Smart Economy in Smart Cities International Collaborative Research: Ottawa, St.Louis, Stuttgart, Bologna, Cape Town, Nairobi, Dakar, Lagos, New Delhi, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Kozhiko...

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Maker City Hirshberg, Peter. by Hirshberg, Peter, Dougherty, Dale, Kadanoff, Marcia

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Urbanism Laboratory for Cities and Regions. by Van Der Hoeven, F.

Table of Contents: “…Papers; The Spacemate: Density and the Typomorphology of the Urban Fabric; Reshaping Urbanity Economic Rescaling, Urban Transformation and the Shift of Locations of Service Firms in Amsterdam; Spatial Quality and City Ranking; The Relation Between Design and Technology of Polder Cities; Urban Flood Integration -- Spatial Strategies; Developing a Complex of Time Definitions in the Context of Urbanism: Towards Representing Time in Relation to Space; Can Public Visibility Be an Operational Concept to Investigate Integration Processes of Migrant Groups?…”
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The geography of Southeast Asia : a scholarly bibliography and guide / Thomas A. Rumney. by Rumney, Thomas A.

Table of Contents: “…Commerce and TradeManufacturing and Labor Studies; Fishing, Forestry, Mining, and Energy; Transportation and Communications; Theses and Dissertations; Historical Geography; General Works; Theses and Dissertations; Physical Geography; General Works; Biogeography; Climatology and Weather; Geomorphology, Land Forms, and Volcanism; Hydrology; Soils; Theses and Dissertations; Political Geography; General Works; Theses and Dissertations; Urban Geography; General Works; Urban Social Geography; Urban Morphology and Neighborhoods; Urban Economic Geography; Urban Environments; Theses and Dissertations.…”
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Cities of North America : contemporary challenges in U.S. and Canadian cities / edited by Lisa Benton-Short.

Table of Contents: “…List of Illustrations -- An Introduction to Cities of North America / Lisa Benton-Short -- Changing Approaches to Urban Geography / Katie Wells -- An Urban History / Robert Lewis -- Border Cities / Lindsey Sutton -- Part I: Urban Economies -- Urban Economic Restructuring / David Wilson and Matthew Anderson -- Globalization and the City / Yeong-Hyun Kim -- Part II: Urban Governance -- Urban Governance / Thomas J. …”
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Tool Kits in Regional Science Theory, Models, and Estimation / edited by Michael Sonis, Geoffrey J. D. Hewings. by Sonis, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Capello; P. Nijkamp: Urban Economics at a Cross-road. Recent Theoretical and Methodological Directions and Future Challenges -- M. …”
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Global Metropolitan : Globalizing Cities in a Capitalist World. by Rennie-Short, John

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City and Citizens in Modern China : Towards a Scientific Approach to Urban Development / compiled by China City Development Academy and three others.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction of Chengguan Development -- APPENDIX Synthetic Data Analysis on Scientific Development of Chinese Cities in 2012 -- (Ranking 1 -- 50) -- 1. Urban Economic Development Parent System -- 2. Urban Public Service Parent System -- 3. …”
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Analysis and Evaluation of Public Social Housing Tools for a Sustainable Regeneration / by Lorenzo Diana. by Diana, Lorenzo

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Spaces of neoliberalism : urban restructuring in North America and Western Europe / edited by Neil Brenner and Nik Theodore.

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Metropolitan Regions, Planning and Governance edited by Karsten Zimmermann, Daniel Galland, John Harrison.

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Urban Heritage Along the Silk Roads A Contemporary Reading of Urban Transformation of Historic Cities in the Middle East and Beyond / edited by Fatemeh Farnaz Arefian, Seyed Hossei...

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Urban livelihoods : a people-centred approach to reducing poverty / edited by Carole Rakodi with Tony Lloyd-Jones.

