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Beyond the Edge
Through an insightful look at projects from around the world and at the current design proposals for New York itself, the author paints a portrait of redevelopment that is both pragmatic and visionary, one that holds the promise of reconnecting New Yorkers to their waterfront as a vital place of work and of public life."--BOOK JACKET.
The Victorians
The Victorians tells the tale of the successful Victorian period. Taking a thematic approach it details how the era heralded the birth of Britain as a modern nation state whose politics, religion, economics, science and culture became more modern and more professional. The Victorian times stands as one of the most successful eras that Britain has ever witnessed. The Victorians is an indispensable guide and narrative which details one of the most successful periods in Britain’s life.
Away (Volume 1: Beginnings)
Spanning over fifty years, Away (Volume 1: Beginnings) is the story of a government science project whose consequences reverberate through the lives of everyone it touches. Stumbling on a breakthrough that could lead to the instantaneous transportation of people, medicines, food, energy and even information across the globe, quantum physicist Alberto Rys begins a quest to develop the technology to its full potential. He's eventually joined by a team of equally brilliant and idiosyncratic souls drawn to the discovery's nearly limitless promise. As the years progress, they're met with both devastating failure and exhilarating success. However, just as they near their greatest accomplishment, they find themselves suddenly entangled in a web of greed and deceit that ultimately sends Alberto Rys... away.
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Neo-Victorianism and Medievalism
Bringing together neo-Victorian and medievalism scholars in dialogue with each other for the first time, this collection of essays foregrounds issues common to both fields. The Victorians reimagined the medieval era and post-Victorian medievalism repurposes received nineteenth century tropes, as do neo-Victorian texts. For example, aesthetic movements such as Arts and Crafts, which looked for inspiration in the medieval era, are echoed by steampunk in its return to Victorian dress and technology. Issues of gender identity, sexuality, imperialism and nostalgia arise in both neo-Victorianism and medievalism, and analysis of such texts is enriched and expanded by the interconnections between the two fields represented in this groundbreaking collection.
Resilience in Ecology and Urban Design
The contributors to this volume propose strategies of urgent and vital importance that aim to make today’s urban environments more resilient. Resilience, the ability of complex systems to adapt to changing conditions, is a key frontier in ecological research and is especially relevant in creative urban design, as urban areas exemplify complex systems. With something approaching half of the world’s population now residing in coastal urban zones, many of which are vulnerable both to floods originating inland and rising sea levels, making urban areas more robust in the face of environmental threats must be a policy ambition of the highest priority. The complexity of urban areas results from...
