wired - City Planning & Urban Development 2

The late 1970s and 1980s saw a process of mass factory closures in cities and regions across the Midwest of the United States. What happened next as leaders reacted to the news of each plant closure……続きを見る

New York. Athens. Wenzhou. Boston. Oslo. Dhaka. New Orleans. Nairobi. In recent years, dozens of cities across the globe have been hit by large-scale catastrophes of every kind: natural disaster, ge……続きを見る

Example in this ebook   In the following chapters I have endeavoured to indicate the essential aspects of colonization in modern Argentina: the conquest of the soil by man, the exploitation o……続きを見る

A comprehensive core text from the expert in the field introducing students to the main issues of spatial systems modelling and analysis. 続きを見る

One of the more significant recommendations to emerge from UNCED in 1992 was the call in Agenda 21 for countries to develop and implement national sustainable development strategies. Most countries ……続きを見る

With the twentieth century arrived the first electric tramcars in London. Thirty years later the first trolley buses arrived - along with a fleet of new trams that were the most modern of their day.……続きを見る

This work aims to provide a possible specification of the problems involved in greening the built environment and an articulation of the solutions. It begins with a discussion of sustainability as a……続きを見る

Developing Property Sustainably introduces readers to the key issues surrounding sustainable property development in the global marketplace. Pulling together received wisdom and original research, t……続きを見る

Post-occupancy evaluation, focusing on building’s occupants and their needs, provides insight into the consequences of past design decisions and forms a sound basis for creating better buildings in ……続きを見る

Winner of TransportiCA’s September Book Club Award 2018 On 17 October 1989 one the largest earthquakes to occur in California since the San Francisco earthquake of April 1906 struck Northern Califor……続きを見る

This book demonstrates how agriculture can play a determining role in integrated, climate-optimised urban development. Agriculture within urban growth centres today is more than an economic or socia……続きを見る

Essay aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Raumwissenschaften, Stadt- und Raumplanung, , 7 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Eigentlich ist der Zusammenhang eindeutig: Weniger……続きを見る

Der Befund einer Pluralisierung der Sicherheitsproduktion und Allgegenwärtigkeit von „Sicherheit“ in der Diskussion um Stadt kann darauf zurück geführt werden, dass die Akteure, deren Verbindungen u……続きを見る

Interdisciplinary in approach, this volume explores and deciphers the symbolic value and iconicity of the built environment in the Arab Gulf Region, its aesthetics, language and performative charact……続きを見る

Image, Text, Architecture brings a radical and detailed analysis of the modern and contemporary architectural media, addressing issues of architectural criticism, architectural photography and the r……続きを見る

This book brings to light central topics that are neglected in current histories and theories of architecture and urbanism. These include the role of imitation in earlier centuries and its potential……続きを見る

Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew were pioneers of Modern Architecture in Britain and its former colonies from the late 1920s through to the early 1970s. As a barometer of twentieth century architecture, th……続きを見る

Planning is described as being increasingly sidelined by the impacts of neo-liberal restructuring. At the same time, 'culture' is nowadays seen as the world's key intellectual resource possessing ne……続きを見る

What role does the state have over national development within an increasingly globalized economy? Moreover, how do we conceive 'nationality' during periods of rapid economic and social change spurr……続きを見る

The idea of 'flirting' with space is central to this book. Space is conceptualised as being in constant flux as we make our way through various contexts in our daily lives, and is considered in rela……続きを見る

Over the past decade or so, the wealth produced by Qatar's oil and gas exports has generated a construction development boom in its capital city of Doha and the surrounding vicinity. Since the late ……続きを見る

It has been claimed that the natural sciences have abstracted for themselves a 'material world' set apart from human concerns, and social sciences, in their turn, constructed 'a world of actors devo……続きを見る

Few questions of global politics are more pressing than how to respond to widespread violence against civilians. Despite the efforts of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) proponents to draw attention a……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Raumwissenschaften, Stadt- und Raumplanung, Note: 1,3, Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen; Standort Geislingen, Veranstaltung: W……続きを見る

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Raumwissenschaften, Stadt- und Raumplanung, Note: 1,0, Technische Universität Dortmund (Fakultät Raumplanung), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Im Laufe ihre……続きを見る

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2001 im Fachbereich Raumwissenschaften, Stadt- und Raumplanung, Note: 1.3, Technische Universität Dortmund, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Film- und Fernsehwirtschaft als ……続きを見る

Colonial architecture and urbanism carved its way through space: ordering and classifying the built environment, while projecting the authority of European powers across Africa in the name of scienc……続きを見る

When considering the successful design of cities, the focus tends to be on famous examples such as Paris or Rome, with equally successful but smaller and more remote examples being ignored. In addit……続きを見る

Innovation has become an important focus for governments around the world over the last decade, with greater pressure on governments to do more with less, and expanding community expectations. Some ……続きを見る

Der Band befasst sich mit dem Verhältnis von Stadt und Infrastruktur, von Urbanisierung und Infrastrukturentwicklung. Je nach Konstellation symbolisieren und reproduzieren Infrastrukturen gesellscha……続きを見る