rise of the condominium lifestyle in Japanese cities -- Homeownership by single women in central Tokyo -- New condominium town in the Tokyo Bay area: making “home” an antithesis to rootlessness in suburbia -- Shrinking suburbs in Tokyo -- The generative processes of vacant housing in the shrinking suburbs: The case of Ushiku in Tokyo’s 50-60-km Commuter Belt -- Policy response and civic engagement to address urban shrinkage -- Conclusions. .
    Abstract: This book explores how and why Tokyo has been divided over time in terms of living conditions. First, recent urban discourses that explain the transformation of Tokyo’s urban structure are examined, along with social changes and the expansion of unequal residential conditions within the metropolitan area. Chapter 1 reviews: 1) discussions on globalization, neo-liberalization, and changes in housing policies; 2) debates on the divided city; 3) debates on the shrinking city and the urban lifecycle; 4) discussion of the urban residential environment from a social justice perspective; and 5) family–housing relationships in the post-growth society. Based on the literature review, the rest of the book is structured as follows. Chapter 2 explains the changes in urban and housing policies, demography, and socio-economic conditions. In Chapters 3 to 5, the background and characteristics of the growth of condominium living in the city center are examined. The next three chapters analyze the reality of shrinking suburbs, using case studies to demonstrate the increase in vacant housing and local responses toward shrinkage. In Chapter 9, possible solutions are proposed for dealing with problems related to urban shrinkage and the expanding gap in terms of the availability of investments to stimulate urban development, the residential environment, and the population age structure in Japanese cities by comparing the author’s findings and the literature review. This book provides deep insights for urban and housing scholars, urban planners, policy decision-makers, and local communities that struggle with aging populations and urban shrinkage.
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    Pages: XI, 174 p. 193 illus., 4 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811542022
    Series Statement: International Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library, 11
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4202-2
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    Advances in the Leading Paradigms of Urbanism and their Amalgamation : Compact Cities, Eco–Cities, and Data–Driven Smart Cities (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainable architecture. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings.
    Description / Table of Contents: Sustainable Urbanism: Advancing Compact Cities and Eco-cities through Data-Driven Smart Solutions and Approaches -- The Compact City Paradigm and its Centrality in Sustainable Urbanism: Ideals, Paradoxes, Strategies, and Data–driven Solutions -- Practical Advances in Compact City Planning and Development: The Cases of Gothenburg and Helsingborg, Sweden -- The Eco–City Paradigm and its Centrality in Sustainable Urbanism: Ideals, Models, Strategies, Limitations, and Data–Driven Smart Approaches -- Practical Advances in Eco–City Planning and Development: The Leading Examples and Cases of Stockholm and Malmö, Sweden -- The Data–Driven Smart City Paradigm and its Usefulness to Sustainable Urbanism: Technologies, Systems, and Sciences for Urban Intelligence Functioning -- Data–Driven Sustainable Urbanism and Data–Intensive Urban Sustainability Science: Novel Approaches to Urban Complexity -- The IoT and Big Data Analytics for Sustainable Cities: Enabling Technologies, Infrastructures, and Applications.
    Abstract: This book explores the recent advances in the leading paradigms of urbanism, namely compact cities, eco-cities, and data–driven smart cities, and the evolving approach to their amalgamation under the umbrella term of smart sustainable cities. It addresses these advances by investigating how and to what extent the strategies of compact cities and eco-cities and their merger have been enhanced and strengthened through new planning and development practices, and are being supported and leveraged by the applied solutions pertaining to data-driven smart cities. The ultimate goal is to advance sustainability and harness its synergistic effects on multiple scales. This entails developing and implementing more effective approaches to the balanced integration of the three dimensions of sustainability, as well as to producing combined effects of the strategies and solutions of the prevailing approaches to urbanism that are greater than the sum of their separate effects in terms of the tripartite value of sustainability. Sustainable urban development is today seen as one of the keys towards unlocking the quest for a sustainable world. And the big data revolution is set to erupt in cities throughout the world, heralding an era where instrumentation, datafication, and computation are increasingly pervading the very fabric of cities and the spaces we live in thanks to the IoT. Big data and the IoT technologies are seen as powerful forces that have tremendous potential for advancing urban sustainability. Indeed, they are instigating a massive change in the way sustainable cities can tackle the kind of special conundrums, wicked problems, and significant challenges they inherently embody as complex systems. They offer a multitudinous array of innovative solutions and sophisticated approaches informed by groundbreaking research and data–driven science. As such, they are becoming essential to the functioning of sustainable cities. Besides, yet knowing to what extent we are making progress towards sustainable cities is problematic, adding to the fragmented, conflicting picture that arises of change on the ground in the face of the escalating rate and scale of urbanization and in the light of emerging ICT and its novel applications. In a nutshell, new circumstances require new responses. This timely and multifaceted book is intended for a wide readership. As such, it will appeal to researchers, academics, urban scientists, urbanists, planners, designers, policy-makers, and futurists, as well as all readers interested in sustainable cities and their ongoing and future data-driven transformation.
