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1. Design with Nature Now

   Livros
   Outubro 2019
   Edited by Frederick Steiner, Richard Weller, Karen M’Closkey, and Billy Fleming

   “I highly encourage students, faculty, and practitioners to read this book and distill for themselves the overarching lessons. Design With Nature Now is timely because it reintroduces us to an...

2. Property Tax in Africa

   Status, Challenges, and Prospects
   Livros
   Junho 2017
   Edited by Riël Franzsen and William McCluskey

   “This one-of-a-kind study is an indispensable source for academics and policy makers who seek to explore the virtues of the property tax. The relevance of this volume clearly transcends the...

3. Planeta de ciudades

   Livros
   Junho 2015
   Shlomo Angel

   This book develops a science of global cities to prepare for the coming expansion of the planet's population and questions the main tenets of the Containment Paradigm. It provides planners and...

4. Conservation Catalysts

   The Academy as Nature’s Agent
   Livros
   Novembro 2014
   Edited by James N. Levitt with a foreword by Stephen Woodley

   “We can gain encouragement from the coalition of groups that have rallied together to promote conservation and embrace connectivity: universities, environmental groups, land trusts, churches,...

5. Governing and Financing Cities in the Developing World

   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Maio 2014
   Roy W. Bahl and Johannes F. Linn

   The economic activity that drives growth in developing countries is heavily concentrated in urban areas. Big cities generate the most dynamic economic development, the strongest links to the global...

6. Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries

   Livros
   Abril 2013
   Edited by Roy W. Bahl, Johannes F. Linn, and Deborah L. Wetzel

   This work uses case studies of urban financing mechanisms in China, India, and Brazil to help decision makers in developing countries address the challenges of rapid metropolitan growth. The report...

7. Planet of Cities

   Livros
   Setembro 2012
   Shlomo Angel

   “Students and others looking for a place to start often ask, ‘If I could read just one book about xxxx, which would you suggest?’ When it comes to cities, I have a new favorite. It...

8. Atlas of Urban Expansion

   Livros
   Junho 2012
   Shlomo Angel, Jason Parent, Daniel L. Civco, and Alejandro M. Blei

   Note: This volume is currently out of stock and an updated edition is now available in two volumes — Atlas of Urban Expansion—2016 Edition, Volume 1: Areas and Densities and Atlas of...

9. Climate Change and Land Policies

   Livros
   Maio 2011
   Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong

   Developing policies that will keep climate change in check has become a global priority, as increasing greenhouse gas emissions contribute to extreme weather patterns. If these emissions remain...

10. Making Room for a Planet of Cities

    Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
    Janeiro 2011
    Shlomo Angel, with Jason Parent, Daniel L. Civco, and Alejandro M. Blei

    This report—the precursor to Planet of Cities—provides policy makers and planners with a conceptual framework for understanding urban expansion and provides research-based suggestions for...