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  • Urban Design: Street and Square

    This book, part of a series of four, offers a detailed analysis of urban design, covering the streets, squares and buildings that make up the public face of towns and cities. It outlines the theory of the principal features of urban design from which method is developed and provides a better understanding of the main elements of urban design. This includes the arrangement, design and details of ... Read more

    R1 495,62

  • Neuroscience for Designing Green Spaces

    Contemplative Landscapes

    Urban parks and gardens are where people go to reconnect with nature and destress. But do they all provide the same benefits or are some better than others? What specific attributes set some green spaces apart? Can we objectively measure their impact on mental health and well-being? If so, how do we use this evidence to guide the design of mentally healthy cities?The Contemplative Landscape Model ... Read more

    R847,41

  • Terrarium City

    This exposition presents the blueprint for a future city. Its detailed design is a complete overhaul of contemporary layouts and bestows numerous new benefits. Some of the highlights are: every residential property overlooks a park; pedestrians never cross the path of a vehicle; commuters travel from point to point without encountering an intersection; nobody walks from their car to their ... Read more

    Free

  • Reading the Landscape Notebook

    Series Book 2 - Landscape Notebooks
    The notebook, which received an award from the Institute of Landscape Architecture of Southern Africa, provides a brief overview of the role of natural systems in landscape and environmental planning, based on an approach of 'reading the landscape', with emphasis on the South African context. Drawing on several disciplines relating to the natural and human sciences, it is aimed primarily at ... Read more

    R232,75

  • Ten Cities that Led the World

    From Ancient Foundations to Modern Powerhouses – a remarkable history

    'A book of ideas [...] Strathern ably guides us through these moments of glory.' -- The Times*****Great cities are complex, chaotic and colossal. These are cities that dominate the world stage and define eras; where ideas flourish, revolutions are born and history is made.**Through ten unique cities, from the founding of ancient capitals to buzzing modern megacities, Paul Strathern explores how ... Read more

    R248,27

  • Urban Blue Spaces

    Planning and Design for Water, Health and Well-Being

    This book presents an evidence-based approach to landscape planning and design for urban blue spaces that maximises the benefits to human health and well-being while minimising the risks. Based on applied research and evidence from primary and secondary data sources stemming from the EU-funded BlueHealth project, the book presents nature-based solutions to promote sustainable and resilient cities ... Read more

    Free

  • Local Governments and Climate Change

    Sustainable Energy Planning and Implementation in Small and Medium Sized Communities

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Global warming is changing the world as we know it. Climate change can have catastrophic impacts in numerous cities across the world. It is time for us to react – quickly and effectively. The European Community (EC) has been leading the fight against climate change, making it one of its top priorities. We have introduced the most ambitious targets of their kind, known as the “20/20/20 by 2020” ... Read more

    R3 472,30

  • Building and Dwelling

    Ethics for the City

    **'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

    R460,56

  • Small Change

    About the Art of Practice and the Limits of Planning in Cities

    by Nabeel Hamdi ...
    What exactly is 'small change'?Build a bus stop in an urban slum and a vibrant community sprouts and grows around it - that is the power of small changes that have huge positive effects.This book is an argument for the wisdom of the street, the ingenuity of the improvisers and the long-term, large-scale effectiveness of immediate, small-scale actions. Written by Nabeel Hamdi, the guru of urban ... Read more

    R1 046,86

  • The Placemaker's Guide to Building Community

    by Nabeel Hamdi ...
    Series series Earthscan Tools for Community Planning
    From the author of Small Change comes this engaging guide to placemaking, packed with practical skills and tools that architects, planners, urban designers and other built environment specialists need in order to engage effectively with development work in any context.Drawing on four decades of practical and teaching experience, the author offers fresh insight into the complexities faced by ... Read more

    R897,27

  • Housing and Social Policy

    Contemporary Themes and Critical Perspectives

    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

  • Contemporary Co-housing in Europe

    Towards Sustainable Cities?

    This book investigates co-housing as an alternative housing form in relation to sustainable urban development.Co-housing is often lauded as a more sustainable way of living. The primary aim of this book is to critically explore co-housing in the context of wider social, economic, political and environmental developments. This volume fills a gap in the literature by contextualising co-housing and ... Read more

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  • Darwin Comes to Town

    See your city through fresh eyesWe are marching towards a future in which three-quarters of humans live in cities, and a large portion of the planet's landmass is urbanized. With much of the rest covered by human-shaped farms, pasture, and plantations, where can nature still go? To the cities -- is Menno Schilthuizen's answer in this remarkable book. And with more and more wildlife carving out new ... Read more

