Regions and Cities
About the Book Series
In today’s globalised, knowledge-driven and networked world, regions and cities have assumed heightened significance as the interconnected nodes of economic, social and cultural production, and as sites of new modes of economic governance and policy experimentation. This book series brings together incisive and critically engaged international and interdisciplinary research on this resurgence of regions and cities, and should be of interest to geographers, economists, sociologists, political scientists and cultural scholars, as well as to policy-makers involved in regional and urban development.
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Kristina Abbotts – [email protected] – Routledge Commissioning Editor
The Regions and Cities book series welcomes Open Access projects. Please contact Kristina Abbotts or visit https://www.routledge.com/info/open_access for more details.
About the Regional Studies Association (RSA)
The RSA is the global community for regional and urban research, development and policy. As a learned society for regional studies, it provides an authoritative voice for researchers, students and practitioners from disciplines including economics, geography, political science, planning, urban sociology, transport planning and other fields. The RSA delivers its charitable aims through knowledge exchange and policy engagement activities, its portfolio of journals and publications, its programme of conferences and events and its worldwide territorial and research networks. The RSA also runs a grant funding programme and recognises good practice in regional studies through its awards. It is an inclusive, diverse and environmental responsible organisation. For more information go to www.regionalstudies.org
Dissemination Support for Authors
The RSA increases the dissemination of research and supports authors publishing in this book series through the promotion of new books, organisation of online book launches in cooperation with the author(s) and by offering a platform for the publication of book reviews.
30% DISCOUNT AVAILABLE
Did you know that as a Regional Studies Association member you’re entitled to a 30% discount on all Routledge books? To order, simply email James Hill ([email protected]), or phone on +44 (0) 7831 120 008 and declare your RSA membership.
Benchmarking City-Regions
1st Edition
By Igor Calzada
December 01, 2026
In the modern world, as states find it increasingly difficult to manage their territories, politically and economically, territory – in a new form understood as the ‘city-region’ – has re-emerged as an important element in political life. The interests of these city-regions are bound up with a wide...
Sustainable Development and Industry 4.0 in Europe
1st Edition
By Erika Džajić Uršič, Tamara Besednjak Valič, Alenka Pandiloska Jurak, Urška Fric
August 11, 2026
The accelerating convergence of digital transformation and sustainability represents one of the most profound structural changes in contemporary Europe. This scientific monograph examines how Industry 4.0 technologies—artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, advanced data systems, and smart ...
Ageing and Urban Planning
1st Edition
Edited
By Matthias Drilling, Pamela Suero, Hind Al-Shoubaki, Fabian Neuhaus
July 20, 2026
Ageing and Urban Planning provides a critical analysis of urban planning in the face of demographic change. It emphasises the importance of international approaches and practices to address age-friendly planning. This process requires collaboration between professionals and the community, going ...
Contemporary South Africa and the Political Economy of Regional Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Methembe Mdlalose, Isaac Khambule, Nene Ernest Khalema
July 20, 2026
South Africa’s struggle in balancing its domestic needs while playing a dynamic developmental role in the African region and global context exposes a complex web of relations shaped by its geostrategic location on the continent, and the world, and the staggering legacies of colonialism and ...
Self-Sufficiency and Sustainable Cities and Regions: Planning for Sustainable, Circular and Carbon-Neutral Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Eduardo Medeiros
July 20, 2026
The concept of self-sufficiency involves the notion of sustainable, circular, and carbon-neutral cities. This book examines how urban planning can lead to greater self-sufficiency. It sheds light on how urban and regional circular and self-sufficiency development can effectively contribute towards ...
Territorial Development in Latin America: Cultural, Economic and Environmental Dimensions
1st Edition
Edited
By Diana Morales, Laura Sariego-Kluge, Tiago Teixeira
July 20, 2026
This book explores one of the most pressing issues of our time: development, a concern that has persisted from the past century through to today, and is increasingly intertwined with challenges related to environmental sustainability and growing inequalities. Despite numerous academic and policy ...
Climate Adaptation in Coastal Ecosystems: Interdisciplinary Conceptualizations and Approaches from the Global South
1st Edition
Edited
By Mohammed Firoz C, Sruthi Krishnan V, Lakshmi Priya Rajendran, Lalit Kumar Dashora
July 17, 2026
Coastal cities and regions in the global south are some of the most vulnerable regions susceptible to climate change impacts. They experience escalating risks from sea-level rise, extreme weather patterns, ecosystem loss and degradation, along with sporadic urbanization. These regions range from ...
The Evolution of UK Regional Policy: Lessons from the Past for a Policy Fit for the Future
1st Edition
Edited
By Ron Martin
June 29, 2026
Regional policies intended to reduce geographical inequalities in economic prosperity and performance across the UK date back to 1928. Yet, today, the UK has one of the highest levels of spatial economic inequality of any of the OECD nations. Many of today’s lagging regions and cities are the same ...
Migration and Race: Central and Eastern European Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Kasia Narkowicz, Anna Gawlewicz, Konrad Pędziwiatr
June 22, 2026
Increasing and changing migration trends between Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Western European locations, as well as those from outside of Europe to CEE, pose new challenges for the regional study of race and racialisation, including growing diversity and the tightening of border security. ...
Higher Education and Regional Green Transitions: Navigating Tensions, Complexities and Solutions
1st Edition
Edited
By Rómulo Pinheiro, Ina Drejer, Dzamila Bienkowska, Vito Laterza, Markku Sotarauta
June 04, 2026
Higher education institutions (HEIs) play a pivotal yet underexplored role in Regional Green Transitions (RGTs) and sustainable development. This volume addresses this knowledge gap by examining how universities in the Nordic region engage with RGTs, offering theoretical and methodological insights...
Spatial Governance Landscapes: Regulation, Property, and Planning
1st Edition
By Tuna Taşan-Kok, Sara Özoğul, Andre Legarza
April 04, 2026
What shapes the city? This book answers this question with a fresh, relational lens: spatial governance landscapes, the dynamic interplay between planning regulation and property-market strategies. Centered on the Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam, the book traces how rules, norms, and public ...
Regions in Evolution: A History of Regional Planning
1st Edition
By Daniel Galland, Mark Tewdwr-Jones, John Harrison
March 04, 2026
Throughout the twentieth century, planning and planners were central to our understanding of cities and regions. Today, however, planning is facing powerful challenges – professionally, intellectually, practically – in ways arguably not seen before. Recent developments and trends are raising ...