Landscape category: 1155 books
by Mauro Parilli
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 6, 2013
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 6, 2013
MAURO PARILLI (mauro.parilli@gmail.com)
Con l’accordo fra INTA (International Urban Development Association) e l’INU (Istituto Nazionale di Urbanistica), siglato nella città olandese di Den Haag, sede del governo e tempio della pianificazione territoriale, si è aperta una nuova era nello sviluppo...
Negotiating Development
Rationales and practice for development obligationsand planning gain
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
Planning gain is the legal process by which property development is linked to social provisions. This book examines the rationale for planning gain and development obligations and reviews the practice of development negotiation through a wide range of case histories.
Global Urban Analysis
A Survey of Cities in Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
Global Urban Analysis provides a unique insight into the contemporary world economy through a focus on cities. It is based upon a large-scale customised data collection on how leading businesses use cities across the world: as headquarter locations, for finance, for professional and creative services,...
by Ian Colquhoun
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2007
Here is a book about the practical design of communities and housing in which people can enjoy a good quality of life, free from crime and fear of crime.
Recognising that crime, vandalism and anti-social behaviour are issues of high public concern, and that the driving forces behind crime are...
by Rafael Cuesta, Christine Sarris, Paola Signoretta
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
This book deals with a wide range of techniques used in the urban design process. It then goes on to relate these techniques to a unique, comprehensive account of method. A method of urban design is developed which has sustainability and environmental protection at the centre of its philosophy. Previously,...
Designing the City
Towards a More Sustainable Urban Form
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Designing the City looks at current urban problems in cities and demonstrates how effective urban design can address social, economic and environmental issues as well as the physical planning at local level. The book is highly visual and illustrates the topic with a variety of sketches, line drawings,...
Transforming Parks and Protected Areas
Policy and Governance in a Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2007
**This title was originally published in 2007. The version published in 2012 is a PB reprint of the original HB**
The protection of natural resources and biodiversity through protected areas is increasingly based on ecological principles. Simultaneously the concept of ecosystem-based management...
Creative Milieux
How Urban Design Nurtures Creative Clusters
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
The so-called ‘creative industries’ are increasingly being presented as an important tool of urban regeneration and economic development. Until now, research on the clustering of such activities has been limited to economics, geography and urban policy. This book is the first to gather together...
The Garden City
Past, present and future
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2005
This examination of a phenomenon of 19th century planning traces the origins, implementation, international transference and adoption of the Garden City idea. It also considers its continuing relevance in the late 20th century and into the 21st century.
From Garden Cities to New Towns
Campaigning for Town and Country Planning 1899-1946
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
This book offers a detailed record of one of the world's oldest environmental pressure groups. It raises questions about the capacity of pressure groups to influence policy; and finally it assesses the campaing as a major factor in the emergence of modern town and planning, and as a backdrop against which to examine current issues.
The Metaphysical City
Six Ways of Understanding the Urban Milieu
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
The Metaphysical City examines the metaphorical existence of the city as an entity to further understand its significance on urban planning and geography. It encourages an open-minded approach when studying cities so as to uncover broader connecting themes that may otherwise be missed.
Case...
Housing in Developing Cities
Experience and Lessons
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Universally, the production, maintenance and management of housing have been, and continue to be, market-based activities. Nevertheless, since the mid-twentieth century virtually all governments, socialist and liberal alike, have perceived the need to intervene in urban housing markets in support...
Clear as Mud
Planning for the Rebuilding of New Orleans
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
Planning the rebuilding of New Orleans after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita has been among the greatest urban planning challenges of our time. Since 2005, Robert B. Olshansky and Laurie A. Johnson, urban planners who specialize in disaster planning and recovery, have been working to understand, in real...
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...