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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 Urban and Regional Planning and Development: Introduction and Overview -- Abstract -- References -- 2 Frank James Costa: Professional Career and Contributions -- Abstract -- Appendix A -- Frank J. Costa's list of publications -- Edited Books -- Journal Guest Editors -- Book Chapters (Co-Authored) -- Articles in Refereed Journals -- Monograph/Technical Reports -- 3 Regional Development and Planning: An Overview -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Early Developments -- 3.1.2 Postwar Consumer Society -- 3.1.2.1 Key Contributors on Regional Development and Planning -- 3.2 Regional Development -- 3.3 National, Regional, and Local Planning -- 3.4 Interfaces of Planning Approaches -- 3.4.1 Comprehensive Planning -- 3.4.2 Strategic Planning -- 3.4.3 Communication Action -- 3.4.4 New Towns Policy -- 3.5 Regional Science -- 3.6 Sustainable Development -- 3.7 Regional Development in Eastern Europe -- 3.7.1 Disintegration of States -- 3.7.2 Economic Transition -- 3.7.3 New Directions for Eastern Europe -- 3.8 Spatial Inequality in Developing Countries -- 3.8.1 Regional Inequalities -- 3.8.2 Urban-Rural Development -- 3.9 Research Agenda in the New Millennium -- 3.9.1 Comparative Studies -- 3.9.2 Feminism and Women's Issues -- 3.9.3 Environment: Issues and Concerns -- 3.9.4 Emerging Planning Techniques -- 3.9.5 Mega-Event Planning -- 3.9.6 Post-2015 Landscape of Urban and Regional Development -- 3.9.7 Multidisciplinary Approaches -- 3.9.8 Globalization: A World Region -- 3.10 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Planning Perspective -- 4 Four Decades of Urban and Regional Development and Planning in China -- Abstract -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Progress of Regional Development and Urban Growth in China.

Spatial Science and its Traditions -- Literature Reviews -- Research Questions -- Data and Methods in Spatial Science -- Graduate Degree Proposals -- Grants and Grant Writing -- Disseminating Research -- Reflections on Proposal Writing in Spatial Science -- Model Proposals -- Theses I and II: Human Systems-Qualitative -- Dissertation I: Human Systems -- Dissertation II: Geo-Techniques -- Dissertation III: Physical Systems -- Extramural Grant I: Research -- Extramural Grant II: Instrumentation -- Extramural III: Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant -- Intramural Grants -- Index.

This double-volume work focuses on socio-demographics and the use of such data to support strategic resource management and planning initiatives. Papers go beyond explanations of methods, technique and traditional applications to explore new intersections in the dynamic relationship between the utilization and management of resources, and urban development. International authors explore numerous experiences, characteristics of development and decision-making influences from across Asia and Southeast Asia, as well as recounting examples from America and Africa. Papers propound techniques and methods used in geographical research such as support vector machines, socio-economic correlates and travel behaviour analysis. In this volume the contributors examine cutting-edge theories explaining diversity and dynamics in urban development. Topics covered include human vulnerability to hazards, space and urban problematic, assessment and evaluation of regional urban systems and structures and urban transformations as a result of structural change, economic development and underdevelopment. The significance of these topics lie in the pace and volume of change as is happening in geography reflecting continued development within established fields of inquiry and the introduction of significantly new approaches during the last decade. Readers are invited to consider the dynamics of spatial expansion of urban areas and economic development, and to explore conceptual d iscussion of the innovations in and challenges on urbanization processes, urban spaces themselves and both resource management and environmental management. Together, the two volumes contribute to the interdisciplinary literature on regional resources and urban development by collating recent research with geography at its core. Scholars of urban geography, human geography, urbanism and sustainable development will be particularly interested in this book

This double-volume work focuses on socio-demographics and the use of such data to support strategic resource management and planning initiatives. Papers go beyond explanations of methods, technique and traditional applications to explore new intersections in the dynamic relationship between the utilization and management of resources, and urban development. International authors explore numerous experiences, characteristics of development and decision-making influences from across Asia and Southeast Asia, as well as recounting examples from America and Africa. Papers propound techniques and methods used in geographical research such as support vector machines, socio-economic correlates and travel behaviour analysis. In this volume the contributions examine issues such as natural resource and environmental management, livelihoods issues in the context of climate change, land markets and land trusts, adaptive management of wildlife sanctuaries, ground water scarcity, flood hazards and flood plain management, non-conventional energy resources, community forestry and management and land use and land cover change. The significance of these topics lie in the pace and volume of change as is reflected through continued development within established fields of inquiry and the introduction of significantly new approaches during the last decade. Readers are invited to consider the dynamics of spatial expansion of urban areas and economic development, and to explore conceptual discussion of the innovations in and challenges on urbanization processes, urban spaces themselves and both resource management and environmental management. Together, the two volumes contribute to the interdisciplinary literature on regional resources and urban development by collating recent research with geography at its core. Scholars of urban geography, human geography, urbanism and sustainable development will be particularly interested in the work presented here