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Urban Morphology
An Introduction to the Study of the Physical Form of Cities
Av Vítor Manuel Araújo de Oliveira
Häftad, 2022
660 kr
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'This is a textbook about cities or, more precisely, about the physical form of cities. It provides an overview of the main elements of urban form—streets, street blocks, plots and buildings—structuring our cities and the fundamental agents and processes of transformation shaping these elements. It …
Micro-residential Dynamics
A Case Study of Whitechapel, London
Inbunden, 2018
1098 kr
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This book examines how non-economic inter- and intra-group relationships were reflected in residential patterns around the first decade of the 21st century in Whitechapel, an old yet attractive absorption neighbourhood in east London, UK. It sheds light on different levels of organisation that …
J.W.R. Whitehand and the Historico-geographical Approach to Urban Morphology
Inbunden, 2018
1355 kr
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Over recent decades, the historico-geographical approach to urban morphology has been prominent in the debate on the physical form of our cities and on the agents and processes shaping that form over time. With origins in the work of the geographer M.R.G. Conzen, this approach has been …
Spatial Planning in Ghana
Origins, Contemporary Reforms and Practices, and New Perspectives
Inbunden, 2018
1098 kr
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This book documents and analyses spatial planning in Ghana, providing a comprehensive and critical discussion of the evolving institutional and legal arrangements that have shaped and defined Ghana’s spatial planning system for more than seven decades; the contemporary policy instruments and …
Territorial Cohesion
The Urban Dimension
Inbunden, 2019
1752 kr
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This book offers a comprehensive overview of several urban related aspects that are of central importance to successful territorial cohesion processes. In essence, it sheds new light on issues concerning urban polycentrism, functional urban regions, integrated sustainable urban development, and the …
Urban and Regional Planning in Turkey
Av Ö. Burcu Özdemir Sarı, Suna S. Özdemir m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1643 kr
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This book presents an overview of urban and regional planning in Turkey. It discusses the fundamental topics and contemporary issues in the field. The book is organized in two parts and it includes 14 chapters. Chapter 1 is designed as an introduction defining the framework of urbanisation in …
Urban Governance and Informal Settlements
Lessons from the City of Jayapura, Indonesia
Av Ninik Suhartini, Paul Jones
Inbunden, 2019
1098 kr
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The objective of this book is to better understand the nature of urban governance regarding the provision of basic urban services in rapidly growing mid-sized towns and cities in developing countries. Set within the context of understanding urban planning and management within the wider city …
Housing Estates in Europe
Poverty, Ethnic Segregation and Policy Challenges
Av Daniel Baldwin Hess, Tiit Tammaru m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
442 kr
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This open access book explores the formation and socio-spatial trajectories of large housing estates in Europe. Are these estates clustered or scattered? Which social groups originally had access to residential space in housing estates? What is the size, scale and geography of housing estates, …
Eastern Mediterranean Port Cities
A Study of Mersin, Turkey—From Antiquity to Modernity
Av Filiz Yenişehirlioğlu, Eyüp Özveren m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
1128 kr
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This book surveys the historical development, current problems and likely prospects for Eastern Mediterranean port cities, providing contributions from scholars from various disciplines, such as archaeologists, historians, economists, urban planners and architects. By studying the city of Mersin …
Governance of Smart Transportation Systems
Towards New Organizational Structures for the Development of Shared, Automated, Electric and Integrated Mobility
Av Matthias Finger, Maxime Audouin
Häftad, 2018
1207 kr
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This book presents essential new governance structures to embrace and regulate smart mobility modes. Drawing on a range of case studies, it paves the way for new approaches to governing future transportation systems. Over the past decades, Information and Communication Technologies have enabled the …
Green Building Transitions
Regional Trajectories of Innovation in Europe, Canada and Australia
Av Julia Affolderbach, Christian Schulz
Häftad, 2018
1207 kr
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This volume analyzes sustainability-related innovations in the building sector and discusses how regional contexts articulate transition trajectories toward green building. It presents ‘biographies’ of drivers and processes of green building innovation in four case studies: Brisbane (AUS), Freiburg …
Landscape Paradigms and Post-urban Spaces
A Journey Through the Regions of Landscape
Häftad, 2019
1207 kr
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This book presents: 1) an urban-studies panorama on the emergence of a built/landscape continuum following the anthropic expansion at the geographic scale and the consequent demise of the city/country divide; 2) an in-depth theoretical analysis of disparate landscape constructs, culminating in the …
Urban Environmental Governance in India
Browsing Bengaluru
Av K.V. Raju, A. Ravindra m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
1010 kr
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This book aims to identify the challenges presented by current urban environmental governance practices in fast growing Indian cities, to propose changes to the current governance implementation strategies, and to explore the best practices to achieve sustainable urban models through Indian and …
Public Art and Urban Memorials in Berlin
Häftad, 2019
1018 kr
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This book provides insight into the significant area of public art and memorials in Berlin. Through diverse selected examples, grouped according to their basic character and significance, the most important art projects produced in the period since World War II are presented and discussed. Both as …
Smart Sustainable Cities of the Future
The Untapped Potential of Big Data Analytics and Context–Aware Computing for Advancing Sustainability
Häftad, 2019
2733 kr
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This book is intended to help explore the field of smart sustainable cities in its complexity, heterogeneity, and breadth, the many faces of a topical subject of major importance for the future that encompasses so much of modern urban life in an increasingly computerized and urbanized world. …
