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Essays in Honour of Professor Jac. P. Thijsse on the Occasion of His Retirement as Professor of Comprehensive Planning of the Institute of Social Studies on July 8, 1966
Collection of essays on urbanization and social planning by former pupils and colleagues of professor jacobus pieter thijsse to mark the occasion of his retirement from the institute of social studies of the Netherlands - includes an account of his activities as a promotor of comprehensive planning and a bibliography of his works. References. Festschrift thijsse j.p. Biography thijsse j.p.
The Dynamic Landscape
The Dynamic Landscape advances a fusion of scientific and ecological planning design philosophy that can address the need for more sustainable designed landscapes. It is a major statement on the design, implementation and management of ecologically inspired landscape vegetation.
Erfgoed
History, geography, and auxiliary disciplines; Culture and history.
Jac. P. Thijsse Park
A richly illustrated book with specially commissioned photographs. Includes historical illustrations and sketches.
Garden History
Highly illustrated to present and explain in a most appealing way, the historic styles of gardens with particular emphasis on the philosophy of garden design. This carefully structured overview makes the large subject of garden history accessible to a wide range of readers. The sections on history and philosophy are written as succinct essays, illustrated with photographs or perspective drawings. The essays deal with the ideas and historical conditions, which led to the making of particular types of gardens. The section on styles will focus on plan analysis and will be illustrated. Diagrams illu.
Cars, Conduits, and Kampongs
Cars, Conduits and Kampongs offers a wide panorama of the modernization of Indonesian cities between 1920 and 1960. In examining the multiple responses to innovations introduced by Western colonialism, the contributors demonstrate how modernization, urbanization, and decolonization were intrinsically linked. A full text Open Access version will also become available.
Nature and Ideology
The essays in this volume explore the broad range of ideas about nature reflected in twentieth-century concepts of natural gardens and their ideological implications. They also investigate garden designers' use of earlier ideas of natural gardens and their relationship to the rich model that nature offers.
Understanding Nature
Science is not the only route to understanding nature. This volume presents a series of case studies in comparative epistemology, critically comparing the works of prominent representatives of the life sciences, such as Aristotle, Darwin, and Mendel, with the writings of literary masters, such as Andersen, Melville, Verne, and Ibsen. It constitutes a major contribution to the growing field of science and literature studies.