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    Pages: XVI, 290 p. 42 illus., 30 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030417468
    Series Statement: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41746-8
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    Participatory Research and Planning in Practice (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Human geography. ; Regionalism. ; Urban Sociology. ; Human Geography. ; Regionalism.
    Description / Table of Contents: Co-production, Participatory Planning and Resilient Cities to Climate Change -- Participatory Transport Planning: the Experience of Eight Euro-pean Metropolitan Regions -- Participatory Planning in a Post-socialist Ur-ban Context: Experience From Five Cities in Central and Eastern Europe -- Governance and Management Systems in Mediterranean Marine and Coastal Biosphere Reserves -- Promises and Limits of Participatory Urban Greens Development: Experience from Maribor, Budapest, and Krakow.
    Abstract: This open access book provides in-depth insights into participatory research and planning by presenting practical examples of its use. In particular, it describes theoretical and methodological aspects of participatory research and planning, as well as the implementation of participatory processes in fields such as transport planning, cultural heritage management, environmental planning and post-earthquake recovery. Further, it compares participatory planning experiences from different territorial levels – from the macro-regional, e.g. Southeastern Europe, Mediterranean or European metropolitan regions, to national, regional and local levels. The book will help researchers, planners, public administration officials, decision-makers and the general public to understand the advantages, disadvantages and constraints of participatory planning and research. Using various examples, it will guide readers through the theory of participatory planning and research, its methods, and different perspectives on how to use it in practice.
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    Pages: XI, 227 p. 26 illus., 22 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030280147
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28014-7
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    The Co-Housing Phenomenon : Environmental Alliance in Times of Changes (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Human geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Human Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Technocene,- 2. Sharing as cultural revolution -- 3. Sharing as cultural pre-existence -- 4. Co-housing -- 5. Co-housing cases -- 6. Hopes.
    Abstract: This book presents 50 case studies of contemporary co-housing projects spread all over the world to show how communities of shared living have become a global phenomenon that can serve as a tool to promote social and urban sustainability. By presenting evidence that shared housing experiences are capable of revitalizing sterile urban fabrics and promoting social sustainable practices, the volume situates co-housing experiences as microscale responses to the macroscale challenges posed by environmental degradation and the decline of communitarian ways of living. The volume also reviews the most famous typologies of shared living in different parts of the world across human history. By analyzing historical experiences in different regions of Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania, the author shows that living together is part of a historical culture of sharing that is being rediscovered all over the world by people who activate public spaces, work in shared offices or live in contractual communities. The Co-Housing Phenomenon – Environmental Alliance in Times of Changes will be of interest to both professionals and scholars involved in urban design, urban planning and architecture, especially those in the field of sustainable urbanism. It will also be a valuable resource for public agents and civil society organizations dealing with housing, social, environmental and sustainability policies.
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    Pages: XVI, 269 p. 195 illus., 188 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030370978
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37097-8
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    Tourism, Cultural Heritage and Urban Regeneration : Changing Spaces in Historical Places (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Human geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Tourism. ; Management. ; Urban Sociology. ; Social and Cultural Geography. ; Tourism Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Changing spaces in historical places -- Clarksdale, Mississippi: Downtown regeneration, cultural heritage, tourism and blues music -- Beer as cultural lubricant: Brewing Tsingtao, regenerating Qingdao -- Sporting heritage and touristic transformation: Pacaembu stadium and the football museum in São Paulo, Brazil -- Old town Tallinn: Medieval built heritage amid transformation.
    Abstract: Urban regeneration is often regarded as the process of renewal or redevelopment of spaces and places. There is a need to look at tourism and urban regeneration with a particular focus on cultural heritage. Cultural heritage consists of tangible heritage (such as historic buildings) and intangible heritage (such as events). The wider need and impact for such work is that places plan for change to keep up with the shifts in demand in the global economy in order for places to maintain a competitive advantage. Moreover, places need to keep up with the pace of global change or they risk stagnation and decline as increased competition is resulting in increased opportunities and choice for consumers. Each chapter in this book explores a specific form of cultural heritage that is driving change in urban spaces. Intended for a wide readership, the book will appeal to students of urban studies, human geography, heritage studies and international tourism management, as well as experts conducting research in and across these areas.
