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Shade

The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource

by Sam Bloch ...

Narrated by Shawn K. Jain ...

Unabridged

9 hours 45 min

**An extraordinary investigation into shade, this “compelling . . . conversation-starter draws examples from history, city-planning and social policy” (NPR) to change the way we think about a critical natural resource that should be available to all.“Thought-provoking . . . Bloch, an environmental journalist, examines how shade is now a privilege, often denied to farmworkers, the homeless, and ... Read more

$22.99 USD

**An extraordinary investigation into shade, this “compelling . . . conversation-starter draws examples from history, city-planning and social policy” (NPR) to change the way we think about a critical natural resource that should be available to all.“Thought-provoking . . . Bloch, an environmental journalist, examines how shade is now a privilege, often denied to farmworkers, the homeless, and
... Read more
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The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition

by Donald Shoup ...

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

Unabridged

23 hours 47 min

In this no-holds-barred treatise, Donald Shoup argues that free parking has contributed to auto dependence, rapid urban sprawl, extravagant energy use, and a host of other problems. Planners mandate free parking to alleviate congestion but end up distorting transportation choices, debasing urban design, damaging the economy, and degrading the environment. Ubiquitous free parking helps explain why ... Read more

$39.99 USD

In this no-holds-barred treatise, Donald Shoup argues that free parking has contributed to auto dependence, rapid urban sprawl, extravagant energy use, and a host of other problems. Planners mandate free parking to alleviate congestion but end up distorting transportation choices, debasing urban design, damaging the economy, and degrading the environment. Ubiquitous free parking helps explain why
... Read more
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Sustainable Urbanism::

[A New Way to Think About Architecture, Landscapes, Ecosystems, and Urbanism.]

by Amanda Burchard ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G ...

Unabridged

9 hours 27 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Sustainable Urbanism:: [A New Way to Think About Architecture, Landscapes, Ecosystems, and Urbanism.]As the world's population continues to urbanize, the need for sustainable cities becomes more pressing than ever. In our first chapters, we lay the foundation by understanding the principles and concepts of sustainable urbanism. From there, we delve ... Read more

$12.66 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Sustainable Urbanism:: [A New Way to Think About Architecture, Landscapes, Ecosystems, and Urbanism.]As the world's population continues to urbanize, the need for sustainable cities becomes more pressing than ever. In our first chapters, we lay the foundation by understanding the principles and concepts of sustainable urbanism. From there, we delve
... Read more
Audiobook

Waterfront Manhattan

From Henry Hudson to the High Line

by Kurt C. Schlichting ...

Narrated by Joel Richards ...

Unabridged

7 hours 44 min

For hundreds of years, the shorefront of Manhattan Island served as the country's center of trade, shipping, and commerce. With its maritime links across the oceans, along the Atlantic coast, and inland to the Midwest and New England, Manhattan became a global city and home to the world's busiest port. It was a world of docks, ships, tugboats, and ferries, filled with cargo and freight, a place ... Read more

$19.99 USD

For hundreds of years, the shorefront of Manhattan Island served as the country's center of trade, shipping, and commerce. With its maritime links across the oceans, along the Atlantic coast, and inland to the Midwest and New England, Manhattan became a global city and home to the world's busiest port. It was a world of docks, ships, tugboats, and ferries, filled with cargo and freight, a place
... Read more
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Una historia personal de la arquitectura europea

Del templo griego a la Bauhaus

by David Ferrer ...

Narrated by Mario (Voz de IA) ...

Series series Condición Humana
Unabridged

12 hours 10 min

Un recorrido fascinante y extraordinariamente ilustrado que explica como nunca antes las claves de la arquitectura.El arquitecto David Ferrer nos acompaña en estas páginas a lo largo de un itinerario lleno de etapas fascinantes: la civilización griega con los primeros edificios de nuestra cultura, las portentosas construcciones romanas, las catedrales góticas, el clasicismo renacentista, el ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Un recorrido fascinante y extraordinariamente ilustrado que explica como nunca antes las claves de la arquitectura.El arquitecto David Ferrer nos acompaña en estas páginas a lo largo de un itinerario lleno de etapas fascinantes: la civilización griega con los primeros edificios de nuestra cultura, las portentosas construcciones romanas, las catedrales góticas, el clasicismo renacentista, el
... Read more
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Streetfight

Handbook for an Urban Revolution

by Janette Sadik-Khan, Seth Solomonow ...

