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  • Cities After Crisis

    Reinventing Neighborhood Design from the Ground-Up

    by Carlos Vazquez ...
    Cities After Crisis shows how urbanism and urban design is redefining cities after the global health, economic, and environmental crises of the past decades. The book details how these crises have led to a new urban vision—from avantgarde modern design to an artisan aesthetic that calls for simplicity and the everyday, from the sustainable development paradigm to a resilient vision that defends de ... Read more

    Free

  • Métapolis

    Ou l’avenir des villes

    by François Ascher ...
    Les grandes villes sont le lieu par excellence où les hommes créent, échangent, se rencontrent. Pourtant, on les rend souvent responsables de tous nos maux. François Ascher analyse ici la tendance actuelle à la concentration des hommes, des activités et des richesses dans les métropoles. Est-elle généralisée ? Quelles formes concrètes prend-elle ? Les nouveaux modes de communication vont-ils l ... Read more

    19,99 €

  • Urban Design Futures

    Edited by Malcolm Moor, Jon Rowland ...
    The last decade has seen the rise of urban design which has taken a central position in the new agendas for urban regeneration and renaissance. Urban design has moved from marginality to mainstream. The principles espoused by urban designers over the past thirty years are now accepted as key to a better urban environment and as we move towards greater sustainability, different ideas are emerging ... Read more

    Free

  • Housing and Social Policy

    Contemporary Themes and Critical Perspectives

    Edited by Peter Somerville, Nigel Sprigings ...
    Series series Housing and Society Series
    This topical book transforms the analysis of housing problems into a lively, interesting and contentious subject of social scientific study, addressing themes of residential experience, inclusion/empowerment, sustainability and professionalism/managerialism, which lie at the heart of the housing and social policy debate. Each chapter considers a specific social category - such as class, gender, or ... Read more

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  • Il Paesaggio Agrario: dal vincolo alla gestione negoziata

    by Nicoletta Ferrucci, Marco Brocca ...
    Il paesaggio agrario è un osservatorio privilegiato delle politiche paesaggistiche attuali, di cui denota limiti e potenzialità. Il regime di tipo vincolistico plasmato dal legislatore vale come presidio per la tutela del territorio, ma può anche ostacolare gli usi agricoli e le trasformazioni per finalità economiche proprie del settore agricolo. Il volume sostiene dunque la necessità di non ... Read more

    26,99 €

  • Building and Dwelling

    Ethics for the City

    by Richard Sennett ...
    **'Thank god for Richard Sennett ... essential reading for all students of the city' Anna Minton, Prospect'Constantly stimulating ideas from a veteran of urban thinking' Jonathan Meades, Guardian**In Building and Dwelling, Richard Sennett distils a lifetime's thinking and practical experience to explore the relationship between the good built environment and the good life. He argues for, and ... Read more

    17,99 €

  • Human Transit (Revised Edition)

    How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives

    by Jarrett Walker ...
    An updated and expanded new edition of an acclaimed book about how to make public transportation work better for everyoneTransportation expert Jarrett Walker believes that transit can be simple, if we focus on the underlying geometry that all transit systems share. In this revised edition of his acclaimed Human Transit*,* he provides the basic tools and critical questions needed to make smarter ... Read more

    26,70 €

  • Curbing Traffic

    The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives

    by Chris Bruntlett, Melissa Bruntlett ...
    In 2019, mobility experts Melissa and Chris Bruntlett began a new adventure in Delft in the Netherlands. They had packed up their family in Vancouver, BC, and moved to Delft to experience the biking city as residents rather than as visitors. A year earlier they had become unofficial ambassadors for Dutch cities with the publication of their first book Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint ... Read more

    22,89 €

  • Manchester

    Something rich and strange

    Edited by Paul Dobraszczyk, Sarah Butler ...
    What is Manchester? Moving far from the glitzy shopping districts and architectural showpieces, away from cool city-centre living and modish cultural centres, this book shows us the unheralded, under-appreciated and overlooked parts of Greater Manchester in which the majority of Mancunians live, work and play. It tells the story of the city thematically, using concepts such a ‘material’, ... Read more

    11,44 €

  • GIS-Based Simulation and Analysis of Intra-Urban Commuting

    by Yujie Hu, Fahui Wang ...
    Commuting, the daily link between residences and workplaces, sets up the complex interaction between the two most important land uses (residential and employment) in a city, and dictates the configuration of urban structure. In addition to prolonged time and stress for individual commuters on traffic, commuting comes with additional societal costs including elevated crash risks, worsening air ... Read more

    31,74 €

  • Monumenti e spirito del tempo

    Segni del potere e gerarchie dei valori

    by Emma De Zardo ...
    Il volume vuole offrire una presa di consapevolezza rispetto al superamento delle forme d'espressione monumentale per come le abbiamo immaginate fino ad ora e tenta di aprire uno scenario di riflessione per ipotizzare quali possano essere i nuovi criteri e le nuove strategie da attuare nella creazione di un glossario monumentale contemporaneo e comune. ... Read more

    16,99 €

  • Vingt ans d'urbanisme amoureux à Paris

    1982-2001

    by Jacques Marvillet ...
    L'auteur, qui a été l'un des responsables de l'urbanisme de Paris pendant cette période, nous fait partager sa passion pour Paris, en décrivant les choix qui ont été effectués et de nombreuses réalisations concrètes. Ses propos s'appuient sur des données historiques, juridiques et techniques solides. Il conduit le lecteur du Faubourg Saint-Antoine au bas Belleville, en passant par le nouveau ... Read more

