Catálogo de libros: Planificación urbana y municipal

703 Catálogo de libros: Planificación urbana y municipal

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  • The Future of Airbnb and the ’Sharing Economy’
    Jeroen A. Oskam / Jeroen AOskam
    This book provides a conceptual analysis of the ’sharing economy’ and accommodation sector. It furthers the debate surrounding Airbnb and other platforms and the social sustainability of city tourism. Through a scenario framework, readers can understand the forces and factors at work, and envision the ultimate consequences of current developments. ...
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    169,88 €

  • Private Financing of Public Transportation Infrastructure
    Wendell Lawther
    This book examines the challenges faced by public officials and stakeholders as they implement public-private partnerships as a way of financing repair and construction of transportation infrastructure. Concepts and practices are described, along with analysis that points to the advantages and disadvantages of decisions to be adopted. ...
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    54,24 €

  • Learning Cities, Town Planning, and the Creation of Livelihoods
    Idowu Biao
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    216,17 €

  • Urban Ethics under Conditions of Crisis
    Urban Ethics under Conditions of Crisis investigates the states of urban planning, architectural design, sustainability, landscape architecture, and engineering, and examines their correlation with social attitudes and dispositions that can impact on socio-cultural and political engagement internationally in conditions of crisis. The theme of the book emphasizes the need to ack...
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    138,86 €

  • Save Your City
    Diane Kalen-Sukra
    'Save Your City is an inspired and powerful must-read. Our democracy is in peril and this book delivers the right message, by the right person, at the right time.' -IRA BASEN, CBC Radio Toxic culture is eroding our sense of belonging, community and well-being. Our capacity to collaborate and innovate together is also being undermined by the rising incivility and divisiveness. W...
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    21,52 €

  • Save Your City
    Diane Kalen-Sukra
    'Save Your City is an inspired and powerful must-read. Our democracy is in peril and this book delivers the right message, by the right person, at the right time.' -IRA BASEN, CBC Radio Toxic culture is eroding our sense of belonging, community and well-being. Our capacity to collaborate and innovate together is also being undermined by the rising incivility and divisiveness. W...
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    30,82 €

  • Industrial and Urban Growth Policies at the Sub-National, National, and Global Levels
    Recent global shifts in population have led to the fast urbanization of Africa. For Africa and the developing world, choosing the right policy strategies, processes, and tools are essential to turning urban centers into engines of industry and economic prosperity. Industrial and Urban Growth Policies at the Sub-National, National, and Global Levels is a pivotal reference source...
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    269,34 €

  • Breaking Point
    Peter Seamer
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    25,93 €

  • Rights in Transit
    Kafui Attoh
    Is public transportation a right? Should it be? For those reliant on public transit, the answer is invariably 'yes' to both. Indeed, when city officials propose slashing service or raising fares, it is these riders who are often the first to appear at that officials' door demanding their 'right' to more service. Rights in Transit starts from the presumption that such riders...
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    136,25 €

  • Rights in Transit
    Kafui Attoh
    Is public transportation a right? Should it be? For those reliant on public transit, the answer is invariably 'yes' to both. Indeed, when city officials propose slashing service or raising fares, it is these riders who are often the first to appear at that officials' door demanding their 'right' to more service. Rights in Transit starts from the presumption that such riders...
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    37,16 €

  • The Politics of Economic Regulation in Nigeria
    Amaechi Anakwue
    The Political Economy of Economic Regulation in Nigeria is an analysis of the Nigerian economy within the context of the dynamics of public and private sector roles and relations. It traces the foundations and emergence of the Nigerian economy and explains the shift from a public sector-driven one to the current ascendancy of the private sector. Using a political economy approa...
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    18,57 €

  • Cities under Austerity
    Examines the ways in which austerity policies are transforming US cities. ...
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    41,91 €

  • Industrial and Urban Growth Policies at the Sub-National, National, and Global Levels
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    203,49 €

  • SEEKING A BETTER URBAN FUTURE
    KOON HEAN CHEONG
    Dr Cheong Koon Hean, CEO of the Housing and Development Board (2010–Present) was the Institute of Policy Studies' 5th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore. This book contains edited versions of the three IPS-Nathan Lectures she gave between March and April 2018, and highlights of her dialogue with the audience.Climate change, an ageing population, anti-globalisation...
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    58,28 €

  • SEEKING A BETTER URBAN FUTURE
    KOON HEAN CHEONG
    Dr Cheong Koon Hean, CEO of the Housing and Development Board (2010–Present) was the Institute of Policy Studies' 5th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore. This book contains edited versions of the three IPS-Nathan Lectures she gave between March and April 2018, and highlights of her dialogue with the audience.Climate change, an ageing population, anti-globalisation...
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    35,05 €

