Cities for Talent: Good Practices for Internationalisation in Medium-sized European Cities explores how medium-sized European cities can attract, facilitate, and integrate skilled migrants while maintaining social cohesion and serving local populations. The book combines academic research with policy reflections and thematic case studies to examine challenges related to internationalisation, ta…
Place and Placemaking, edited by Conrad Kickert, Camden Miller, and Robert G. Shibley, explores the significance of place and the multifaceted processes involved in creating meaningful and enduring urban environments. The book examines how places are positioned, envisioned, co-created, and communicated through interactions among designers, planners, communities, civic leaders, and other stakeho…
Urban Lives: An Industrial City and Its People During the Twentieth Century, by Martin Dribe, explores the social and demographic development of an industrial city and the experiences of its population throughout the twentieth century. The book examines how industrialization, urbanization, economic transformation, and changing social conditions shaped the lives, residential patterns, family str…
Air Pollution at the Urban and Regional Level: Sources, Sinks, and Transportation, by Elena Hristova, Manousos Ioannis Manousakas, Anikó Angyal, and Maria Gini, examines the generation, distribution, transport, and accumulation of air pollutants across urban and regional environments. The book explores the major sources of atmospheric pollution and the processes through which pollutants are em…
Electromagnetic Compatibility in Railways: Analysis and Management by Ade Ogunsola and Andrea Mariscotti provides a comprehensive examination of the challenges surrounding Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) in modern railway systems. As railway infrastructure increasingly relies on complex electrical and electronic technologies—such as high-power traction systems, automated signaling, and wi…
Routledge Handbook of Public Policy in Africa provides an authoritative and comprehensive overview of public policy and policymaking processes in Africa. The book examines policy analysis, policymaking, implementation, and public administration within diverse African political and institutional contexts. It brings together multidisciplinary perspectives from scholars, practitioners, researchers…
Fishing for Human Perceptions in Coastal and Island Marine Resource Use Systems explores the relationship between human perceptions, decision-making, and environmental behaviour in coastal and island marine resource-use systems. The volume brings together interdisciplinary research examining how values, attitudes, knowledge, place attachment, and perceptions influence the ways individuals and c…