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  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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

    Free

  • 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

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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

  • 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 €

  • Les interventions sociales de proximité

    by Mustafa Poyraz ...
    Les enjeux liés aux espaces de proximité, où les problèmes de la pauvreté, de l'exclusion, de l'immigration et de la jeunesse s'exposent de façon marquante, occupent une place de plus en plus importante dans la politique publique. Ces différentes contributions tentent d'analyser les interventions sociales dans ces espaces. Le positionnement des centres sociaux et des maisons de quartier, ponts ... Read more

    11,99 €

  • Baigner et laver son corps en ville

    Aménagements, politiques et expériences

    by Lucie Bony, Marie Chabrol ...
    Ce dossier appréhende des espaces de bain souvent dissociés, ceux liés à la propreté et à l’hygiène et ceux liés aux loisirs, au bien-être ou aux rituels religieux. Il traite de nombreux lieux en ville : rivières, canaux, piscines, bains-douches, hammams, douches associatives, douches pour chauffeurs routiers, etc. Leur diversité incite à questionner les héritages géographiques, culturels et ... Read more

    20,99 €

  • Maison Virtuelle

    by Ines Oussaifi ...
    Series series Collector’s digital edition 2025
    Maison Virtuelle: Collector’s Digital Edition is a visionary exploration of how artificial intelligence is transforming the future of luxury design. Blending timeless aesthetics with emerging technologies, this book invites readers into a new era where creativity is amplified by machine intelligence and design becomes more immersive, emotional, and sustainable.Through conceptual reinterpretations ... Read more

    10,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Porto Torres colonia Iulia Turris Libisonis

    dallo scavo al piano urbanistico

    by Petruzzi Enrico ...
    Collana RINNOVARE LA TUTELA Esito di un'evoluzione dell'organismo urbano avviata con la fondazione della Colonia Iulia Turris Libisonis, dopo la metà del I sec. a.C., Porto Torres costituisce uno degli ambiti di più intensa sperimentazione dell'archeologia urbana in Sardegna. L'eterogeneo bacino di informazioni scaturite dallo studio delle fonti letterarie ed epigrafiche, dall'analisi degli ... Read more

    13,99 €

  • Global Cities in Indonesia

    Advancing Inclusive Social Development Towards Societal Progress

    Edited by Henny Warsilah, Paulus Wirutomo ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book examines the development of global cities in Indonesia and proposes a new paradigm for urban development, grounded in inclusive social development. Inclusive development is defined as a new approach to development by developing an increasingly open environment, inviting and inclusive of everyone with different backgrounds, characteristics, abilities, status, conditions, ethnicities, and ... Read more

    133,55 €

  • Creating Inclusive Cities

    Territorial Rituals and Belonging

    by Fiorenza Gamba, Sandro Cattacin, Bob W. White ...
    Creating Inclusive Cities: Territorial Rituals and Belonging explores urban inclusion through the lens of territorial rituals. It challenges traditional approaches to urban integration by exploring how cities can foster inclusion through ritualised celebrations and events. Through detailed comparative analysis of urban rituals across Geneva, Montreal and Turin, the book demonstrates how ... Read more

    51,28 €

  • Cultures and Settlements. Advances in Art and Urban Futures, Volume 3

    by Dragica Potocnjak, Nicola Kirkham ...
    This volume considers the making of settlement as a process of identity formation. Taking the position that a culture signifies a way of life, it asks how cultural frameworks inform patterns of settlement, and how the built environment, as process and design, conditions cultural production and reception. The disciplinary fields this intersects include architecture, urban design, sociology, ... Read more

    24,79 €

  • Learning from Informal Settlements in Iran

    Models, Policies, Processes, and Outcomes

    by Mahyar Arefi ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explores the tenacity of Iran’s informal settlements against the backdrop of the World Bank’s USD 80 million loan for physical upgrading. Arefi seeks to identify and unravel the distinctive models, policies, processes, and outcomes associated with it, and explains why—despite obvious challenges—informal settlements remain popular in Iran, and also how understanding them in a broader ... Read more

    62,00 €

  • The Urbanism Reader

    Design, Technology, Culture and the Future of Cities

    Edited by Stefan Al, Tom Verebes ...
    Positioning design at the center of the debate, The Urbanism Reader brings together classic and contemporary readings to help designers understand the complexities of cities and urban design in the 21st century.The selection of readings presented here is uniquely tailored to a design perspective for architects and urban designers – balancing social issues in urbanism with a clear focus on ... Read more

    28,29 €

  • The Importance of Green Spaces in Urban Areas

    by Fiona Sterling ...
    In "The Importance of Green Spaces in Urban Areas," Fiona Sterling delves into the multifaceted benefits of urban green spaces and the essential role they play in creating sustainable and livable cities. Through comprehensive chapters, Sterling explores the psychological, social, economic, and environmental advantages that green spaces provide. The book highlights successful urban greening ... Read more

    3,17 €

  • Lessons from the British and French New Towns

    Paradise Lost?

    Edited by David Fée, Bob Colenutt, Sabine Coady Schäbitz ...
    Lessons from the British and French New Towns: Paradise Lost? explores the evolution of the New Towns in both France and the UK from several perspectives including public policy, sociology, geography and heritage.UK and French New Towns have many similarities in terms of the role of the national state in tackling urgent problems of housing and urban growth and in promoting innovative design and ... Read more

    82,56 €

  • 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 €

  • Rigenerazione urbana, innovazione sociale e cultura del progetto

    by AA. VV. ...
    Partendo da due casi concreti di trasformazione urbana che riflettono le nuove condizioni di cambiamento nel Mezzogiorno (Brancaccio, noto quartiere di Palermo, e Favara, comune della provincia di Agrigento), il volume raccoglie esperienze e testimonianze di più autori che a vario titolo operano concretamente la trasformazione urbana in modo diretto (istituzioni) o indiretto (università e ... Read more

    28,99 €