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Life Between Buildings

Using Public Space

podle Jan Gehl ...

“. . .thoughtful, beautiful, and enlightening...”—Jane Jacobs“This book will have a lasting infl uence on the future quality of public open spaces. By helping us better understand the larger public life of cities, Life between Buildings can only move us toward more lively and healthy public places. Buy this book, fi nd a comfortable place to sit in a public park or plaza, begin reading, look ... Přečtěte si více

661,59 Kč

“. . .thoughtful, beautiful, and enlightening...”—Jane Jacobs“This book will have a lasting infl uence on the future quality of public open spaces. By helping us better understand the larger public life of cities, Life between Buildings can only move us toward more lively and healthy public places. Buy this book, fi nd a comfortable place to sit in a public park or plaza, begin reading, look
... Přečtěte si více
A Natural History of Empty Lots

Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places

podle Christopher Brown ...

An "instant classic", this genre-bending blend of naturalism, memoir, and social manifesto is a fascinating study for rewilding the city, the self, and society (Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times bestselling author).During the real estate crash of the late 2000s, Christopher Brown purchased an empty lot in an industrial section of Austin, Texas. The property—abandoned and full of litter and debris ... Přečtěte si více

224,59 Kč

An "instant classic", this genre-bending blend of naturalism, memoir, and social manifesto is a fascinating study for rewilding the city, the self, and society (Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times bestselling author).During the real estate crash of the late 2000s, Christopher Brown purchased an empty lot in an industrial section of Austin, Texas. The property—abandoned and full of litter and debris
... Přečtěte si více
The High Cost of Free Parking

Updated Edition

podle Donald Shoup ...

One of the American Planning Association’s most popular and influential books is finally in paperback, with a new preface from the author on how thinking about parking has changed since this book was first published. In this no-holds-barred treatise, Donald Shoup argues that free parking has contributed to auto dependence, rapid urban sprawl, extravagant energy use, and a host of other problems. ... Přečtěte si více

1 170,22 Kč

One of the American Planning Association’s most popular and influential books is finally in paperback, with a new preface from the author on how thinking about parking has changed since this book was first published. In this no-holds-barred treatise, Donald Shoup argues that free parking has contributed to auto dependence, rapid urban sprawl, extravagant energy use, and a host of other problems.
... Přečtěte si více
The Death and Life of Great American Cities

podle Jane Jacobs ...

In this classic text, Jane Jacobs set out to produce an attack on current city planning and rebuilding and to introduce new principles by which these should be governed. The result is one of the most stimulating books on cities ever written.Throughout the post-war period, planners temperamentally unsympathetic to cities have been let loose on our urban environment. Inspired by the ideals of the ... Přečtěte si více

456,89 Kč

In this classic text, Jane Jacobs set out to produce an attack on current city planning and rebuilding and to introduce new principles by which these should be governed. The result is one of the most stimulating books on cities ever written.Throughout the post-war period, planners temperamentally unsympathetic to cities have been let loose on our urban environment. Inspired by the ideals of the
... Přečtěte si více
Walkable City

How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time

podle Jeff Speck ...

Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability.The very idea of a modern metropolis evokes visions of bustling sidewalks, vital mass transit, and a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly urban core. But in the typical American city, the car is still king, and downtown is a place that's easy to drive to but often not worth ... Přečtěte si více

231,19 Kč

Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability.The very idea of a modern metropolis evokes visions of bustling sidewalks, vital mass transit, and a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly urban core. But in the typical American city, the car is still king, and downtown is a place that's easy to drive to but often not worth
... Přečtěte si více
European Planning History in the 20th Century

A Continent of Urban Planning

Upravil: Max Welch Guerra, Abdellah Abarkan, María A. Castrillo Romón, Martin Pekár ...

The history of Europe in the 20th century is closely tied to the history of urban planning. Social and economic progress but also the brute treatment of people and nature throughout Europe were possible due to the use of urban planning and the other levels of spatial planning. Thereby, planning has constituted itself in Europe as an international subject. Since its emergence, through intense ... Přečtěte si více

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The history of Europe in the 20th century is closely tied to the history of urban planning. Social and economic progress but also the brute treatment of people and nature throughout Europe were possible due to the use of urban planning and the other levels of spatial planning. Thereby, planning has constituted itself in Europe as an international subject. Since its emergence, through intense
... Přečtěte si více
Humanise

A Maker’s Guide to Building Our World

podle Thomas Heatherwick ...

From one of the world's most imaginative designers comes a story about humanity told through the lens of our buildings.'This book is a super-accessible guide as to why we shouldn't put up with soulless buildings and how we might change that' GRAYSON PERRY*****Our world is losing its humanity.Too many developers care more about their shareholders than society. Too many politicians care more about ... Přečtěte si více

365,49 Kč

From one of the world's most imaginative designers comes a story about humanity told through the lens of our buildings.'This book is a super-accessible guide as to why we shouldn't put up with soulless buildings and how we might change that' GRAYSON PERRY*****Our world is losing its humanity.Too many developers care more about their shareholders than society. Too many politicians care more about
... Přečtěte si více
The New Urban Crisis

How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class-and What We Can Do About It

podle Richard Florida ...

