Libros de URBANISMO

YOU ARE THE CITY. OBSERVATION, ORGANIZATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF URBAN SETTINGS

Cities are hybrid entities based on multilayered and sometimes contradictory organizing principles. As complex networks of geographic, economic, political and cultural segments, they are ...

MAPPING NEW YORK

A beautifully illustrated book with distinctive maps dating back to the 16th Century, when New York was known as New Amsterdam and founded by ...

PARCK DESIGN. LET'S HUG TREES

DEL DESTINO DELLA CITTA

Il volume raccoglie alcuni testi recenti dell' illustre teorica dell'urbanistica il cui pensiero ha infl uenzato, anche in Italia, intere generazioni di architetti e ...

EVERYDAY ENGINEERING. AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF DESIGN AND INNOVATION

Everyday Engineering was written to help future engineers understand what they are going to be doing in their everyday working lives, so that they ...

LIMITS OF BOUNDARIES. WHY CITY-REGIONS CANNOT BE SELF-GOVERNING

With city-regions becoming increasingly important as sources of innovation and wealth in our society, does it follow that their institutions of government will become ...

CITY TREES. A HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY FROM THE RENAISSANCE THROUGH THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

For those who have ever wondered why we have trees in cities or what makes the layout of cities like Paris and Amsterdam seem ...

INSTITUTIONALISATION OF EUROPEAN SPATIAL PLANNING

"The Institutionalisation of European Spatial Planning" aims to clarify the enterprise of European spatial planning. The emphasis of the book lies on the need ...

PLANNING AND DIVERSITY IN THE CITY. REDISTRIBUTION, RECOGNITION AND ENCOUNTER

Planning theory and practice has engaged increasingly in recognising the diverse needs of social groups. This builds on past and continuing efforts to emphasise ...

URBANIZATION. 21ST CENTURY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

Urbanization refers to a process in which an increasing proportion of an entire population lives in cities and the suburbs of cities. Historically, it ...

SAGE COMPANION TO THE CITY, THE

'This book pulls together an exceptional range of literature in addressing the complexity of contemporary patterns and processes of urbanization. It offers a rich ...

BRITISH SEASIDE PIERS

There are few symbols more redolent of the great age of the British seaside holiday than the sinuous lines of the pier stretching into ...

CITIES AND GENDER

Offers a systematic treatment of urban and gender studies combined. This book presents both a feminist critique of mainstream urban policy and planning and ...

ARCHITECTURAL POSITION. ARCHITECTURE, MODERNITY AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE

The changing public sphere is one of the crucial themes of contemporary architectural debate. In today's world, where can we find collective spaces in ...

A+T Nº 32. HYBRIDS II. HIBRIDOS HORIZONTALES ( OFFICE DA, MANSILLA+ TUÑON+PERALTA, EM2N, JAKOB +MACFARLA

The analysis of hybrid buildings, started in the first issue of the Hybrids series with high-rise uses, now continues with the development of horizontal ...

PIENSA MADRID THINK MADRID

Las nuevas realidades del siglo XXI han convertido a las ciudades en espacios de intercambio: auténticas plataformas desde las cuales imaginar el futuro. Madrid ...

DICCIONARIO DE USO DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE

El Diccionario de uso del medio ambiente trata de paliar esta situación ofreciendo, de una parte, una visión panorámica que abarque los distintos aspectos ...

AGUA, UN DERECHO Y NO UNA MERCANCIA

Los procesos de mercantilización y privatización del agua, impulsados por las Instituciones Financieras Internacionales (IFIs) al servicio de la grandes empresas transnacionales, están provocando ...

GEOGRAFIA, PAISAJE E IDENTIDAD

En este libro varios investigadores italianos (geógrafos, urbanistas y literatos) y geógrafos españoles presentan sus consideraciones y su manera de leer e interpretar el ...

FABRICATION DE LA VILLE. METIERS ET ORGANISATIONS, LA

Les grandes villes françaises sont souvent décrites au travers de leur dynamique socio-économique, de leur histoire, de leur identité, des éléments emblématiques qui les ...