    18,99 €

  • Territoires de conflits

    Analyses des mutations de l'occupation de l'espace

    by Thierry Kirat, André Torre ...
    Cet ouvrage se propose de faire le point sur les problématiques de territorialisation des conflits d'usage engendrés par les mutations de l'occupation de l'espace, qui se posent dans différentes sciences sociales : en géographie et aménagement, en urbanisme, mais aussi en sociologie, en anthropologie et en économie. ... Read more

    24,99 €

  • La ville et ses périphéries

    Un conflit inévitable ?

    by Dominique Oudot ...
    En promulguant les lois Chevènement et Voynet de 1999 et SRU de 2000, le législateur entendait faire émerger des cadres de réfléxion et d'action à l'échelle des aires urbaines et réduire les concurrences intercommunales. Loin d'avoir unifié les aires urbaines d'Angers, du Mans et de Tours, la dynamique intercommunale les a fragmentées en entités davantage concurrentes que solidaires. ... Read more

    13,99 €

  • The Routledge International Handbook of Walking

    Edited by C. Michael Hall, Yael Ram, Noam Shoval ...
    Walking is an essentially human activity. From a basic means of transport and opportunity for leisure through to being a religious act, walking has served as a significant philosophical, literary and historical subject. Thoreau’s 1851 lecture on Walking or the Romantic walks of the Wordsworths at Grasmere in the early 19th Century, for example, helped create a philosophical foundation for the ... Read more

    62,27 €

  • The Creation of Markets for Ecosystem Services in the United States

    The Challenge of Trading Places

    by Mattijs van Maasakkers ...
    Series Book 1 - Anthem Environment and Sustainability Initiative
    The Creation of Markets for Ecosystem Services in the United States is a detailed analysis of the most advanced efforts to create markets for ecosystem services in the United States. With the help of in-depth case studies of three well-known attempts to create such markets––in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, the Ohio River basin and the Willamette River basin––the book explains why very few of these ... Read more

    24,90 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Vers un mouvement social urbain poétique ?

    Une étude à Mexico

    by Christy (Chryssanthi) Petropoulou ...
    En étudiant le cas des Poètes en Construction de Nezahualcoyolt (México), cet ouvrage propose une réflexion sur la potentialité de création d'un "mouvement social urbain poétique" qui se développe dans les "quartiers d'origine spontanée". Cette étude analyse la création d'un mouvement social urbain poétique à Mexico. Prise dans une histoire sociale, la poétique urbaine évolue en se mêlant d'une ... Read more

    9,99 €

  • Festività carnevalizie, valori culturali immateriali e città storiche.

    Una risorsa per lo sviluppo turistico di qualità del Mezzogiorno

    by AA. VV. ...
    Il volume verte sui valori del patrimonio culturale immateriale insito nelle festività laiche e nei rituali carnevalizi tradizionali e mette in evidenza, all’interno dei numerosi carnevali italiani ed europei, la ricchezza e l’antichità delle tradizioni del patrimoniodel Mezzogiorno e della Campania in particolare. In tal senso il volume affronta il tema della conservazione urbana integrata e la ... Read more

    44,99 €

  • La città romana

    by Paul Zanker ...
    Translated by Anna Maria Senatore ...
    «Chi parla di una tipica 'città romana' intende, di norma, una città a pianta ortogonale, come quelle che si incontrano nelle regioni che una volta formavano la parte occidentale dell'Impero».È quasi un paradosso: rispetto a questa struttura, Roma non si presenta affatto come una tipica 'città romana'. Ma è Roma che ha fatto da modello per intere generazioni, in particolare per le più importanti ... Read more

    10,99 €

  • Landscape, Well-Being and Environment

    Edited by Richard Coles, Zoe Millman ...
    Well-being is now firmly established as an overarching theme of key concern to all professionals that work, manage or design the environment. However, well-being is a complex multi-dimensional issue rooted in the ways that we encounter, perceive and interpret the environment. No single discipline can claim to have sufficient knowledge to fully explain the types of interactions that occur, ... Read more

    68,38 €

  • The Basics of Modern Economic Revitalization: An Overview of the Fundamentals of Economic Revitalization in Urban Planning.

    by Harry Brooks ...
    Economic revitalization serves as a crucial catalyst for transforming communities, particularly those that have faced decline due to industrial shifts, urban decay, or socioeconomic challenges. This chapter delves into the intricate relationship between economic strategies and revitalization efforts, highlighting how targeted economic initiatives can breathe new life into struggling areas. ... Read more

    12,99 €

  • Habiter à côté des SDF

    Représentations et attitudes face à la pauvreté

    by Marie Loison-Leruste ...
    Les personnes sans domicile sont des figures emblématiques de l'exclusion moderne. Habiter à côté des SDF, c'est être confronté à l'altérité, à la marginalité et aux inégalités sociales et économiques qu'ils représentent. En interrogeant les catégories "ordinaires" forgées par les voisins des sans-domicile, il s'agit d'appréhender comment ces personnes sont perçues et le type de réactions qu'elles ... Read more

    22,99 €

  • Parks for Profit

    Selling Nature in the City

    by Kevin Loughran ...
    A new kind of city park has emerged in the early twenty-first century. Postindustrial parks transform the derelict remnants of an urban past into distinctive public spaces that meld repurposed infrastructure, wild-looking green space, and landscape architecture. For their proponents, they present an opportunity to turn disused areas into neighborhood anchors, with a host of environmental and ... Read more

    22,99 €

  • Vienna

    Still a Just City?

    Edited by Yuri Kazepov, Roland Verwiebe ...
    This book explores and debates the urban transformations that have taken place in Vienna over the past 30 years and their consequences in policy fields such as labour and housing, political and social participation and the environment. Historically, European cities have been characterised by a strong association between social cohesion, quality of life, economic ambition and a robust State. Vienna ... Read more

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