Creating smart-er cities  / Deakin, M. (Ed.). — Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.  viii, 101 pages : illustrations, graphs, tables, index, bibl.  Explores what constitutes smart cities, the institutional means of creating smart cities, evaluation of e- government  services and a city's knowledge base, information and communications technology for smart cities, and the Smart  Cities (inter)Regional Academic Network's triple-helix model of knowledge production.  The chapters were originally published in the Journal of Urban Technology, 18(2), April 2011 and were originally  presented at the Creating Smart(er) Cities Conference.
	Land in conflict: Managing and resolving land use disputes  / Nolon, S., Ferguson, O., & Field, P. — Cambridge, MA : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2013.  xv, 188 pages : illustrations, tables, index, bibl.  Outlines the principles and methods of mutual gains approaches, a collaborative means to resolving land use disputes.  The first part introduces the approach, reviews the history and purpose of land use decisions, and looks at the reasons  why conflict can arise from land use decisions. The second part explains the steps of the approach. The final part  addresses objections to adopting the approach. The book includes examples of implementation from U.S. case studies.
	Planning and place in the city: Mapping place identity  / Sepe, M. — Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.  xviii, 333 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps (chiefly colour), index, bibl.  Explores how place identity and cultural heritage can be identified and conserved through mapping. It defines the key  concepts of place and place identity, looks at new spaces for living, outlines placemaking assessment approaches, and  introduces the PlaceMaker method as a planning intervention to preserve place identity. The final section presents case  studies illustrating how an analytical map of place identity can be derived from surveys and interviews for preserving,  reconstructing or enhancing place identity.
	Planning Canadian communities: An introduction to the principles, practice, and participants  / Hodge, G. & Gordon, D. L. A. — 6th ed. — Scarborough, ON : Nelson Education, 2013.  xviii, 461 : illustrations, maps, plans, index, bibl.  Recounts the history of cities and planning in Canada; details contemporary planning practices and tools; identifies  planning actors; outlines participation in the planning process; discusses implementing planning through land use  regulation tools and policy tools; and highlights future challenges in planning. It provides guidance on planning regional  and metropolitan communities, the characteristics and role of the urban community plan, small town and northern area  planning, neighbourhood and district plans, planning infrastructure systems, and planning for diverse and healthy  communities. Each chapter concludes with a listing of Internet resources.