Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Cities Without Cities Cities Without Cities Thomas Sieverts This book investigates the social, economic, environmental and formal characteristics of today's built environment. Providing a better understanding of this new type of urban form and argues for a ch… OL16981026W
When city and country collide When city and country collide Thomas L. Daniels "As traditional rural industries give way to residential and commercial development, the land at the edges of developed areas - the rural-urban fringe - is becoming the middle landscape between city … OL1971016W
Sports d'hiver durables Sports d'hiver durables Jean-Pierre Lamic Réflexion sur les moyens de repenser l'impact économique, social et environnemental des sports d'hiver et les relations des stations de sports d'hiver avec leur environnement dans une optique de déve… OL21669861W
Knowledge and the city Knowledge and the city Francisco Javier Carrillo "This book underlines the growing importance of knowledge for the competitiveness of cities and their regions. Examining the role of knowledge - in its economic, socio-cultural, spatial and instituti… OL23185444W
Soft spaces in Europe Soft spaces in Europe Philip Allmendinger "The past thirty years have seen a proliferation of new forms of territorial governance that have come to co-exist with, and complement, formal territorial spaces of government. These governance expe… OL23220813W
The image and the region The image and the region Agnes Förster,Alain Thierstein "Mega-city regions are an emerging large-scale urban phenomenon of strategic importance for economic, social and cultural development, at the European and national level. However to politicians, admi… OL28956409W
Rainforest cities Rainforest cities John O. Browder "Comprehensive and useful analysis of region's urbanization process. Compares eastern and western segments, and illustrates heterogeneity of urban frontier. Concludes that current theories of urbaniz… OL3293313W