Autor: William M. Bowen

This book analyzes the history and development of settlements—from the earliest periods in human history to the present day—from a Darwinian evolutionary perspective. At the foundation of the evoluti …

This book discusses whether and to what extent there are widespread injustices and inequities caused by the distribution of environmental hazards in America today. …

In his influential 1991 book Edge City, Joel Garreau argued that every American city ‘is growing in the fashion of Los Angeles, with multiple urban cores’. He named these cores ‘edge cities’ because …

In his influential 1991 book Edge City, Joel Garreau argued that every American city ‘is growing in the fashion of Los Angeles, with multiple urban cores’. He named these cores ‘edge cities’ because …

This book discusses whether and to what extent there are widespread injustices and inequities caused by the distribution of environmental hazards in America today. …

This book discusses whether and to what extent there are widespread injustices and inequities caused by the distribution of environmental hazards in America today. …

This book addresses many of the common reasons why the so-called "Rust Belt" cities suffered decline and the many solutions proposed and efforts already undertaken that seek to reverse the …

This book is premised upon the assumption that the core purpose of universities is to create, preserve, transmit, validate, and find new applications for knowledge. It is written in the perspective o …

This book examines major policy and planning issues in development studies from the regional science perspective. It investigates questions such as: “How are communities able to deal with uncertainti …