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

Reichborn-Kjennerud, Kristin, Sustainable Urban Transitions and New Public Management: The Norwegian Experience. 145 pp. 2025:4 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <743-817>
ISBN 978-3-031-82306-0 hard ¥9,280.- (税込) EUR 39.99

Nordic welfare states are often looked to by those who favor more collective and collaborative models of governance. However, as in other European countries, in recent decades the New Public Management (NPM) model has hollowed out much of the Nordic welfare state. This book studies Norway, a late adopter of NPM, and demonstrates the consequences of these changes on Norwegian society and its compatibility with the transition to a more sustainable society. The first half of the book demonstrates the ensuing consequences of NPM on Norwegian society, and questions whether NPM is compatible with the transition to a more sustainable society. The second half of the book describes a more transformative direction, furthering sustainable cities that will support the health and wellbeing of their inhabitants better, and ushering more collaborative efforts to improve sustainability. Working from visions of a new future rather than from existing systems, based on an alternative and more holistic governance model, could take our communities in a more sustainable direction. The book will be of great interest to scholars and students of sustainability, public management and urban development.

Xiang, Yong / Chen, Yonghua / Zheng, Lingyun, Research on Coupling Coordination of Urban Safety Resilience Based on Disaster Prevention and Reduction. (Resilient and Friendly Living Environments) 228 pp. 2025:3 (Springer, GW) <743-820>
ISBN 978-981-9615-61-2 hard ¥37,132.- (税込) EUR 159.99

This book examines the connotations of the urban safety resilience system and the operational mechanisms of its subsystems. By employing a coupled coordination model, we conduct evaluative analyses across the personnel-facility-management dimensions of urban safety resilience. We provide a comprehensive perspective to help readers understand how disaster risk reduction theories can be applied to various subsystems of urban safety resilience, optimizing disaster management measures in different cities. This book is intended to provide practical guidance for urban planners, policymakers, and researchers, while also being accessible to general readers interested in urban development. The extensive experience and in-depth research of the author's team make this book a valuable reference for those seeking to explore urban safety resilience.

Zeunert, Joshua / Daroy, Alys, Sydney's Food Landscapes: Agriculture, Planning, Sustainability. 396 pp. 2025:4 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <743-294>
ISBN 978-981-9607-09-9 hard ¥37,132.- (税込) EUR 159.99

The story of Sydney's metropolitan food landscapes is one of dramatic transformations of First Nations land amidst jostles for power and wealth. This book unearths Sydney's lost commercial agriculture since colonisation in 1788 to assess its fragile food futures. Richly illustrated, 270 images are encapsulated within 110 figures, including an array of original metropolitan-scale mappings. Discussion traverses the city's diverse cultural influences, from Indigenous land management to British pastoralism, Chinese cultivation of Sydney's "backyard vegetable garden" and southern European farming spawning billion-dollar empires. The region has further been shaped by a vast array of cultural and ideological factors and material practices, with relevance to planning, policy, ethics, geography, heritage, art, design and technology. This book is the first to bring Sydney's disparate post-colonial food histories together in one volume to explore the dynamics and tensions between urban growth and food production. The relevance of Sydney's food landscapes therefore extends far wider than the city itself, with implications for countless regions worldwide in a time of increasing climate and resource precarity.

Fierro, Pedro / Aroca, Patricio / Navia, Patricio, Abandoned Places in the Digital Era: Spatial Roots of Disaffection and the Internet's Role in Inclusion. (SpringerBriefs in Regional Science) 99 pp. 2025:4 (Springer, GW) <743-297>
ISBN 978-3-031-81872-1 paper ¥11,601.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This book explores the spatial and contextual factors behind citizens' anger, frustration, and sense of abandonment, alongside the role of digital platforms in politically marginalized areas. It shifts the focus from voting geography to the geography of discontent, offering a new perspective on digital inequalities. The study addresses the complexities of "left-behind" places, recognizing that patterns of decline in developed countries differ from those in developing nations, where political and cultural dynamics play a key role. Using Chile's Valparaiso region as a case study, the book applies its framework to a context characterized by a strong party system, robust institutions, and high Internet penetration. Chile's recent political crisis, marked by widespread dissatisfaction, makes this analysis particularly relevant. Valparaiso, with its unique role as the host of the National Congress and as a focal point of the 2019 social uprising, serves as a microcosm for understanding the spatial dimensions of political discontent in digitally connected societies.

