Increased urbanization coupled with demand for water has placed the provision of a sustainable supply of clean water high on the agenda for large cities. The approach of this book is to describe...
This book argues that a resilient region should act reactively and proactively in the face of shocks and disruptions and asserts that the institutionalization of regional cooperation may be the...
Despite the conventional wisdom that affordable housing, either in the form of home ownership or through access to rental units, has beneficial effects for households, society and the economy more...
This is one of the first few books to discuss the Covid-19 crisis as an urban phenomenon and illustrates this through the case of Singapore and its pandemic response efforts.. The book describes...
This book analyses regional development policy or the lack thereof in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which also forms a key trading bloc on the African continent as well as the...
This volume reports the different ways in which various urban academic health centers are seeking to reposition themselves in order to protect and advance their primary missions of education...
The starting point of this book is the observation that there is a discrepancy between the lived reality of human beings and the fabricated, planned, and governed ?reality? of the state apparatus...
Megaprojects, also referred to in the literature as Large Engineering Projects or Major Projects, are generally defined as large-scale investment initiatives worth 1b€/$ or more and, facing...
Gouvernance, action publique et cohésion ou comment piloter nos territoires. La gouvernance territoriale : d’un mode de coordination à un processus de cohésion territoriale ?, Fabienne LELOUP...
Place-based strategies are widely discussed as powerful instruments of economic and community development. In terms of the European debate, the local level ? cities, towns and neighbourhoods ? has...
The aim of this publication is to look in depth at depopulation - a trend that is affecting an increasing number of cities worldwide. It has recently become a critical issue with a range of...
Gentrification Trends in the United States is the first book to quantify the changes that take place when a neighborhood?s income level, educational attainment, or occupational makeup outpace the...
Gentrification Trends in the United States is the first book to quantify the changes that take place when a neighborhood?s income level, educational attainment, or occupational makeup outpace the...
Many communities and regions are being left behind in the new economic order. The book starts with the premise that, in today?s knowledge-based economy, innovation is key, but that only seems to...
The smart city concept, together with the growing importance of the UN?s Sustainable Development Goals, has a significant impact on city management and governance. This book examines real cases of...
The shortcomings of traditional regional policies led to a major policy. Thus, regions have become more active in the design and implementation of policies, following a bottom-up approach and...
This book constitutes a novel contribution, combining recent theoretical developments and empirical contributions, as well as the recent and latest trends and challenges on the issue of Forgotten...
The Routledge Handbook of Urban Logistics offers a state-of-the-art, comprehensive overview of the discipline of urban and city logistics. The COVID-19 pandemic and the rise in internet shopping...
The Regional Economics of Technological Transformations provides a comprehensive overview of 4.0 technological transformations in Europe and their socio-economic impact, with a particular emphasis...
Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home became a global phenomenon, yet before 2020, it was a relatively understudied practice. But in informal settlements, the...