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This publication explores the potential of the Meghna River as an alternative water source for Dhaka. It also describes the fragile state of the city's current drinking water supply due to increasin……続きを見る

Dieses Lehrbuch zur Grünen Stadt untersucht Stadtnatur als Ideal, Leistungsträger und Konzept für Stadtgestaltung. Es beantwortet wichtige aktuelle Fragen, die sich zu den ökologischen und kulturell……続きを見る

Metropolitan areas are home to a significant proportion of the world’s population and its economic output. Taking Mexico as a case study and weaving in comparisons from Latin America and developed c……続きを見る

Band 2 des ARL Readers Planungstheorie beleuchtet neuere planungstheoretische Diskursstränge des frühen 21. Jahrhunderts: „Strategische Planung“ und „Planungskultur“. Während der organisationstheore……続きを見る

What makes a visually appealing landscape? How can the design and use of a landscape be harmonized? In this significantly revised and updated third edition of Simon Bell's seminal text, he further e……続きを見る

When the 2011 municipal takeover in Flint, Michigan placed the city under state control, some supported the intervention while others saw it as an affront to democracy. Still others were ambivalent ……続きを見る

Increasingly, we hear of ‘smart’ cities, communities, governance and people as constituting the basis of initiatives by which we might address various social and environmental problems, particularly……続きを見る

American cities continue to experience profound fiscal crises. Falling revenues cannot keep pace with the increased costs of vital public services, infrastructure development and improvement, and ad……続きを見る

The 1960s and the 1970s marked a generational shift in architectural discourse at a time when the revolts inside universities condemned the academic institution as a major force behind the perpetuat……続きを見る

This book presents an in-depth look at US infrastructure and its challenges in the 21st century. While infrastructure has received considerable attention in recent years, much of the discussion has ……続きを見る

Urban Connections in the Contemporary Pedestrian Landscape explores the significant physical and cultural changes in our urban areas following the implementation of design strategies and increased p……続きを見る

Ian McHarg and the Search for Ideal Order looks at the well-known and studied landscape architect, Ian McHarg, in a new light. The author explores McHarg’s formative years, and investigates how his ……続きを見る

Urban Heritage in Divided Cities explores the role of contested urban heritage in mediating, subverting and overcoming sociopolitical conflict in divided cities. Investigating various examples of tr……続きを見る

Originally published in 1982, Time Resources, Society and Ecology examines and seeks to examine the time dimension in terms of the ecology, technology, social organization and spatial structure of t……続きを見る

The Securitization of Memorial Space argues that the National September 11 Memorial and Memorial Museum is a securitized site of memoryーwhat Foucault called a dispositifーthat polices visitors and ……続きを見る

Transition Engineering: Building a Sustainable Future examines new strategies emerging in response to the mega-issues of global climate change, decline in world oil supply, scarcity of key industria……続きを見る

This book delves into the urban planning theory of “smart growth” to encourage the creation of smart cities, where compact urban spaces are optimized to create transit-oriented, pedestrian- and bicy……続きを見る

The Routledge Companion to Urban Media and Communication traces central debates within the burgeoning interdisciplinary research on mediated cities and urban communication. The volume brings togethe……続きを見る

Por décadas, permeó una visión de la tecnología como una de las principales fuentes del ataque al medio ambiente y de su degradación. Hoy se le considera como un aliado para combatir los efectos neg……続きを見る

La Colección Miradas hacia la Sustentabilidad surge como una iniciativa del equipo de los posgrados en sustentabilidad del Departamento del Hábitat y Desarrollo urbano (DHDU), la cual tiene como obj……続きを見る

Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) planning principles have informed Australian city planning for over two decades. As such, policy makers and planners often unquestioningly apply its principles. In……続きを見る

A critical look at the political economy of urban bicycle infrastructure in the United States Not long ago, bicycling in the city was considered a radical statement or a last resort, and few cyclist……続きを見る

The local public sector is deeply steeped in history. Studying the historic patterns of urban settlements helps us to understand the development of local priorities: zoning to separate residential a……続きを見る

A sweeping history of American cities and towns, and the utopian aspirations that shaped them, by one of America’s leading urban planners and scholars. The first European settlers saw America as a p……続きを見る

This is the sixth edition of the classic text for students of geography and urban and regional planning. It gives an historical overview of the changes in cities and regions and in the development o……続きを見る

Understanding Metropolitan Landscapes considers and reflects on the fundamental relationships between metropolitan regions and their landscapes. It investigates how planning and policy help to prote……続きを見る

汽車，是否是都市的唯一解答？本書援引墨西哥城與洛杉磯城的案例，與台灣的汽車禍害併觀，探討汽車耗費的物資能源、對於空間的剝奪與污染之嚴重；書中亦描述了永續發展都市之典範──巴西庫里奇巴市的發展歷程、徳國……続きを見る

Mark Hinshaw has a proposition for Americans: Come out of the bunker, throw open the gates, and meet the neighborhood. In this passionate appeal, he introduces those who have already done just that ……続きを見る

Invest in the future! Involve young people in planning. Learn how to design charrettes, starting with workshops and ending with lessons learned. This book explores various approaches to involving yo……続きを見る

For more than 35 years, planners have depended on The Planner's Use of Information to help them address their information needs. While the ability to manage complex information skillfully remains ce……続きを見る