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    Pages: XI, 213 p. 31 illus., 29 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030419059
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41905-9
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    Theology and Urban Sustainability (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainability. ; Religion. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainability. ; Religion.
    Description / Table of Contents: Religion and Urban Planning -- Religious Matrimony and Urban Sprawl -- The dichotomy between the living and the dead -- Theology and Governance -- On Faith and Big Data.-Conclusion. .
    Abstract: Even though theology does provide interesting and important contributions to ethics that laid the foundation of our modern societies, this book looks at exploring how theology has impacted on urban morphology and has led to questionable unsustainable practices which impacts on both climate and societal living standards. This is seen as being accelerated with the impacts of climate change coupled with increasing urbanisation rates that stresses on contemporary notions and foundations, as initially sparked by religion. Through an argumentative style, the author sets forth to explore the ethics of religious dogmas in a rapidly urbanising world that is stressed by increasing consumption from a booming demographic.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030296735
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29673-5
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    Metropolitan Regions, Planning and Governance (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Political science. ; Public administration. ; Urban Sociology. ; Governance and Government. ; Public Administration.
    Description / Table of Contents: Conceptualising Metropolitan Regions: How Institutions, Policies, Spatial Imaginaries and Planning are Influencing Metropolitan Development -- Part I: Institutions and Contemporary Institutional Shifts -- Metropolitan Revolution or Metropolitan Evolution? The (Dis)continuities in Metropolitan Institutional Reforms -- The Multiple Agencies of Metropolitan Institutions: Is There Convergence? -- What is at Stake for Metropolitan Regions and Their Governance Institutions? -- Part II: Policies and Ideas -- Learning from Elsewhere? A Critical Account on the Mobilisation of Metropolitan Policies -- From Here to There: Mapping the Metropolitan Politics of Policy Mobilities.
    Abstract: The aim of this book is to investigate contemporary processes of metropolitan change and approaches to planning and governing metropolitan regions. To do so, it focuses on four central tenets of metropolitan change in terms of planning and governance: institutional approaches, policy mobilities, spatial imaginaries, and planning styles. The book’s main contribution lies in providing readers with a new conceptual and analytical framework for researching contemporary dynamics in metropolitan regions. It will chiefly benefit researchers and students in planning, urban studies, policy and governance studies, especially those interested in metropolitan regions. The relentless pace of urban change in globalization poses fundamental questions about how to best plan and govern 21st-century metropolitan regions. The problem for metropolitan regions—especially for those with policy and decision-making responsibilities—is a growing recognition that these spaces are typically reliant on inadequate urban-economic infrastructure and fragmented planning and governance arrangements. Moreover, as the demand for more ‘appropriate’—i.e., more flexible, networked and smart—forms of planning and governance increases, new expressions of territorial cooperation and conflict are emerging around issues and agendas of (de-)growth, infrastructure expansion, and the collective provision of services.
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    Pages: XV, 270 p. 16 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030256326
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25632-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25632-6
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    Heterotopia and Heritage Preservation : The Heterotopic Tool as a Means of Heritage Assessment (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Cultural property. ; Critical theory. ; Urban Sociology. ; Cultural Heritage. ; Critical Theory.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Using Foucault’s Toolbox: Heterotopia as a New Tool for Assessing Built Heritage -- Heterotopia as Materialised Utopia. Utopias and their Architectural Embodiment. The ‘Heritage Utopia’ -- Heterotopia of Function vs. the Heterotopia of Form. The Heterotopic Principles, their Interpretation and the Built Heritage. The Heritage Perspective -- Heritage as Heterotopia and the Heterotopic Profile as an Analysis Tool.
    Abstract: This book approaches the field of built heritage and its practices by employing the concept of heterotopia, established by the French philosopher Michel Foucault. The fundamental understandings of heritage, its evolution and practices all reveal intrinsic heterotopic features (the mirror function, its utopic drive, and its enclave-like nature). The book draws on previous interpretations of heterotopia and argues for a reading of heritage as heterotopia, considering various heritage mechanisms – heritage selection, conservation and protection practices, and heritage as mnemonic device – in this regard. Reworking the six heterotopic principles, an analysis grid is designed and applied to various built heritage spaces (vernacular, religious architecture, urban 19th century ensembles). Guided through this theoretical itinerary, the reader will rediscover the heterotopic lens as a minor yet promising Foucauldian device that allows a better understanding of heritage and its everyday practices.
