Planning category: 24680 books
Hub Cities in the Knowledge Economy
Seaports, Airports, Brainports
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
The overarching research topic addressed in this book is the complex and multifaceted interaction between infrastructural accessibility/connectivity of city-regions on the one hand and knowledge generation in these city-regions on the other hand. To this end, the book brings together chapters analysing...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Climate change has demonstrated, perhaps more than any other environmental concerns, the complexities of the human-nature interrelationship and the need for embedding a far greater environmental consciousness into our social values and norms. A drastic reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions...
Greening Berlin
The Co-Production of Science, Politics, and Urban Nature
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
How plant and animal species conservation became part of urban planning in Berlin, and how the science of ecology contributed to this change.
Although nature conservation has traditionally focused on the countryside, issues of biodiversity protection also appear on the political agendas of...
Development and Planning Economy
Environmental and resource issues
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
This book describes in detail how the property market operates, giving a clear picture of the economics of development and the way which development issues are defined by (and in their turn have an effect on) community and individual needs. By describing how the market works and explaining the factors...
by Siobhan Vernon, Rachel Tennant, Nicola Garmory
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
An indispensable tool for all landscape architects, this time-saving guide answers the most frequently asked questions in one pocket-sized volume. It is a concise, easy-to-read reference that gives instant access to a wide range of information needed on a daily basis, both out on site and in the office.
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Deconstructing Placemaking
Needs, Opportunities, and Assets
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
A new taxonomy of placemaking is needed; concerns have been expressed about the professionalization of placemaking through the proliferation of standards, zoning codes, and restrictive covenants. "Place matters" has become a mantra in many disciplines - architecture, urban planning and...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
The Routledge Companion to Urban Imaginaries delves into examples of urban imaginaries across multiple media and geographies: from new visions of smart, eco, and resilient cities to urban dystopias in popular culture; from architectural renderings of starchitecture and luxury living to performative...
The Nature of Urban Design
A New York Perspective on Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
The best cities become an ingrained part of their residents' identities. Urban design is the key to this process, but all too often, citizens abandon it to professionals, unable to see a way to express what they love and value in their own neighborhoods. New in paperback, this visually rich book by Alexandros...
MetroGreen
Connecting Open Space in North American Cities
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2006
In metropolitan areas across the country, you can hear the laments over the loss of green space to new subdivisions and strip malls. But some city residents have taken unprecedented measures to protect their open land, and a growing movemseeks not only to preserve these lands but to link them in green...
by Frank Gilabert
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
At last, a career planning guide designed for parents of college-bound high students and undeclared college majors to share with your son or daughter! Drawing from Mr. Gilabert's 35 years of experience in the business world, this one-of-a-kind business career planning guide, pinpoints the essential...
Sequel to Suburbia
Glimpses of America's Post-Suburban Future
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2015
How the decentralized, automobile-oriented, and fuel-consuming model of American suburban development might change.
In the years after World War II, a distinctly American model for suburban development emerged. The expansive rings of outer suburbs that formed around major cities were decentralized...
The Street
A Quintessential Social Public Space
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Received the Environmental Design Research Association's 2014 Place Book Award
Shortlisted for the UDG Francis Tibbalds Book Award 2014
Good cities are places of social encounter. Creating public spaces that encourage social behavior in our cities and neighborhoods is an important goal...
Market Cities, People Cities
The Shape of Our Urban Future
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
An in-depth look at the urban environments of Houston and Copenhagen
How are modern cities changing, and what implications do those changes have for city inhabitants? What kinds of cities do people want to live in, and what cities do people want to create in the future? Michael Oluf Emerson...
by Emily Talen, Sungduck Lee
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
The most successful urban communities are very often those that are the most diverse – in terms of income, age, family structure and ethnicity – and yet poor urban design and planning can stifle the very diversity that makes communities successful. Just as poor urban design can lead to sterile...