Urban Tourism and Urban Change: Cities in a Global Economy provides both a sociological / cultural analysis of change that has taken place in many of the world's cities. This focused treatment of urban tourism examines the implications of these changes for urban management and planning sense,...

This book brings together a multi-disciplinary team of experts to explore and illustrate the theoretical, conceptual and practical issues arising from the transformation of Asia-Pacific cities by service industries

The editors of ""The University as Urban Developer"" now extend that work's groundbreaking analysis of the university's important role in the growth and development of the American city to the global view. Linking the fields of urban development, higher education, and urban design, ""Global...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Why Proximity Is Good -- 3 Cars, Pollution, and Accidents -- 4 Congestion -- 5 Mass Transit -- 6 Land -- 7 Too Many Cars? Too Much Lawn? Too Much Blight? -- 8 Rules -- 9 Water, Sewers, Fire, and Garbage -- 10 Education -- 11...

Intro -- About IP -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword - Garrett Fitzgerald -- Foreword - Eduardo da Costa Paes -- Acknowledgments -- World's Cities at a Glance - Gary Gardner -- Cities as Human Constructs -- 1. Imagining a Sustainable City - Gary Gardner -- 2. Cities in the...

SDG11 will map success stories, policies, and strategies from various regions that include actions to improve natural resources management, reduce GHG emissions, and develop urban adaptation, resilience strategies and disaster risk management to help decision-makers, planners and practitioners...

Perspectives on Urban Infrastructure -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Evolution of the Urban Infrastructure in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- INTRODUCTION -- URBAN NETWORKS AND WALKING CITIES: A PERIOD OF FOUNDATIONS, 1790-1855 -- The Development of Urban...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. Why Urban Energy Metabolism Matters -- Part 1. Why Cities Are Hungry -- CHAPTER 1. The 68° City -- INTERLUDE #1. The Big Picture on Rising Energy Prices -- CHAPTER 2. The Very Thirsty City -- INTERLUDE #2. Oil Depletion in the...

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Emergence of the American First-Class Hotel, 1820s: "All at Hand, and All of the Best" -- 2 The Tremont House, Boston, 1829: "A Style Entirely New" -- 3 The Proliferation of Antebellum Hotels, 1830-1860: "Every Thing Is on a Gigantic Scale" -- 4 The...

Cover -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Urban Metabolism Framework -- 3 Measuring Urban Metabolism -- 3.1 Available Statistical Data -- 3.2 A New Streamlined Urban Metabolism Methodology -- 3.3 Urban Patterns -- 4 Urban Metabolism of the Six Asian Cities -- 4.1 Bangalore -- 4.2 Bangkok --...