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    Pages: X, 483 p. 6 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030182595
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18259-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-18259-5
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    Greenspace-Oriented Development : Reconciling Urban Density and Nature in Suburban Cities (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Transportation engineering. ; Traffic engineering. ; Urban ecology (Biology). ; Urban Sociology. ; Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering. ; Urban Ecology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) and its problems -- Chapter 3. Why GOD? The benefits of Greenspace-Oriented Development 1 -- Chapter 4. A manual for implementing Greenspace-Oriented Development -- Chapter 5. Conclusion.
    Abstract: Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) planning principles have informed Australian city planning for over two decades. As such, policy makers and planners often unquestioningly apply its principles. In contrast, this book critiques TOD and argues that while orientating development towards public transport hubs makes some sense, the application of TOD principles in Australia has proven a significant challenge. As a complementary strategy, the book stakes out the potential of Greenspace-Oriented Development (GOD) in which urban density is correlated with upgraded green spaces with reasonable access to public transport. Concentrating urban densification around green spaces offers many advantages to residents including ecosystem services such as physical and mental health benefits, the mitigation of extreme heat events, biodiversity and clean air and water. Moreover, the open space and leafy green qualities of GOD will ensure it resonates with the lifestyle aspirations of suburban residents who may otherwise resist urban densification. We believe in this way, that GOD could be an urban dream that befits the challenges of this 21st century.
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    Pages: XV, 94 p. 51 illus., 50 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030296018
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29601-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29601-8
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    Planning for Resilience : New Paths for Managing Uncertainty (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Financial risk management. ; Physical geography. ; Climatology. ; Urban Sociology. ; Risk Management. ; Physical Geography. ; Climate Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The promise of security -- Chapter 2. Responding to disasters -- Chapter 3. The Region of Umbria as case study -- Chapter 4. Planning for resilience -- Reference.
    Abstract: Given the increasing uncertainty due to catastrophic climate events, terrorist attacks, and economic crises, this book addresses planning for resilience by focusing on sharing knowledge among policy-makers, urban planners, emergency teams and citizens. Chapters look at the nature of contemporary risks, the widespread of resilience thinking and the gap between the theoretical conception and the practices. The book explores how resilience implies a change in planning practices, highlighting the need for flexibility in terms of procedures, and for dynamism in the knowledge systems and learning processes that are the main tools for interaction among different actors and scales. Given its breadth of coverage, the book offers a valuable resource for both academic readers (spatial planners, geographers, social scientists) and practitioners (policymakers, citizens’ associations).
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    Pages: X, 88 p. 4 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030172626
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17262-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-17262-6
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    The Asian Megacity Region : A Conceptual Approach (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Sustainability. ; Regionalism. ; Urban Sociology. ; Sustainability. ; Regionalism.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Shifting urban dynamics: An overview -- From megacity to megacity region: Is an Asian paradigm emerging?- Asian MCR: Urban-Rural interface and multidimensionality of the spread region -- Scale and where the three prongs meet -- The national capital region, Delhi, India: An empirical exploration -- Concluding thoughts.
    Abstract: This book argues that close and disciplined scrutiny of the Asian megacity regions is of critical importance to understanding Asian urbanization. However, any approach to studying these regions must adopt a multi-dimensional and trans-urban perspective; otherwise, we Without such an approach, we cannot truly make meaningful decisions about growth management and sustainable development for such regions. Amidst the sweeping demographic and structural shifts produced by global urbanization, Asian urbanization has a fascinating and prominent role. Asian urbanization is heterogeneous, and more accurately constitutes “phenomena” than a “phenomenon.” However, despite this diversity, there are certain common features that we can identify. One of them is the Asian “megacity region”— the administrative and/or delineated territory of mixed urban-rural landscape surrounding a giant metropolis. The purpose of this book is to: Understand the main features of 21st century urbanization Note the limitations of current approaches (e.g. disparate scales, city-centric views, inadequate data sets) Articulate a pragmatically framed three-pronged approach (scale-based, trans-urban, multi-dimensional) Demonstrate the application of such an approach with a case study of one of the most important megacity regions in South Asia, the Delhi National Capital Region, underscoring the methodological requirements of such an approach Discuss the next steps for the field as a whole: questions to be raised and directions to be explored for further study. This timely, conceptual and empirical book will appeal to students of urbanization, architects involved in urban policy and planning, and researchers alike.
