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New City Spaces
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 263

New City Spaces

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2001
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Cities for People
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 284

Cities for People

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-03-05
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  • Publisher: Island Press

For more than forty years Jan Gehl has helped to transform urban environments around the world based on his research into the ways people actually use—or could use—the spaces where they live and work. In this revolutionary book, Gehl presents his latest work creating (or recreating) cityscapes on a human scale. He clearly explains the methods and tools he uses to reconfigure unworkable cityscapes into the landscapes he believes they should be: cities for people. Taking into account changing demographics and changing lifestyles, Gehl emphasizes four human issues that he sees as essential to successful city planning. He explains how to develop cities that are Lively, Safe, Sustainable, and...

Public Spaces, Public Life, Copenhagen
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 96

Public Spaces, Public Life, Copenhagen

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Leadership by Design
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 404

Leadership by Design

Ambassador Richard Swett?s groundbreaking new book investigates the unique civic leadership strengths of the architecture profession. Drawing upon the compelling history of the profession, both past and present,as well as from his own singular experience as the only architect to serve in Congress during the 20th century, Swett has produced an insightful volume that is both inspiring and instructive. He shares Mark Twain?s viewthat ?if the only tool you have is a hammer, after a while every problem begins to look like a nail.? Leadership by Design is an eloquent plea to architects, leaders and citizens alike to expand the tool chest as we seeknew leadership to design new solutions for the complex challenges facing our nation and the world.

Remaking Metropolis
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 362

Remaking Metropolis

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013
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  • Publisher: Routledge

It shows why particular approaches were successful, or did not achieve their objectives.

IBSS: Sociology: 2002 Vol.52
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1023

IBSS: Sociology: 2002 Vol.52

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004-03-01
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  • Publisher: Routledge

First published in 1952, the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology) is well established as a major bibliographic reference for students, researchers and librarians in the social sciences worldwide. Key features * Authority: Rigorous standards are applied to make the IBSS the most authoritative selective bibliography ever produced. Articles and books are selected on merit by some of the world's most expert librarians and academics. *Breadth: today the IBSS covers over 2000 journals - more than any other comparable resource. The latest monograph publications are also included. *International Coverage: the IBSS reviews schol...

Dynamic Urban Design
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 539

Dynamic Urban Design

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-01-04
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  • Publisher: iUniverse

Advance Praise for Dynamic Urban Design “Finally, in one book a complete guide to the theory, practice, and potential of urban design by one of Canada’s preeminent urban designers.” —David R. Witty, former dean, School of Architecture, University of Manitoba, Canada “Michael von Hausen has given us a clear and hopeful path to the creation of a sustainable urbanism, one that will be inspiring and instructive to practitioners, students, and all those who are focused on the most fundamental issue of our time.” —Jim Adams, architect and principal, McCann Adams Studio, Austin, Texas “Dynamic Urban Design establishes Michael von Hausen as a sustainable urban design authority. Shari...

State of the World 2010
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 426

State of the World 2010

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-07-04
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Many of the environmental and social problems we face today are symptoms of a deeper systemic failing: a dominant cultural paradigm that encourages living in ways that are often directly counter to the realities of a finite planet. This paradigm, typically referred to as 'consumerism,' has already spread to cultures around the world and has led to consumption levels that are vastly unsustainable. If this pattern spreads further there will be little possibility of solving climate change or other environmental problems that are poised to dramatically disrupt human civilization. It will take a sustained, long-term effort to redirect the traditions, social movements and institutions that shape c...

Ancient Origins of the Mexican Plaza
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 273

Ancient Origins of the Mexican Plaza

The plaza has been a defining feature of Mexican urban architecture and culture for at least 4,000 years. Ancient Mesoamericans conducted most of their communal life in outdoor public spaces, and today the plaza is still the public living room in every Mexican neighborhood, town, and city—the place where friends meet, news is shared, and personal and communal rituals and celebrations happen. The site of a community’s most important architecture—church, government buildings, and marketplace—the plaza is both sacred and secular space and thus the very heart of the community. This extensively illustrated book traces the evolution of the Mexican plaza from Mesoamerican sacred space to mo...

Squares
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 236

Squares

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006
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  • Publisher: UNM Press

This discussion of what makes public places appealing and useful will inspire those involved with public planning and design.