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  • The Portland Edge

    Challenges And Successes In Growing Communities

    by Jennifer Dill, Alan Yeakley, Mattew Witt, Steven Reed Johnson, Gerald Sussman, J.R. Estes, Chet Orloff, Carl Abbott, Deborah Howe, Nancy Chapman, Hollie Lund, Sy Adler, John Provo, Karen Gibson, Tracy Prince, Leslie Good, Ethan Seltzer, Heike Mayer ...
    Portland, Oregon, is often cited as one of the most livable cities in the United States and a model for "smart growth." At the same time, critics deride it as a victim of heavy-handed planning and point to its skyrocketing housing costs as a clear sign of good intentions gone awry. Which side is right? Does Portland deserve the accolades it has received, or has hype overshadowed the real story?In ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

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  • Re-Framing Urban Space

    Urban Design for Emerging Hybrid and High-Density Conditions

    by Im Sik Cho, Chye-Kiang Heng, Zdravko Trivic ...
    Re-framing Urban Space: Urban Design for Emerging Hybrid and High-Density Conditions rethinks the role and meaning of urban spaces through current trends and challenges in urban development. In emerging dense, hybrid, complex and dynamic urban conditions, public urban space is not only a precious and contested commodity, but also one of the key vehicles for achieving socially, environmentally and ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Vertical Living

    The Architectural Centre and the Remaking of Wellington

    by Julia Gatley, Paul Walker ...
    In 1946 a group of students and idealists got together to realize their visions for a modern city. Over the following half century, the Architectural Centre they founded helped shape the possibilities of modern life in urban New Zealand and profoundly influenced the remaking of the capital city of Wellington. More than just an association of architects, the Centre furthered education, published a ... Read more

    $31.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Natural History of North American Trees

    by Donald Culross Peattie ...
    "A volume for a lifetime" is how The New Yorker described the first of Donald Culross Peatie's two books about American trees published in the 1950s. In this one-volume edition, modern readers are introduced to one of the best nature writers of the last century. As we read Peattie's eloquent and entertaining accounts of American trees, we catch glimpses of our country's history and past daily life ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Sociology of Space

    Materiality, Social Structures, and Action

    by Martina Löw ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In this book, the author develops a relational concept of space that encompasses social structure, the material world of objects and bodies, and the symbolic dimension of the social world. Löw’s guiding principle is the assumption that space emerges in the interplay between objects, structures and actions. Based on a critical discussion of classic theories of space, Löw develops a new dynamic ... Read more

    $125.09 USD

  • Shaping Jerusalem

    Spatial planning, politics and the conflict

    by Francesco Chiodelli ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design
    Shaping Jerusalem: Spatial planning, politics and the conflict focuses on a hidden facet of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the relentless reshaping of the Holy City by the Israeli authorities through urban policies, spatial plans, infrastructural and architectural projects, land use and building regulations. From a political point of view, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may appear to be at an ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Planning Theory

    Edited by Michael Gunder, Ali Madanipour, Vanessa Watson ...
    The Routledge Handbook of Planning Theory presents key contemporary themes in planning theory through the views of some of the most innovative thinkers in planning. They introduce and explore their own specialized areas of planning theory, to conceptualize their contemporary positions and to speculate how these positions are likely to evolve and change as new challenges emerge.In a changing and ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Delta Urbanism: The Netherlands

    Edited by Han Meyer, Steffen Nijhuis, Inge Bobbink ...
    Delta Urbanism is a major new initiative that explores the growth, development, and management of deltaic cities and regions, with the aim of balancing various goals in a sustainable manner: urbanization, port commerce, industrial development, flood defense, public safety, ecological balance, tourism, and recreation. This book is a detailed history and overview of how one low-lying country has ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Municipalities and Finance

    A Sourcebook for Capacity Building

    by Nick Devas ...
    Series series Municipal Capacity Building Series
    Finance is a critical issue for municipal governments around the world, and a major constraint on the delivery of pro-poor services at the local level. In many countries, decentralisation has brought the issue of municipal finance to the fore. This sourcebook provides a framework for analysing municipal finance capacity and ways of addressing financial constraints.The ideas come from real-life ... Read more

    $104.99 USD

  • Lewis Mumford and Patrick Geddes

    The Correspondence

    Edited by Frank G. Novak Jr. ...
    I am a disciple of Patrick Geddes, and I am an abject admirer of everything he has said and done. The tantalising nearness of everything we most want; were it not for some fatal, stubborn grain in both of us, Geddes and I, linked together, intellectual and emotional, might still conquer the world. For lack of this, he will be imperfectly articulate and I, perhaps, will have nothing to say. These ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Architecture of Brazil

    1900-1990

    by Hugo Segawa ...
    Architecture of Brazil: 1900-1990 examines the processes that underpin modern Brazilian architecture under various influences and characterizes different understandings of modernity, evident in the chapter topics of this book. Accordingly, the author does not give overall preference to particular architects nor works, with the exception of a few specific works and architects, including Warchavchik ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Planning in Indigenous Australia

    From Imperial Foundations to Postcolonial Futures

    by Sue Jackson, Libby Porter, Louise C. Johnson ...
    Series series RTPI Library Series
    Planning in settler-colonial countries is always taking place on the lands of Indigenous peoples. While Indigenous rights, identity and cultural values are increasingly being discussed within planning, its mainstream accounts virtually ignore the colonial roots and legacies of the discipline’s assumptions, techniques and methods. This ground-breaking book exposes the imperial origins of the ... Read more

    $79.99 USD