Contents: Introduction -- PART I THE SUSTAINABLE CITY -- 1 Towards sustainable urban competitiveness? The role of … and sustainable urban development in China / Shen Jianfa -- 4 In search of an innovation economic geography / Edward … Blakely -- 5 Evaluating the quality of comprehensive plans for urban resilience: the case of seven metropolitan cities in …

pt. 1. Urban containment -- pt. 2. Mixed use -- pt. 3. Affordable housing -- pt. 4. Transit-oriented development -- pt …. 5. Healthy urban design -- pt. 6. Smart growth implementation. … development, transit oriented development, affordable housing, healthy urban designs, and marketing smarter growth …

1. The urban context and the need for economic-strategic planning -- 2. The literature on urban competitiveness and … strategic-economic planning -- 3. The economic and geographic analysis of urban competitiveness -- 4. The ten cities and their …Planning cities for the future links the study of urban economic competitiveness with urban planning and is able to …

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 …

This important Handbook reveals that most urban growth takes place in the less developed world and much of it … adequate shelter and do not have the means to feed themselves properly. Yet, compared to rural poverty, urban poverty is widely …

This Handbook brings together a range of viewpoints on a number of the burning issues affecting urban sustainability in … urban policy issues that determine the growth and development progress as well as the livability of cities in the Occident …pt. I. The urban policy context -- pt. 2. Evolving urban systems -- pt. 3. Forces of spatial economic change -- pt. 4 …

, and urban planning. The stated policy implications are equally diverse, ranging from libertarian to social democratic … hot topic among urban policymakers, planners and economists. Florida has developed one of three path-breaking theories … about the relationship between creative individuals and urban environments. The economist Åke E. Andersson and the …