Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Juren, Lin, Village Transformation and New-type Urbanization in China: Trends and Prospects. 232 pp. 2026:6 (Routledge, UK) <765-901>
ISBN 978-1-041-32137-8 hard ¥47,910.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

Despite decades of rural-to-urban transformation in China, much of the literature still treats villages and cities as distinct entities. This book reframes rural-urban transformation as an integrated process, examining administrative practices, implementation challenges, and the evolution of new-type urban communities.Based on extensive, multisite fieldwork conducted over several decades in Shandong Province, the author makes a contribution to Chinese village studies by examining the contexts, drivers, and processes of village consolidation and the formation of new-type urban communities. The book illustrates how village mergers and new-type urbanization are shaped by-and in turn shape-project-based governance, grassroots organizations, and villagers' everyday lives. It also explores why "new urban residents" often face delays in acquiring urban citizenship. Finally, it outlines people-centered pathways toward a more integrated urban-rural relationship.The book clarifies the institutional and everyday challenges of China's rapid rural transformation, offering timely insights for scholars of Chinese studies and global researchers and practitioners facing accelerated social and spatial restructuring.

Lin, Yanliu / Lu, Hongmei (eds.), Chinese Collaborative Planning in the Digital Era: Institutions, Power Relations, and Public Spheres. (Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design) 230 pp. 2026:4 (Routledge, UK) <765-903>
ISBN 978-1-032-56242-1 hard ¥44,819.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Chinese Collaborative Planning in the Digital Era: Institutions, Power Relations, and Public Spheres is the first accessible text on theoretical underpinnings and extensive case material on China's collaborative planning. It questions the validity of agonistic and communicative approaches and lays out a new theoretical framework for collaborative planning in China.The book also elaborates the changing governance contexts for collaborative planning in China, including the participative and deliberative turn, and the impact of social media and digital transition on power relations and public spheres. Collaborative planning has become a practical solution to solve increasingly complex problems and the challenges of sustainability under rapid economic development. The authors present several in-depth case studies of collaborative practices in the fields of urban regeneration, environmental protection, and green initiatives in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xiamen and other cities. The materials of the case studies are collected from in-depth fieldwork in China, practical experience, and online social networking sites. The book doesn't only give an overview of collaborative practices and policies in China but also reflects the universal collaborative planning theory and present new research methodologies.The interdisciplinary nature of the book makes it interesting for students, educators, scholars, and practitioners in spatial planning, environmental planning, public policy and new media fields.

Holzhacker, Ronald / Setiawan, Bakti et al. (eds.), Transformative Futures of Cities: Climate and Sustainable Development in Southeast Asia. (Political Ecology in the Asia Pacific Region 2) 545 pp. 2026:6 (Brill, NE) <765-940>
ISBN 978-90-04-75688-5 hard ¥56,731.- (税込) EUR 214.00

In a world defined by the dual challenges of climate change and sustainable development, cities play a pivotal role in reimagining the future trajectories of our societies and planet. This volume authored by an international cohort of scholars is dedicated to understanding the dynamic transformations of cities, with a particular focus on cities in the rapidly growing countries of Southeast Asia. The book underscores the complex interplay between global climate and environmental changes and societal choice, highlighting the critical implications for climate adaptation and sustainable development. The spotlight is on Southeast Asia, an epicenter of diverse societies, cultures, and economic development, including Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

Robinson, Paul DC, Phnom Penh: A City Shaped by Spirituality. (Brill's Southeast Asian Library 14) 261 pp. 2026:5 (Brill, NE) <765-941>
ISBN 978-90-04-76043-1 hard ¥29,426.- (税込) EUR 111.00

Prompted by lived experience, this book presents spatial impacts of spirituality in the city of Phnom Penh through a diverse array of text, photographs, and drawings. It introduces the prevalent hybrid spirituality of Khmer culture that is spatially manifest in three leading ways: the topographical elements of tree, mountain, and water; house typologies and urban focal points at variety of scale; and finally, through traditional rituals. A plausible dynamic relationship between spirituality and urban design emerges that demonstrates spirituality as a core urban design parameter. This work makes a vital and timely contribution to Southeast Asian urbanism that will inform future city design.

