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“julia koschinsky”

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  • Retrofitting Sprawl

    Addressing Seventy Years of Failed Urban Form

    by Emily Talen, Julia Koschinsky, Brenda Case Scheer, Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Aviva Hopkins Brown, Rebecca Lewis, Matthew Salenger, June Williamson, David Dixon, Ellen Dunham-Jones0, Nico Larco1, Marc Schlossberg2, Dave Amos3, Gabriel Diaz Montemayor4, Nabil Kamel5, Benjamin W. Stanley6, Aaron Golub7, Milagros Zingoni8, Whitney Warman9, Christian Solorio0, Galina Tachieva1, Wesley Brown2 ...
    These twelve previously unpublished essays present innovative and practical ideas for addressing the harmful effects of sprawl. Sprawl is not only an ongoing focus of specialized magazines like Dwell; indeed, Time magazine has cited “recycling the suburbs” as the second of “Ten Ideas Changing the World Right Now.” While most conversations on sprawl tend to focus on its restriction, this book ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

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  • Hollow Land

    Israel's Architecture of Occupation

    by Eyal Weizman ...
    Acclaimed exploration of the political space created by Israel’s colonial occupationThis new edition of the classic work on the politics of architecture—and the architecture of politics—appears on the fiftieth anniversary of the Six-Day War, which expanded Israel’s domination over Palestinian lands.From the tunnels of Gaza to the militarized airspace of the Occupied Territories, Eyal Weizman ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Planning Sustainable Cities

    An infrastructure-based approach

    by Spiro Pollalis ...
    Planning Sustainable Cities: An infrastructure-based approach provides an analytical framework for urban sustainability, focusing on the services and performance of infrastructure systems.The book approaches infrastructure as a series of systems that function in synergy and are directly linked with urban planning. This method streamlines and guides the planning process, while still highlighting ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Urban Microclimate

    Designing the Spaces Between Buildings

    by Evyatar Erell, David Pearlmutter, Terence Williamson ...
    The quality of life of millions of people living in cities could be improved if the form of the city were to evolve in a manner appropriate to its climatic context. Climatically responsive urban design is vital to any notion of sustainability: it enables individual buildings to make use of renewable energy sources for passive heating and cooling, it enhances pedestrian comfort and activity in ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • The 'One Planet' Life

    A Blueprint for Low Impact Development

    by David Thorpe ...
    The One Planet Life demonstrates a path for everyone towards a way of life in which we don’t act as if we had more than one planet Earth. The difference between this approach and others is that it uses ecological footprint analysis to help to determine how effective our efforts are. Much of the book is a manual – with examples – on how to live the 'good life' and supply over 65% of your livelihood ... Read more

    Was $61.99 USD Now $52.99 USD

  • Place-Keeping

    Open Space Management in Practice

    Edited by Nicola Dempsey, Harry Smith, Mel Burton ...
    Place-Keeping presents the latest research and practice on place-keeping – that is, the long-term management of public and private open spaces – from around Europe and the rest of the world. There has long been a focus in urban landscape planning and urban design on the creation of high-quality public spaces, or place-making. This is supported by a growing body of research which shows how high ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Alternative Types of Roundabouts

    An Informational Guide

    by Tomaž Tollazzi ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book presents a history of roundabouts, an introduction to their design, calculations of their capacity and traffic-safety features. It describes the key features of standard roundabouts and their limitations. Alternative types of roundabouts are a fairly recent development and have only been implemented in a few countries to date. The book illustrates a broad variety of these recent ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Integrated Urban Models Vol 1: Policy Analysis of Transportation and Land Use (RLE: The City)

    by S.H. Putman ...
    This book was first published in 1983. ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Capital Dilemma

    Growth and Inequality in Washington, D.C.

    Edited by Derek Hyra, Sabiyha Prince ...
    Capital Dilemma: Growth and Inequality in Washington, DC uncovers and explains the dynamics that have influenced the contemporary economic advancement of Washington, DC. This volume’s unique interdisciplinary approach using historical, sociological, anthropological, economic, geographic, political, and linguistic theories and approaches, captures the comprehensive factors related to changes taking ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • State of the World's Cities 2010/11

    Cities for All: Bridging the Urban Divide

    Edited by Un-Habitat ...
    The world's urban population now exceeds the world's rural population. What does this mean for the state of our cities, given the strain this global demographic shift is placing upon current urban infrastructures?Following on from previous State of the World's Cities reports, this edition uses the framework of 'The Urban Divide' to analyse the complex social, political, economic and cultural ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Sustainable Rural and Urban Ecosystems: Design, Implementation and Operation

    Manual for Practice and Study

    Edited by Gunther Geller, Detlef Glücklich ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    These days human beings have a profound influence on aspects of the planetary ecosystem, e.g. on climate change and biodiversity, to name only two. This manual is intended to help practitioners, who are dealing with human-based rural and urban settlement-ecosystems, in the key steps towards their realization (design, implementation, and operation) and helpful for all, who are concerned about ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Handbook of Community Safety Gender and Violence Prevention

    Practical Planning Tools

    by Carolyn Whitzman ...
    Violence and insecurity are among the most important issues facing communities in the 21st century. Both family violence and community violence are rapidly rising in the urbanizing nations of theSouth and richer nations are also facing increased concern about the health, social, economic and environmental costs of violence and crime.The Handbook of Community Safety, Gender and Violence Prevention ... Read more

    $77.99 USD