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1. Design with Nature Now

   Libros
   Octubre 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. After Great Disasters

   An In-Depth Analysis of How Six Countries Managed Community Recovery
   Libros
   Junio 2017
   Laurie A. Johnson and Robert B. Olshansky

   “The book is an important contribution to the practice of recovery and reconstruction. The lessons emerging from these case studies bring clarity to the complex recovery processes and provide...

3. Global Universities and Urban Development

   Case Studies and Analysis
   Libros
   Marzo 2008
   Edited by Wim Wiewel and David C. Perry

   This book on the role of global universities in urban development, edited by Wim Wiewel and David C. Perry, complements their previous volume on U.S. institutions, The University as Urban Developer:...

4. Smart Urban Growth for China

   Libros
   Enero 2009
   Edited by Yan Song and Chengri Ding

   “Overall, the collection is one of the very best on Chinese urban and regional planning that I have ever encountered. In the struggle to find good case study books for planning discourse, I...

5. Nature and Cities

   The Ecological Imperative in Urban Design and Planning
   Libros
   Noviembre 2016
   Edited by Frederick R. Steiner, George F. Thompson, and Armando Carbonell

   Note: If you are ordering multiple copies of this book, please contact our warehouse by email at lincolnorders@pssc.com or by phone at 877-526-3257 for a shipping quote. “This book overflows...

6. Land and the City

   Libros
   Enero 2016
   Edited by George W. McCarthy, Gregory K. Ingram, and Samuel A. Moody

   This book from the Lincoln Institute's 2014 Land Policy Conference examines issues of land use policies and their impact on sustainable urbanization. By 1960, one-third of the world’s...

7. Planeta de ciudades

   Libros
   Junio 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...

8. Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries

   Libros
   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...

9. China’s Environmental Policy and Urban Development

   Libros
   Febrero 2013
   Edited by Joyce Yanyun Man

   “It is well known that rapid urbanization and industrialization in China have had serious consequences for China's environment. Far less recognized are the wide ranging efforts undertaken...

10. Planet of Cities

    Libros
    Septiembre 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...