大都市の成長－ポスト郊外の時代のジャカルタの都市計画
Rukmana, Deden / Roitman, Sonia (eds.), Growth of a Megacity: Planning Jakarta in the Post-Suburban Era. 272 pp. 2026:3 (U. Hawai'i Pr., US) <765-942>
ISBN 979-88-8070-147-6 hard ¥16,912.- (税込) US$ 75.00

Jakarta, one of the largest metropolitan areas in Southeast Asia, has grown from 150,000 residents in the first half of the twentieth century to more than 31 million residents in 2024. This tremendous population growth and the expansion of the urbanized areas have created several challenges as well as exposed the role of planning in shaping and managing the Jakarta Metropolitan Area (JMA), also known as Jabodetabek. This edited volume argues that Jakarta exhibits several features of "post-suburban" development, but at the same time, the central area continues to attract population and urban growth. Thus, this metropolitan region is featuring a different type of post-suburban development that might also be considered as an "early stage" of post-suburbanization. The inner city and the suburbs (inner and outer suburbs) are all experiencing a massive physical, social, and economic transformation, albeit with different processes of attraction and rejection/eviction of different social groups. Suburban development and post-suburban development need to be considered from a multiperspective, looking at the changes in residential, industrial, and commercial development, as well as the impact of this growth. Impacts range from changes in employment and infrastructure, to impact on the environment, including disasters and land degradation, and the social fabric, such as segregation and gentrification. This is the first book that analyzes the challenges and practices of planning in the post-suburbanization of Jakarta from a wide thematic perspective, in a single volume. It examines spatial, environmental, economic, and social impacts of the post-suburbanization phenomenon and provides evidence to advance the discussion of policies tackling these adverse impacts and looking into the vision of the JMA for the next twenty years. Collective effort of twenty-two contributors, including academics, planners, urban designers, and architects, the chapters are organized into four parts: economic aspects; environmental concerns; housing and public space, and gentrification and displacement. Growth of a Megacity aims to contribute to the literature on urban planning in Indonesia, and Jakarta in particular, and provides an updated view of post-suburban development in Jakarta intending to help inform future policy-making.

Lindsay, Georgia / Sawyer, Mark, Practices of Architecture, Tourism, and Media in the Digital Age. 220 pp. 2026:6 (Routledge, UK) <765-406>
ISBN 978-1-032-44942-5 hard ¥44,819.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Architecture, tourism, and media intersect in profound ways, shaping our perception and experience of places. This book delves into how iconic buildings transform into cultural symbols through the images we create, share, and consume - whether online or in person. Drawing on four compelling case studies-the Christchurch Transitional Cathedral in New Zealand, the Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia, Mona in Tasmania, and the M+ Museum in Hong Kong-this book examines how architecture is framed and reimagined through tourist practices and media representations. It weaves together theories from architecture, tourism studies, and media studies to reveal how buildings are not just physical structures but dynamic participants in global image-making ecosystems. Through immersive ethnography, visual analysis, and media critique, the book uncovers how architecture's symbolic and material affordances shape and are shaped by social practices. This original research offers a fresh lens on how architecture operates as both medium and message in the digital age. It is essential reading for scholars and practitioners interested in architecture, tourism, media, and urban culture-and for anyone curious about how buildings become icons in the collective imagination.

