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Download this eBook Land Use Dynamics in a Developing Economy
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Land Use Dynamics in a Developing Economy


Shahab Fazal


Today, India still remains a rural agricultural country although the share of urban population has also increased but these figures do not tell the whole story. There are evidences that urban growth is dispersed and urban sprawl promotes the spread of urban land use...

Publication date: 2012-10-11
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Urban Growth Analysis and Remote Sensing


Basudeb Bhatta


This book documents research conducted on the analysis of urban growth and sprawl by using remote sensing data and GIS techniques. The research was conducted between 1980-2010 in the city of Kolkata, India. The aim of the research was to use metrics that were less...

Publication date: 2012-06-19
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Download this eBook Contractual Communities in the Self-Organising City
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Contractual Communities in the Self-Organising City


Grazia Brunetta , Stefano Moroni


Both “land-use regulation” and “territorial collective services” have traditionally been accomplished in cities through coercive efforts of public administrations. Recently, land-use regulation and collective service provision regimes have emerged within “contractual...

Publication date: 2012-01-05
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The Science of Cities and Regions


Alan Wilson


A ‘science of cities and regions’ is critical for meeting future challenges. The world is urbanising: huge cities are being created and are continuing to grow rapidly. There are many planning and development issues arising in different manifestations in countries across...

Publication date: 2012-01-05
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Ocean Governance


Yen-Chiang Chang


Ocean—a source of life, has been overused and heavily polluted. While the traditional approaches might not be able to solve the complexity of the ocean governance issues, there is a need to adopt a new way of thinking in order to deal with the current problems. This...

Publication date: 2011-11-15
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Perspectives on Environmental Management and Technology in Asian River Basins


David Higgitt


Asian river basins are undergoing rapid transformation.  This volume considers the implications of the environmental change-development nexus for water management, river health and hazard awareness.  As Biswas and Tortajada (2011) have recently commented, water...

Publication date: 2011-10-14
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