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by John McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Approaches to urban regeneration have changed dramatically throughout Europe and the USA over recent decades, drawing on notions of public-private partnership, growth coalitions and local spatial alliances. In this engaging book John McCarthy provides critical consideration of such theories in terms...
The Practice of Modernism
Modern Architects and Urban Transformation, 1954–1972
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2007
In this sequel to his widely-acclaimed book The Experience of Modernism (1997), John Gold continues his detailed enquiry into the Modern Movement's involvement in urban planning and city design.
Making extensive use of information gained from hours of in-depth interviews with architects of...
Sustainable Communities
The Potential for Eco-Neighbourhoods
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
'This book re-addresses the concepts of neighbourhood and community in a refreshing and challenging way. It will be of immense benefit, not only to town planners but also to al those professional and voluntary groups and politicians who seek to create the new communities of tomorrow' From the Foreword...
The End of Automobile Dependence
How Cities are Moving Beyond Car-Based Planning
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Cities will continue to accommodate the automobile, but when cities are built around them, the quality of human and natural life declines. Current trends show great promise for future urban mobility systems that enable freedom and connection, but not dependence. We are experiencing the phenomenon of...
The High Cost of Free Parking
Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
One of the American Planning Association’s most popular and influential books is finally in paperback, with a new preface from the author on how thinking about parking has changed since this book was first published. In this no-holds-barred treatise, Donald Shoup argues that free parking has contributed...
by John Patten ("Pat") Guthrie
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2010
The Essentials of Building Design--at Your Fingertips!
Fully updated with the 2009 IBC International Building Code, this practical guide delivers the key data you need in every step of an architectural project--from initial planning and estimating through design and completion. The Architect's Portable...
Strategies for Urban Development in Leipzig, Germany
Harmonizing Planning and Equity
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
The demographic pressure caused by migration offers a considerable challenge for urban centers today. It results in an uneven development of the community and focus of urban planners becomes how to provide decent, low-cost housing and transportation in order to facilitate the integration of poorer...
Project Management for Small Business
A Streamlined Approach from Planning to Completion
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2011
Project management can help companies become more efficient and profitable. But as a seasoned project management consultant, educator, and writer, author Joseph Phillips teaches that the how of successful project management looks different for every business. Grounded in years of his real-world experience,...
Transitioning from the Top
Personal Continuity Planning for the Retiring Family Business Leader
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
How can you move most effectively from the pinnacle of business and leadership success into "post-work" life that energizes you, and leverages your experience and your interests?
This book draws on the experience of several past CEOs to address the important topic of ‘personal continuity’...
by Naoyuki Yoshino, Flore-Anne Messy, Peter J Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Surveys show that financial literacy levels are typically low around the world, despite the widening access to financial services and the increasing financial risks borne by households in many countries. This suggests that there will be mounting challe
Don't Retire Broke
An Indispensable Guide to Tax-Efficient Retirement Planning and Financial Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Retirement planning was simple and predictable 40 years ago. All you needed was your company pension, personal savings, and Social Security.
Those days are long gone. Most public pensions are underfunded, and private companies can’t get rid of them fast enough. Social Security’s own trustees...
Enough Bull
How to Retire Well without the Stock Market, Mutual Funds, or Even an Investment Advisor
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Stop risking everything to make your investment advisor rich
The stock market crash of 2008 proved one thing: traditional retirement planning advice simply doesn't work. The risks are too enormous. Trusting the stock market is like gambling with your family's future. But how do you plan for...
Next Steps
A Practical Guide to Planning for the Best Half of Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Merit Prize winner, 19th Annual Mature Media Awards, National Media (Book) division. Written for older Americans, their Baby Boomer children, and everyone who cares for an older family member, this practical and comprehensive guide will help you build a strategy for coping with the unique legal, medical,...
Get It Together
Organize Your Records So Your Family Won't Have To
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
AUDIENCE:
Aging Americans who want to leave things in good order for their families
Middle-aged people who want to help their parents get organized
REASONS TO BUY THIS NEW EDITION
More than 108 million Americans are age 50 or older, and this group will grow by about 19...