道路拡張の政治
Chohan, Babar M., The Politics of Road Expansion: Debunking Misled Economic Growth Narratives. (Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design) 232 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <765-263>
ISBN 978-1-041-26162-9 hard ¥44,819.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book investigates how arguments for economic growth are perceived and advanced to promote road investment across the world.In literature, the relationship between building roads and achieving economic growth is heavily reliant on quantitative tools while ignoring the contextual details of roading projects. Using the Aristotelian concept of phronesis, the research undertakes six case studies from New Zealand, Britain, the US, Pakistan, Brazil and Kenya. Phronesis is an intellectual virtue capable of incorporating practical problems and contextual details in everyday life. The concept was operationalized by devolving into three main questions in which the roads policy direction, the associated processes and discursive pragmatism were explored. Detailed analysis of following six projects has been carried out: MacKays to Peka Peka Expressway; London Orbital Motorway; Houston Interstate 610 Highway; Lahore Ring Road; Mario Covas Ring Road and the Nairobi Expressway. The analysis provides the reader a critical understanding how roads are expanded using assertive policies without evidence of how economic growth will be achieved.The book could be of interest to multilateral development organisations, researchers, students, policymakers and practitioners from the areas of planning, urban economy, public administration, transport economics, project management, and development economics.

Mutter, Samuel / Merriman, Peter (eds.), Mobilities, Design and Passenger Experiences. 151 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <765-265>
ISBN 978-1-041-27606-7 hard ¥44,819.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book examines different aspects of public transport design and its relationship to passenger experiences, reflecting the growing concern with approaching mobility through the lens of the arts and humanities and social sciences.The chapters in this book explore how transport environments, mobility infrastructures, and embodied movement practices have been shaped and 'designed' by a whole host of experts, professionals and political actors for different ends. Examples focus on a range of transport modes in different parts of the world, including buses in urban Chile, underground metro railways in China and the UK, and railways in Sweden and Japan. The book examines the role of architecture and design features in shaping, affording and hindering passenger flows, behaviour and experience, resulting in infrastructures which may include or exclude certain groups of passengers in different ways.This book will be of interest to scholars and students in geography, urban planning, architecture, design studies, sociology, and mobility studies. It will also appeal to practitioners in transport planning, urban design, and public policy who are concerned with creating more inclusive and effective mobility infrastructures.The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Mobilities.

S.L.バーンズ著　東京の都市空間と公衆衛生　1868～1920年
Burns, Susan L., Mapping Medical Modernity: Urban Space and Public Health in Tokyo, 1868-1920. (Histories and Ecologies of Health) 328 pp. 2026:5 (U. Pittsburgh Pr., US) <765-284>
ISBN 978-0-8229-4888-9 hard ¥27,060.- (税込) US$ 120.00
ISBN 978-0-8229-6799-6 paper ¥9,020.- (税込) US$ 40.00

中国における都市化ハンドブック
Hoffman, Lisa / Hubbert, J. / Liu, Zhilin (eds.), The Sage Handbook of Urbanization in China. (Sage Handbooks of Modern China) 648 pp. 2026:1 (Sage, UK) <251-59859>
ISBN 978-1-5296-2492-2 hard ¥41,728.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00

The Sage Handbook of Urbanization in China is a pioneering handbook that reframes our understanding of China's extraordinary urban transformation-a demographic shift of unprecedented scale and speed that has seen two-thirds of its population becoming urban dwellers. Moving beyond conventional narratives, editors Hoffman, Hubbert, and Liu develop an innovative conceptual approach that emphasizes distinctiveness without exceptionalism, global connections without universalism, and complex interrelationships beyond binary oppositions. Through twenty-eight meticulously researched chapters of critical literature reviews, leading scholars explore China's cities and urbanism not simply through top-down state directives but also through intricate negotiations among diverse actors, interests, and histories. Deploying the concept of "accompaniment," the editors argue the chapters reveal how state socialism and market mechanisms, rural traditions and urban aspirations coexist in dynamic tension rather than stark opposition. From historic preservation to smart city technologies, from migrant experiences to environmental initiatives, from land use and architecture to housing and labor, this volume demonstrates how urbanization in China is simultaneously localized and worlded-connected to global currents while producing distinctive outcomes. By focusing on human experiences alongside institutional arrangements, the contributors illuminate how diverse actors actively shape urban spaces through their everyday decisions, creative adaptations, and sometimes resistance. The Sage Handbook of Urbanization in China is essential reading for urban studies scholars, development practitioners, policy makers, and China specialists, this volume provides both literature reviews by scholarly experts and conceptual and analytical tools applicable far beyond China's borders, contributing to global urban theory while respecting local specificity. Part One: Setting the Stage Part Two: Land Matters Part Three: Configuring Belonging Part Four: The Creative and the Disruptive Part Five: Negotiating Identities Part Six: Generating New Geographies

