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  • Start-Up City

    Inspiring Private and Public Entrepreneurship, Getting Projects Done, and Having Fun

    by Gabe Klein ...
    There has been a revolution in urban transportation over the past five years—set off by start-ups across the US and internationally. Sleek, legible mobility platforms are connecting people to cars, trains, buses, and bikes as never before, opening up a range of new transportation options while improving existing ones. While many large city governments, such as Chicago, New York, and Washington, D ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

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  • Bedside Essays for Lovers (of Cities)

    by Daniel Solomon ...
    Series series Island Press E-ssentials
    In this provocative collection of essays, renowned architect Daniel Solomon delves into the complexities of what makes a city vibrant. Acknowledging that a city is not a static thing, he argues we need to pay more attention to nurturing what he calls “continuous cities.” In such a city, he says, “new buildings, new institutions, and new technologies don’t rip apart the old and wreck it. They ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

  • Urban Green

    Architecture for the Future

    by Neil B. Chambers ...
    Sustainable design is booming, but the men and women dedicated to reducing their carbon impact have lost sight of what they are trying to save: the natural world. Author Neil Chambers has been at the forefront of cutting-edge, sustainable architecture for years, and Urban Green is his revolutionary vision for bringing the power of the conservation and design movements together. He advocates ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Smart Cities

    Governing, Modelling and Analysing the Transition

    Edited by Mark Deakin ...
    Smart city development has emerged a major issue over the past 5 years. Since the launch of IBM’s Smart Planet and CISCO’s Smart Cities and Communities programmes, their potential to deliver on global sustainable development targets have captured the public’s attention. However, despite this growing interest in the development of smart cities, little has as yet been published that either sets out ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Resilient Sustainable Cities

    A Future

    Edited by Leonie Pearson, Peter Newton, Peter Roberts ...
    Urbanization is occurring at an unprecedented rate; by 2050 three quarters of the world’s people will live in urban environments. The cars we drive, products we consume, houses we live in and technology we use will all determine how sustainable our cities will be. Bridging the increasing divide between cross-disciplinary academic insights and the latest practical innovations, Resilient Sustainable ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Back to the Future

    New Urbanism and the Rise of Neotraditionalism in Urban Planning

    by Karl Besel, Viviana Andreescu ...
    Back to the Future explores new urbanism and urban revitalization within the context of public policy trends such as regional governance and the role of nonprofits. The purpose of this book is to provide students and professionals alike with a context for examining the beginnings of new urbanism, as well as to illustrate how this movement has become a nationwide trend in response to changing ... Read more

    $38.09 USD

  • Biodiversity Planning and Design

    Sustainable Practices

    by Jack Ahern, Elizabeth Leduc, Mary Lee York, Landscape Architecture Foundation ...
    How do you measure biodiversity, and why should landscape architects and planners care? What are the essential issues, the clearest terminology, and the most effective methods for biodiversity planning and design? How can they play a role in biodiversity conservation in a manner compatible with other goals? These are critical questions that Jack Ahern, Elizabeth Leduc, and Mary Lee York answer in ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • Handbook of Biophilic City Planning & Design

    by Timothy Beatley ...
    What if, even in the heart of a densely developed city, people could have meaningful encounters with nature? While parks, street trees, and green roofs are increasingly appreciated for their technical services like stormwater reduction, from a biophilic viewpoint, they also facilitate experiences that contribute to better physical and mental health: natural elements in play areas can lessen ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • Seeing the Better City

    How to Explore, Observe, and Improve Urban Space

    by Charles R. Wolfe ...
    Finalist for a 2018 United Kingdom National Urban Design Award • A 2017 KUOW Public Radio 2017 End-of-Year Book ChoiceIn order to understand and improve cities today, personal observation remains as important as ever. While big data, digital mapping, and simulated cityscapes are valuable tools for understanding urban space, using them without on-the-ground, human impressions risks creating places ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • The Future of the Suburban City

    Lessons from Sustaining Phoenix

    by Grady Gammage, Jr. ...
    There exists a category of American cities in which the line between suburban and urban is almost impossible to locate. These suburban cities arose in the last half of twentieth-century America, based largely on the success of the single-family home, shopping centers, and the automobile. The low-density, auto-centric development of suburban cities, which are largely in the arid West, presents ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Design for Good

    A New Era of Architecture for Everyone

    by John Cary ...
    "I can't recommend John Cary's book, Design for Good, highly enough. His argument...is clear and revolutionary." —Melinda Gates“That’s what we do really: we do miracles,” said Anne-Marie Nyiranshimiyimana, who learned masonry in helping to build the Butaro Hospital, a project designed for and with the people of Rwanda using local materials. This, and other projects designed with dignity, show the ... Read more

    $28.09 USD

  • Local Climate Action Planning

    by Michael R. Boswell, Adrienne I. Greve, Tammy L. Seale ...
    Climate change is a global problem, but the problem begins locally. Cities consume 75% of the world's energy and emit 80% of the world's greenhouse gases. Changing the way we build and operate our cities can have major effects on greenhouse gas emissions. Fortunately, communities across the U.S. are responding to the climate change problem by making plans that assess their contribution to ... Read more

    $30.99 USD