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America Recovered reveals the point where abstract political processes manifest themselves in the physical world, thus providing an alternate means of experiencing the contemporary American landscap……続きを見る

The LA Forum Reader brings together three decades of discursive writings and publications on architecture, urbanism, and Los Angeles culled from the archives of the Los Angeles Forum for Architectur……続きを見る

Why has land reform been such a failure in South Africa? Will expropriation without compensation solve the problem? What can be done to get the land programme back on track? In Land Matters, Tembeka……続きを見る

The Spatial Planning Act, authored by the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China, is a comprehensive piece of legislation that delves into the intricate details of urban development, land use pla……続きを見る

Building a better City can start in your own backyard. Through storytelling we break down barriers and humanize the unfamiliar. Let's inspire new ways of thinking by showcasing different ways of liv……続きを見る

This book is an investigation of the cultural phenomenon of branding and its transformational effects on the contemporary spatial – and urban – reality. It develops a novel understanding of the rati……続きを見る

The city is the point of departure and arrival for the "architectural experience." It is, therefore, a palpable, external fact as well as a product of the mind, an abstraction. This book attempts to……続きを見る

"Når vi i dag går en tur på solsiden af Nyhavn, kan det være svært at forestille sig, at den maleriske gamle havn er resultatet af en storslået byudvidelse. Historierne og anekdoterne klæber sig til……続きを見る

En gåtur gennem København kan foregå på mange måder. Man kan ile af sted uden øje for sine omgivelser. Eller man kan slentre gennem gaderne, kigge lidt på vinduer og mennesker, dumpe ned på en café,……続きを見る

”Ville man give den, der fremmed kom til København, et første indtryk af byen, skulle man en sensommerdags formiddag føre ham til Højbroplads. Han skulle komme fra en af de små sidegader, hvor solen……続きを見る

Un'intervista frutto di una serie di incontri tra Mino Monicelli e Giulio Carlo Argan, all’epoca sindaco di Roma, avvenuti tra la primavera e l’autunno del 1978, per discutere dell'esperienza di un ……続きを見る

From the busy streets of Tokyo to the secluded shores of Kyushu, from the volcanoes of Hokkaido to the temples of Kyoto, the treasured landscapes of Japan are brought to life in this concise visual ……続きを見る

This book is about managing the infrastructure development cycle from project initiation to the end of the operation and maintenance phase. It focuses on the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) contrac……続きを見る

In this expanded second edition of Cognitive Architecture, the authors review new findings in psychology and neuroscience to help architects and planners better understand their clients as the sophi……続きを見る

The Resili(g)ence publication is part of the outputs produced within the European project KAAU, Knowledge Alliance for Advanced Urbanism (www.ka-au.net), Erasmus + program, and consists of two volum……続きを見る

This book uses the concept of the region to introduce traditional Chinese villages in ten typical areas. Most of the villages have been included in the World Cultural Heritage List or the Tentative ……続きを見る

A bold reassessment of "smart cities" that reveals what is lost when we conceive of our urban spaces as computers Computational models of urbanismーsmart cities that use data-driven planning and alg……続きを見る

At Road's End is a timely guide to a new era of holistic transportation. It presents new models for transportation planning, describes effective strategies for resolving community disputes, and offe……続きを見る

Streets make up more than 80 percent of all public space in cities, yet street space is often underutilized or disproportionately allocated to the movement of private motor vehicles. Excess impervio……続きを見る

Strips of urban and suburban "fabric" have extended into the countryside, creating a ragged settlement pattern that blurs the distinction between rural, urban, and suburban. As traditional rural ind……続きを見る

Community Character provides a design-oriented system for planning and zoning communities but accounts for how people who participate in a community live, work, and shop there. The relationships tha……続きを見る

One of Planetizen's Top Planning Books for 2017 • San Francisco Chronicle's 2016 Holiday Books Gift Guide Pick What makes a great city? Not a good city or a functional city but a great city. A city ……続きを見る

American communities are changing fast: ethnic minority populations are growing, home ownership is falling, the number of people per household is going up, and salaries are going down. According to ……続きを見る

Public space and street design in commercial districts can dictate the success or failure of walkable community centers. Instead of focusing our efforts on designing new “compact town centers,” many……続きを見る

Transit and cities grow together. As cities work to become more compact, sustainable, and healthy, their work is paying dividends: in 2014, Americans took 10.8 billion trips on public transit, the h……続きを見る

Since the first publication of this landmark textbook in 2004, it has received high praise for its clear, comprehensive, and practical approach. The second edition continues to offer a unique framew……続きを見る

The United States is over eighty percent urbanized, yet over half of the population still lives in suburban settings, characterized by low-density, automobile-dependent development with separated la……続きを見る

"This is a book about the making of cities and the buildings that compose them. It is about the conditions under which an architect engaged in those activities now works, how those conditions evolve……続きを見る

The Essential Ian McHarg brings together a series of short essays that reveal the full range of Ian McHarg's thoughts on design and nature. Adapted from the comprehensive book of his work, To Heal t……続きを見る

Vacant lots, so often seen as neighborhood blight, have the potential to be a key element of community revitalization. As manufacturing cities reinvent themselves after decades of lost jobs and popu……続きを見る