Libros de URBANISMO

LANDMARKS PROFILING EUROPE S HISTORIC LANDSCAPES

MAPPING ENGLAND

Mapping England shows, through a series of compelling maps, both historic and contemporary, how England has scrutinised itself, been seen by others and how ...

REVITALIZING URBAN HISTORIC QUARTERS

By examining the revitalization of a number of historic urban quarters, this book synthesizes urban design and urban regeneration. It focuses on areas with ...

BLUBBERLAND. THE DANGERS OF HAPPINESS

Examines the connections between obesity and architecture, unchecked sprawl and unchecked appetites, and other forms of insatiability that are hurting our planet and bodies. ...

CITIES UNDER SIEGE: THE WAR ON TERROR AS ANTI - URBAN CRUSADE

DESIGNING PUBLIC. PERSPECTIVES FOR THE PUBLIC

Everything that stands still or moves in the public space is more or less well designed: wastepaper baskets no less than traffic signs and ...

IN DWELING. IMPLACABILITY, EXCLUSION AND ACCEPTANCE

A dwelling is quite clearly a physical entity; it is its structure that keeps us dry, warm and secure. It prevents intrusion by unwanted ...

METROPOLE: REFLEXIONEN. METROPOLIS: REFLECTIONS 1.

With the Internationale Bauausstellung (IBA) Hamburg dares a leap across the Elbe to the Elbe islands Wilhelmsburg, Veddel, Kleiner Grasbrook and the Harburg castle ...

CREATING CENTRAL PARK

The year 2007 marked the 150th anniversary of the design of Central Park, the first and arguably the most famous of America's urban landscape ...

METACIUDAD: BARCELONA, LA. TRANSFORMACION DE UNA METROPOLIS

El presente libro aborda los retos espaciales, culturales y sociales que experimenta hoy una Barcelona renovada. Desde 1992 la evolución de Barcelona a metaciudad ...

CITIES AND THE CINEMA

Films about cities abound. They provide fantasies for those who recognize their city and those for whom the city is a faraway dream or ...

DESIGN FOR DIVERSITY. EXPLORING SOCIALLY MIXED NEIGHBOURHOODS

The city is more than just a sum of its buildings; it is the sum of its communities. This book explores the linkage between ...

ARQUITECTURA VIVA Nº 114. VIVIENDA NORMAL. TIPO, TECNICA Y TAMAÑO: EXPERIENCIAS ESPAÑOLAS

Ignacio Paricio La norma o la vida Atxu Amann y Andrés Cánovas Lugares sin nombre Izaskun Chinchilla Casas de cuento de hadas Ábalos y ...

ISLAS BALEARES PUERTO A PUERTO, LAS. PALMA DE MALLORCA

VISUALIZING THE CITY

This anthology presents a range of interdisciplinary explorations into the urban environment, through film, photography, digital imagery, maps and signage. Contributors examine our fascination ...

POSTCOLONIAL AFRICAN CITIES. IMPERIAL LEGACIES AND POSTCOLONIAL PREDICAMENT

The book focuses on contemporary African cities, caught in the contradiction of an imperial past and postcolonial present. The essays explore the cultural role ...

MANAGING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

BARCELONA Y LA MODERNIDAD

Visión 3X se configura como una plataforma desde la cual un grupo de pensadores aportan su mirada personal sobre los hechos que han marcado ...

RIESGOS CLIMATICOS Y CAMBIO GLOBAL EN EL MEDITERRANEO ESPAÑOL. HACIA UN CLIMA DE EXTREMOS?

La vertiente mediterránea de la Península Ibérica es un área donde la importancia tanto cuantitativa como cualitativa de los riesgos climáticos es especialmente evidente. ...

OCCIDENTE Y LAS OTRAS MODERNIDADES