Throughout the twentieth century, there was a notable population shift in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, from rural living situations to urban centers. In 2000 there were 49 cities with populations of over one million, four of them among the 10 largest cities in the world....

The book gives traffic engineers, planners, and managers a methodology to identify, analyze, and correct factors that cause traffic accidents. The procedures and materials required are of low cost and simple installation, accessible to most entities that administer traffic systems. The book...

This study examines the role of the third sector (the residents, users, and NGOs) in tripartite partnerships with the public and private sectors. It outlines some lessons learned from five case studies of urban revitalization in Latin America. It describes the composition and structure of...

This article concerns the city of Madurai in the middle of the nineteenth century, at a time of urban development undertaken by the head of the colonial administration in that district. The difficulties involved in this exceptional operation, at a time when colonial administration was not very...

The level of integration of DRAM into spatial planning is limited in Kosovo despite the fact that Kosovo has experienced several floods, earthquakes, landslides, and avalanches. The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) through its Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme...

This work shows analysis of existing methodological approaches to strategic planning and management of modern cities. The study was able to build the necessary conceptual apparatus to reveal the features of different types of urban development and to develop conceptual approaches to strategic...

The present paper is focused on the necessity to utilize strategic trained human resources during the urban development planning and implementation guidelines. Moreover, in order to pursue an objective focused on sustainable urban development it must be outpost before all the degree of knowledge...

Almost two decades have passed since China first enacted legislation to protect farmland from conversion to nonagricultural use. Yet hundreds of thousands of hectares of agricultural land are still developed to urban area each year, raising the question of whether the legislation is effective in...

Urban performance currently depends not only on the city’s endowment of hard infrastructure (‘physical capital’), but also, and increasingly so, on the availability and quality of knowledge communication and social infrastructure (‘human and social capital’). The latter form of capital...

Global development trends and the EU Europe 2020 strategy directs the development towards a smart growth, inclusive and sustainable, which will help the planet to recover after the economic crisis and achieve high levels of productivity and employment rate, territorial and social cohesion. All...