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    Pages: XIX, 225 p. 28 illus., 21 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030426491
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42649-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42649-1
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    Livability and Sustainability of Urbanism : An Interdisciplinary Study on History and Theory of Urban Settlement (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Urban Sociology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- PART I -- Chapter 1 Ontology of Urban Place -- Chapter 2 Urbanism, Residency, and Society -- Chapter 3 Lesson Learned from the Ancient Greek Polis -- Chapter 4 Urban Planning and Development -- Chapter 5 Urban Design and Urbanism -- Chapter 6 Environmentally Friendly Urbanism -- Chapter 7 Urbanism and the Global Age -- PART II EMPIRICAL EXPLORATION -- Chapter 8 Everyday Life of Urbanism in the West Malay World -- Chapter 9 Urbanism, Society, and Culture in the Malay Peninsular World: Bandar Malacca -- Chapter 10 Urbanism and Planning System in Malaysia -- Chapter 11 Urban Intentionality and Global Urbanism: Toronto as a case study -- Postscript -- References.
    Abstract: This book is a fascinating, wide-reaching interdisciplinary examination of urbanism in the context of humanities and social sciences research, comprising cutting-edge theoretical and empirical investigations of urban livability and sustainability. Urban livability is explored as a phenomenon of happenings that gather people, things, and domains in the specific spatiotemporal context of the city; this context is the life-world of urbanism. Meanwhile, sustainability is conceived of as the capacity of urbanism that enables people to cultivate their sociocultural and economic existence and development without the depletion of their current resources in the future. In this study, phenomenology is uniquely incorporated as a way of seeing things according to their presence in space and time.
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    Pages: XXIV, 324 p. 28 illus. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811389726
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8972-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-8972-6
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    Environmental Performance and Social Inclusion in Informal Settlements : A Favela Project Based on the IMM Integrated Modification Methodology (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Environment. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Refuse and refuse disposal. ; Quality of life. ; Urban Sociology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Renewable Energy. ; Waste Management/Waste Technology. ; Quality of Life Research.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. The Rocinha favela and past slum upgrading programmes in Rio de Janeiro / Brazil; shortcomings of past experiences and limitations of fragmented transformation actions -- 2. The Integrated Modification Methodology (how it works + past examples of its application to formal contexts + comparison with other methodologies/tools used for similar purposes) -- 3. Analysis of the existing situation (IMM Diagnostic phase) -- 4. Urban metabolism and identification of intervention areas (IMM Assumption phase) -- 5. Projects: energy -- 6. Projects: ecosystem -- services -- 7. Projects: waste -- 8. Projects: wastewater treatment -- 9. Projects: food -- 10. Projects: mobility -- 11. Analysis of system-wide improvements (IMM Retrofit phase) -- 12. Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book discusses the potential of a systemic and multidisciplinary design approach to improve urban quality, health, livability, and inclusiveness for people living in informal settlements. In most instances, attempts to address informal settlements lack an adequate assessment of their impact on the wider built environment and implementation of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The Integrated Modification Methodology (IMM), introduced here, offers a systematic, multidisciplinary design tool encompassing several of the aspects that define the environmental performance of urban systems. The book also demonstrates the application of the methodology to an informal settlement, proving its potential to guide systemicurban transformations, also in urban areas lacking formal planning. The case study investigated is in the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro, which ischaracterized by poor water quality, lack of drainage and sanitation systems, and very few green spaces. Based on a rigorous methodology, the process described here can also be applied in similar contexts around the world.
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    Pages: XIV, 236 p. 121 illus., 110 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030443528
    Series Statement: Research for Development,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44352-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-44352-8
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    Making Megacities in Asia : Comparing National Economic Development Trajectories (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Economic development. ; Cities and towns History. ; Urban Sociology. ; Development Studies. ; Economic Growth. ; Urban History.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Seoul -- Manila -- Jakarta -- Shanghai -- Ho Chi Minh City -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book analyses and compares the development paths of five major cities in East and Southeast Asia since the early 1960s, including Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Manila, Seoul, and Shanghai. In examining these five cases through a carefully crafted conceptual framework, the author excavates an understanding of the dynamics that have enabled Seoul and Shanghai to become highly competitive as major engines of economic growth, while simultaneously accounting for why the other three cities have faced numerous problems in terms of meeting their development goals. Presenting both quantitative and qualitative data to trace the course of changes between 1960 and 2015, the case studies curate six possible explanations for the different cities’ developmental trajectories. The book considers the national development strategy matters to the development of cities and positions the share of budget revenue retained for cities’ expenditure as critical. The author demonstrates that consistently pursuing long-term strategies is important, and that public entrepreneurship with powerful supporting coalitions is vital. The book illustrates how master plans have played limited roles in the building of cities, and that fragmented governments are often at the root of the problems facing a city’s development. This book will be highly relevant to researchers in international and Asian urban development.