In recent years, the young, educated, and affluent have surged back into cities, reversing decades of suburban flight and urban decline. And yet all is not well, Richard Florida argues in The New Urban Crisis. Florida, one of the first scholars to anticipate this back-to-the-city movement in his groundbreaking The Rise of the Creative Class, demonstrates how the same forces that power the growth ... Přečtěte si více

199,09 Kč

In recent years, the young, educated, and affluent have surged back into cities, reversing decades of suburban flight and urban decline. And yet all is not well, Richard Florida argues in The New Urban Crisis. Florida, one of the first scholars to anticipate this back-to-the-city movement in his groundbreaking The Rise of the Creative Class, demonstrates how the same forces that power the growth
... Přečtěte si více
Cities for People

podle Jan Gehl ...

For more than forty years Jan Gehl has helped to transform urban environments around the world based on his research into the ways people actually use—or could use—the spaces where they live and work. In this revolutionary book, Gehl presents his latest work creating (or recreating) cityscapes on a human scale. He clearly explains the methods and tools he uses to reconfigure unworkable cityscapes ... Přečtěte si více

837,99 Kč

For more than forty years Jan Gehl has helped to transform urban environments around the world based on his research into the ways people actually use—or could use—the spaces where they live and work. In this revolutionary book, Gehl presents his latest work creating (or recreating) cityscapes on a human scale. He clearly explains the methods and tools he uses to reconfigure unworkable cityscapes
... Přečtěte si více
A City's Architecture

Aberdeen as 'Designed City'

podle William Alvis Brogden ...

Série série Ashgate Studies in Architecture
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 at all in comparison to the tightly formed urban centres of the Mediterranean. However, the ... Přečtěte si více

1 532,52 Kč

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 at all in comparison to the tightly formed urban centres of the Mediterranean. However, the
... Přečtěte si více
The Right to Landscape

Contesting Landscape and Human Rights

Upravil: Shelley Egoz, Jala Makhzoumi, Gloria Pungetti ...

Associating social justice with landscape is not new, yet the twenty-first century's heightened threats to landscape and their impact on both human and, more generally, nature's habitats necessitate novel intellectual tools to address such challenges. This book offers that innovative critical thinking framework. The establishment of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948, in the ... Přečtěte si více

1 532,52 Kč

Associating social justice with landscape is not new, yet the twenty-first century's heightened threats to landscape and their impact on both human and, more generally, nature's habitats necessitate novel intellectual tools to address such challenges. This book offers that innovative critical thinking framework. The establishment of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948, in the
... Přečtěte si více
En terreno común

Perspectivas internacionales sobre los fideicomisos comunitarios de tierras

Upravil: John Emmeus Davis, Line Algoed, María Hernández‑Torrales ...

La Vivienda representa más que un techo bajo el cual vivir. La vivienda digna es necesaria para el ejercicio de derechos fundamentales como la salud y la educación. Atado a la vivienda está el tema de la tenencia de la tierra. Millones de personas a la altura del siglo 21 viven en asentamientos informales y carecen de vivienda digna. Este libro explora el crecimiento global de los fideicomisos ... Přečtěte si více

290,99 Kč

La Vivienda representa más que un techo bajo el cual vivir. La vivienda digna es necesaria para el ejercicio de derechos fundamentales como la salud y la educación. Atado a la vivienda está el tema de la tenencia de la tierra. Millones de personas a la altura del siglo 21 viven en asentamientos informales y carecen de vivienda digna. Este libro explora el crecimiento global de los fideicomisos
... Přečtěte si více
Lewis Mumford and Patrick Geddes

The Correspondence

Upravil: Frank G. Novak Jr. ...

I am a disciple of Patrick Geddes, and I am an abject admirer of everything he has said and done. The tantalising nearness of everything we most want; were it not for some fatal, stubborn grain in both of us, Geddes and I, linked together, intellectual and emotional, might still conquer the world. For lack of this, he will be imperfectly articulate and I, perhaps, will have nothing to say. These ... Přečtěte si více

1 365,30 Kč

I am a disciple of Patrick Geddes, and I am an abject admirer of everything he has said and done. The tantalising nearness of everything we most want; were it not for some fatal, stubborn grain in both of us, Geddes and I, linked together, intellectual and emotional, might still conquer the world. For lack of this, he will be imperfectly articulate and I, perhaps, will have nothing to say. These
... Přečtěte si více
Economic and Environmental Cost of Traffic Congestion in India

podle Krishna Raj, Vijayalakshmi S ...

