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Garden Cities of To-Morrow

By Ebenezer Howard Edited by F.J. Osborn

Originally published in 1898 as To-Morrow: A peaceful path to reform, "the book", writes F.J. Osborn "holds a unique place in town planning literature, is...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41795-2 (Routledge)

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Simulating the Urban Economy

Experiments with input-output techniques

Edited by P. Smith, W.I. Morrison

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41796-9 (Routledge)

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Cities and Services

The geography of collective consumption

By Steven Pinch

Caught between the twin pressures of rising public expectations and falling resources, public services have become the subject of intense academic scrutiny and public debate....

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41798-3 (Routledge)

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The Price of War

Urbanization in Vietnam, 1954-1985

By Nigel Thrift, Dean Forbes

Much rare material is incorporated in this unique account of urbanization in a developing country that was ravaged by war for twenty years. With due...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41801-0 (Routledge)

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Why Cities Change

Urban Development and Economic Change in Sydney

Edited by Richard V. Cardew, John V. Langdale, David C. Rich

During the 1970s, accelerating change accompanied by dramatic developments in finance, technology and energy usage had a profound impact on the processes of urban development...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41802-7 (Routledge)

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Metropolis and Province

Science in British Culture, 1780 - 1850

Edited by Ian Inkster, Jack Morrell

This collection of case studies, focusing on British scientific culture during the first industrial revolution, explores the social basis of science in the period and...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41804-1 (Routledge)

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The Rise of Urban America

By Constantine McLaughlin Green

The rise of cities in the United States from the early seventeenth century to the 1960s is the subject of this sophisticated and witty appraisal...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41805-8 (Routledge)

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Problems of an Urban Society

The Social Framework of Planning

By J.B. Cullingworth

This book provides a wide-ranging review of urban problems and constitutes a major contribution to the mounting public debate that these problems are attracting. Many...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41808-9 (Routledge)

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Equity in the City

Edited by P.N. Troy

Equity in the City is a collection of nine studies of the way the results of public investment in urban services are shared out among...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41809-6 (Routledge)

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The Urban Future

A Choice Between Alternatives

By John N. Jackson

Urbanization, everywhere, is of pressing concern to society. It is now appreciated that politicies for urban growth cannot be confined to the cities themselves, but...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41812-6 (Routledge)

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