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  • The You-City: Technology, Experience & Life on the Ground

    by Jeff Ferzoco ...
    A design sketch in the form of a personal essay, "The You-City" explores the near-future of American urban environments. Jeff Ferzoco pulls from his work as creative director in regional planning as well as his own experience as a gamer, social media-ite and city lover. Walking the reader through a New York City of the future, Ferzoco travels from the front door to the crosswalk to the market and ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    by Salvatore Settis ...
    Translated by André Naffis-Sahely ...
    "This powerful book of cultural criticism" by the renowned art historian "shines a harsh light on" a historic city's destruction in the name of profit ( The Washington Post).What is Venice worth? To whom do its irreplaceable treasures belong? This eloquent book by art historian Salvatore Settis urgently poses these questions, igniting a new debate about urban stewardship and cultural patrimony at ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Moral Machines

    Teaching Robots Right from Wrong

    by Wendell Wallach, Colin Allen ...
    Computers are already approving financial transactions, controlling electrical supplies, and driving trains. Soon, service robots will be taking care of the elderly in their homes, and military robots will have their own targeting and firing protocols. Colin Allen and Wendell Wallach argue that as robots take on more and more responsibility, they must be programmed with moral decision-making ... Read more

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  • Maker City

    A Practical Guide for Reinventing American Cities

    by Peter Hirshberg, Dale Dougherty, Marcia Kadanoff ...
    The Maker City Playbook is a comprehensive case studies and how-to information useful for city leaders, civic innovators, nonprofits, and others engaged in urban economic development. The Maker City Playbook is committed to going beyond stories to find patterns and discern promising practices to help city leaders make even more informed decisions.Maker City PlaybookChapter 1: Introduction and a ... Read more

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  • Designers Don't Read

    by Austin Howe ...
    Austin Howe is a creative director, writer, advocate, and cheerleader for design-but not a designer. He believes “in the wonder and exuberance of someone who gets paid-by clients to do what he loves.” Howe places immense value on curiosity and passion to help designers develop a point of view, a strong voice. He explores the creative process and conceptualization, and delves into what to do when ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • A Joosr Guide to... The Power Broker by Robert Caro: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

    by Joosr ...
    In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com.Robert Moses is America's most famous-and infamous ... Read more

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  • Shaping Places

    Urban Planning, Design and Development

    by David Adams, Steve Tiesdell ...
    Shaping Places explains how towns and cities can turn real estate development to their advantage to create the kind of places where people want to live, work, relax and invest. It contends that the production of quality places which enhance economic prosperity, social cohesion and environmental sustainability require a transformation of market outcomes. The core of the book explores why this is ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Understanding Cairo

    The Logic of a City Out of Control

    by David Sims ...
    This book moves beyond superficial generalizations about Cairo as a chaotic metropolis in the developing world into an analysis of the ways the city's eighteen million inhabitants have, in the face of a largely neglectful government, built and shaped their own city. Using a wealth of recent studies on Greater Cairo and a deep reading of informal urban processes, the city and its recent history are ... Read more

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  • Gentrification in a Global Context

    Edited by Rowland Atkinson, Gary Bridge ...
    Series series Housing and Society Series
    Gentrification, a process of class neighbourhood upgrading, is being identified in a broader range of urban contexts throughout the world. This book throws new light and evidence to bear on a subject that deeply divides commentators on its worth and social costs given its ability to physically improve areas but also to displace indigenous inhabitants.Gentrification in a Global Perspective brings ... Read more

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  • Hamlet on the Holodeck

    by Janet H. Murray ...
    Stories define how we think, the way we play, and the way we understand our lives. And just as Gutenberg made possible the stories that ushered in the Modem Era, so is the computer having a profound effect on the stories of the late 20th century. Today we are confronting the limits of books themselves -- anticipating the end of storytelling as we know it -- even as we witness the advent of a brave ... Read more

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  • Problem with Education Technology (Hint: It's Not the Technology)

    by Ben Fink, Robin Brown ...
    Series series Current Arguments in Composition
    Education is in crisis—at least, so we hear. And at the center of this crisis is technology. New technologies like computer-based classroom instruction, online K–12 schools, MOOCs (massive open online courses), and automated essay scoring may be our last great hope—or the greatest threat we have ever faced.In The Problem with Education Technology, Ben Fink and Robin Brown look behind the hype to ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Sustaining Urban Networks

    The Social Diffusion of Large Technical Systems

    Edited by Olivier Coutard, Richard Hanley, Rae Zimmerman ...
    Series series Networked Cities Series
    Considering sustainability in its economic, environmental and social contexts, the contributors take stock of previous research on large technical systems and discuss their sustainability from three main perspectives: uses, cities, and rules and institutions. ... Read more

    $99.99 USD