This book explores one of the most prevailing problems of the contemporary urban world, i.e. traffic congestion and its economic, environmental, and health implications.Generally viewed as an urban menace, the problem of traffic congestion has huge economic implications, which are often overlooked by urban planners. This book examines and quantifies the costs and adverse consequences and of ... Přečtěte si více

1 281,70 Kč

This book explores one of the most prevailing problems of the contemporary urban world, i.e. traffic congestion and its economic, environmental, and health implications.Generally viewed as an urban menace, the problem of traffic congestion has huge economic implications, which are often overlooked by urban planners. This book examines and quantifies the costs and adverse consequences and of
... Přečtěte si více
The Earth, the City, and the Hidden Narrative of Race

podle Carl C. Anthony ...

In this work, Carl Anthony shares his perspectives as an African-American child in post-World War II Philadelphia; a student and civil rights activist in 1960s Harlem; a traveling student of West African architecture; and an architect, planner, and environmental justice advocate in Berkeley. He contextualizes this within American urbanism and human origins, making profoundly personal both African ... Přečtěte si více

426,59 Kč

In this work, Carl Anthony shares his perspectives as an African-American child in post-World War II Philadelphia; a student and civil rights activist in 1960s Harlem; a traveling student of West African architecture; and an architect, planner, and environmental justice advocate in Berkeley. He contextualizes this within American urbanism and human origins, making profoundly personal both African
... Přečtěte si více
Building Apartheid

On Architecture and Order in Imperial Cape Town

podle Nicholas Coetzer ...

Through a specific architectural lens, this book exposes the role the British Empire played in the development of apartheid. Through reference to previously unexamined archival material, the book uncovers a myriad of mechanisms through which Empire laid the foundations onto which the edifice of apartheid was built. It unearths the significant role British architects and British architectural ideas ... Přečtěte si více

1 643,99 Kč

Through a specific architectural lens, this book exposes the role the British Empire played in the development of apartheid. Through reference to previously unexamined archival material, the book uncovers a myriad of mechanisms through which Empire laid the foundations onto which the edifice of apartheid was built. It unearths the significant role British architects and British architectural ideas
... Přečtěte si více
The "Most Segregated City in America"

City Planning and Civil Rights in Birmingham, 1920–1980

podle Charles E. Connerly, Center for American Places ...

Série série Center Books
One of Planetizen’s Top Ten Books of 2006"But for Birmingham," Fred Shuttleworth recalled President John F. Kennedy saying in June 1963 when he invited black leaders to meet with him, "we would not be here today." Birmingham is well known for its civil rights history, particularly for the violent white-on-black bombings that occurred there in the 1960s, resulting in the city’s nickname "Bombingham ... Přečtěte si více

790,19 Kč

One of Planetizen’s Top Ten Books of 2006"But for Birmingham," Fred Shuttleworth recalled President John F. Kennedy saying in June 1963 when he invited black leaders to meet with him, "we would not be here today." Birmingham is well known for its civil rights history, particularly for the violent white-on-black bombings that occurred there in the 1960s, resulting in the city’s nickname "Bombingham
... Přečtěte si více
Vivre avec… / Living with…

podle Collectif ...

Cet ouvrage interroge les capacités de l’architecture à faire face aux défis climatiques, aux conflits et à l’instabilité du monde. Comment continuer à habiter sur cette planète, en inventant, avec ces défis, de nouveaux modes de vie ? Vivre avec l’existant, les proximités, l’abîmé, les vulnérabilités, la nature, les intelligences réunies. This book explores architecture’s ability to meet the ... Přečtěte si více

499,00 Kč

Cet ouvrage interroge les capacités de l’architecture à faire face aux défis climatiques, aux conflits et à l’instabilité du monde. Comment continuer à habiter sur cette planète, en inventant, avec ces défis, de nouveaux modes de vie ? Vivre avec l’existant, les proximités, l’abîmé, les vulnérabilités, la nature, les intelligences réunies. This book explores architecture’s ability to meet the
... Přečtěte si více
Rural Accessibility in European Regions

Upravil: Elisabetta Vitale Brovarone, Giancarlo Cotella, Luca Staricco ...

Rural Accessibility in European Regions explores concepts, methodologies, and case studies dealing with accessibility in European rural areas, embracing cultural, socioeconomic, and governance aspects that play a key role for accessibility policies in rural and peripheral areas.In the first part, the chapters introduce rural accessibility challenges, present a methodology to support policymaking ... Přečtěte si více

1 114,48 Kč

Rural Accessibility in European Regions explores concepts, methodologies, and case studies dealing with accessibility in European rural areas, embracing cultural, socioeconomic, and governance aspects that play a key role for accessibility policies in rural and peripheral areas.In the first part, the chapters introduce rural accessibility challenges, present a methodology to support policymaking
... Přečtěte si více
The City in Geography

Renaturing the Built Environment

podle Benedict Anderson ...

