1. Introduction -- 2. Starting points for creating ecological networks -- 3. Methodological base for development of the territorial system of ecological stability -- 4. Method and procedures of designing the territorial system of ecological stability -- 5. Conclusion -- 6. Summary -- 7. References -- 8. Case study: Evaluation of linear formations of non-forest woody vegetation (biocorridors) fo…
Introduction -- 1 Material Base of Sustainable Development - Landscape as a Geosystem -- 2 Landscape as a Geosystem -- 3 Construction and Mapping of Geosystems -- 4 Characteristics of Geocomplexes -- 5 Application of the Geosystems in Model Territory - An Example -- Conclusion.The book analyses the landscape as a geosystem in all its complexity (from the abiotic environment, and land use to soc…
Concepts and definitions of risk and adaptation -- Disaster risk prevention and reduction -- Disaster recovery strategies and solutions -- Community based initiatives for urban risk management and adaptation -- Innovative methodological and technical solutions for risk management and adaptation -- Institutional frameworks and multi-level governance -- The integration of risk management in spati…
Introduction -- Spatial Planning and Governance: Literature Review -- Conceptual Framework and Methodology -- Changing Spatial Planning in the Chinese FYP System -- JSYR Plan Articulated in Jiangsu 11th FYP System: The Process, Rhetoric and Realities -- Spatial Planning Articulated in Suzhou Municipal 11th FYP: Plan Coordination and Development Control -- Conclusion and Discussion.As a legacy o…
Living in a fearscape? -- Western paradoxes of security and fear -- Us and Them: otherness and exclusion -- Fear and space -- Planning, fear and power -- Thinking future.This book examines the phenomenon of urban fear – the increasing anxiety over crime and violence in Western cities despite their high safety – with a view to developing a comprehensive, critical, exploratory theory of fear,…
Introduction -- The Mediterranean Idea: From the Roman Mare Nostrum to the Book of the Sea by Naḥum Slouschz (1948) -- Mediterranean as a Supra-Regional Interaction Sphere during Late Prehistory An Overview on Problems and Prospects -- Settlements in the Hellenistic Period in Cilicia -- Anthroscapes: A Robust Basis for Mapping Land Quality and Sustainable Land Use Patterns -- Visible / Invisi…
Chapter 1. Introduction (Xinyue Ye) -- Chapter 2. Planning as Computational Intelligence (Shih-Kung Lai) -- Chapter 3. Towards a Spatio-Socio-Semantic Analysis Framework (Wei Luo) -- Chapter 4. Hub location and network design with considerations of flow delay and point-point connection (Guoqiang Shen) -- Chapter 5. Spatial Characteristics of Social Networks (Lingqian Hu) -- Chapter 6. A social …
Introduction -- I. Principles and theoretical and methodological basis of landscape-ecological planning -- 1. Change or preservation of landscape structure? -- 2. Ecologisation of landscape management -- 3. Institutional instruments for integrated landscape management in Slovakia -- 4. Landscape as a geosystem -- II. Landscape-ecological planning LANDEP - a tool for the ecologisation of spatial…
Introduction: Defining a Symbiotic Field -- Metropolitanism, Its Filiations, and Its Consequences -- The Geographic Prospects of Human Habitat and the Attributes of a Novel Urbanity -- The Symbiotic Field in Ten Behaviors -- Miscegenation: Culture- and Region-Forming -- Gardens Grown Wild: In-Between Topography and Its Mythology -- Reconciling Cultural with Cognitive -- Tests for a Symbiotic Ma…
1. Forward -- 2. Preface -- 3. Introduction: Framing the Issue by Belinda Yuen and Špela Močnik -- 4. Surveying Older Adults’ Perceptions and Aspirations, by Belinda Yuen, Chathura Withanage and Parvathi Nair -- 5. Focusing on Older Residents Views, by Belinda Yuen and Parvathi Nair -- 6. Sharing Key Informant Views, by Belinda Yuen and Cheong Sue Wei -- 7. Housing Audit by Belinda Yuen and…