Narrated by Suzie Althens ...

Unabridged

8 hours 51 min

As New York City's transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan managed the seemingly impossible and transformed the streets of one of the world's greatest, toughest cities into dynamic spaces safe for pedestrians and bikers. Her approach was dramatic and effective: Simply painting a part of the street to make it into a plaza or bus lane not only made the street safer, but it also lessened ... Read more

$24.99 USD

As New York City's transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan managed the seemingly impossible and transformed the streets of one of the world's greatest, toughest cities into dynamic spaces safe for pedestrians and bikers. Her approach was dramatic and effective: Simply painting a part of the street to make it into a plaza or bus lane not only made the street safer, but it also lessened
... Read more
Audiobook

History of Architecture: From Ancient Monuments to Modern Cities in 10 Essential Chapters

by Michael Davenport ...

Narrated by Michael Davenport ...

Unabridged

1 hour 55 min

Transform your daily commute into an immersive architectural history of human civilization and urban design. Wander through an enormous open-air museum of the mind, pausing at ancient mud-brick villages and soaring glass towers. This atmospheric listening experience breathes life into the stone temples and bustling streets of our shared past.Whether winding down to relax or seeking focused ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Transform your daily commute into an immersive architectural history of human civilization and urban design. Wander through an enormous open-air museum of the mind, pausing at ancient mud-brick villages and soaring glass towers. This atmospheric listening experience breathes life into the stone temples and bustling streets of our shared past.Whether winding down to relax or seeking focused
... Read more
Audiobook

Detroit City Is the Place to Be

The Afterlife of an American Metropolis

by Mark Binelli ...

Narrated by Matt Godfrey ...

Unabridged

11 hours 43 min

Once America’s capitalist dream town, Detroit is our country’s greatest urban failure, having fallen the longest and the farthest. But the city’s worst crisis yet (and that’s saying something) has managed to do the unthinkable: turn the end of days into a laboratory for the future. Urban planners, land speculators, neopastoral agriculturalists, and utopian environmentalists―all have been drawn to ... Read more

$22.95 USD

Once America’s capitalist dream town, Detroit is our country’s greatest urban failure, having fallen the longest and the farthest. But the city’s worst crisis yet (and that’s saying something) has managed to do the unthinkable: turn the end of days into a laboratory for the future. Urban planners, land speculators, neopastoral agriculturalists, and utopian environmentalists―all have been drawn to
... Read more
Audiobook

Architecture Of Segregation

The Hierarchy of Spaces and Places

by Jerel McCants ...

Narrated by Jerel McCants ...

Unabridged

9 hours 41 min

Architecture of Segregation examines the powerful role architecture and the built environment have played in shaping systems of racial, ethnic, and social division throughout history. Through a comprehensive analysis spanning Indigenous displacement, the Transatlantic Slave Trade, apartheid, the Holocaust, segregation-era America, and other historical examples, author Jerel McCants reveals how ... Read more

$15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Architecture of Segregation examines the powerful role architecture and the built environment have played in shaping systems of racial, ethnic, and social division throughout history. Through a comprehensive analysis spanning Indigenous displacement, the Transatlantic Slave Trade, apartheid, the Holocaust, segregation-era America, and other historical examples, author Jerel McCants reveals how
... Read more
Audiobook

Key to the City

How Zoning Shapes Our World

by Sara C. Bronin ...

Narrated by Rachel Perry ...

