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  • From Rails to Trails

    The Making of America's Active Transportation Network

    de Peter Harnik ...
    If, as Wallace Stegner said, the national park is “the best idea we ever had,” the rail-trail is certainly a close runner-up. Part transportation corridor, part park, the rail-trail has revolutionized the way America creates high-quality, car-free pathways for bicyclists, runners, walkers, equestrians, and more.It was only a few decades after railroad barons had run roughshod over America’s ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Urban Green

    Innovative Parks for Resurgent Cities

    de Peter Harnik ...
    For years American urban parks fell into decay due to disinvestment, but as cities began to rebound—and evidence of the economic, cultural, and health benefits of parks grew— investment in urban parks swelled. The U.S. Conference of Mayors recently cited meeting the growing demand for parks and open space as one of the biggest challenges for urban leaders today. It is now widely agreed that the U ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

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  • The Human City

    Urbanism for the Rest of Us

    de Joel Kotkin ...
    The author of The Coming of Neo-Feudalism and The New Class Conflict challenges conventions of urban planning.Around the globe, most new urban development has adhered to similar tenets: tall structures, small units, and high density. In The Human City, Joel Kotkin―called "America's uber-geographer" by David Brooks of the New York Times―questions these nearly ubiquitous practices, suggesting that ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment

    de Landscape Institute, I.E.M.A. ...
    Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) can be key to planning decisions by identifying the effects of new developments on views and on the landscape itself.This fully revised edition of the industry standard work on LVIA presents an authoritative statement of the principles of assessment. Offering detailed advice on the process of assessing the landscape and visual effects of developments ... Leer más

    $199.99 USD

  • Deep in the Heart of San Antonio

    Land and Life in South Texas

    de Char Miller ...
    Char Miller's collection of essays provides an insightful survey of San Antonio and South Texas. The essays are grouped into six thematic sections: an overview; natural and environmental history; water issues; urban development; politics; and the city's future. Miller describes the First Friday Art Walks in Southtown, where the promenade reenacts the pedestrian traffic envisioned by the San ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Principles of Brownfield Regeneration

    Cleanup, Design, and Reuse of Derelict Land

    de Justin Hollander, Niall Kirkwood, Julia Gold ...
    The US. EPA defines brownfields as "idle real property, the development or improvement of which is impaired by real or perceived contamination." The authors of Principles of Brownfield Regeneration argue that, compared to "greenfields"-farmland, forest, or pasturelands that have never been developed-brownfields offer a more sustainable land development choice. They believe that brownfields are ... Leer más

    $20.19 USD

  • Urban Squares : spatio-temporal studies of design and everyday life in the Öresund region

    Edición de Mattias Kärrholm ...
    Urban Squares suggests a specific and fresh take on agorology – the study of urban squares. The approach is one of recording everyday life and focusing on different ways to describe and investigate the public life and space of urban squares. The book comprises four empirical case studies of squares focusing especially on the urban material culture and spatio-temporal changes of these squares. The ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • The Sociology of Space

    Materiality, Social Structures, and Action

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $125.99 USD

  • Community-Built

    Art, Construction, Preservation, and Place

    Edición de Katherine Melcher, Barry Stiefel, Kristin Faurest ...
    Series series Community Development Research and Practice Series
    Throughout history and around the world, community members have come together to build places, be it settlers constructing log cabins in nineteenth-century Canada, an artist group creating a waterfront gathering place along the Danube in Budapest, or residents helping revive small-town main streets in the United States. What all these projects have in common is that they involve local volunteers ... Leer más

    $82.99 USD

  • Geodesign by Integrating Design and Geospatial Sciences

    Edición de Eduardo Dias, Henk J. Scholten, Danbi J. Lee ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In Europe, the emerging discipline of geodesign was earmarked by the first Geodesign Summit held in 2013 at the GeoFort, the Netherlands. Here researchers and practitioners from 28 different countries gathered to exchange ideas on how to merge the spatial sciences and design worlds. This book brings together experiences from this international group of spatial planners, architects, landscape ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • The Architect's Portable Handbook: First-Step Rules of Thumb for Building Design 4/e

    de John Patten ("Pat") Guthrie ...
    The Essentials of Building Design--at Your Fingertips!Fully updated with the 2009 IBC International Building Code, this practical guide delivers the key data you need in every step of an architectural project--from initial planning and estimating through design and completion. The Architect's Portable Handbook, Fourth Edition, provides the latest code and cost information, along with a wealth of ... Leer más

    $57.99 USD

  • Urban Microclimate

    Designing the Spaces Between Buildings

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $70.99 USD