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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Transport and Urban Development Transport and Urban Development David Banister Today it is often stated that new transport infrastructure increases both the number of journeys and their length as well as the attractiveness of different locations for development. To understand t… OL15186421W
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
Smart Cities Smart Cities Anthony M. Townsend From Goodreads: "An unflinching look at the aspiring city-builders of our smart, mobile, connected future. We live in a world defined by urbanization and digital ubiquity, where mobile broadban… OL17366813W
Plan cartésien Plan cartésien Jimmy Beaulieu Une anthologie qui regroupe quelque cinquante bédéistes québécois autour du thème de la ville. Malgré la diversité des styles et des manières, l'unité du recueil demeure tès forte. Mérite le détour. … OL24292258W
Associational life in African cities Associational life in African cities Arne Tostensen,Inge Tvedten,Mariken Vaa The 17 essays in this volume focus on the multitude of voluntary associations to have emerged in African cities in recent years. Recurrent themes include the contexts in which people have organised t… OL24441602W
The European urban charter The European urban charter Council of Europe Council of Europe. OL24650329W
L'invention de la ville occidentale L'invention de la ville occidentale Vittorio Franchetti Pardo Si la ville n'est pas l'habitat de prédilection de toutes les régions du monde, elle n'en constitue pas moins la manifestation la plus éclatante et tangible du foisonnement et de la grandeur du génie… OL26179520W
Those dam kids Those dam kids Shasta Lake Heritage & Historical Society This is a collection of stories written by children of the dam workers and other families who came to the Boomtown areas seeking work and a new place to live and thrive. What comes to mind is the pro… OL28759162W
La vida en la ciudad La vida en la ciudad Margie Burton Tells what it's like to live in the city. OL31212494W
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
The City in Mind The City in Mind James Howard Kunstler "In the Geography of Nowhere, James Howard Kunstler declared suburbia "a tragic landscape of cartoon architecture, junked cities, and ravaged countryside" and put himself at the heart of a fierce deb… OL3284163W
Housing the urban poor Housing the urban poor Arthur P. Solomon Poverty, housing and public policy: Foundations of national policy: Economic growth and stability, A Decent home and residential environment: The Redistributive objective, Limitations of existing pro… OL6622580W
Guerrilla Gardening Guerrilla Gardening David Tracey The term "guerrilla" may bring to mind a small band of armed soldiers, moving in the dead of night on a stealth mission. In the case of guerrilla gardening, the soldiers are planters, the weapons are… OL8676586W