City Planning category: 1330 books
Reforesting Landscapes
Linking Pattern and Process
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2009
The 21st century has seen the beginnings of a great restoration effort towards the world’s forests, accompanied by the emergence of an increasing literature on reforestation, regeneration and regrowth of forest cover. Yet to date, there is no volume which synthesises current knowledge on the extent,...
Urban Geology
Process-Oriented Concepts for Adaptive and Integrated Resource Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Urban subsurface resources and particularly urban groundwater are vulnerable to environmental impacts, and their rational management is of major importance. In this book a multidisciplinary team of specialists and scientists presents innovative process-oriented approaches to the sustainable use of...
Landform - Structure, Evolution, Process Control
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Landform organised by the Research Training Group 437
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2009
This book offers a broad interdisciplinary overview of state-of-the-art research on landform related issues. It presents a selection of papers given at the International Symposium on "Landform – structure, evolution process control", Bonn, June 2007.
by Collective
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2009
The radical transformation that Spanish rural areas have experienced in the past few decades suggest, as it has occurred in many OECD countries, a new approach to rural policy. Spain has recently undertaken a major reform of its rural policies, including the merger of the Ministry of Agriculture with...
by Rongxing Guo
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
This book pursues both narrative and analytic approaches to better understand China’s spatial economic development and its implications for Tibet. Accordingly, this book focuses on Tibet – an autonomous region in the far west of China – as the subject of an in-depth case study, highlighting...
by Solon ben Earl
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2011
In 2010 we moved from the Seattle area to Las Vegas. This is the sad story of that move. No names have been changed because no-one is innocent.
by Trevor K. Fuller
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Environmental Justice and Activism in Indianapolis examines how place attachment, social capital, and perceptions influence citizen responses when their communities are environmentally threatened. Trevor K. Fuller determines what inspires citizens to take action by analyzing the responses of two communities...
by Joseph V. Chiaretti, Mahmoud A. Abdelfattah, Michael A. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Central to human life and civilization, soils are an integral part of the physical and cultural environment. Although we may take them for granted, the rise and fall of civilizations is closely linked with the use and abuse of soil and water resources. It is therefore important to evaluate soils for...
Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing
Sensors, Methods, Applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in the field of thermal infrared remote sensing. Temperature is one of the most important physical environmental variables monitored by earth observing remote sensing systems. Temperature ranges define the boundaries of habitats on...
by Silas Flint
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Most people don't think much about acquisitions or "takings" of private property by the government--until they receive a letter that their land is about to be taken! This complex subject is made easy to understand in this volume. The author uses zany humor and bizarre examples to describe the...
Cities of Light
Two Centuries of Urban Illumination
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Cities of Light is the first global overview of modern urban illumination, a development that allows human wakefulness to colonize the night, doubling the hours available for purposeful and industrious activities. Urban lighting is undergoing a revolution due to recent developments in lighting...
Flight and Motion
The History and Science of Flying
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Designed for readers from grade 6 and up, this lavishly illustrated set provides comprehensive coverage of the history of aviation, including space flight, as well as the science and technology on which it depends. Detailed A-Z entries trace the development of human flight from ancient myths and legends...
Making Progress in Housing
A Framework for Collaborative Research
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
This book presents a new approach to housing research, one that is relevant to all the social sciences.
Housing research is diverse and operates across many disciplines, approaches and methods making collaboration difficult. This book outlines a methodological framework that enables researchers...
Housing and Commuting: The Theory of Urban Residential Structure
A Textbook in Urban Economics
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
The field of urban economics is built on an analysis of housing prices, land rents, housing consumption, spatial form, and other aspects of urban residential structure. Drawing on the journal publications and teaching notes of Pro