International Handbook of Urban Policy, Volume 1

Edited by H. S. Geyer

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This first Handbook in a series of three original reference works looks at globally contentious urban policy issues from a wide variety of different angles and perspectives. Matters related to urban densification, population mobility, urban inequality and sustainability are analysed in a manner that will not only interest the advanced student but also the novice.

Keywords: Politics and Public Policy Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
ISBN: 9781847204585
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Approaches to Urban Policymaking: A Framework

B. J. L. Berry

Ch 2 The Debate on Sprawl and Compact Cities: Thoughts Based on the Congress of New Urbanism Charter

P. Gordon and H. W. Richardson

Ch 3 Defining ‘Urban’: The Disappearing Urban–Rural Divide

A. G. Champion

Ch 4 The Evolving Urban Economic Landscape: Trends in the Past and Present, from Local to Global

H. S. Geyer

Ch 5 Socialist Economies in Transition: Urban Policy in China and Vietnam

Y. M. Yeung and J. Shen

Ch 6 Human Mobility in a Globalizing World: Urban Development Trends and Policy Implications

W. A. V. Clark

Ch 7 Migration and Social Mobility in Urban Systems: National and International Trends

A.J. Fielding

Ch 8 Social Exclusion and Urban Policy in European Cities: Combining ‘Northern’ and ‘Southern’ European Perspectives

F. Moulaert, E. Morlicchio and L. Cavola

Ch 9 Crime and Urban Living: Conditions, Theory and Policy Options

H.S. Geyer and B.A. Portnov

Ch 10 The Threat of Urban Terrorism: Observations and Policies Options

H.W. Richardson and P. Gordon

Ch 11 ‘Place’ Qualities of Urban Space: Interpretations of Theory and Ideology

H.S. Geyer

Ch 12 Smart Growth as ‘New’ Metropolitan Governance: Observations on US Experience

G. O. Braun and J. W. Scott

Ch 13 Integrating the Planning Environment: Theory and Practice of Putting ‘Urban’ in a Regional Context

G. Haughton and D. Counsell

Ch 14 Cities Mediating Technological Transitions: The Adaptability of Infrastructure and Infrastructures of Adaptability?

M. Hodson and S. Marvin

Ch 15 Urban Environmental Policy in Europe: An Outline

R. Evans

Ch 16 Policy Responses at the Local Sphere of Government: Complexities and Diversity

J.G. Nel

Ch 17 Urban Environmental Policy in Africa: The Real Story

F. Retief and N. Rossouw

Ch 18 What Lies Ahead?

A. G. Gilbert

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