Elgar Encyclopedia in Urban and Regional Planning and Design

Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences series

Edited by Kristof Van Assche, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada, Raoul Beunen, Faculty of Science, Open University, the Netherlands and Martijn Duineveld, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Wageningen, the Netherlands

This ground-breaking Encyclopedia provides a nuanced overview of the key concepts of urban and regional planning and design. Embracing a broad understanding of planning and design within and beyond the professions, it examines what planners and designers can do in and for a community.