Série série Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design
Monumental in scale and epic in development, cities have become the most visible and significant symbol of human progress. The geography on and around which they are constructed, however, has come to be viewed merely in terms of its resources and is often laid to waste once its assets have been stripped. The City in Geography is an urban exploration through this phenomenon, from settlement to city ... Přečtěte si více

1 309,57 Kč

Monumental in scale and epic in development, cities have become the most visible and significant symbol of human progress. The geography on and around which they are constructed, however, has come to be viewed merely in terms of its resources and is often laid to waste once its assets have been stripped. The City in Geography is an urban exploration through this phenomenon, from settlement to city
... Přečtěte si více
Searching for the Just City

Debates in Urban Theory and Practice

Upravil: Peter Marcuse, James Connolly, Johannes Novy, Ingrid Olivo, Cuz Potter, Justin Steil ...

Série série Questioning Cities
Cities are many things. Among their least appealing aspects, cities are frequently characterized by concentrations of insecurity and exploitation. Cities have also long represented promises of opportunity and liberation. Public decision-making in contemporary cities is full of conflict, and principles of justice are rarely the explicit basis for the resolution of disputes. If today’s cities are ... Přečtěte si více

1 365,30 Kč

Cities are many things. Among their least appealing aspects, cities are frequently characterized by concentrations of insecurity and exploitation. Cities have also long represented promises of opportunity and liberation. Public decision-making in contemporary cities is full of conflict, and principles of justice are rarely the explicit basis for the resolution of disputes. If today’s cities are
... Přečtěte si více
Cultural Mega-Events

Opportunities and Risks for Heritage Cities

podle Zachary M. Jones ...

Série série Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design
Mega-events have long been used by cities as a strategy to secure global recognition and attract future economic investment. However, while cultural mega-events like the European Capital of Culture have become increasingly popular, cities have begun questioning the traditional model of other events such as the Olympic Games with many candidate cities cancelling bids in recent years. This approach ... Přečtěte si více

1 170,22 Kč

Mega-events have long been used by cities as a strategy to secure global recognition and attract future economic investment. However, while cultural mega-events like the European Capital of Culture have become increasingly popular, cities have begun questioning the traditional model of other events such as the Olympic Games with many candidate cities cancelling bids in recent years. This approach
... Přečtěte si více
Per nuove narrazioni della città

diritto alla creatività e diritto alla bellezza

podle Giovanni Cerami ...

Série Kniha 6 - UNIVERSITY PRESS
Bisogna riconoscere che scopriamo quotidianamente segnali di forte e nuova vitalità per realizzare nuove e più giuste modalità di relazione fra individui, comunità e istituzioni: il che esprime il bisogno di una dimensione poetica per la nostra esistenza.Un esempio molto significativo è costituito dalle tante iniziative in corso che, con grande ricchezza di contenuti e notevole capacità di ... Přečtěte si více

205,97 Kč nebo zdarma s Kobo Plus

Bisogna riconoscere che scopriamo quotidianamente segnali di forte e nuova vitalità per realizzare nuove e più giuste modalità di relazione fra individui, comunità e istituzioni: il che esprime il bisogno di una dimensione poetica per la nostra esistenza.Un esempio molto significativo è costituito dalle tante iniziative in corso che, con grande ricchezza di contenuti e notevole capacità di
... Přečtěte si více
Third World Urbanization

podle J. Abu-Lughod, R. Jr Hay ...

First published in 2006. Despite the growing significance of the Third World and the critical nature of its urbanization, there are few synthetic books covering more than one region of the Third World which can be used either by scholars seeking an overview of the process of world urbanization or by students in the growing number of courses now being offered in the field of comparative urbanism. ... Přečtěte si více

1 337,43 Kč

First published in 2006. Despite the growing significance of the Third World and the critical nature of its urbanization, there are few synthetic books covering more than one region of the Third World which can be used either by scholars seeking an overview of the process of world urbanization or by students in the growing number of courses now being offered in the field of comparative urbanism.
... Přečtěte si více

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Plánování elektronické knihy

Life Between Buildings

A Natural History of Empty Lots

The High Cost of Free Parking

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Walkable City

European Planning History in the 20th Century

Humanise

The New Urban Crisis

Cities for People

A City's Architecture

The Right to Landscape

En terreno común

Lewis Mumford and Patrick Geddes

Economic and Environmental Cost of Traffic Congestion in India

The Earth, the City, and the Hidden Narrative of Race

Building Apartheid

The "Most Segregated City in America"

Vivre avec… / Living with…

Rural Accessibility in European Regions

The City in Geography

Searching for the Just City

Cultural Mega-Events

Per nuove narrazioni della città

Third World Urbanization