City Planning category: 1330 books
Living Sustainably
What Intentional Communities Can Teach Us about Democracy, Simplicity, and Nonviolence
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
In light of concerns about food and human health, fraying social ties, economic uncertainty, and rampant consumerism, some people are foregoing a hurried, distracted existence and embracing a mindful way of living. Intentional residential communities across the United States are seeking the freedom...
Postcolonial Encounters in International Relations
The Politics of Transgression in the Maghreb
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Postcolonial Encounters in International Relations examines the social and cultural aspects of the political violence that underpinned the French colonial project in the Maghreb, and the multi-layered postcolonial realities that ensued.
This book explores the reality of the lives of North...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2018
The knowledge economy has become an important part of contemporary development for cities in a time of globalization and expansion. Examining theories of knowledge transfer and urban advancement allows for better adaptation in a changing global society. Knowledge-Based Urban Development in the Middle...
Building Transatlantic Italy
Architectural Dialogues with Postwar America
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
At the end of the Second World War, America’s newly acquired status of hegemonic power- together with the launch of ambitious international programs such as the Marshall Plan- significantly altered existing transatlantic relations. In this context, Italian and American architectural cultures developed...
Ruptured Landscapes
Landscape, Identity and Social Change
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
This volume breaks new ground in the study of landscapes, both rural and urban. The innovative notion of this landscape collection is rupture. The book explores the ways in which societal, economic and cultural changes are transforming the meanings and understandings of landscapes. The text explores...
Why Old Places Matter
How Historic Places Affect Our Identity and Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
Why Old Places Matter is the only book that explores the reasons that old places matter to people. Although people often feel very deeply about the old places of their lives, they don’t have the words to express why. This book brings these ideas together in evocative language and with illustrative...
by Ray Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
Have you ever wanted to know…
• Which junction to take for Gibraltar?
• How to save £35,040 a year on Dartford Crossing tolls?
• How many assassins were buried within the concrete of the M25? (at least one)
• Why it’s important that North Ockendon declares...
Social Housing in the Middle East
Architecture, Urban Development, and Transnational Modernity
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
As oil-rich countries in the Middle East are increasingly associated with soaring skyscrapers and modern architecture, attention is being diverted away from the pervasive struggles of social housing in those same urban settings. Social Housing in the Middle East traces the history of social housing—both...
by Collective
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
The Basque Country region in Spain is world renowned for a successful industrial transformation, the urban regeneration of Bilbao, cultural distinctiveness, unique governance arrangements and high wealth levels. Over the last 30 years, the region has implemented its science, technology and innovation...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
This book presents a multiregional input-output model for the metropolitan area of Southern California, which helps to estimate the economic impact of simulated terrorist attacks on seaports, malls etc. as well as of natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. The authors also analyze the...
by John Sheail
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2002
Environmental history - the history of the relationship between people and the natural world - is a dynamic and increasingly important field. In An Environmental History of Twentieth-Century Britain, John Sheail breaks new ground in illustrating how some of the most pressing concerns came to be recognised,...
OECD Territorial Reviews: NORA Region 2011
The Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland and Coastal Norway
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2011
The North Atlantic (NORA) region is a transnational area comprising the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, and the coastal counties of Norway. These territories are linked by shared characteristics and challenges, as well as by historical, institutional and cultural links. Improving accessibility...
by United Nations
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
The State of the African Cities 2010 goes above and beyond the first report, which provided a general overview of housing and urban management issues in Africa. With the subtitle: Governance, inequity and urban land markets, the report uncovers critical urban issues and challenges in African cities,...
by Collective
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2009
OECD's comprehensive review of rural policy in Italy. On average, rural regions in Italy have some of the highest GDP per capita among the OECD countries, yet unexploited potential remains. This analysis of rural Italy reveals heterogeneous economic conditions, an increasing elderly population and...