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    Pages: XX, 125 p. 17 illus., 16 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811506604
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Regional Science,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0660-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-0660-4
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    European Dimension of Metropolitan Policies : Policy Learning and Reframing of Metropolitan Regions (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Europe Politics and government. ; Comparative government. ; Political science. ; Knowledge, Sociology of. ; Urban Sociology. ; European Politics. ; Comparative Politics. ; Political Science. ; Sociology of Knowledge and Discourse.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Abstract -- Zusammenfassung -- 1) Introduction: The European Metropolis in the Making? -- 2) The European Dimension of Metropolitan Policies -- 3) Theorising Europeanisation as Policy Learning and Reframing -- 4) Understanding Metropolitan Policies from a Comparative-Interpretive Perspective -- 5) Europeanising Metropolitan Regions: The European Dimension of Metropolitan Policies in Lyon and Stuttgart -- 6) The European Dimension of French and German Metropolitan Policies -- 7) Metropolitan Policies of the European Union -- 8) Comparing the European Dimension of Metropolitan Policies from an Interpretive Perspective -- 9) Concluding Reflections on Europeanising Metropolitan Policies -- Appendices -- Appendix A) Examples of Interview Guidelines and Questionnaires -- Appendix B) List of Interview Partners -- Appendix C) Overview of Selected Documents from the European Union Context -- Appendix D) Example Coding Tree -- References.
    Abstract: This book questions how policies for the metropolis become Europeanised. The book analyses how spatial concepts and political ideas permeate the European multi-level system. Through an interpretive comparison of five contexts, the book provides an overview of the European orientation tracing two interdependent developments. First, the book examines references to ‘Europe’ in national and subnational policies. In French and German policies, metropolitan regions are increasingly framed as being central not only for inter-municipal coordination, but also as nodes within the European space. Moreover, Europeanised metropolitan regions such as Lyon and Stuttgart develop European strategies. The second development shows how metropolitan regions appear as actors and issues in the European policy arena, contributing to a tentative and implicit metropolitan dimension. This multi-scalar analysis is of interest for scholars and practitioners specialised in metropolitan regions, European urban and regional policies, geography and related areas.
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    Pages: XXII, 348 p. 17 illus., 16 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030146146
    Series Statement: Springer Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14614-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-14614-6
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    China’s Urban Agglomerations (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Urban economics. ; Sustainability. ; Urban Sociology. ; Urban Economics. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Overview of the fundamental connotation and strategic position of China’s urban agglomerations -- The spatial pattern of selecting and developing China’s urban agglomerations -- Dynamic evaluation for the healthy development and potential issues of China’s urban agglomerations -- The basic characteristics of dynamic evolution and spatial differentiation of urban agglomerations in China -- Safeguard measures and suggestions for China’s urban agglomeration construction.
    Abstract: The book combs through extensively 32,231 urban agglomeration related works during the past 120 years to explore a theoretically supported and practically based definition of urban agglomeration. Based on the definition, the authors explore intensively the fundamental characteristics, spatiotemporal differentiation properties, and existing issues for China’s sustainable urban agglomeration development for the past 35 years. The study proposes that China shall focus on the construction and sustainable development of five primary national-level urban agglomerations. In the meantime, China shall also steadily and gradually construct 9 regional urban agglomerations and guide the development and growth of 6 local urban agglomerations. In the long run, China will have a hierarchical “5+9+6” closely integrated hierarchical urban agglomeration spatial structure. The study also proposes to coordinate the construction and development of urban agglomerations on the “two belts and one road” to form a national new urbanization development strategic pattern that enables “the axis to connect the agglomerations while the agglomerations support the axis.” Furthermore, the study investigates a variety of strategic thinking and suggestions for creating innovative, green and ecologically friendly, intelligent, low-carbon, open, culture-oriented, market-oriented and shared urban agglomerations in China. This book will be a comprehensive reference both for scholars and decision-makers engaged in urban development and planning and environmental protection departments. It can also serve as textbook for graduate students of relevant fields.
