City Planning Urban Development category: 1330 books
Sunburnt Cities
The Great Recession, Depopulation and Urban Planning in the American Sunbelt
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
In recent years there has been a growing focus on urban and environmental studies, and the skills and techniques needed to address the wider challenges of how to create sustainable communities. Central to that demand is the increasing urgency of addressing the issue of urban decline, and the response...
Emergent Spatio-temporal Dimensions of the City
Habitus and Urban Rhythms
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
This book focuses on the creation of space as an activity. The argument draws not only on aspects of movement in time, but also on a cultural and specifically social context influencing the creation of the spatial habitus. The book reconsiders existing theories of time and space in the field of urban...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
The city is a highly fragmented, heterogeneous subject; those who study, analyze and question it make a use of a variety of disciplines and methods and have different areas of expertise. How is a dialogue built between heterogeneous urban contexts and urban researchers, architects, developers, anthropologists,...
by Carlos Nunes Silva
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
There has been relatively little written on the history of urban planning in North Africa, despite the wealth of towns and cities in this region which date back to Antiquity. The book explores the history of urban planning in North Africa and the challenges confronting contemporary urban planning...
Cities and Metaphors
Beyond Imaginaries of Islamic Urban Space
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Introducing a new concept of urban space, Cities and Metaphors encourages a theoretical realignment of how the city is experienced, thought and discussed.
In the context of ‘Islamic city’ studies, relying on reasoning and rational thinking has reduced descriptive, vivid features of the...
by Silva Tony
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject Urban and Regional Planning, grade: A, The University of Chicago, language: English, abstract: In his definition, Fogg (2008) observes that town planning regulations are rules that govern land use and design of the environment, inclusive of transport...
A City's Architecture
Aberdeen as 'Designed City'
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
When considering the successful design of cities, the focus tends to be on famous examples such as Paris or Rome, with equally successful but smaller and more remote examples being ignored. In addition, the more diffuse patterns of settlement of the north and western parts of Europe are hardly considered...
by Duncan Bowie
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010
This is an insightful study of spatial planning and housing strategy in London, focusing on the period 2000-2008 and the Mayoralty of Ken Livingstone. Duncan Bowie presents a detailed analysis of the development of Livingstone’s policies and their consequences.
Examining the theory and practice...
New Brunswick, New Jersey
The Decline and Revitalization of Urban America
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
While many older American cities struggle to remain vibrant, New Brunswick has transformed itself, adapting to new forms of commerce and a changing population, and enjoying a renaissance that has led many experts to cite this New Jersey city as a model for urban redevelopment. Featuring more than...
Urban Visions
From Planning Culture to Landscape Urbanism
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2018
This book is a useful reference in the field of urbanism. It explains how the contemporary city and landscape have been shaped by certain twentieth century visions that have carried over into the twenty-first century. Aimed at both students and professionals, this collection of essays on diverse subjects...
by Charles Montgomery
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
A globe-trotting, eye-opening exploration of how cities can—and do—make us happier people
Charles Montgomery's Happy City will revolutionize the way we think about urban life.
After decades of unchecked sprawl, more people than ever are moving back to the city. Dense urban living...
Welcome to the Urban Revolution
How Cities Are Changing the World
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
The revolutions that have taken place around the world during the last fifty years-the ousting of Marcos and the Shah of Iran; the fall of communist regimes in Eastern Europe; the end of Apartheid in South Africa and, indeed, the civil rights revolution in America-were fundamentally urban revolutions....
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City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
How do we build cities where we aren't just living within the same urban space, but living together?
Greater Toronto is now home to a larger proportion of foreign-born residents than any other major global metropolis. Not surprisingly, city officials rarely miss an opportunity to tout the region’s...
The City
A World History
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2015
The City: A World History tells the story of the rise and development of urban centers from ancient times to the twenty-first century. It begins with the establishment of the first cities in the Near East in the fourth millennium BCE, and goes on to examine urban growth in the Indus River Valley in...