Political Science : City Planning & Urban Development

'This book helps promote practical work that changes the way people deliver projects in the sustainable communities sector. It is useful user-friendly and easy to follow. This is the kind of book the busy practitioners of today need to support them in their work.' Professor Peter Roberts chairman of ASC the Academy for Sustainable Communities 'Nick Wates is a trail blazer in communicating clear concise and immediately useful tools and techniques that transmit energy and make you want to get stuck in. This publication is amongst a handful of documents that all urban practitioners should have to hand.' Ian Munt international urban governance consultant 'Some books help you to learn - this one helps you to deliver! An invaluable tool.' Professor Brian Evans deputy chair Architecture+Design Scotland and Partner Gillespies LLP 'The devil is as always in the detail and Nick Wates' Community Planning Event Manual provides it.' Perry Walker head democracy and decision-making New Economics Foundation Want to improve your village? Your town? Your city? A community planning event may be just what you have been waiting for. All over the world people are organizing dynamic collaborative events to improve their surroundings. For a few intensive days everyone concerned gets an opportunity to have their say and be involved - residents businesses professionals and politicians. It's effective and it's fun. From Nick Wates author of the hugely successful Community Planning Handbook comes this Event Manual the first on the subject which explains why and how to organize community planning events. The book is aimed at anyone - from concerned individuals to community groups to professional planners in business and government - interested in the remarkable potential of community planning events. It includes a step-by-step guide detailed checklists and other tools for event organisers. The method is user-friendly flexible and easy to employ in any more...

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Competitive Citites is an assessment of the way in which `partnership', a word much used by politicians, has helped to shape the economic futures of four cities on both sides of the Atlantic - Atlanta, Toronto, Birmingham and Rotterdam. more...

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In today’s globalising world, the regional specialisations built up over decades are transforming rapidly. Many regions that were historically production centres in a given sector are losing out to lower-cost locations and reorienting to higher value-added niches.  National programmes to promote cluster-based approaches -- linking firms, people and knowledge at a regional level -- are being used to meet the challenge. This report analyses the objectives, targeting, instruments and inter-governmental role sharing used by 26 programmes in 14 OECD countries. It will be of interest to policy makers, researchers, firms and others active in promoting innovation and competitiveness. more...

Price: $67.00

Bringing together authors from academia and practice, Conceptions of Space and Place in Strategic Spatial Planning examines spatial planning at different scales in a number of case studies throughout the British Isles, helping planners to become re-engaged in critical thinking about space and place. more...

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This book presents original research into how national and local decision-makers construct and implement conservation of the built environment. more...

Price: $59.95