Urban Public Spaces
From Planned Policies to Everyday Politics (Illustrated with Brazilian Case Studies)
Av Lucia Capanema Alvares, Jorge Luiz Barbosa
Häftad, 2018
1316 kr
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This book is about understanding, contextualizing and carrying out critical analyzes of the policies intended and/or implemented by the various public and private actors in urban public spaces, as well as the daily, or eventual, politics exercised by the organized civil society and by citizens. It …
European Territorial Cooperation
Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to the Process and Impacts of Cross-Border and Transnational Cooperation in Europe
Häftad, 2018
1098 kr
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This book fills an existing academic literature gap by providing a sound and synthetic analysis on the process of European Territorial Cooperation over the last 30 years. This follows from the support from the former EU INTERREG Community Initiative, since 1989, later transformed into the second …
Teaching Urban Morphology
Häftad, 2019
1861 kr
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This book brings together contributions from some of the foremost international experts in the field of urban morphology and addresses major questions such as: What exactly is urban morphology? Why teach it? What contents should be taught in an urban morphology course? And how can it be taught most …
Neo-liberalism and the Architecture of the Post Professional Era
Häftad, 2018
1643 kr
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This book discusses the effects of Neo-Liberal policies on the transformations of architectural and urban practices and education in the transition from the era of “professionalism” to “post-professionalism.” Building on previous literature in the field of contemporary theory of architecture, it …
Emerging Urban Spaces
A Planetary Perspective
Av Philipp Horn, Paola Alfaro d'Alencon m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
1098 kr
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This edited collection critically discusses the relevance of, and the potential for identifying conceptual common ground between dominant urban theory projects – namely Neo-Marxian accounts on planetary urbanization and alternative ‘Southern’ post-colonial and post-structuralist projects. Its main …
Urban Renewal, Community and Participation
Theory, Policy and Practice
Häftad, 2018
1643 kr
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This edited collection investigates the human dimension of urban renewal, using a range of case studies from Africa, Asia, Europe, India and North America, to explore how the conception and delivery of regeneration initiatives can strengthen or undermine local communities. Ultimately aiming to …
Cultural Urban Heritage
Development, Learning and Landscape Strategies
Av Mladen Obad Šćitaroci, Bojana Bojanić Obad Šćitaroci m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1861 kr
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This book presents strategies and models for cultural heritage enhancement from a multidisciplinary perspective. It discusses identifying historical, current and possible future models for the revival and enhancement of cultural heritage, taking into consideration three factors – respect for the …
Micro-residential Dynamics
A Case Study of Whitechapel, London
Häftad, 2019
1098 kr
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This book examines how non-economic inter- and intra-group relationships were reflected in residential patterns around the first decade of the 21st century in Whitechapel, an old yet attractive absorption neighbourhood in east London, UK. It sheds light on different levels of organisation that …
Urban Studies and Entrepreneurship
Av Muhammad Naveed Iftikhar, Jonathan B. Justice m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1752 kr
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This book attempts to advance critical knowledge and practices for fostering a variety of entrepreneurship at a city level. The book aims to connect scholarship and policy practice in two disciplines: Urban Studies and Entrepreneurship. The book has included contributions from developed, emerging, …
Form, Space and Design
From the Persian to the European Experience
Inbunden, 2019
1098 kr
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This book studies the principles of urban spatial organization of historic cities. It can be considered a guide to design, presenting qualitative criteria to satisfy practical needs. The subject is explored through interconnected chapters, each addressing an important aspect of form-space and …
Form, Space and Design
From the Persian to the European Experience
Häftad, 2020
1098 kr
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This book studies the principles of urban spatial organization of historic cities. It can be considered a guide to design, presenting qualitative criteria to satisfy practical needs. The subject is explored through interconnected chapters, each addressing an important aspect of form-space and …
Heterotopia and Heritage Preservation
The Heterotopic Tool as a Means of Heritage Assessment
Inbunden, 2019
1643 kr
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This book approaches the field of built heritage and its practices by employing the concept of heterotopia, established by the French philosopher Michel Foucault. The fundamental understandings of heritage, its evolution and practices all reveal intrinsic heterotopic features (the mirror function, …
Urban Heritage Along the Silk Roads
A Contemporary Reading of Urban Transformation of Historic Cities in the Middle East and Beyond
Av Fatemeh Farnaz Arefian, Seyed Hossein Iradj Moeini
Inbunden, 2019
1692 kr
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This book examines examples of contemporary situation of historic regions in the Middle East and its broader geographic context connected to the historic trade routes, offering cross-disciplinary and cross-sectoral perspectives. The region is home to ancient settlements and early human endeavors to …
Urban Heritage Along the Silk Roads
A Contemporary Reading of Urban Transformation of Historic Cities in the Middle East and Beyond
Av Fatemeh Farnaz Arefian, Seyed Hossein Iradj Moeini
Häftad, 2020
1243 kr
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This book examines examples of contemporary situation of historic regions in the Middle East and its broader geographic context connected to the historic trade routes, offering cross-disciplinary and cross-sectoral perspectives. The region is home to ancient settlements and early human endeavors to …
Warsaw Housing Cooperative
City in Action
Av Magdalena Matysek-Imielińska
Inbunden, 2019
551 kr
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This book discusses the unknown and remote urban experiment of modernist social practices and dreams of a better tomorrow. It describes the history of the Warsaw Housing Cooperative not as a historical relic or a single case study, but instead analyses this working-class social housing estate – in …
