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  • EcoCities

    Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature (Revised Edition)

    by Richard Register ...
    Most of the world's population now lives in cities. So if we are to address the problems of environmental deterioration and peak oil adequately, the city has to be a major focus of attention.EcoCities is about re-building cities and towns based on ecological principles for the long term sustainability, cultural vitality and health of the Earth's biosphere. Unique in the literature is the book's ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • How Cycling Can Save the World

    by Peter Walker ...
    Peter Walker—reporter at the Guardian and curator of its popular bike blog—shows how the future of humanity depends on the bicycle.Car culture has ensnared much of the world—and it's no wonder. Convenience and comfort (as well as some clever lobbying) have made the car the transportation method of choice for generations. But as the world evolves, the high cost of the automobile is made clearer ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Street Smart

    The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars

    by Samuel I Schwartz ...
    On a Saturday morning in December 1973, a section of New York's West Side Highway collapsed under the weight of a truck full of asphalt. The road was closed, seemingly for good, and the 80,000 cars that traveled it each day had to find a new way to their destinations. It ought to have produced traffic chaos, but it didn't. The cars simply vanished. It was a moment of revelation: the highway had ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Crime Prevention and the Built Environment

    by Ted Kitchen, Richard H. Schneider ...
    With a comprehensive analysis, this book links theory, evidence and practical application to bridge gaps between planning, design and criminology. The authors investigate connections between crime prevention and development planning with an international approach, looking at initiatives in the field and incorporating an understanding of current responses to the growth of technology and terrorism. ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • 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

  • Toronto, No Mean City

    Third Edition, Revised

    by Eric Arthur, Stephen Otto ...
    Series series Heritage
    Eric Arthur fell in love with Toronto the first time he saw it. The year was 1923; he was twenty-five years old, newly arrived to teach architecture at the University of Toronto. For the next sixty years he dedicated himself to saving the great buildings of Toronto's past. Toronto, No Mean City sounded a clarion call in his crusade. First published in 1964, it sparked the preservation movement of ... Read more

    $42.49 USD

  • Housing Policy in Latin American Cities

    A New Generation of Strategies and Approaches for 2016 UN-HABITAT III

    by Peter M. Ward, Edith R. Jiménez Huerta, María Mercedes Di Virgilio ...
    After the 1960s, rapid urbanization in developing regions in Latin America, Africa, and Asia was marked by the expansion of low-income "irregular" settlements that developed informally and which, by the 2000s, often constituted between 20-60 percent of the built-up area of metropolitan areas and other large cities. There has been a variety of research directed at the housing policies involved with ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Theories of Urban Politics

    Edited by David Imbroscio, Jonathan S Davies ...
    ′Anybody who thinks the study of urban politics is stagnating needs to pick up a copy of Theories of Urban Politics. Insightful analysis of scholarship on traditional topics is supplemented by chapters on nontraditional topics, including the new institutionalism, network governance, and urban leadership… If you want to keep up with cutting-edge debates in urban studies, the Davies and Imbroscio ... Read more

    $93.59 USD

  • Lifeboat Cities

    Making a New World

    by Brendan Gleeson ...
    Hopeful and provocative, this account considers the principle social and ecological threats facing Australia and outlines the ways in which these crises need to be confronted and addressed. Taking a radical approach to climate change prevention, this bold manifesto claims that Australia's current focus on over-consumption and "greener lifestyles" are ineffective. Rather, this opinionated record ... Read more

    $23.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Metropolis and Region

    by Otis Dudley Duncan, William Richard Scott, Stanley Lieberson, Beverly Davis Duncan, Hal H. Winsborough ...
    Series series RFF Urban and Regional Economics Set
    This is Volume II of a series of six on Urban and Regional Economics originally published in 1960. This study discusses the future of urban developments in America. Has they already have megapolitan belts, sprawling regions of quasi-urban settlement stretching along coast lines or major transportation routes, current concepts of the community stand to be challenged. What will remain of local ... Read more

    $73.99 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

  • Healthy Urban Planning

    by Hugh Barton, Catherine Tsourou ...
    Healthy Urban Planning aims to refocus urban planners on the implications of their work for human health and well-being. If many of the problems faced in cities are to be resolved, improving health will be the fundamental goal of urban planners. Poor housing, poverty, stress, pollution, and lack of access to jobs, goods and services all impact upon health. This book provides practical advice on ... Read more

    $77.99 USD