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City in Transgression
Human Mobility and Resistance in the 21st Century
Inbunden, 2020
2592 kr
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The City in Transgression explores the unacknowledged, neglected, and ill-defined spaces of the built environment and their transition into places of resistance and residence by refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, the homeless, and the disadvantaged. The book draws on urban and spatial theory, …
City in Geography
Renaturing the Built Environment
Häftad, 2020
741 kr
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Monumental in scale and epic in development, cities have become the most visible and significant symbol of human progress. The geography on and around which they are constructed, however, has come to be viewed merely in terms of its resources and is often laid to waste once its assets have been …
China’s Railway Transformation
History, Culture Changes and Urban Development
Av Junjie Xi, Paco Mejias Villatoro
Inbunden, 2022
2201 kr
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This book investigates China’s railway transformation through history, along with culture changes and urban development. The book begins by looking at the background of China and the history and growth of railway development in China through five key phases, followed by assessing the cultural …
Tokyo Roji
The Diversity and Versatility of Alleys in a City in Transition
Av Heide Imai
Häftad, 2019
774 kr
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The Japanese urban alleyway, which was once part of people’s personal spatial sphere and everyday life has been transformed by diverse and competing interests. Marginalised through the emergence of new forms of housing and public spaces, re-appropriated by different fields, and re-invented by the …
American Colonisation and the City Beautiful
Filipinos and Planning in the Philippines, 1916-35
Av Ian Morley
Inbunden, 2019
2592 kr
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Winner of the 2020 IPHS Koos Bosma PrizeAmerican Colonisation and the City Beautiful explores the history of city planning and the evolution of the built environment in the Philippines between 1916 and 1935. In so doing, it highlights the activities of the Bureau of Public Works’ Division of …
Lost in the Transit Desert
Race, Transit Access, and Suburban Form
Häftad, 2019
751 kr
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Increased redevelopment, the dismantling of public housing, and increasing housing costs are forcing a shift in migration of lower income and transit dependent populations to the suburbs. These suburbs are often missing basic transportation, and strategies to address this are lacking. This absence …
Virtual and the Real in Planning and Urban Design
Perspectives, Practices and Applications
Av Claudia Yamu, Alenka Poplin m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
751 kr
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The Virtual and the Real in Planning and Urban Design: Perspectives, Practices and Applicationsexplores the merging relationship between physical and virtual spaces in planning and urban design. Technological advances such as smart sensors, interactive screens, locative media and evolving …
New York in Cinematic Imagination
The Agitated City
Av Vojislava Filipcevic Cordes
Inbunden, 2020
2592 kr
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New York in Cinematic Imagination is an interdisciplinary study into urbanism and cinematic representations of the American metropolis in the twentieth century. It contextualizes spatial transformations and discourse about New York during the Great Depression and the Second World War, examining …
Cultural Mega-Events
Opportunities and Risks for Heritage Cities
Inbunden, 2020
2517 kr
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Mega-events have long been used by cities as a strategy to secure global recognition and attract future economic investment. However, while cultural mega-events like the European Capital of Culture have become increasingly popular, cities have begun questioning the traditional model of other events …
Unplugging the City
The Urban Phenomenon and its Sociotechnical Controversies
Av Fábio Duarte, Rodrigo Jose Firmino
Häftad, 2019
719 kr
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Modernity has entrusted technology with such power that it is treated as an autonomous entity, with its own manners and morals. Technological disruptions are also socially disruptive: technological failures reveal both the constituents of the technology itself and the social fabric woven by this …
Heritage-led Urban Regeneration in China
Häftad, 2019
771 kr
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Urban planning, regeneration and design is an essentially cultural practice with the outcomes often depending upon an understanding of and engagement with the past. As cities in China strive to be competitive and attractive on the world stage, their decaying historical urban fabrics are being …
Planning for Greying Cities
Age-Friendly City Planning and Design Research and Practice
Häftad, 2019
741 kr
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Planning for Greying Cities: Age-Friendly City Planning and Design Research and Practice highlights how modern town planning and design act as a positive force for population ageing, taking on these challenges from a user-oriented perspective. Although often related to 'healthy city' concepts, the …
Cognition and the Built Environment
Av Ole Möystad
Häftad, 2019
741 kr
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Cognition and the Built Environment argues that interacting with our built environment, as users and as architects, is a cognitive process. It claims that architecture, in its form and meaning, is a basic, embodied level of human cognition. The assumption is that we and our built environment …
Urban Renewal and School Reform in Baltimore
Rethinking the 21st Century Public School
Av Erkin Özay
Inbunden, 2020
2582 kr
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Urban Renewal and School Reform in Baltimore examines the role of the contemporary public school as an instrument of urban design.The central case study in this book, Henderson-Hopkins, is a PK-8 campus serving as the civic centerpiece of the East Baltimore Development Initiative. This study …
Planning within Complex Urban Systems
Inbunden, 2020
2582 kr
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Imagine living in a city where people could move freely and buildings could be replaced at minimal cost. Reality cannot be further from such. Despite this imperfect world in which we live, urban planning has become integral and critical especially in the face of rapid urbanization in many …