Unabridged

6 hours 25 min

In Key to the City, legal scholar and architect Sara C. Bronin examines how zoning became such a prevailing force and reveals its impact—and its potential for good. Outdated zoning codes have maintained racial segregation, prioritized cars over people, and enabled great ecological harm. But, as Bronin argues, once we recognize the power of zoning, we can harness it to create the communities we ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In Key to the City, legal scholar and architect Sara C. Bronin examines how zoning became such a prevailing force and reveals its impact—and its potential for good. Outdated zoning codes have maintained racial segregation, prioritized cars over people, and enabled great ecological harm. But, as Bronin argues, once we recognize the power of zoning, we can harness it to create the communities we
... Read more
Audiobook

Rising Up

The Radical Transformation of Urban Design

by Jorge Montgomery, Charles Almazán ...

Narrated by Josh Wellington ...

Unabridged

3 hours 50 min

Rising Up: The Radical Transformation of Urban DesignHave you ever questioned the design of the urban landscape around you, wondering if there's a better way to create spaces that truly uplift communities? Are you eager to be part of a movement that redefines urban design, asking yourself:How can we revolutionize urban spaces to foster community, sustainability, and well-being?What innovative ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Rising Up: The Radical Transformation of Urban DesignHave you ever questioned the design of the urban landscape around you, wondering if there's a better way to create spaces that truly uplift communities? Are you eager to be part of a movement that redefines urban design, asking yourself:How can we revolutionize urban spaces to foster community, sustainability, and well-being?What innovative
... Read more
Audiobook

Soul of a City, The

Deep Dives into Urban Culture

by T.J. Ravenscroft ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Alistair G ...

Unabridged

1 hour

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Dive into the heart and soul of urban life with "The Soul of a City: Deep Dives into Urban Culture" by T.J. Ravenscroft. This compelling exploration transcends conventional boundaries to examine the intricate tapestry of human interactions within the built environment. Ravenscroft navigates the dynamic interplay between social, economic, and political ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Dive into the heart and soul of urban life with "The Soul of a City: Deep Dives into Urban Culture" by T.J. Ravenscroft. This compelling exploration transcends conventional boundaries to examine the intricate tapestry of human interactions within the built environment. Ravenscroft navigates the dynamic interplay between social, economic, and political
... Read more
Audiobook

Urban Planning: A Practical Guide to Designing Livable, Sustainable, and Just Cities

by Christopher Hale ...

Narrated by Christopher Hale ...

Unabridged

2 hours 12 min

Master the hidden systems of urban planning and sustainable design to transform your daily commute and local community. Whether you are waiting for a delayed bus, renting a downtown apartment, or walking through your neighborhood, the invisible rules of civic design impact your everyday life. This eye-opening audio experience equips curious residents and students with a powerful mental toolkit to ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Master the hidden systems of urban planning and sustainable design to transform your daily commute and local community. Whether you are waiting for a delayed bus, renting a downtown apartment, or walking through your neighborhood, the invisible rules of civic design impact your everyday life. This eye-opening audio experience equips curious residents and students with a powerful mental toolkit to
... Read more
Audiobook

Speculative Futures

Design Approaches to Navigate Change, Foster Resilience, and Co-Create the Cities We Need

by Johanna Hoffman ...

Narrated by Heni Zoutomou ...

Unabridged

4 hours 38 min

How the emerging field of speculative futures can help us dream--and build--better, sustainable, and more equitable cities for everyone.Speculative futures--design approaches that help us visualize new and potential worlds--move us beyond what currently exists into what could one day be. Inspired by art, film, fiction, and industrial design, they use speculation to provoke, imagine, and dream into ... Read more

$29.99 USD

How the emerging field of speculative futures can help us dream--and build--better, sustainable, and more equitable cities for everyone.Speculative futures--design approaches that help us visualize new and potential worlds--move us beyond what currently exists into what could one day be. Inspired by art, film, fiction, and industrial design, they use speculation to provoke, imagine, and dream into
... Read more
Audiobook

Wild Cities

Discovering New Ways of Living in the Modern Urban Jungle

by Chris Fitch ...

Narrated by Chris Fitch ...

