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  • 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 €

  • 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

  • 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 €

  • 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

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • Ubaldo Badas

    La Colonia marina Dux a Cagliari. Architettura e video

    by AA. VV. ...
    Il volume raccoglie diversi contributi di studio sulla Colonia marina Dux a Cagliari maturati nell'ambito della ricerca regionale “Paesaggi d'acqua e progetto metropolitano” finanziata, nell'anno 2010|2011, dalla Regione Autonoma della Sardegna. Il lavoro si colloca in continuità con le esperienze di ricerca sul Recupero e la conservazione del patrimonio architettonico e urbano del Moderno ... Read more

    13,99 €

  • City-Sea Symbiosis

    Settlement Morphology Types in Zhuhai and Macau

    Edited by Yile Chen, Liang Zheng, Jianyi Zheng ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    City-Sea Symbiosis explores the unique human settlement forms in Zhuhai City and Macau. This book focuses on the diversity of human settlements in the Xiangshan area, covering clan settlements (Tangjiawan ancient town), island settlements (Guishan and Guihai on Guishan Island of Zhuhai City), commercial settlements (Dock, Pátio and Beco, Inner Harbor), and cross-border settlements (Hengqin), among ... Read more

    133,55 €

  • The Basics of Modern Historic Preservation: An Overview of the Fundamentals of Historic Preservation in Urban Planning.

    by Harry Brooks ...
    The significance of historic preservation in our rapidly changing urban landscapes cannot be overstated. As cities expand and evolve, the need to safeguard our cultural heritage becomes increasingly paramount. This eBook delves into the intricate relationship between historic preservation and urban planning, exploring the principles, challenges, and methodologies that define this vital field.In an ... Read more

    12,99 €

  • Dans l'ombre du Corbusier

    Ethnologie d'un habitat collectif ordinaire

    by Noel Jouenne ...
    Le quartier de Firminy-Vert est un quartier singulier, ceint de quatre oeuvres attribuées à Le Corbusier. L'oeuvre de l'architecte, célébrée en vue de la faire accéder au rang du patrimoine mondial, laisse planer une ombre qui masque la perception des vies ordinaires du quartier. L'enquête ethnologique qui débuta au Corbusier, dernière unité d'habitation, s'est déplacée afin d'observer et d ... Read more

    11,99 €

  • Handbook of Transportation Engineering Volume II, 2e

    by Myer Kutz ...
    The definitive transportation engineering resource--fully revised and updatedThe two-volume Handbook of Transportation Engineering, Second Edition offers practical, comprehensive coverage of the entire transportation engineering field. Featuring 18 new chapters and contributions from nearly 70 leading experts, this authoritative work discusses all types of transportation systems--freight, ... Read more

    158,46 €

  • Theory of Experience in Architecture and Urban Design

    Edited by Adolfo Benito Narváez Tijerina, Gabriela Carmona Ochoa ...
    This unique volume presents the practical tools for architects and urban designers to improve the work processes of architectural design—from conception to construction, taking into consideration the personalized world of users, architects, and urban designers. The volume starts from the conception of architectural space as a continuum that goes from the subjective depth of the mind to the ... Read more

    169,76 €

  • Protagonistas del cambio

    Conjunto de viviendas de baja altura: Rosario, 1950-1970

    by Aníbal Julio Moliné, Gina De Gaspari, Candela Méndez ...
    Partiendo de la premisa de que la formación y evolución urbana de Rosario (Argentina) se ha dado de manera sigilosa, se intenta descubrir y reflexionar a partir de 100 casos de estudio sobre los patrones que guiaron y marcaron esta evolución, logrando así compilar un aporte crítico-histórico, analítico y proyectual de las obras que han sido "protagonistas del cambio".El libro, resultado de una ... Read more

    Was 9,49 € Now 8,49 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Third Coast Atlas

    Prelude to a Plan

    Edited by Daniel Ibanez, Clare Lyster, Charles Waldheim, Mason White ...
    Measuring over 10,000 miles, the Great Lakes coastline, known as the “third coast,” is longer than the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines of the United States combined. It is difficult to overstate the history and future of the region as both a contested and opportunistic site for urbanism. Envisaged as a comprehensive “atlas,” this publication comprises in-depth analysis of the landscapes, hydrology ... Read more

    35,39 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Progetti di paesaggio per i luoghi rifiutati

    by AA. VV. ...
    Gli autori di questa ricerca, finanziata dal MIUR nel quadro di un'intensa attenzione rivolta al paesaggio dalla comunità scientifica, hanno voluto affrontare uno dei più centrali e dibattuti temi posto in evidenza dalla Convenzione Europea del Paesaggio: la necessità che l'attenzione paesaggistica non sia riservata, com'è accaduto fino ad oggi, solo alle aree di particolare valore e interesse, ma ... Read more

    34,99 €

  • Santa Bárbara, el barrio que no soportó las tempestades

    Recuperación de una historia disidente en el proceso de construcción del relato histórico de Bogotá entre 1980 y 1983

    by Stephanie Carolina Sarmiento Rojas ...
    Series Book 2 - Opera Prima
    En 1994, María Mercedes Carranza planteó una pregunta sobre el desarrollo urbano disímil en el centro de la ciudad: "Bueno sería saber qué fue aquello que preservó de perecer a La Candelaria que no pudo evitar, por ejemplo, el arrasamiento reciente de Santa Bárbara, hermoso barrio colonial del Centro Histórico de Bogotá". Esta pregunta de la escritora colombiana remite al proceso de construcción ... Read more

    3,49 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Design Resilience in Asia

    Thinking the Unpredictable, Designing with Uncertainty

    Edited by Oscar Carracedo García-Villalba, Mia M. Bennett ...
    The book is organized according to ‘seven inspirations’ – seven ideas – and presents a collection of theoretical essays and a set of provocative and innovative solutions to design, plan and build urban resilience in uncertain and unpredictable scenarios.Led by the National University of Singapore School of Design and Environment, presents the research by design results of four consecutive years in ... Read more

    35,39 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Louvain-la-Neuve à la croisée des chemins

    by Jean Remy, Laconte pierre ...
    Le plan directeur du groupe Urbanisme Architecture (1970) reste après un demi-siècle le cadre du développement de la ville universitaire. La personnalité de Raymond Lemaire joua un rôle décisif dans l'orientation culturaliste du projet, c'est-à-dire l'accent sur le respect du site naturel, l'échelle humaine, la qualité de vie et la référence à la ville universitaire ancienne. Le site universitaire ... Read more

    25,99 €

  • The Corner: The Geometry of Waiting, Watching and Becoming

    by Izhar ul Haq ...
    In cities, we often pay attention to the big things—roads, flyovers, buildings, and grand projects. But the real texture of urban life is shaped by small, ordinary spaces that quietly hold our routines together. One of the most overlooked of these spaces is the corner.A corner is where movement slows down. It is where people pause, wait, meet, observe, and become visible to one another. It is ... Read more

    2,99 €

  • Cultural Planning

    An Urban Renaissance?

    by Graeme Evans ...
    Using an historic and contemporary analysis, Cultural Planning examines how and why the cultures have been planned and the extent to which cultural amenities have been considered in town planning. From its ancient roots in the cities of classical Athenian, Roman and Byzantium empires, to the European Renaissance, public culture shows both an historic continuity and contemporary response to ... Read more

    76,93 €