City Planning for Civil Engineers, Environmental Engineers, and Surveyors (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781032815626)

This thoroughly updated second edition focuses on the significant advances and shifts in urban and city planning and sustainable development. It includes new contents on sustainability and resilience in urban planning, climate change impact, technological advancements for urban planning, and electrification and decarbonization of urban environments. This comprehensive coverage balances theory and practice, including regulatory and policy insights, ensuring that the book remains a valuable resource with a unique perspective and technical depth that engineers and surveyors need. It also provides real-world examples and the use of state-of-the-art technologies adopted in urban planning.

New Features

• Bridges the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application, offering insights into the complexities of urban development, infrastructure planning, zoning laws, and the effective implementation of city plans
• Provides real-world examples related to the impact of climate change and explains the concept of resilient cities
• Includes the new features of urban planning such as urban-scale electrification and decarbonization
• Covers the state-of-the-art technologies adopted in urban planning and the concept of smart cities
• Discusses the energy aspect in urban planning and the concept of sustainable cities
• Explains cybersecurity in urban planning and considers a city a cyber-physical system

This textbook is for Senior undergraduate and graduate students in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Surveying, and those taking courses in land development and planning or urban planning. It's also an excellent text for civil engineers and professionals who work in zoning and planning commissions or in land development agencies.