  • Multi-Level Governance in Developing Economies
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    196,53 €

  • Optimizing Regional Development Through Transformative Urbanization
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    216,30 €

  • Strengthening Functional Urban Regions in Azerbaijan
    Asian Development Bank
    This publication helps guide investment planning and financing across key urban infrastructure sectors of Azerbaijan.It aims to improve the performance of cities—with a focus on economy, equity, and environment. The National Urban Assessment for Azerbaijan is among a series prepared by ADB for selected developing countries under its Urban Operational Plan 2012–2020. ...
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    29,98 €

  • The Transformation of Governance in Rural China
    An Chen
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    35,00 €

  • SDG11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    Maha Al-Zu’bi / Vesela Radovic
    SDG11 will map success stories, policies, and strategies from various regions that include actions to improve natural resources management, reduce GHG emissions, and develop urban adaptation, resilience strategies and disaster risk management to help decision-makers, planners and practitioners in achieving the 2030 SDG agenda. ...
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    104,50 €

  • Integral City 3.7
    Marilyn Hamilton
    Integral City 3.7 considers a series of apparently intractable challenges that all cities face because the world has become so complex that cause and effect are rarely directly linked. This third book in our series explores three themes that are eternal practices for designing a collective life that works for all life; namely, Caring, Contexting and Capacity Building. The chall...
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    37,20 €

  • Bulldozer Revolutions
    Andrew C. Baker
    By examining the metropolitan fringes of Houston in Montgomery County, Texas, and Washington, D.C., in Loudoun County, Virginia, this book combines rural, environmental, and agricultural history to disrupt our view of the southern metropolis.Andrew C. Baker examines the local boosters, gentlemen farmers, historical preservationists, and nature-seeking suburbanites who abandoned...
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    76,00 €

  • Cities and the European Union
    Samuele Dossi
    This volume examines European Union policy instruments affecting the urban domain through the lens of Europeanisation. Instead of looking at EU instruments that are formally consecrated to cities, theoretical public policy analysis explores the arenas and causal mechanisms that structure the encounter between the EU and urban governance. The core variables that explain change c...
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    57,98 €

  • City on the Line
    Andrew Kleine
    City on the Line is about a revolution in public budgeting. It is the story of a hard luck city fighting through the Great Recession, a budget director trying to lead disruptive change, and a groundbreaking effort to link strategy, budget and data to get better results for residents. ...
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    94,15 €

  • City on the Line
    Andrew Kleine
    City on the Line is about a revolution in public budgeting. It is the story of a hard luck city fighting through the Great Recession, a budget director trying to lead disruptive change, and a groundbreaking effort to link strategy, budget and data to get better results for residents. ...
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    47,09 €

  • Multi-Level Governance in Developing Economies
    Effective governance is vital for all nations and can be made easier with advanced technology and communication. Through various collaborative efforts and processes, developing nations can enhance their economies with multi-level governance. Multi-Level Governance in Developing Economies is a collection of innovative research on the applications and theories of multi-level gove...
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    255,85 €

  • Chalet Fields of the Gower
    Owen Short / Stefan Szczelkun
    70 colour photographs of houses on two of the Chalet Fields of the Gower peninsular in South Wales. These show a form of self-provision of working-class housing which begins with a simple timber-framed dwelling. Over the last 60 years most of these simple, cheap houses have evolved into desirable residences. In the process they have a acquired an idiosyncratic style that gives ...
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    24,66 €

  • Why Old Places Matter
    Thompson M. Mayes / Thompson MMayes
    This book explores the reasons that old places matter to people such as the feelings of belonging, continuity, stability, identity and memory, as well as the more traditional reasons, such as history, national identity, and architecture. This book brings these ideas together in evocative language and with illustrative images. ...
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    62,26 €

  • Optimizing Regional Development Through Transformative Urbanization
    Assisted by globalization and the rapid application of advanced technologies, the transformative power of urbanization is being felt around the world. The scale and the speed of existing and projected urbanization poses several challenges to researchers in multiple disciplines, such as computer science, engineering, and the social sciences. Optimizing Regional Development Throu...
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    282,15 €

  • DIVIDED CITY, THE
    Binti Singh / BINTI SINGH & MAHENDRA SETHI / Mahendra Sethi
    The Divided City contributes to the growing body of scholarly work on cities of the global South. Cities in developing countries, particularly emerging economies, are undergoing rapid urbanization and social transition. Empirically grounded to the contemporary urban situation in India, The Divided City is set in an opportune moment to assess how cities fare up to the challenge ...
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    123,83 €