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Beyond devolution and decentralisation compares the politics, policies and polity-building dynamics of devolution in Wales and decentralisation in the French region of Brittany. Empirically, the boo……続きを見る

This book explores the concept, techniques and implications of establishing stakeholder collaboration in sustainable tourism. The importance of involving a wide range of stakeholders in tourism plan……続きを見る

This book provides one of the first detailed examinations of the problems of nature-based tourism development in peripheral areas. A diverse range of environments is used to illustrate the challenge……続きを見る

Rural tourism represents a merging of perhaps two of the most influential yet contradictory features of modern life. Not only are the forces of economic, social, cultural, environmental and politica……続きを見る

This book provides the latest conceptual thinking on, and case study exemplification of, rural tourism and sustainable business development from Europe, North America, Australasia, the Middle East a……続きを見る

This edited collection presents successful business succession planning in smaller rural communities where profit margins are low, markets are shrinking, and there are few potential buyers. Finding ……続きを見る

Named one of Planetizen's Top 10 Books of 2006 Hurricane Katrina not only devastated a large area of the nation's Gulf coast, it also raised fundamental questions about ways the nation can, and shou……続きを見る

Power, prestige, and millions of dollarsーthese are the stakes in the sports franchise game. In this book, sports attorney Kenneth Shropshire describes the franchise warfare that pits city against c……続きを見る

Today the challenges facing our nation's metropolitan regions are enormous: demographic change, aging infrastructure, climate change mitigation and adaptation, urban sprawl, spatial segregation, gen……続きを見る

The remaining corner of an old farm, unclaimed by developers. The brook squeezed between housing plans. Abandoned railroad lines. The stand of woods along an expanded highway. These are the outposts……続きを見る

In the history of planning, the design of an entire community prior to its construction is among the oldest traditions. Iconic Planned Communities and the Challenge of Change explores the twenty-fir……続きを見る

Since the end of the nineteenth century, city planners have aspired not only to improve the physical living conditions of urban residents but also to strengthen civic ties through better design of b……続きを見る

Today, universities serve as the economic engines and cultural centers of many U.S. cities, but how did this come to be? In Building the Ivory Tower, LaDale Winling traces the history of universitie……続きを見る

Six-year-old Manuel Diaz and his mother first arrived at Miami's airport in 1961 with little more than a dime for a phone call to their relatives in the Little Havana neighborhood. Forty years after……続きを見る

In the 1840s, La Crosse, Wisconsin, was barely more than a trading post nestled on the banks of the Mississippi River. But by 1900 the sleepy frontier town had become a thriving city. Hinterland Dre……続きを見る

John F. Kennedy International Airport is one of New York City's most successful and influential redevelopment projects. Built and defined by outsize personalitiesーMayor Fiorello La Guardia, famed u……続きを見る

Edward J. Blakely has been called upon to help rebuild after some of the worst disasters in recent American history, from the San Francisco Bay Area's 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake to the September 11……続きを見る

Beyond Rust chronicles the rise, fall, and rebirth of metropolitan Pittsburgh, an industrial region that once formed the heart of the world's steel production and is now touted as a model for revivi……続きを見る

This book examines the specific manifestations and causes of housing precarity across a diverse range of geographic settings and housing types. Housing has been in crisis across the globe for decade……続きを見る

How do designers navigate the ethical discursive territories of design thinking and practice when the same common terms they consistently use across the different design ethics paradigmsーlike fair,……続きを見る

With more than half of the world’s population living in cities, informal settlements, or slums, continue to expand. This book explores the informality-urban design nexus, and asks why formal urban d……続きを見る

This book is an authoritative account of rural development in Iran, spanning 60 years and 2 distinct political regimes. Professor Mostafa Azkia has spent many decades demonstrating the importance of……続きを見る

Is Ireland still a neutral nationーor is that just a comforting illusion? In Ireland at a Crossroads: The Triple Lock and Neutrality, legal scholar Ty Murphy exposes how foreign lobbying, NATO press……続きを見る

Arguing that a gulf exists between design and construction, between conceptual thinking and the constructed building, this book explores projects and practices that span the gap by thinking through ……続きを見る

Este trabalho envolve o processo de promoção de cidadania por meio da política pública que norteia os Centros de Referência de Assistência Social (CRAS), com foco em um dos seus serviços, que visa a……続きを見る

Do you dream of moving into a modern, efficient home that's ready in just weeks? Casa prefabricada para vivir: Tu hogar listo en semanas, de la idea al primer día de mudanza is the ultimate guide to……続きを見る

A partir de un múltiple juego metafórico –las ciudades como rompecabezas, las piezas como indicios, los investigadores como detectives–, este libro propone una original mirada a los centros urbanos ……続きを見る

How did a 1970s plan to raze and redevelop a historic Sydney suburb lead to a kidnapping, murder and urban warfare? And why does this tumultuous period still play a pivotal role in Sydney's planning……続きを見る

Beyond Health Capacity: Spatial Practices in Inclusive Design sheds light on the systemic challenges communities with limited access to medical support and health maintenance have endured. It emphas……続きを見る

Recycling of materials in building and infrastructure applications are global concerns driven by natural resource preservation needs of modernized countries and sustainable development of emerging c……続きを見る