"This introduction begins by looking back historically at the ways that real estate development and planning took place and was intellectualized. An historical perspective helps situate the practices of development and planning as wholly capitalist in nature for much of the history of Western...

"Sustainability is a global imperative and a scientific challenge like no other. This concise guide provides students and practitioners with a strategic framework for linking knowledge with action in the pursuit of sustainable development, and serves as an invaluable companion to more narrowly...