Smart Design
Disruption, Crisis, and the Reshaping of Urban Spaces
Av Richard Hu
Inbunden, 2021
2582 kr
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This book tackles the emerging smart urbanism to advance a new way of urban thinking and to explore a new design approach. It unravels several urban transformations in dualities: economic relationality and centrality, technological flattening and polarisation, and spatial division and fusion. These …
Re-interpreting the Relationship Between Water and Urban Planning
The Case of Dar es Salaam
Häftad, 2020
719 kr
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Africa is one of the most dynamic continents. It will play a key role in the coming decades in relation to the growth of cities, and environmental conditions will be of primary importance. The structural lack of water and sanitation infrastructure affects the development of Africa's growing urban …
Urban Renewal and School Reform in Baltimore
Rethinking the 21st Century Public School
Av Erkin Özay
Häftad, 2022
671 kr
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Urban Renewal and School Reform in Baltimore examines the role of the contemporary public school as an instrument of urban design.The central case study in this book, Henderson-Hopkins, is a PK-8 campus serving as the civic centerpiece of the East Baltimore Development Initiative. This study …
Waterfront Design in Small Mediterranean Port Towns
Inbunden, 2022
2508 kr
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This book addresses issues that waterfronts face in small Mediterranean port towns due to increases in the tourism industry. Integrating theory and pragmatic approaches, Waterfront Design in Small Port Towns proposes a design matrix which can go on to be implemented in waterfronts globally. The …
Waterfront Design in Small Mediterranean Port Towns
Häftad, 2023
711 kr
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This book addresses issues that waterfronts face in small Mediterranean port towns due to increases in the tourism industry. Integrating theory and pragmatic approaches, Waterfront Design in Small Port Towns proposes a design matrix which can go on to be implemented in waterfronts globally. The …
New York in Cinematic Imagination
The Agitated City
Av Vojislava Filipcevic Cordes
Häftad, 2023
647 kr
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New York in Cinematic Imagination is an interdisciplinary study into urbanism and cinematic representations of the American metropolis in the twentieth century. It contextualizes spatial transformations and discourse about New York during the Great Depression and the Second World War, examining …
City in Transgression
Human Mobility and Resistance in the 21st Century
Häftad, 2023
666 kr
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The City in Transgression explores the unacknowledged, neglected, and ill-defined spaces of the built environment and their transition into places of resistance and residence by refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, the homeless, and the disadvantaged. The book draws on urban and spatial theory, …
City Makers of Nairobi
An African Urban History
Häftad, 2023
666 kr
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The City Makers of Nairobi re-examines the history of the urban development of Nairobi in the colonial period. Although Nairobi was a colonial construct with lasting negative repercussions, the African population’s impact on its history and development is often overlooked. This book shows how …
Narrative Turn in Urban Planning
Plotting the Helsinki Waterfront
Av Lieven Ameel
Inbunden, 2020
2884 kr
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Narratives, in the context of urban planning, matter profoundly. Planning theory and practice have taken an increasing interest in the role and power of narrative, and yet there is no comprehensive study of how narrative, and concepts from narrative and literary theory more broadly, can enrich …
Narrative Turn in Urban Planning
Plotting the Helsinki Waterfront
Av Lieven Ameel
Häftad, 2023
744 kr
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Narratives, in the context of urban planning, matter profoundly. Planning theory and practice have taken an increasing interest in the role and power of narrative, and yet there is no comprehensive study of how narrative, and concepts from narrative and literary theory more broadly, can enrich …
Economic Incentives in Sub-Saharan African Urban Planning
A Ghanaian Case Study
Inbunden, 2021
2508 kr
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This book explores incentives capable of enhancing the effectiveness of urban planning systems in Sub-Saharan Africa using economic theory as a framework. It argues that urban planning is fundamental to the achievement of sustainable and resilient cities, but against the backdrop of rising levels …
Economic Incentives in Sub-Saharan African Urban Planning
A Ghanaian Case Study
Häftad, 2023
647 kr
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This book explores incentives capable of enhancing the effectiveness of urban planning systems in Sub-Saharan Africa using economic theory as a framework. It argues that urban planning is fundamental to the achievement of sustainable and resilient cities, but against the backdrop of rising levels …
Planning within Complex Urban Systems
Häftad, 2022
711 kr
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Imagine living in a city where people could move freely and buildings could be replaced at minimal cost. Reality cannot be further from such. Despite this imperfect world in which we live, urban planning has become integral and critical especially in the face of rapid urbanization in many …
Metaphysical City
Six Ways of Understanding the Urban Milieu
Av Rob Sullivan
Häftad, 2020
741 kr
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The Metaphysical City examines the metaphorical existence of the city as an entity to further understand its significance on urban planning and geography. It encourages an open-minded approach when studying cities so as to uncover broader connecting themes that may otherwise be missed.Case studies …
Evolving Public Space in South Africa
Towards Regenerative Space in the Post-Apartheid City
Häftad, 2020
741 kr
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Evolving Public Space in South Africa discusses the transformation of public space highlighted in the country. Drawing on examples from major cities, the author demonstrates that these spaces are not only becoming wasted space, but are also adapting and evolving to accommodate new users and uses in …
