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Financing Urban Shelter

Global Report on Human Settlements 2005

by Un-Habitat
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013

'Achieving the goals set by world leaders in the United Nations Millennium Declaration will be difficult without a significant improvement in the lives of slum dwellers, and the lives of slum dwellers cannot be improved without the sound and sustainable economic development that is conducive to the...

Introduction to Social Housing

by Paul Reeves
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2006

The provision and management of social housing for those who are unable to access the housing market is essential to the maintenance of the fabric of society. The social housing industry is vast and still growing. There are very few countries in the world where some form of subsidised housing does...

Housing Policy and Rented Housing in Europe

by Michael Oxley, Jaqueline Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

The book will inform a wide audience about the provision of rented housing in several European countries. The material is relevant to many housing, surveying and planning undergraduate and postgraduate courses which have a European housing element/option.

Eco-Yards

by Laureen Rama
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011

Many urban yards are essentially unproductive patches of grass requiring constant attention for no return. Through sustainable organic landscaping these small or large plots of land can become part of the solution to today's environmental challenges.Eco-yards supports the vision of a healthy...

The Planning Polity

Planning, Government and the Policy Process

by Mark Tewdwr-Jones
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2005

Planning is not a technical and value free activity. Planning is an overt political system that creates both winners and losers. The Planning Polity is a book that considers the politics of development and decision-making, and political conflicts between agencies and institutions within British town...

Healthy City Planning

From Neighbourhood to National Health Equity

by Jason Corburn
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013

Healthy city planning means seeking ways to eliminate the deep and persistent inequities that plague cities. Yet, as Jason Corburn argues in this book, neither city planning nor public health is currently organized to ensure that today’s cities will be equitable and healthy. Having made the...

Transport Matters

Integrated Approaches to Planning City-Regions

by Angela Hull
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010

Addressing the principles of sustainability, spatial planning, integration, governance and accessibility of transport, this book focuses on the problem of providing efficient and low energy transport systems which serve the needs of everybody. It explores many of the new arguments, ideas and...

How to Compost

A Guide to A Systematic Study of Composting, Worm Compost, Organic Compost, Compost Tumbler, Kitchen Composter, Compost Bins and Making Compost

by James Zermeno
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013

With this complete compost guide learn how to compost, worm compost, organic compost, compost tumbler, kitchen composter, making compost and much more.

Community Livability

Issues and Approaches to Sustaining the Well-Being of People and Communities

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Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012

What is a livable community? How do you design and develop one? What does government at all levels need to do to support and nuture the cause of livable communities? Using a blend of theory and practice, experts in the field look at evidence from international, state and local perspectives...

Urban Planning and Real Estate Development

by John Ratcliffe, Michael Stubbs, Miles Keeping
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2009

The twin processes of planning and property development are inextricably linked – it’s not possible to carry out a development strategy without an understanding of the planning process, and equally planners need to know how real estate developers do their job. This third edition of Urban...

Planning for Wicked Problems

A Planner's Guide to Land Use Law

by Dawn Jourdan, Eric J. Strauss
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015

Efforts to teach students pursuing graduate degrees in urban and regional planning are often frustrated by the "case books" that have been prepared for use by law professors teaching similar courses. 　Dawn Jourdan and Eric J. Strauss have attempted to take their concerns to heart in the...

Visual Research Methods in Design (Routledge Revivals)

by Henry Sanoff
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016

First published in 1991, this book is about applications and issues relating to the visual environment. The content pertains to the understanding of human behaviour in the environment by recording behaviour and actions or by direct interaction with people. The author examines research and planning...

Methodology For Land And Housing Market Analysis

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Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2003

The aim of this book is to bring methods of land-market and land-price analysis to the foreground. It relates substantive research findings for land and urban development and blends these with a focus on research design and methodology. Its findings have relevance beyond the topics of housing and...

Planning and Housing in the Rapidly Urbanising World

by Paul Jenkins, Harry Smith, Ya Ping Wang
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2006

Written specifically as a teaching text and authored by a team of leading academics in the field, this is the first book to bring together the key issues of rapid urbanisation with approaches to planning and housing. Outlining and explaining core concepts from ‘informal settlements’ to...