Table of Contents: “…A livelihoods approach -- conceptual issues and definitions ; Economic development, urbanization and poverty / Carole Rakodi -- The urban context and poor people / Sheilah Meikle -- Seeking an understanding of poverty that recognizes rural-urban differences and rural-urban linkages / David Satterthwaite and Cecilia Tacoli -- Living in the present, investing in the future -- household security among the poor / Jo Beall -- Municipal government, urban economic growth and poverty reduction -- identifying the transmission mechanisms between growth and poverty / Philip Amis -- Support for livelihood strategies / Stuart Rutherford, Malcolm Harper and John Grierson -- Social capital, local networks and community development / Sue Phillips -- Tenure and shelter in urban livelihoods / Geoffrey Payne -- Health, health services and environmental health / Trudy Harpham and Emma Grant -- Infrastructure and environmental health services / Mansoor Ali -- Spatial planning, access and infrastructure / Alison Brown and Tony Lloyd-Jones -- Urban livelihoods -- issues for urban governance and management / Nick Devas -- Reducing urban poverty in India -- lessons from projects supported by DFID / Susan Loughhead and Carole Rakodi -- The Jamaica Urban Poverty Project / Sue Jones and Kingston Restoration Company -- Strengthening urban livelihoods in Zambia -- PUSH II and PROSPECT / David Sanderson and Darren Hedley -- Lessons from the experience of some urban poverty-reduction programmes / David Satterthwaite -- Issues in designing new projects and programmes / Sue Jones.…”
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Petroleum Resource Management in Africa Lessons from Ten Years of Oil and Gas Production in Ghana / edited by Theophilus Acheampong, Thomas Kojo Stephens.

Table of Contents: “…-- 10. Oil and Socio-Urban Economic Development in the Western Region -- 11. …”
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Re-framing Regional Development : Evolution, Innovation and Transition. by Cooke, Philip

Table of Contents: “…Re-framing Regional Development Evolution, innovation and transition; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction: complex systems integration, 'emergence', and policy modularisation; Part I Evolutionary transition space; 2 A world in emergence: notes toward a resynthesis of urban-economic geography for the twenty-first century; 3 Regional resilience, cross-sectoral knowledge platforms and the prospects for growth in Canadian city-regions; 4 Forms of emergence and the evolution of economic landscapes.…”
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Prescription for Social Dilemmas Psychology for Urban, Transportation, and Environmental Problems / by Satoshi Fujii. by Fujii, Satoshi

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Popup republic : how to start your own successful pop-up space, shop, or restaurant / Jeremy Baras. by Baras, Jeremy, 1988-

Table of Contents: “…Interview with an urban economic development professional about pop-ups -- Section 2. …”
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Urban Regeneration in the UK by Tallon, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…Social exclusion and social polarisation in cities -- The rise of the post-modern city and new urban spaces -- Urban economic and social challenges facing twenty-first century cities -- Urban regeneration: significant texts -- Summary -- Study questions -- Key readings on urban regeneration and urban policy -- Key websites on urban regeneration and urban policy -- SECTION II -- CENTRAL GOVERNMENT URBAN REGENERATION POLICY -- Chapter 2: The early years of regeneration: physical regeneration (1945-1968) and social and community welfare (1968-1979) -- Chapter aims -- Analysing urban policy periods…”
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The Earthscan reader in rural-urban linkages / edited by Cecilia Tacoli.

Table of Contents: “…Kelly -- Ecological footprints and appropriated carrying capacity : what urban economics leaves out / William E. Rees -- An overview of urban environmental burdens at three scales : intra-urban, urban-regional and global / Gordon McGranahan.…”
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The future of sustainable cities : critical reflections / edited by John Flint and Mike Raco.

Table of Contents: “…On the future form and prospects of sustainable urbanism -- Introduction: Urban economic recovery and/or sustainable development -- Birth: the origins of sustainable urbanism -- Death I: hyper-liberalism and experiments in sub-prime urbanism -- Death II: urban transition movements and neo-localisation -- Death III: win-lose-lose and the rise of municipal pragmatism -- Resurrection? …”
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