Di Nunzio, Marco, Unjust Developments: Building Inequalities in Ethiopia's Capital. (Polis: Fordham Series in Urban Studies) 288 pp. 2026:5 (Fordham U. Pr., US) <765-1006>
ISBN 978-1-5315-1355-9 hard ¥23,677.- (税込) US$ 105.00
ISBN 978-1-5315-1356-6 paper ¥7,892.- (税込) US$ 35.00

Why does injustice often deepen during moments of rapid urban growth? And what does the pursuit of more just urban futures look like when the realization of alternatives seems impossible?African cities have boomed over the last two decades. Large-scale infrastructure projects, high-rises, and real estate ventures have transformed urban landscapes. While urban poverty levels have declined, rising housing costs, stagnant wages, and forced evictions - twinned with political authoritarianism - have intensified precarity and injustice.Drawing on more than a decade of ethnographic research in construction sites, design offices, and new developments, anthropologist Marco Di Nunzio narrates the tensions animating the urban transformation that has reshaped Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, beyond recognition.Unjust Developments reminds us that city building in Addis Ababa, as elsewhere, is not only about economic accumulation. It is a moral project, rooted in the belief that modern infrastruc-ture will generate opportunity and uplift the poor. These promises have often failed the poor. Commitments to infrastructure have given political leaders, investors, planners, developers, and architects the leverage to prioritize their own visions of development and dismiss demands for better wages and affordable housing as politically irrelevant or economically unviable. Government and corporate investments in the built environment have helped entrench unequal hierarchies of entitlement and rights.Yet city building remains a fragile achievement. It is marked by struggles not only between developers and displaced communities, or companies and workers, but also among the city build-ers themselves. Demands for a more just city and frictions within the building industry open space for rearticulating what counts as political necessity, moral action, expertise, and the future of development.In conversation with critical urbanism, anthropology, and moral philosophy, Unjust Developments offers a powerful account of city building as both a site of injustice and a terrain of struggle - where justice is not guaranteed, but persistently demanded.

Rottle, Nancy D., The Art of Sustainable Stormwater: Designing Blue-Green Cities. 422 pp. 2026:6 (Routledge, UK) <765-1075>
ISBN 978-1-041-00250-5 hard ¥44,819.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-96949-7 paper ¥11,124.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99

The Art of Sustainable Stormwater: Designing Blue-Green Cities explores the needs and possibilities for transforming stormwater engineering into multi-functional urban amenities. With climate change and rapid urbanization causing rainfall runoff to present increasingly severe problems in cities and metropolitan regions, this book shows how stormwater can become an amenity when designers artfully capture, detain, treat and re-use rainwater, using it to generate more habitable and environmentally sustainable cities. Taking a global approach, it provides useful planning and design principles and tools and illustrates inspiring case studies demonstrating how stormwater can contribute positively to natural systems, urban infrastructure, neighborhoods, parks, plazas, streets, and buildings. This book is essential for practitioners and students of landscape architecture and related environmental design fields.

