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Community Impact Evaluation
By: Lichfield, Nathaniel
Published by: Routledge

A work summarizing the pioneering approach of the author to public-interest decision-taking in the field of urban & regional planning. This book is aimed at students, researchers and professionals in planning. more...

Price: $53.95

Compact City
By: Jenks, Mike; Williams, Katie; Burton, Elizabeth
Published by: Spon Press

This book presents the latest thinking on the benefits and dangers of higher density urban living. It offers diverse opinions and research, from a wide range of disciplines, and gives an insight into both the theoretical debate and the practical more...

Price: $107.10

Competitive Cities
By: Duffy, Hazel
Published by: Spon Press

Competitive Citites is an assessment of the way in which `partnership', a word much used by politicians, has helped to shape the economic futures of four cities on both sides of the Atlantic - Atlanta, Toronto, Birmingham and Rotterdam. more...

Price: $115.50

Competitive Cities
By: OECD Publishing
Published by: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Economic globalisation and the subsequent intensification of inter-city competition have profoundly changed urban governance. This is particularly evident in the field of urban spatial development. The change is often described as a shift from a managerial mode of governance to a more entrepreneurial mode, strongly characterised by risk-taking, innovation, a strong orientation toward the private sector and a strategic approach which focuses on economic growth. This study reviews the challenges that urban entrepreneurialism must overcome to maintain and strengthen its relevance in the 21st century. Urban policy planners are expected to address an increasingly wide range of objectives, including social, environmental and cultural issues as well as economic ones. more...

Price: $31.00

Competitive Regional Clusters
By: OECD Publishing
Published by: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

In today’s globalising world, the regional specialisations built up over decades are transforming rapidly. Many regions that were historically production centres in a given sector are losing out to lower-cost locations and reorienting to higher value-added niches. National programmes to promote cluster-based approaches -- linking firms, people and knowledge at a regional level -- are being used to meet the challenge. This report analyses the objectives, targeting, instruments and inter-governmental role sharing used by 26 programmes in 14 OECD countries. It will be of interest to policy makers, researchers, firms and others active in promoting innovation and competitiveness. more...

Price: $67.00

Computer-aided Systems in Public Transport
By: Hickman, Mark (ed.); Mirchandani, Pitu (ed.); Vob, Stefan (ed.)
Published by: Springer

The scope of this volume centers on advancements in the state of art and the state of the practice in computer-aided systems in public transport. Yet, this volume illustrates a greater breadth of subjects in this area. The common theme remains the use of computer-aided methods and operations research techniques to improve: (1) information management; (2) network and route planning; (3) vehicle and crew scheduling and rostering; (4) vehicle monitoring and management; and, (5) practical experience with scheduling and public transport planning methods. This volume consists of selected papers presented at the Ninth International Conference on Computer-Aided Scheduling of Public Transport. more...

Price: $109.00

Congestion Charging in London
By: Richards, Martin G.
Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Ken Livingstone was elected Mayor of London on a platform that included a congestion charge for central London, a policy that became reality on 17 February 2003. Richards uses his experience as Director of a GBP 2.5 million Government congestion charging study, as one of those who created the scheme Livingstone adopted and as advisor to the London Assembly, to provide a critical record of the introduction of the London Congestion Charge, and of its implications for congestion charging elsewhere. more...

Price: $90.50

Conservation and Planning
By: Hobson, Edward
Published by: Spon Press

This book presents original research into how national and local decision-makers construct and implement conservation of the built environment. more...

Price: $55.13

Conservation and the City
By: Larkham, Peter
Published by: Routledge

Conservation and the City is a study of conservation and change throughout the built environment - city centres, suburbs and even tiny villages - and how the activities of conservation interact with the planning system. more...

Price: $59.95

Consumer Services and Economic Development
By: Williams, Colin C.
Published by: Routledge

This book evaluates the contributions that consumer services can make to local economic development and revitalisation. It examines a broad range of consumer services and detailed case studies illustrate their role in various contexts. more...

Price: $59.95

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