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    Pages: XXI, 265 p. 70 illus., 31 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9789811515514
    Series Statement: Springer Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1551-4
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    Theories and Models of Urbanization : Geography, Economics and Computing Sciences (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Urban economics. ; Dynamics. ; Nonlinear theories. ; Urban Sociology. ; Urban Economics. ; Applied Dynamical Systems.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Theories of complexity and urban systems -- Scaling laws: universal solutions for urban planning or contingent products of circumstances? -- Economy versus geography: theories of urbanization and cities development -- Urban theories and international comparisons -- Complex systems modeling for better understanding urbanization theories -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book provides a thorough discussion about fundamental questions regarding urban theories and modeling. It is a curated collection of contributions to a workshop held in Paris on October 12th and 13th 2017 at the Institute of Complex Systems by the team of ERC GeoDiverCity. There are several chapters conveying the answers given by single authors to problems of conceptualization and modeling and others in which scholars reply to their conception and question them. Even, the chapters transcribing keynote presentations were rewritten according to contributions from the respective discussions. The result is a complete “state of the art” of what is our knowledge about urban processes and their possible formalization.
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    Pages: VIII, 330 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030366568
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Morphogenesis,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36656-8
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    Geospatial Technologies for Urban Health (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Geographic information systems. ; Public health. ; Environmental geography. ; Computer simulation. ; Big data. ; Urban Sociology. ; Geographical Information System. ; Public Health. ; Integrated Geography. ; Computer Modelling. ; Big Data.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. Urban Health Risk and Disease -- Chapter 2. Geospatial Approaches to Measuring Personal Heat Exposure and Related Health Effects in Urban Settings -- Chapter 3. Geographic variation in Cardiovascular disease mortality: A study of linking risk factors and built environment at a local health unit in Canada -- Chapter 4. Evaluating the effect of domain size of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model on regional PM2.5 simulations -- Part II- Urban Health Service Access -- Chapter 5. Serving a Segregated Metropolitan Area: Disparities in Spatial Access to Primary Care Physicians in Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- Chapter 6. Considerations When Using Individual GPS Data in Food Environment Research: A Scoping Review of ‘Selective (Daily) Mobility Bias’ in GPS Exposure Studies and its Relevance to the Retail Food Environment -- Chapter 7. Dynamic Emergency Medical Service Dispatch: Role of Spatiotemporal Machine Learning -- Part III. Healthy Behavior and Urban Lifestyle -- Chapter 8. Incorporating Online Survey and Social Media Data into a GIS Analysis for Measuring Walkability -- Chapter 9. Leveraging social media to track urban park quality for improved citizen health -- Part IV. Health Policies and Urban Health Management -- Chapter 10. Spatio-temporal Analysis and Data Mining of the 2014-2016 Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in West Africa -- Chapter 11. Extending Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) with Geospatial Software as a Service: Participatory Asset Mapping Infrastructures for Urban Health -- Chapter 12. Improving Urban and Peri-Urban Health Outcomes Through Early Detection and Aid Planning.
    Abstract: This volume presents a timely collection of research papers on the progress, opportunities, and challenges related to the advancement of geospatial technologies for applications in urban health research and management. The chapter authors cover technologies ranging from traditional GIS and remote sensing technologies, to recently developed tracking/locational technologies and volunteered geographic information (VGI). In four main sections, the book uniquely contributes to the conversation of how geospatial technologies and other GIScience research may be enhanced by addressing the data and challenges presented by urban health issues. The book is intended for those with backgrounds in health and medical geography, social epidemiology, urban planning, health management, and lifestyle research. The book starts with an introduction by the editors, providing an overview of traditional and emerging geospatial technologies and how they each can significantly contribute to urban health studies. Section 1 covers urban health risk and disease, and analyses the spatial and temporal patterns of selected urban health issues. Section 2 addresses urban health service access, and demonstrates how traditional and new geospatial technologies apply to different segments of urban populations facing varied challenges. Section 3 focuses on incorporating geospatial technologies in promoting healthy behaviours and lifestyles in urban settings. Section 4 assesses how geospatial technologies may be incorporated into urban health policies and management practices. Adopting a forward-looking perspective, these papers examine the various health challenges in urban systems, and explore how new and emerging geospatial technologies will need to develop to address these problems. .
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030195731
    Series Statement: Global Perspectives on Health Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19573-1
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    Urban Heritage Along the Silk Roads : A Contemporary Reading of Urban Transformation of Historic Cities in the Middle East and Beyond (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Cultural property. ; Natural disasters. ; Political sociology. ; Human geography. ; Cultural geography. ; Urban Sociology. ; Cultural Heritage. ; Natural Hazards. ; Political Sociology. ; Social and Cultural Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Urban Heritage and Cultural Identity -- Public Open Spaces in Bahrain: Connecting Migrants and Urban Heritage in a Transcultural City -- Paradise Extended; Re-examining the Cultural Anchors of the Historic Pleasure Avenues -- Landscape Architecture Significance in Restoration Historical Areas, Old “Muharak” City, Bahrain -- Part II: Governing Urban Heritage -- The Rise of the Facilitation Approach in Tackling Neighbourhood Decline in Tehran.