    R248,27

  • Crime Prevention and the Built Environment

    With a comprehensive analysis, this book links theory, evidence and practical application to bridge gaps between planning, design and criminology. The authors investigate connections between crime prevention and development planning with an international approach, looking at initiatives in the field and incorporating an understanding of current responses to the growth of technology and terrorism. ... Read more

    R1 645,21

  • Landscape Architecture, Fifth Edition

    A Manual of Environmental Planning and Design

    The most comprehensive, current guide to the theory and practice of landscape architectureFor more than 50 years, this pioneering guide has served as the foremost resource on the principles and practices of landscape architecture. Now, the book has been revised to address the latest developments in the field, providing a comprehensive, current presentation of the profession.Richly illustrated with ... Read more

    R1 490,50

  • Goiânia de Attilio Corrêa Lima (1932 a 1935)

    Ideal estético e realidade política

    Attilio nunca desistiu de Goiânia. A pesquisa realizada pela arquiteta e urbanista Anamaria Diniz propõe um contraponto e uma reparação à história oficial sobre o planejamento urbano da capital do estado de Goiás, realizado por Attilio Corrêa Lima. Para isso, ela se utiliza de fontes primárias e documentos inéditos capazes de comprovar a conclusão e a entrega do trabalho de idealização de uma ... Read more

    R196,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Det ældste København

    Københavns historie strækker sig mange hundrede år tilbage i tiden. Den første skriftlige kilde, der nævner stedet, er pave Urban, der i 1186 tildeler ærkebiskop Absalon "borgen Havn med dens tilliggende", og siden da har byen vokset og er blevet smukkere og smukkere år for år. A.D. Jørgensen fortæller om Københavns tidligste historie, om den rolle, byen har spillet i landets historie og om dens ... Read more

    R103,72

  • Waterfronts Revisited

    European ports in a historic and global perspective

    Series series Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design
    Waterfronts Revisited addresses the historical evolution of the relationship between port and city and re-examines waterfront development by looking at the urban territory and historical city in their complexity and entirety.By identifying guiding values, urban patterns and typologies, and local needs and experiences, cities can break the isolation of the harbor by reconnecting it to the urban ... Read more

    R1 221,38

  • Retaining and Transitioning Businesses in Communities

    Strategies in a New Era

    Series series Community Development Research and Practice Series
    This edited collection presents successful business succession planning in smaller rural communities where profit margins are low, markets are shrinking, and there are few potential buyers. Finding innovative ways to successfully transition these businesses to new owners is at the heart of community and economic development efforts if many of these communities are to thrive in the future. Chapters ... Read more

    R1 046,86

  • Smart Cities

    Lock-in, Path-dependence and Non-linearity of Digitalization and Smartification

    This book seeks to identify and to examine factors and mechanisms underlying the growth and development of smart cities.It is commonplace to discuss smart cities through the lens of advances in ICT. The resulting overemphasis on what is technologically possible downplays what is politically, socially and economically feasible. This book, by analysing the smart city through a variety of ... Read more

    R1 321,11

  • Building a Multimodal Future

    Connecting Real Estate Development and Transportation Demand Management to Ease Gridlock

    Whether you are a developer, planner, or property owner, if concerns about traffic impacts of proposed development are a challenge, this book offers solutions. Learn about best practices in transportation demand management and make the case by showing how ten communities across the nation implemented these policies and got results. ... Read more

    R756,77 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Counting Your Fortune

    Managing Your Bigger Future

    Series Book 3 - The Land to Lots Trilogy
    Do you have what it takes to manage your plans for the long haul?The entitlement and financing structure of your master planned community might be planned and implemented perfectly, but what happens next? If you're not carefully overseeing your project and related financing requirements for the duration of your project, all the work you've put into the project may be for nothing and you risk ... Read more

    R155,12

  • New Suburbanism: Sustainable Tall Building Development

    Series series Design and the Built Environment
    Much of the anticipated future growth in the United States will take place in suburbia. The critical challenge is how to accommodate this growth in a sustainable and resilient manner. This book explores the role of suburban tall as a viable, sustainable alternative to continued suburban sprawl. It identifies 10 spatial patterns in which tall buildings have been integrated into the American suburbs ... Read more

    R1 221,38

  • Political Postmodernisms

    Architecture in Chile and Poland, 1970–1990

    by Lidia Klein ...
    Series series Architext
    Political Postmodernisms shows how sites outside of Western Europe and North America undermine an established narrative of architecture theory and history. It focuses specifically on postmodern architecture, which is traditionally understood as embodying the flippant and apolitical aesthetics of capitalist affluence. By investigating postmodern architecture’s manifestations in the unlikely ... Read more

    R972,07