21世紀における地理学　全2巻
Funke, Jayson J. / Ahmed, Waquar et al. (eds.), Geography in the 21st Century: Defining Moments that Shaped Society. 2 vols. 800 pp. 2025:6 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <743-1132>
ISBN 978-1-4408-7324-9 hard ¥70,400.- (税込) GB￡ 250.00

Geography studies the relationship of humans and the natural environment, and these 40 essays examine those geographical events that have most profoundly shaped global society in the opening decades of the 21st century. Explore how these events have transformed how people interact with the environment, from political and economic issues such as elections, market practices, and war, to cultural and social issues such as racism and gender stereotyping at work. Landscapes, regions, cities, nature, society, development - our entire existence - is tied up with space and geography, and thus geography is well-placed to provide important insights and perspectives on the complex events and issues of our time. Geography in the 21st Century studies the world's rapidly changing environments and its shifting economic, political, and cultural landscapes. The entries address social, political, economic, and environmental events - from the Arab Spring Movements to the Mexico border crisis in the USA - that are often complex, transnational, and interrelated. Clear explanations help readers understand the historical and geographical continuity and confluence that underlie these defining moments. All chapters follow the same structure to provide consistency throughout and allow students to compare multiple events. Each begins with an overview of the event; followed by a background section that describes the historical and geographic context within which the event occurred; then a section on social, political, economic, and environmental Impacts that describes the results of the event; and a section that analyzes the event from a spatial or geographic perspective and explains why it is important. Each chapter also includes a list of references and sources for further reading and a sidebar on a related topic.

Zhiqiang, Wu Siegfried, The AI City. (The Urban Book Series) 244 pp. 2025:4 (Springer, GW) <743-1137>
ISBN 978-981-9625-59-8 hard ¥11,601.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This open access book presents the concept of AI Cites for the first time. It includes the theoretical basis, development frontier, and different application scenarios of artificial intelligence cities. The book is accompanied by rich practical cases to conduct in-depth and detailed discussions on the proposition of artificial intelligence cities. It fills the gap between artificial intelligence and urban planning. This book points out the urgent human needs in the city for AI scientists to considered in the next round of AI technology development. It also provides new ideas for urban planners and researchers to solve problems with new technologies.

He, Baojie / Wang, Yupeng / Cheshmehzangi, Ali (eds.), Urban Climate and Urban Design. (Urban Sustainability) 285 pp. 2025:4 (Springer, GW) <743-1104>
ISBN 978-981-9615-20-9 hard ¥41,774.- (税込) EUR 179.99

Due to climate change and urbanization, urban climate change is increasingly prominent with significantly environmental, economic, social, and health consequences. Addressing climate-related risks, threats and disasters in cities to a significant extent means creating resilient, healthy, safe and inclusive built environments. Such an assumption is much truer since cities are the main human settlements of human beings. Typically, urban design is an implementable and tangible pathway to practically deal with the city-climate interactions, while there should be a large transformation from unsustainable urban design patterns towards sustainable ones. Urban Climate and Urban Design is a comprehensive collection of theoretical perspectives and global case study examples focused on three core areas of (i) urban climate monitoring, assessing and forecasting, (ii) mitigation and adaptation strategies, (iii) advanced and emerging design models and tools, and (iv) action plans and policy formulation. This edited volume provides theoretical and methodological references for urban climate research and generates practical implications for mitigation and adaptation capacity improvement. This book will be of interest to a range of researchers from earth and planetary sciences and environmental sciences to engineering, architecture, and urban planning. Beyond them, this book will enlighten policy makers, practitioners, and developers how to properly regulate urban climate through design interventions. We believe this book is promising to narrow the gap in the transition towards climate-resilient cities, and enhance the understanding of new ideas, methods, strategies, and policies.