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  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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

  • 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 €

  • 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

  • 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 €

  • 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

    30,43 €

  • Early Planning Utopias

    A Feminist Critique

    by Dorina Pojani, Cathy Keys, Rory Little ...
    There is little doubt that urban planning has historically failed women. To liberate the profession from patriarchal influences, it is necessary to revisit the preconceptions that shaped early efforts to design new cities or improve existing ones. This book critiques the work of twenty male planning luminaries who proposed urban models, interventions, and approaches on both sides of the North ... Read more

    24,79 €

  • 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 €

  • Housing Regeneration

    A Plan for Implementation

    by V. Charles Ward ...
    Written from an ‘in house’ perspective in response to the UK Government Housing White Paper released in February 2017, Housing Regeneration: A Plan for Implementation presents sustainable solutions to Britain’s housing crisis and will be a useful practical guide for anyone involved in the process of regeneration. Taking as its starting point an idea for a housing regeneration scheme, it provides ... Read more

    30,43 €

  • Catastrophe in the Making

    The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow

    by William R. Freudenburg, Robert B. Gramling, Shirley Laska, Kai Erikson ...
    When houses are flattened, towns submerged, and people stranded without electricity or even food, we attribute the suffering to “natural disasters” or “acts of God.” But what if they’re neither? What if we, as a society, are bringing these catastrophes on ourselves?That’s the provocative theory of Catastrophe in the Making, the first book to recognize Hurricane Katrina not as a “perfect storm,” ... Read more

    22,14 €

  • 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 €

  • Urbanismo judicial

    Jurisprudencia para la ciudad del futuro

    by Rafael Fernández Valverde, gráfica futura ...
    Series Book 5 - Sin Prejuicios
    ¿Cómo las administraciones públicas o los tribunales pueden enjuiciar, en el estricto marco del recurso judicial, desde la perspectiva de la norma y del derecho, una ordenación urbanística? Estamos convencidos de que, con la adecuada aplicación de una serie de principios esenciales, deducibles de la normativa, de la práctica y la jurisprudencia actuales, es posible mantener los valores ... Read more

    6,99 € 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 €

  • An Introduction to Spatial Planning in the Netherlands

    by Patrick Witte, Thomas Hartmann ...
    This book provides an introduction to spatial planning in the Netherlands. It explores the academic underpinnings of the discipline and its practical implications, making use of insights on planning practices from the Netherlands. As an academic book with relevance for spatial planning teaching and practice, the relation between planning practice and planning as an academic discipline are ... Read more

    25,56 €

  • Shelter and Service Issues for Aging Populations

    International Perspectives

    by Leon A Pastalan ...
    Shelter and Service Issues for Aging Populations takes you for an inside look at what policies in Western Europe, Canada, and the United States have done to meet the housing and service needs of the elderly and the disabled and what policies have yet to accomplish. As you learn about a wide range of cost-effective and successful housing options, such as congregate housing, home equity conversions, ... Read more

    46,26 €

  • Figure de la ville et construction des savoirs

    Architecture, urbanisme, géographie

    Edited by Frédéric Pousin ...
    Series series Hors collection
    Devant l’inflation des images de la ville, il importe de mettre en œuvre un questionnement scientifique, susceptible d’éclairer leur rôle dans le développement des savoirs et des pratiques de l’intervention spatiale. Trois disciplines sont ici principalement interrogées pour traiter de la construction des figurations urbaines, de leurs effets, de leurs modes de circulation : l’architecture, l ... Read more

    9,99 €

  • Empoderamiento comunitario en la construcción de viviendas saludables

    Zonas vulnerables de Bogotá

    by César Augusto García Ubaque, Camilo Alberto Torres Parra, Juan Carlos García Ubaque ...
    La importancia de tener una adecuada habitabilidad de las viviendas la cual se ve reflejada en contar con una unidad habitacional saludable donde el núcleo familiar se pueda desarrollar con dignidad, seguridad y pertenencia; es la base para desarrollar diversas propuestas encaminadas a mejorar las condiciones de calidad de vida de comunidades que se han desarrollado bajo el manto de la ... Read more

    3,49 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Compreendendo as Cidades

    Método em projeto urbano

    by Alexander R. Cuthbert ...
    Translated by Anita Di Marco, Anita Natividade ...
    Series series Urbanidades Fraturadas
    Livro inaugural de uma nova série da editora Perspectiva, Urbanidades Fraturadas, desenvolvida com o professor Leandro Medrano, da Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo, Compreendendo as Cidades, de Alexander Cuthbert, mapeia, organiza, conceitualiza e desenvolve as bases do urbanismo como um campo do saber estruturado sobre sólidas bases de conhecimentos, análises e ... Read more

    11,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • She City

    Designing Out Women’s Inequity in Cities

    by Nicole Kalms ...
    Rooted in feminist political thought, She City illuminates how gender shapes our urban spaces and city design. Through three sections: 'Resisting Sexist Cities', 'Designing Feminist Cities', and 'Prioritizing Safer Cities', Kalms examines barriers to women's public participation and focuses on the practical strategies, policies and actions to overcome them.Addressing significant themes such as ... Read more

    25,11 €