Unabridged

10 hours 41 min

'Mind-shifting, heart-lifting' ISABELLA TREE'Inspiring and essential' ALASTAIR HUMPHREYS'As entertaining as it is enlightening' INDEPENDENTThe majority of the world now lives in some form of urban environment. But as the human footprint of brick, concrete and metal expands, our proximity to nature decreases. This is a problem; nature isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity. And it’s vital to our ... Read more

$27.99 USD

'Mind-shifting, heart-lifting' ISABELLA TREE'Inspiring and essential' ALASTAIR HUMPHREYS'As entertaining as it is enlightening' INDEPENDENTThe majority of the world now lives in some form of urban environment. But as the human footprint of brick, concrete and metal expands, our proximity to nature decreases. This is a problem; nature isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity. And it’s vital to our
... Read more
Audiobook

Manifesto for the Revitalisation of Cities

A Solution to Portugal's Housing Crisis

by Miguel Rebelo ...

Narrated by Miguel Rebelo ...

Abridged

51 min

The housing crisis in Portugal serves to illustrate a problem that has implications beyond the borders of the country, shedding light on challenges that are faced by major European and global cities. The rise in housing prices, driven by real estate speculation, the growth of tourism and the influx of foreign investment, has made it increasingly challenging for many in the population, especially ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The housing crisis in Portugal serves to illustrate a problem that has implications beyond the borders of the country, shedding light on challenges that are faced by major European and global cities. The rise in housing prices, driven by real estate speculation, the growth of tourism and the influx of foreign investment, has made it increasingly challenging for many in the population, especially
... Read more
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La Loi d’Illich Aujourd’hui

Quand le Progrès Devient Contre-productif

by Eric Giegelmann ...

Narrated by Voix Numérique Fabien G ...

Series Audiobook 30 - Histoire, société et politique
Unabridged

4 hours 45 min

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Et si le progrès n’était plus synonyme de liberté ?Ivan Illich, penseur visionnaire, nous mettait en garde contre un phénomène subtil : lorsque les institutions et les technologies dépassent un certain seuil, elles cessent de nous servir... et commencent à nous asservir.Dans ce livre, nous explorons comment cette « loi d’Illich » se manifeste aujourd ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Et si le progrès n’était plus synonyme de liberté ?Ivan Illich, penseur visionnaire, nous mettait en garde contre un phénomène subtil : lorsque les institutions et les technologies dépassent un certain seuil, elles cessent de nous servir... et commencent à nous asservir.Dans ce livre, nous explorons comment cette « loi d’Illich » se manifeste aujourd
... Read more
Audiobook

An Unpromised Land

by Leon Gettler ...

Narrated by Leon Gettler ...

Unabridged

4 hours 25 min

In the 1930s, in the wake of the Nazi ascendancy in Germany, a wave of vicious anti-Semitism swept Europe, as Jews became outcasts in their own lands. As they clamoured to escape persecution, the world turned a blind eye to their plight. One man, Isaac Steinberg, had a vision of leading his people from the holocaust to a new paradise on the other side of the world. His enthusiastic and resolute ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In the 1930s, in the wake of the Nazi ascendancy in Germany, a wave of vicious anti-Semitism swept Europe, as Jews became outcasts in their own lands. As they clamoured to escape persecution, the world turned a blind eye to their plight. One man, Isaac Steinberg, had a vision of leading his people from the holocaust to a new paradise on the other side of the world. His enthusiastic and resolute
... Read more
Audiobook

Earth Repair

A Grassroots Guide to Healing Toxic and Damaged Landscapes

by Leila Darwish ...

Unabridged

11 hours 30 min

Packed with valuable, firsthand information from visionaries in the field, Earth Repair empowers communities and individuals to take action and heal contaminated and damaged land. Earth Repair describes a host of powerful grassroots bioremediation techniques, including:Microbial remediation – using microorganisms to break down and bind contaminantsPhytoremediation – using plants to extract, bind, ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Packed with valuable, firsthand information from visionaries in the field, Earth Repair empowers communities and individuals to take action and heal contaminated and damaged land. Earth Repair describes a host of powerful grassroots bioremediation techniques, including:Microbial remediation – using microorganisms to break down and bind contaminantsPhytoremediation – using plants to extract, bind,
... Read more
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The Urban Food Revolution

Changing the Way We Feed Cities

by Peter Ladner ...