Sorensen, Elin Tanding (ed.), Designing Multispecies Neighbourhoods in Urban Seascapes: Placemaking and Storytelling in Scandinavian Environments. (Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies) 188 pp. 2026:4 (Routledge, UK) <765-1078>
ISBN 978-1-032-49207-0 hard ¥16,379.- (税込) GB￡ 52.99

Designing Multispecies Neighbourhoods in Urban Seascapes offers a unique practice-led investigation into the complexities of multispecies placemaking, design, and storytelling in urban seascapes-drawing on experiences from the Oslofjord, the Skagerrak, Muolkkut in Finnmarku County (Northern Norway), and the Atlantic coast of California.Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, the book provides a nuanced account of the ecological and social functions of urban rewilding, and of how interspecies perspectives inform art, community building, and urban and societal planning. Opening with a prologue, it invites the reader into multispecies worlds, setting the stage for the conceptual terrain and approach taken. Divided into three parts, the first addresses topics that seek to connect knowledge between land and sea, and the development of viable marine neighbourhoods. The second critically engages with the practice of interspecies relations through four stories-two authored by invited contributors-offering reflections on practical experiences of more-than-human care and place-stories. The third brings together applied perspectives on rewilding, including multispecies user surveys, a new vocabulary for living shorelines, and other tools for navigating multispecies futures in urban seascapes. Taking an environmental humanities approach, the book builds a bridge between knowledge from marine science and ecological engineering, landscape architecture and art, and nature-based co-learning to open new and productive ways of thinking about the interspecies perspective in urban seascapes.This will be a fascinating read for scholars, researchers and upper-level students in landscape architecture, marine science and ecology, societal planning, urban development, environmental design, art, and environmental humanities.

都市人類学の基礎
Brash, Julian, Urban Anthropology: The Basics. (The Basics) 248 pp. 2026:6 (Routledge, UK) <765-1084>
ISBN 978-1-032-95685-5 hard ¥41,728.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00
ISBN 978-1-032-95678-7 paper ¥6,178.- (税込) GB￡ 19.99

This book is a clearly and accessibly written short guide to the contemporary state of urban anthropology. It outlines what urban anthropologists study, how they do so, and what they have learned about urbanization and urbanism in the past and present in a way that makes sense to readers new to the field. Topics covered include:Urban community and identityUrban politics and economicsThe relationship between culture and the built environmentUrban nature, climate change, and green urbanismThe development of urban anthropologyAccompanying the main text are shaded boxes describing key works and key concepts related to the central points of each chapter. Each chapter ends with a bibliography. This text is essential reading for students interested in cities, urban life, the built environment, and social and political dynamics.

Gallagher, B. Kathleen / Hersey, Leigh Nanney, Measuring Placemaking Impacts: A Handbook for Project Evaluation. 200 pp. 2026:7 (Routledge, UK) <765-1088>
ISBN 978-1-032-90082-7 hard ¥44,819.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-89059-3 paper ¥12,360.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

Placemaking is a popular approach to creating or fostering appealing, livable communities. This book addresses the critical gap in placemaking evaluation by providing methodologies and practical tools for developing holistic and consistent approaches to measuring the impacts of placemaking projects. The authors integrate history and theory of placemaking and evaluation with the practice of reporting the impacts of unique and individual placemaking projects to stakeholders, enhancing public accountability and transparency. Chapters provide a comprehensive framework for designing evaluation systems tailored to various placemaking projects, integrating both qualitative and quantitative research methods. This book is essential for scholars, practitioners, and stakeholders of placemaking projects, and students in urban planning, urban design, and public administration courses.

Ganis, Mary, Urban Regeneration After Catastrophe: 7 Turning Points in the History of City Planning. (Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design) 250 pp. 2026:6 (Routledge, UK) <765-1089>
ISBN 978-1-041-20763-4 hard ¥47,910.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

This book examines how catastrophes-natural, technological, ideological, biological, and socioeconomic-transform urban design and planning, potentially creating "turning points" in a city's development trajectory.Through historical case studies, the book traces urban responses to catastrophe: the 1755 Lisbon earthquake that accelerated European Enlightenment; Haussmann's Paris redesign addressing cholera and social unrest; Chicago's reinvention following the 1871 fire and economic depression; and New York's expressway developments that sparked community activism. Each case reveals significant shifts in urban planning theory and practice. The book explores how urban planning often begins with promising visions that ultimately betray their original intent. Drawing on Plato's Republic and the myth of Atlantis, urban development is framed as a cycle where destruction is inevitable, yet contains seeds of renewal and innovation. This examination of catastrophe's role in urban transformation offers critical insights for understanding contemporary cities and planning for their futures.The book will be of interest to researchers and students of architecture, urban design, planning history and planning theory.

