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by Gilberto Seravalli
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
This book introduces the reader to local development economics and policy, with a special focus on the place-based paradigm that covers its justification, its difficulties and the types of public intervention that it suggests. The starting point for the analysis is that economic development in lagging...
Geographies of Agriculture
Globalisation, Restructuring and Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Suburban Land Conversion in the United States
An Economic and Governmental Process
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
This comprehensive study of land use on the suburban fringe analyzes the complex relationships that underlie land conversion in the United States. It contains a detailed examination of the northwestern urban complex; some nationwide projections for the future; and a list of measures that, singularly...
Smart Methods for Environmental Externalities
Urban Planning, Environmental Health and Hygiene in the Netherlands
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
In recent years, Dutch environmental policy has undergone some pivotal changes, the most significant of which have been decentralization and deregulation, encouraging local communities to develop and deliver policies which are tailor-made to their particular situation. These changes have led to the...
Bicycle Urbanism
Reimagining Bicycle Friendly Cities
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
Over recent decades, bicycling has received renewed interest as a means of improving transportation through crowded cities, improving personal health, and reducing environmental impacts associated with travel. Much of the discussion surrounding cycling has focused on bicycle facility design—how...
Daily Spatial Mobilities
Physical and Virtual
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Discussing the concept of mobility at large and that of spatial mobilities in particular, this book makes the case for daily spatial mobilities as a distinct type of mobility and explores this concept from a variety of perspectives. Daily mobilities, such as for commuting, shopping, social ties, information,...
The New Brazilian Economy
Dynamic Transitions into the Future
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
This edited collection provides a thorough historical, statistical, and institutional description of the current Brazilian economy and the previous economic structure from which it is emerging. The contributions explore the institutional economic and cultural forces shaping the current development...
by George Washington Cable
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
“The Amateur Garden” is a classic guide to designing, maintaining, and even profiting from a beautiful garden. It looks in detail at the different plants and flowers that can be introduced, as well as such subjects as climate consideration, soil types, seasonal expectations, and much more. Highly...
The Metropolitan Airport
JFK International and Modern New York
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
John F. Kennedy International Airport is one of New York City's most successful and influential redevelopment projects. Built and defined by outsize personalities—Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, famed urban planner Robert Moses, and Port Authority Executive Director Austin Tobin among them—JFK was...
Infrastructure and Safety in a Collaborative World
Road Traffic Safety
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2011
The book investigates how, and which, forgiving road environments (FOR) and self-explaining road measures (SER) will contribute to increasing road safety and also increase network efficiency on the road.
It presents both the general approach and the methodology for generating the possible...
by Ann Lovejoy
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
The organic gardening movement has been long established among vegetable growers. With the mainstreaming of ideas about environmental and ecological preservation, the organic movement has come to ornamental gardening. And one of the primary spokespeople for that movement is Sasquatch’s longtime...
by Alan Dean Franz
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2005
Perennial Gardening in Texas presents its own unique challenges, especially with the state's wide variety of climate zones. This book focuses on individual plants—some 120 species—but also brings with it the expertise of a landscape architect in providing designs that will work both damp and water-scarce areas.
Multicultural China
A Statistical Yearbook (2014)
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
With its easy-to-use format, this book provides a collection of annual data on China’s 56 ethnic groups. It is a resource book that profiles the demography, employment and wages, livelihood, agriculture, industry, education, science and technology, culture, sports, and public health for each of...
by Donald F. Norris
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Metropolitan government and metropolitan governance have been ongoing issues for more than sixty years in the United States. Based on an extensive survey and a review of existing literature, this book offers a comprehensive overview of these debates. It discusses how the centrifugal forces in local...