Narrated by Cherlandra Estrada ...

Unabridged

9 hours 32 min

Our reliance on industrial agriculture has resulted in a food supply riddled with hidden environmental, economic and health care costs and beset by rising food prices. With only a handful of corporations responsible for the lion's share of the food on our supermarket shelves, we are incredibly vulnerable to supply chain disruption.The Urban Food Revolution provides a recipe for community food ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Our reliance on industrial agriculture has resulted in a food supply riddled with hidden environmental, economic and health care costs and beset by rising food prices. With only a handful of corporations responsible for the lion's share of the food on our supermarket shelves, we are incredibly vulnerable to supply chain disruption.The Urban Food Revolution provides a recipe for community food
... Read more
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A Paradise of Small Houses

The Evolution, Devolution, and Potential Rebirth of Urban Housing

by Max Podemski ...

Narrated by Rob Greenbaum ...

Unabridged

10 hours 16 min

From the Haitian-style “shotgun” houses of the 19th century to the lavish high-rises of the 21st century, a walk through the streets of America’s neighborhoods that reveals the rich history—and future—of urban housingThe Philadelphia row house. The New York tenement. The Boston triple-decker. Every American city has its own iconic housing style, structures that have been home to generations of ... Read more

$28.99 USD

From the Haitian-style “shotgun” houses of the 19th century to the lavish high-rises of the 21st century, a walk through the streets of America’s neighborhoods that reveals the rich history—and future—of urban housingThe Philadelphia row house. The New York tenement. The Boston triple-decker. Every American city has its own iconic housing style, structures that have been home to generations of
... Read more
Audiobook

Nest City

How Citizens Serve Cities and Cities Serve Citizens

by Beth Sanders ...

Narrated by Beth Sanders ...

Unabridged

9 hours 46 min

Our linear ways of thinking about, organizing and planning our cities do not meet the true nature of cities as complex and messy systems. There are no simple solutions to the challenges we face: many citizens don't feel they belong; we don't agree on how to best move around; many don't have jobs or homes they can afford; we make running businesses hard work; we are facing challenges with the ... Read more

$15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Our linear ways of thinking about, organizing and planning our cities do not meet the true nature of cities as complex and messy systems. There are no simple solutions to the challenges we face: many citizens don't feel they belong; we don't agree on how to best move around; many don't have jobs or homes they can afford; we make running businesses hard work; we are facing challenges with the
... Read more
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The Timeless Way of Building

by Christopher Alexander ...

Narrated by Mike Fraser ...

Unabridged

10 hours 35 min

The theory of architecture implicit in our world today, Christopher Alexander believes, is bankrupt. More and more people are aware that something is deeply wrong. Yet the power of present day ideas is so great that many feel uncomfortable, even afraid, to say openly that they dislike what is happening, because they are afraid to seem foolish, afraid perhaps that they will be laughed at.Now, at ... Read more

$24.99 USD

The theory of architecture implicit in our world today, Christopher Alexander believes, is bankrupt. More and more people are aware that something is deeply wrong. Yet the power of present day ideas is so great that many feel uncomfortable, even afraid, to say openly that they dislike what is happening, because they are afraid to seem foolish, afraid perhaps that they will be laughed at.Now, at
... Read more
Audiobook

Ten Cities that Led the World

From Ancient Foundations to Modern Powerhouses – a remarkable history

by Paul Strathern ...

Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

8 hours 58 min

Great cities are complex, chaotic and colossal. These are cities that dominate the world stage and define eras; where ideas flourish, revolutions are born and history is made.Through ten unique cities, from the founding of ancient capitals to buzzing modern megacities, Paul Strathern explores how urban centres lead civilisation forward, enjoying a moment of glory before passing on the baton.We ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Great cities are complex, chaotic and colossal. These are cities that dominate the world stage and define eras; where ideas flourish, revolutions are born and history is made.Through ten unique cities, from the founding of ancient capitals to buzzing modern megacities, Paul Strathern explores how urban centres lead civilisation forward, enjoying a moment of glory before passing on the baton.We
... Read more

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