Part 1: The overall picture of shrinking cities in China Shrinking cities in China: the overall profile and paradox in planning Part 2: Looking into shrinking cities from regional perspective A multi-scaled analysis of the shrinking population in a region with out-migration: A case study of Hunan Province -- Urban shrinkage in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region and Yangtze River Delta: Pattern, t…
Institutional arrangement and management innovation for integrated water management -- Urbanization and industrial transformation associated with the improved water management -- Optimization of land uses for adapting the water scarcity for river basin -- Development of oasis agriculture by improving water use efficiency within the river basin -- Mitigation the impacts of climate changes to opt…
Relevance of Smart Economy in Smart Cities in Africa -- African Cities in Time and Space: Past, Emerging Trends and Perspectives -- Africa’s Smart City Foundation: Urbanization, Urban Form and Structure, Land Tenure and Basic Infrastructures -- Cities in the Context of Climate Change: Opportunities for Local Authorities in Climate Action in Africa -- Biodiversity for Smart Cities in Africa --…
Wild woodlands as a new component of urban forests -- Wild Urban Woodlands: Towards a Conceptual Framework -- New Perspectives for Urban Forests: Introducing Wild Woodlands -- Attitudes towards wild woodlands -- Attitudes towards Wilderness and Public Demands on Wilderness Areas -- Surrogate Nature or Wilderness? Social Perceptions and Notions of Nature in an Urban Context -- Nature for People:…
Facility-Location Models -- Measuring Spatial Separation: Distance, Time, Routing, and Accessibility -- Simultaneous Location-and-Routing Models -- Including Generation, Competition and Distribution in Location Allocation -- Activity Allocation and Derivation: Evolution of the Lowry-Based Land-Use Models -- Chaos, Catastrophe, Bifurcation and Disaggregation in Locational Models -- Spatial Equil…
Some Basic Perspectives -- Towards a More Holistic Approach to Urban Transport Studies -- How to Describe Large Technical Systems and Their Changes over Time? -- The Meaning of the Words ‘Complex’ and ‘Complexity’ -- Urban Transport Systems Today: a Variety of Complexity -- Responding to the Complex Transport Needs of Dispersed Wealthy Cities: a Comparison of Melbourne, Australia and To…
Form, Function and Benefits of Urban Forests and Trees -- The Concept of Urban Forestry in Europe -- A History of Urban Forests and Trees in Europe -- Urban Forest Resources in European Cities -- Benefits and Uses of Urban Forests and Trees -- Planning and Design of Urban Forests and Trees -- Urban Forest Policy and Planning -- Design of Urban Forests -- The Role of Partnerships in Urban Forest…
Globalization in General -- Globalization, spatial allocation of resources and spatial impacts: A conceptual framework -- Urban development in the global periphery: The consequences of economic and ideological globalization -- The Urban Hierarchy -- Impact of globalization on cities and city-related policies in India -- The impacts of globalization on the urban spatial-economic system in Korea …
Conversations with Michael Van Valkenburgh -- Site Plan -- Site -- Scissoring -- Hypernature -- Surface -- Conscious Pragmatism -- Urban Land -- Gallery -- Outside the Self -- Criticism.In the field of landscape architecture, there is no more distinguished voice than Michael Van Valkenburgh, and it therefore seems appropriate that we begin this new Source Books in Landscape series with his rece…
Introduction: The Challenge of Structural Change for Industrial Cities and Regions in the CEE Countries -- Austria: The Process of Restructuring is Largely Complete -- Bulgaria: Identifying Regions of Industrial Decline -- Czech Republic: Towards the Reclamation of Derelict Land -- Germany: Tackling the East-West Divide -- Hungary: An Umbrella Plan for the Regions -- Latvia: A Centre-Oriented C…