生産的な都市の計画－都市産業空間再考
Grodach, Carl / Ferm, Jessica (eds.), Planning the Productive City: Rethinking Urban Industrial Spaces. 350 pp. 2026:6 (Routledge, UK) <765-1090>
ISBN 978-1-032-98631-9 hard ¥44,819.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-98148-2 paper ¥12,360.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

Planning the Productive City focuses on the overlooked role of industry and industrial land in contemporary urban development. Bringing together detailed studies of over 25 cities in 14 countries (including the US, UK, Canada, Italy, Germany, South Korea, and Turkey), this comprehensive volume puts the diverse forms, geographies, and conflicts over urban industrial land and productive activities at the center of discussions around the future of cities. The chapters collectively reconsider the role of industry in the city arguing that industry can play a critical role in promoting socially equitable, economically resilient, and climate-sensitive places. This edited volume is the first to comprehensively explore the challenges and opportunities of achieving these goals through planning the productive city. This book is essential for students, researchers and professionals across the range of urban studies fields (geography, urban planning, architecture and urban design, urban economics, and urban politics).

Hoover, Joe, Living Just Enough for the City: Experiments in Urban Political Theory. 352 pp. 2026:6 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <765-1093>
ISBN 978-0-19-895311-1 hard ¥32,146.- (税込) GB￡ 104.00

Today, most of us call the city home. The city is also the context in which we come to understand ourselves, build relationships with others, and negotiate our collective lives. Many authors have recognised this transformation entails new social and political challenges. What is less often acknowledged is how this alters the way we think about ourselves, as well as politics and social life more broadly. Humanity's move to the city entails a philosophical transformation as well as a physical relocation. Placing the city at the centre of our thinking challenges contemporary political theory, giving rise to distinctive problems, suggesting new ways of thinking, and calling for innovative methods. Living Just Enough for the City develops an urban political theory by asking "where are we?" and "where should we be going?". By using the city as both a site for theorising and a focal point it reconstructs key concepts in political theory and provides important insights into contemporary political life and the democratic possibilities of the city. It argues the central political problems facing cities, such as gentrification, growing inequality, and conflicts over citizenship, demonstrate the need for a people-centred conception of legitimate authority that challenges state sovereignty. Drawing on urban experience for insights into the nature of contemporary politics and the prospects for positive change, it argues that as individuals and communities are shaped by urban life, the city's denizens have a right to participate in its democratic remaking. Philosophising from and about the city, which is defined by change and contingency, suggests a new approach is needed. To do this, Living Just Enough for the City develops an innovative situationist methodology drawn from Pragmatism, which begins with practical problems arising in everyday experience, and incorporates personal reflection, original empirical research, and artistic representations of the city to understand, critique, and improve our shared urban lives.

Kickert, Conrad / Miller, Camden / Shibley, Robert (eds.), Place and Placemaking. (Debates on Urban Excellence) 402 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <765-1095>
ISBN 978-1-032-85084-9 hard ¥47,910.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00
ISBN 978-1-032-85080-1 paper ¥11,742.- (税込) GB￡ 37.99

This book focuses on the importance of place and the multifaceted process of placemaking to the creation of durable and meaningful urban environments. It features international thought leaders, judiciously curated and convened across disciplines, cultures, and viewpoints to debate their perspectives on the merits and challenges of place and placemaking. Chapters investigate the tenor, timeliness, and tensions of place, and how we envision, co-create, and communicate place with colleagues, citizens, and critics. Stemming from the first Rudy Bruner Debate on Urban Excellence, chapter authors expressly present their experience, insights, and questions on place and placemaking, inspiring critical reflection and action in the world that surrounds us. This book will be of interest to students and practitioners in urban planning, urban design, real estate, architecture, and landscape architecture and to urban advocates and civic leaders.

