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“michael c healy”

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  • BART

    The Dramatic History of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System

    by Michael C. Healy ...
    An insider's "indispensible" behind-the-scenes history of the transit system of San Francisco and surrounding counties ( Houston Chronicle).In the first-ever history book about BART, longtime agency spokesman Michael C. Healy gives an insider's account of the rapid transit system's inception, hard-won approval, construction, and operations, warts and all.With a master storyteller's wit and sharp ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Streets Were Paved with Gold

    by Ken Auletta ...
    How - and why - did one of the world's greatest cities come to be teetering on the edge of bankruptcy? Ken Auletta, writer for THE NEW YORKER and columnist for THE DAILY NEWS, shows how the decline of New York City was partly inevitable --- the result of shifting migration patterns and rapidl technological innovations --- and partly caused by anarchic political and economic factions, each angling ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • A Practical Approach to Planning Law

    by Victor Moore, Michael Purdue ...
    Series series A Practical Approach
    Despite repeated attempts in recent years to simplify the planning system, planning law has continued to be so complex that practitioners and students alike have found it difficult to disentangle the issues and principles involved. The twelfth edition of this popular and accessible book aims to remove the mystery which planning law has for so many people. A Practical Approach to Planning Law ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Twentieth-Century Sprawl

    Highways and the Reshaping of the American Landscape

    by Owen D. Gutfreund ...
    Owen Gutfreund's Twentieth-Century Sprawl explains important--and largely unexamined--changes in the American landscape. He offers an illuminating look at how highways have dramatically transformed American communities, aiding growth and development in unsettled areas and undermining existing urban centers. Gutfreund takes a "follow the money" approach to show how government policies--from as ... Read more

    $20.89 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

  • Planning London for the Post-War Era 1945-1960

    by Emmanuel V. Marmaras ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book deals with the formation of the post-Second World War reconstruction and planning machinery in Great Britain, the re-planning efforts undertaken in post-war London, and in particular the redevelopment programme regarding its central area in the form of the comprehensive development projects. Originating from a PhD Thesis, the book recreates the atmosphere following step by step arguments ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Analytical Decision-Making Methods for Evaluating Sustainable Transport in European Corridors

    Edited by Isabella M. Lami ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    Eurocorridors are characterized by intensive transport flows and dynamic patterns of establishment and household locations. They are also considered the backbones of powerful spatial and economic forces in the areas that connect urban regions. One of the main difficulties in the spatial planning of eurocorridors has been the need to engage in different types of collective action. Such an approach ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Silicon Alley

    The Rise and Fall of a New Media District

    by Michael Indergaard ...
    Series series Cultural Spaces
    The 1990s dawned with a belief that the digital revolution would radically transform our traditional notion of cities as places of commerce and industry. Many predicted that digital technology would render cities--or at least their economies--obsolete. Instead, precisely the opposite happened. The IT-intensive firms of the new economy needed to be plugged into a sizeable network of talent, ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • A Second Home

    Missouri's Early Schools

    by Sue Thomas ...
    Series Book 1 - Missouri Heritage Readers
    The one-room schoolhouse may be a thing of the past, but it is the foundation on which modern education rests. Sue Thomas now traces the progress of early education in Missouri, demonstrating how important early schools were in taming the frontier.A Second Home offers an in-depth and entertaining look at education in the days when pioneers had to postpone schooling for their children until they ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Methods to Combat Maritime Piracy.

    by David Tempelhoff ...
    Republication of a Thesis published at SUNY Maritime College. Tackles the problem of Global Maritime Piracy by developing security management principles. . ... Read more

    $24.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Practice of Strategic Environmental Assessment

    by Riki Therivel, Maria Rosario Paridario ...
    The practical application of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is becoming increasingly common. A growing number of SEAs are being undertaken around the world, and several countries have issued guidance on how these should be carried out. However, few countries as yet have formal SEA regulations, and few completed SEAs have demonstrated all the elements of current best practice. The ... Read more

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  • Applying Leadership and Management in Planning

    Theory and Practice

    by Janice Morphet ...
    Planning is central to economic, social and environmental life but its practice is frequently criticised by all who engage in it. Seen as too restrictive by those who promote development and too weak by those opposing it, planners who advise on proposals cannot sit on the fence. Is it the planning system that is problematic or is it the planners who work within it? This valuable book examines ... Read more

    $44.09 USD