Natural and Built Environment Series
About the Book Series
The Natural and Built Environment Series is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Ideal for core learning, each book provides a comprehensive account of a key area in planning and environmental sustainability.
Spatial Planning and Climate Change
1st Edition
By Elizabeth Wilson, Jake Piper
September 28, 2010
Spatial planning has a vital role to play in the move to a low carbon energy future and in adapting to climate change. To do this, spatial planning must develop and implement new approaches. Elizabeth Wilson and Jake Piper explore a wide range of issues in this comprehensive book on the ...
Water and the City: Risk, Resilience and Planning for a Sustainable Future
1st Edition
By Iain White
August 30, 2010
As a vital human need, water has been absolutely critical to decisions as to where cities originate, how much they grow and the standard of living of the inhabitants. The relationship is complex however; we need both continual availability and protection from its potential impacts. Over ...
Transport Policy and Planning in Great Britain
1st Edition
By Peter Headicar
June 04, 2009
Transport in the twenty-first century represents a significant challenge at the global and the local scale. Aided by over sixty clear illustrations, Peter Headicar disentangles this complex, modern issue in five parts, offering critical insights into: the nature of transport the ...
Regional Planning
1st Edition
By John Glasson, Tim Marshall
December 21, 2007
Regional Planning provides a comprehensive introduction to the concepts and theory of regional planning in the UK. Drawing on examples from throughout the UK, it provides students and practitioners with a descriptive and analytical foundation for understanding this rapidly changing area of planning...
Strategic Planning for Regional Development in the UK
1st Edition
Edited
By Harry T. Dimitriou, Robin Thompson
September 07, 2007
With contributions from leading academics and practitioners, Strategic Planning for Regional Development in the UK is the most up-to-date treatment of a fast-changing subject. The book discusses: The evolution of regional planning in the UK and the strategic thinking involved The spatial ...
Development Control
1st Edition
By Keith Thomas
August 01, 1997
Development Control" is a comprehensive introductory text for students of planning and related subjects. Drawing widely on the literature - the approach and treatment are very much geared to the needs of students on courses, rather than focusing on practical and "how-to-do-it" issues. It should be ...