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  • The International Alt-Right

    Fascism for the 21st Century?

    by Patrik Hermansson, David Lawrence, Joe Mulhall, Simon Murdoch ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
    The alt-right has been the most important new far-right grouping to appear in decades. Written by researchers from the anti-racist advocacy group HOPE not hate, this book provides a thorough, ground-breaking, and accessible overview of this dangerous new phenomenon. It explains where the alt-right came from, its history so far, what it believes, how it organises and operates, and its future ... Read more

    $59.08 CAD

  • Rationalities of Planning

    Development Versus Environment in Planning for Housing

    by Jonathan Murdoch, Simone Abram ...
    What are the key rationalities that underpin planning policy discourses and how do they 'frame' seemingly irreconcilable conflicts around development and environmental protection? Providing a thorough assessment of these important questions, this stimulating book reviews planning policy in the UK and the rationality of 'sustainable development'. Supported by a wealth of empirical material ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

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    Post-occupancy evaluation, focusing on building’s occupants and their needs, provides insight into the consequences of past design decisions and forms a sound basis for creating better buildings in the future.This book, first published in 1988, includes a review of the evolution of the field, a conceptual frame-work for POE, and pragmatic information on planning, conducting, and reporting POEs. ... Read more

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  • Floods in a Megacity

    Geospatial Techniques in Assessing Hazards, Risk and Vulnerability

    by Ashraf Dewan ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
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  • Boomburbs

    The Rise of America's Accidental Cities

    by Robert E. Lang, Jennifer B. LeFurgy ...
    Series series Insights: Critical Thinking on International Affairs
    A glance at a list of America's fastest growing ""cities"" reveals quite a surprise: most are really overgrown suburbs. Places such as Anaheim, California, Coral Springs, Florida, Naperville, Illinois, North Las Vegas, Nevada, and Plano, Texas, have swelled to big-city size with few people really noticing-including many of their ten million residents. These ""boomburbs"" are large, rapidly growing ... Read more

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  • Local Cosmopolitanism

    Imagining and (Re-)Making Privileged Places

    by Kristof Van Assche, Petruța Teampău ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book offers a unique perspective on cosmopolitanism, examining the ways it is constructed and reconstructed on the small scale in an ongoing process of matching the local with the global, a process entailing mutual transformation. Based on a wide range of literatures and a series of case studies, it analyzes the different versions and functions of cosmopolitanism and points to the need to ... Read more

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  • The purpose of planning

    Creating sustainable towns and cities

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    Planning is never far from the top of the policy or media agenda, whether this concerns 'garden-grabbing', the location of wind farms or protests about travellers' sites. The operation of the planning system raises strong views, even passions, and is highly political. Planners have to engage with developers working on multi-million pound schemes and the local communities that will be affected by ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

  • Labor Forces and Landscape Management

    Japanese Case Studies

    Edited by Hiroyuki Shimizu, Chika Takatori, Nobuko Kawaguchi ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The purpose of this book is to present a new proposal for landscape management labor accounts. Many matured countries are now confronting an aging society and a shrinking population. Land degradation in those countries is basically caused by a lack of local labor forces. It is very important, therefore, to consider and develop methods to provide appropriate labor forces for the sustainable ... Read more

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  • Global Geographies of the Internet

    by Barney Warf ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Today, roughly 2 billion people use the internet, and its applications have flourished in number and importance. This volume will examine the growth and geography of the internet from a political economy perspective. Its central motivation is to illustrate that cyberspace does not exist in some aspatial void, but is deeply rooted in national and local political and cultural contexts. Toward that ... Read more

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  • The TVA Regional Planning and Development Program

    The Transformation of an Institution and Its Mission

    by David A. Johnson ...
    Series series Urban Planning and Environment
    The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a world-renowned model for regional planning and development. Based along the Tennessee River and its series of hydro-electric power stations, dams and reservoirs, the TVA development program envisioned a broad regional planning program. The program focused on development opportunities and problems around the array of TVA dams and their reservoirs. It also ... Read more

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  • Eco-Library Design

    by John A. Flannery, Karen M. Smith ...
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    The ancient pairing of architecture and books has always been an interesting topic for debate, and the increasing popularity of electronic books has recently added fuel to the fire. However, the bonfires built for the printed version remain unlit. Research undertaken for this publication suggests that the traditional reading room is currently enjoying a renaissance in many different guises, with ... Read more

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  • The Future of Cities and Regions

    Simulation, Scenario and Visioning, Governance and Scale

    Edited by Liliana Bazzanella, Luca Caneparo, Franco Corsico, Giuseppe Roccasalva ...
    Series series Springer Geography
    This guide for tomorrow’s urban practitioner systematically explains fifteen best practices across three continents; it explores questions of broad interest for designing and planning the future of cities and regions. Key questions addressed are: Is simulation useful to explore the effects of different design, policy and planning strategies? Which approach will help manage the uncertainties of ... Read more

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