Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Suburban Nation Suburban Nation Andres Duany,Jeff Speck,Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk Suburban Nation is a groundbreaking analysis of the detrimental ecological effects and societal costs of late 20th century automobile-based settlement patterns and policies OL16240716W
Vital little plans Vital little plans Will Self,Jane Jacobs,Samuel Zipp,Nathan Storring A survey of Jacobs's career in forty short pieces that have never been collected in a single volume: essays, articles, speeches, interviews, and lectures, covering her work in urban and economic plan… OL20040663W
The governance of place The governance of place Ali Madanipour,Angela Hull,Patsy Healey ix, 316 p. : 23 cm OL20981709W
The European urban charter The European urban charter Council of Europe Council of Europe. OL24650329W
The new urban frontier The new urban frontier Neil Smith,Neil Smith,Neil Smith ¿Qué está ocurriendo en los centros urbanos y en muchos otros barrios históricos de las ciudades de Europa, Norteamérica y otros continentes? ¿Por qué se ha producido esa oleada de operaciones de reg… OL2974925W
Urban planning and cultural identity Urban planning and cultural identity William J. V. Neill Urban Planning and Cultural Identity reviews the intense spatiality of conflict over identity construction in three cities where culture and place identity are not just post-modernist playthings but … OL3001914W
Rebuilding America's legacy cities Rebuilding America's legacy cities Alan Mallach For America's legacy cities--cities losing population and their economic base--this book puts forth strategies to create smaller, healthier cities. Creative strategies for using vacant land need to b… OL31210994W
Sprawl Sprawl Robert Bruegmann As anyone who has flown into Los Angeles at dusk or Houston at midday knows, urban areas today defy traditional notions of what a city is. Our old definitions of urban, suburban, and rural fail to ca… OL3274625W
Town and country planning in the UK Town and country planning in the UK J. B. Cullingworth "This thirteenth edition has been completely revised to take into account the many changes to the planning system and policies introduced by the Labour government. The devolution of Scotland and Wal… OL3292859W
No Miracles Here No Miracles Here Theodore J. Gilman "This probing comparison of two struggling company towns, one in Japan and one in the United States, offers valuable urban revitalization lessons. The author compares urban revitalization efforts in … OL8358482W
Urban Competitiveness Urban Competitiveness Iain Begg 1 online resource (ix, 336 pages) : OL8934595W
The death and life of great American cities The death and life of great American cities Jane Jacobs,Gerd Albers The Death and Life of Great American Cities was described by The New York Times as “perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning. . . . [It] can also be seen in a much lar… OL93641W