This book focuses on the relationship between the state and economy in the development of cities. It reviews and reinterprets fundamental theoretical models that explain how the operation of markets in equilibrium shapes the scale and organization of the commercial city in a mixed market economy...

Based on the study of a number of large mega township projects under development on the urban fringes of Delhi and Ahmedabad, The Towers of New Capital is an enquiry into how these 'global fixes' are leading to territorial reorganization. What are the social and economic impacts of large mega...

This book sheds new light on the current and future challenges faced by cities, and presents approaches, options and solutions enabled by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the smart city context. By focusing on sustainability objectives within a rapidly changing social,...

Part 1 New Wars: Conflicts Between People and Place -- Urbanization and New-type Urbanization -- Urban Cultural Landscape -- Locality, Place Identity, and Sustainability -- Part 2 New Strategies: Locality Preservation and Development in Urbanization Processes -- Strategies to Preserve Locality...

1 About the Development of Urban Memory -- 2 Point: Historic Buildings in Beijing’s Measurement of Urban Memory -- 3 Line: Central Axis of Beijing’s Measurement of Urban Memory -- 4 Line: City Wall of Beijing’s Measurement of Urban Memory -- 5 Place: Historic Sites of Beijing’s...

Introduction -- Part I: Complexity, Cognition and Cities -- 1. What makes cities complex? -- 2. Evolving a Plan: Design and Planning with Complexity -- 3. Self-organization and design as complementary pair -- 4. Cultivating complexity: The need for a shift in cognition -- 5. The fourth...

On Line Citizenship discusses the evolutionary trends of cities in terms of e-government in the present and future technological scenario. The focus is on the transformation of the relationships between city administrations and citizens due to Information and Communication Technology. On a broad...

Begrüßung Wissenschaftliche Beiträge ESSHAH-Regel in der Praxis -- Grußwort -- Grußwort des Dekans -- Der Einzelhandel als Treiber der Stadtentwicklung -- Die europäische Stadt: Teil unseres kulturellen Erbes -- City-Fans: Zielgruppe für die Erneuerung der Innenstadt -- Die Stadt als...