    Abstract: This book examines examples of contemporary situation of historic regions in the Middle East and its broader geographic context connected to the historic trade routes, offering cross-disciplinary and cross-sectoral perspectives. The region is home to ancient settlements and early human endeavors to form cities, and across the region historic urban historic features, such as ancient city centers, still exist alongside contemporary ones. Many of those historic regions are along the Silk Roads. However, the urban continuity that once existed over generations in the physical and social paradigm have been interrupted by rapid urbanization, globalization and urban economic pressures, in addition to conflicts and frequent destructive natural hazards. It is often the case that dealing with such pressing issues in a historic city is more complex than dealing with those in newly built cities and urban areas. Based on carefully selected and updated papers from the Silk Cities 2017 International Conference, this book appeals to researches, practitioners and policy makers.
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    Pages: XIII, 268 p. 129 illus., 107 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030227623
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22762-3
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    Planning for Sustainable Urban Transport in Southeast Asia : Policy Transfer, Diffusion, and Mobility (2020)
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Transportation engineering. ; Traffic engineering. ; Sustainability. ; Political planning. ; Asia Economic conditions. ; Urban Sociology. ; Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering. ; Sustainability. ; Public Policy. ; Asian Economics.
    Description / Table of Contents: Policy transfer as an emerging field of study -- Theoretical approaches to studying policy transfer -- Transport policy transfer in ‘Tiger Cub’ city-regions -- Sustainable urban transport in Southeast Asia: Making it happen.
    Abstract: By now, planners everywhere know - more or less - what the ingredients of a sustainable city are, in theory. The problem is that only bits of solutions are being implemented in the cities that most need them, the majority of which are located in the Global South. This book examines issues related to policy transfer in urban transport planning in Southeast Asia. The metropolitan regions of four major capitals - Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, and Bangkok - are considered. The book assesses the in-bound and out-bound transfer of sustainable transport planning policies, concepts, and tools. The investigation focuses on who transfers policy and why, what elements of policy are transferred, in what direction and to what degree, and what barriers does transfer face. It also discusses how policy transfer processes in the transportation planning arena can be improved.
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    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030419752
    Series Statement: The Urban Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41975-2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-41975-2
    DDC: 307.76
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    Pathways to Demographic Adaptation : Perspectives on Policy and Planning in Depopulating Areas in Northern Europe (2020)
    Cham :Springer International Publishing :
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    Keywords: Sociology, Urban. ; Demography. ; Population. ; Human geography. ; Economic geography. ; Social policy. ; Urban Sociology. ; Population and Demography. ; Human Geography. ; Economic Geography. ; Social Policy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. A Policy Perspective on Shrinkage -- Chapter3. Rural shrinkage in a Nordic Welfare State -- Chapter4. Policy implications of rural depopulation -- Chapter5. Why do they fail? -- Chapter6. Arguments for a local adaptation policy.
    Abstract: This book builds on case studies in depopulating and shrinking areas in Northern Europe. While most contemporary literature on shrinkage focuses on these issues from a planning standpoint, this book uniquely applies a policy perspective when approaching the material. The book assesses the potential of demographic adaptation policies to manage depopulation, that is, policy programs aiming at managing depopulation through adaptation, rather than through growth policies intended to foster population growth. In 6 chapters, the book acts as an up-to-date resource on demographic adaptation for master and Ph.D. students, researchers, and practitioners working in local and regional development, governance, and planning. Chapter 1 gives an overview of recent demographic trends in Northern Europe and introduces the theoretical differences between growth policy and adaptation policy. Chapter 2 accounts for the policy concept and introduces a framework for how local adaptation policies could be systematically analysed. Chapter 3 suggests that the Nordic welfare states exhibit two characteristics that prove to be relevant when discussing the consequences and policy implications of demographic decline, i.e. an extremely sparse population structure and an ambitious welfare assignment that in many respects has been devolved to the local level of government. Chapter 4 suggests that whether shrinkage constitutes a problem or not depends upon the interpretations of those in power, but also upon political, economic and geographic conditions Chapter 5 seeks to understand why local level policymakers avoid developing strategies for how to handle long-term population decline. Chapter 6 summarizes the points of the previous chapters, and concludes that local governments in shrinking areas ought to develop local adaptation policies. These policies, however, also need to be subjected to critical analysis, and the chapter introduces a model for how local adaptation policy priorities could be assessed in a more structured manner. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: X, 93 p. 6 illus., 5 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030340469
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34046-9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-34046-9
    DDC: 307.76
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