Regions and Cities
About the Book Series
In today’s globalised, knowledge-driven and networked world, regions and cities have assumed heightened significance as the interconnected nodes of economic, social and cultural production, and as sites of new modes of economic governance and policy experimentation. This book series brings together incisive and critically engaged international and interdisciplinary research on this resurgence of regions and cities, and should be of interest to geographers, economists, sociologists, political scientists and cultural scholars, as well as to policy-makers involved in regional and urban development.
If you would like to discuss a potential new book for the series, please contact:
Stephen J Ramos – [email protected] – Series Editor-in-Chief, or
Kristina Abbotts – [email protected] – Routledge Commissioning Editor
The Regions and Cities book series welcomes Open Access projects. Please contact Kristina Abbotts or visit https://www.routledge.com/info/open_access for more details.
About the Regional Studies Association (RSA)
The RSA is the global community for regional and urban research, development and policy. As a learned society for regional studies, it provides an authoritative voice for researchers, students and practitioners from disciplines including economics, geography, political science, planning, urban sociology, transport planning and other fields. The RSA delivers its charitable aims through knowledge exchange and policy engagement activities, its portfolio of journals and publications, its programme of conferences and events and its worldwide territorial and research networks. The RSA also runs a grant funding programme and recognises good practice in regional studies through its awards. It is an inclusive, diverse and environmental responsible organisation. For more information go to www.regionalstudies.org
Dissemination Support for Authors
The RSA increases the dissemination of research and supports authors publishing in this book series through the promotion of new books, organisation of online book launches in cooperation with the author(s) and by offering a platform for the publication of book reviews.
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Climate Adaptation in Coastal Ecosystems: Interdisciplinary Conceptualizations and Approaches from the Global South
1st Edition
Edited
By Mohammed Firoz C, Sruthi Krishnan V, Lakshmi Priya Rajendran, Lalit Kumar Dashora
June 30, 2026
Coastal cities and regions in the global south are some of the most vulnerable regions susceptible to climate change impacts. They experience escalating risks from sea-level rise, extreme weather patterns, ecosystem loss and degradation, along with sporadic urbanization. These regions range from ...
The Evolution of UK Regional Policy: Lessons from the Past for a Policy Fit for the Future
1st Edition
Edited
By Ron Martin
June 22, 2026
Regional policies intended to reduce geographical inequalities in economic prosperity and performance across the UK date back to 1928. Yet, today, the UK has one of the highest levels of spatial economic inequality of any of the OECD nations. Many of today’s lagging regions and cities are the same ...
Higher Education and Regional Green Transitions: Navigating Tensions, Complexities and Solutions
1st Edition
Edited
By Rómulo Pinheiro, Ina Drejer, Dzamila Bienkowska, Vito Laterza, Markku Sotarauta
June 04, 2026
Higher education institutions (HEIs) play a pivotal yet underexplored role in Regional Green Transitions (RGTs) and sustainable development. This volume addresses this knowledge gap by examining how universities in the Nordic region engage with RGTs, offering theoretical and methodological insights...
Spatial Governance Landscapes: Regulation, Property, and Planning
1st Edition
By Tuna Taşan-Kok, Sara Özoğul, Andre Legarza
April 03, 2026
What shapes the city? This book answers this question with a fresh, relational lens: spatial governance landscapes, the dynamic interplay between planning regulation and property-market strategies. Centered on the Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam, the book traces how rules, norms, and public ...
Regions in Evolution: A History of Regional Planning
1st Edition
By Daniel Galland, Mark Tewdwr-Jones, John Harrison
March 04, 2026
Throughout the twentieth century, planning and planners were central to our understanding of cities and regions. Today, however, planning is facing powerful challenges – professionally, intellectually, practically – in ways arguably not seen before. Recent developments and trends are raising ...
Universities, Knowledge and Places
1st Edition
Edited
By David Charles, Lisa Nieth, Lars Coenen, Ridvan Cinar
February 20, 2026
This book is a memorial to Professor Paul Benneworth who died in 2020 at the age of 46, but also a review of the current state of the art in work on universities and place, identifying important new directions for research. The book showcases Paul’s contribution, authored by those who worked with ...
The Political Economy of Megaprojects in Asia: State Power, Land Control, Financial Flows, and Dispossession
1st Edition
Edited
By Hyun Bang Shin, Dong-Wan Gimm
November 26, 2025
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of how the developmental goals of Asian states are reflected in large-scale projects and how various actors both realize and challenge these goals. The rise of Asian economies has spurred the proliferation of megaprojects through large-scale resource ...
Regional Economic Development in Mexico
1st Edition
By Alejandra Trejo Nieto
October 16, 2025
Latin America is the most unequal region in the world, and geographical imbalances are a significant component of overall inequality. On average, regional economic disparities here are four times higher than in countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). This ...
Resilient Cities in the Global South: Rethinking Informality in Urban Planning and Design
1st Edition
Edited
By Lakshmi Priya Rajendran, NezHapi-Dellé Odeleye, Aysegul Can
July 22, 2025
Post-pandemic, cities face new challenges in adapting to global changes, while also addressing the needs, practices, and capabilities of diverse populations. Resilience, as a key factor, enables cities to adapt and transform in response to these challenges. Development driven by resilience is ...
Territorial Development in Latin America: Cultural, Economic and Environmental Dimensions
1st Edition
Edited
By Diana Morales, Laura Sariego-Kluge, Tiago Teixeira
April 23, 2025
This book explores one of the most pressing issues of our time: development, a concern that has persisted from the past century through to today, and is increasingly intertwined with challenges related to environmental sustainability and growing inequalities. Despite numerous academic and policy ...
Ageing and Urban Planning
1st Edition
Edited
By Matthias Drilling, Pamela Suero, Hind Al-Shoubaki, Fabian Neuhaus
February 28, 2025
Ageing and Urban Planning provides a critical analysis of urban planning in the face of demographic change. It emphasises the importance of international approaches and practices to address age-friendly planning. This process requires collaboration between professionals and the community, going ...
Contemporary South Africa and the Political Economy of Regional Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Methembe Mdlalose, Isaac Khambule, Nene Ernest Khalema
February 21, 2025
South Africa’s struggle in balancing its domestic needs while playing a dynamic developmental role in the African region and global context exposes a complex web of relations shaped by its geostrategic location on the continent, and the world, and the staggering legacies of colonialism and ...