International Exhibitions and Urbanism provides an insightful and comprehensive historical review of international exhibitions in its first half which is then illustrated with a thorough technical analysis of the Zaragoza 2008 project in its second half. The first half offers a comparative analysis of nearly 50 events which haven taken place over the past 150 years as well as exploring the relationships with urbanism from a planning perspective Underpinned by the first-hand information that the author has as one of the event s organizers the second half is devoted to the Zaragoza project for the 2008 Exposition. After giving contextual (historical and demographic) information the Expo s master plan and building projects are then described.