Libros de URBANISMO

LANDSCAPES OF DEVELOPMENT. THE IMPACT OF MODERNIZATION DISCOURSES ON THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE EAS

Landscapes of Development analyzes the impact of development policies and politics on the physical environment of the Eastern Mediterranean, a region defined here not ...

INNOVATION AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA

Although China is now the 'factory of the world', there is no reason to expect that it will always be content with manufacturing labor-intensive ...

PLANNING SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT

Transport choices must be transformed if we are to cope with sustainability and climate change, but this can only be done if we understand ...

SPACES OF THE HOSPITAL, THE. SPATIALITY AND URBAN CHANGE IN LONDON 1680-1820

The Spaces of the Hospital examines how hospitals operated as a complex category of social, urban and architectural space in London from 1680 to ...

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 4 VOLUME SET

The United Nations has pithily defined sustainable development as progress that 'meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations ...

WHAT HAPPENED TO PLANNING?

This title was first published in 1986 during a recession much like that faced in recent years, which placed immense pressure on the British ...

KNOWLEDGE AND PLANNING. ADVANCED TOLLS FOR TERRITORIAL COMPLEXITY

CITTA STORICHE CITTA CONTEMPORANEE. STRATEGIE DI INTERVENTO PER LA RIGENERAZIONE DELLA CITTA IN EUROPA

Nella convinzione che oggi occorre riannodare i fili spezzati della continuità dei processi di trasformazione e di crescita urbana, l'obiettivo di questo volume è ...

WATERFRONTS. DAL CONFLITTO ALL' INTEGRAZIONE. FROM CONFLICT TO INTEGRATION

In the past few decades the great ports of Italy have experienced a rapid transformation due to the necessity to adapt to the new ...

SHANGHAI. METROPOLIS METAMORPHOSIS

Dalla lettura delle immagini fotografiche colte da Giovanni Favero emerge una forma di incantamento, immagini ferme e serene, volti sorridenti. La vita è colta ...

REFLEXIONES URBANAS SOBRE EL ESPACIO PÚBLICO DE ALICANTE. UNA INTERPRETACIÓN DE LA CIUDAD

El espacio público es el corazón de la ciudad. No es sólo un artefacto diseñado, sino el resultado complejo de la interacción ciudadana. Define ...

CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES

Climate change has demonstrated, perhaps more than any other environmental concerns, the complexities of the human-nature interrelationship and the need for embedding a far ...

TOURISM POLICY AND PLANNING. YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW

The wellspring to the future global growth in tourism is a commitment toward good policy and strategic planning. Governments, the private sector, international organizations, ...

LAND CHANGE SCIENCE, POLITICAL ECOLOGY, AND SUSTAINABILITY. SUNERGIES AND DIVERGENCES

Recent claims regarding convergence and divergence between land change science and political ecology as approaches to the study of human-environment relationships and sustainability science ...

LOW CARBON DEVELOPMENT. KEY ISSUES

Low Carbon Development: Key Issues is the first comprehensive textbook to address the interface between international development and climate change in a carbon constrained ...

URBAN ECOSYSTEMS. UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT

With over half of the global human population living in urban regions, urban ecosystems may now represent the contemporary and future human environment. Consisting ...

LIVING WHITIN A FAIR SHARE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT

According to many authorities the impact of humanity on the earth is already overshooting the earth's capacity to supply humanity's needs. This is an ...

DESIGN WITH THE DESERT. CONVERSATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The modern southwestern cities of Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, and El Paso occupy lands that once supported rich desert ecosystems. Typical development activities ...

GA DOCUMENT Nº 124, INTERNATIONAL 2013. EMERGING FUTURE

ASIAN CITIES IN AN ERA OF DECENTRALISATION

This book critically engages with the idea of decentralization as empowering cities and their residents to act innovatively and creatively. The contributions thus highlight ...