Massengale, John / Dover, Victor, Street Design: The Secret to Great Cities and Towns. 2nd ed. 512 pp. 2025:2 (Wiley, US) <765-1098>
ISBN 978-1-119-89295-3 paper ¥13,517.- (税込) US$ 59.95

A comprehensive blueprint for fixing America's cities and towns, updated and expanded "This book should be required reading in schools of urban design, architecture, and landscape architecture, and an understanding of it should be part of the licensing requirements for civil, traffic, and transportation engineers." - Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, DPZ coDESIGN, former Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Miami. "I am delighted by the eloquence, knowledge, thoroughness, and basic common sense of Street Design, which is at once a how-to book and an ode to the beauty and wonder of cities. Much more than a formula for how to design streets, this book helps us understand that there are no simple answers or all-purpose solutions to the challenge of city-building." - Paul Goldberger, Pulitzer-Prize-winning Contributing Editor at Vanity Fair, formerly at the New Yorker and the New York Times. John Massengale and Victor Dover know how to fix America's neighborhoods, cities, and towns: make them walkable again. That begins with great streets where people want to be, streets that are comfortable, safe, interesting, and beautiful. Street Design, Second Edition looks at hundreds of streets old and new, shows us what works and what doesn't, and reveals the secrets behind designing great streets and walkable places. Revised and expanded, now with full-color images throughout, this indispensable and transformative guide, the only book of its kind: Shows examples of over 150 excellent streets and explains why they are successful and how they were designed and createdReveals crucial elements that many modern street designs lackOffers step-by-step instruction on how to design new streets and improve existing ones to create more walkable cities and townsHighlights common street-design challenges and ways they can be addressed through placemakingFeatures more than 600 color and black-and-white photosIncludes contributions from twenty of the leading design experts in the field, including Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Leon Krier, Nicholas Boys Smith, Jeff Speck, Stefanos Polyzoides, and John Norquist, the former mayor of Milwaukee. Street Design, Second Edition is the indispensable handbook for urban designers, civic leaders, architects, city planners, engineers, and landscape architects, and essential reading for any person who wants to make their community walkable and create memorable streets that are not mere routes to someplace else, but the great places to which other routes lead.

Morshed, Adnan (ed.), Spatial (In) Justice: How Does It Manifest in the Built Environment? 256 pp. 2026:1 (Wiley, US) <765-1099>
ISBN 978-1-394-29466-4 paper ¥13,517.- (税込) US$ 59.95

Zywiolek, Justyna / Ejdys, Joanna / Wolniak, R. et al., Urban Transformation through Artificial Intelligence: Management Innovations for Sustainable Development. (Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology) 284 pp. 2026:6 (Routledge, UK) <765-1105>
ISBN 978-1-041-09383-1 hard ¥47,910.- (税込) GB￡ 155.00

This book offers an in-depth examination of the ways in which artificial intelligence is reshaping urban landscapes to address the demands of sustainable development. It positions AI as an essential instrument for creating more intelligent, resilient cities that meet the requirements of contemporary urban living and environmental sustainability.It emphasises AI-driven advancements in urban management, including the optimisation of transportation, the administration of energy-efficient infrastructure, and the enhancement of public safety using predictive analytics. The examination of AI's role in critical services such as water and waste management, along with personalised public services, illustrates how data-driven insights improve citizens' quality of life. The book also examines AI applications in urban planning, modifying cities in response to climate and population changes. The authors present case studies of successful smart cities globally, providing practical insights and addressing legislative hurdles, privacy issues, and future trends influencing urban AI integration.This book is a valuable resource for academics across the fields of urban studies, technology and innovation management, transport studies, and public policy.