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Design for London: Experiments in Urban Thinking by Peter Bishop 9781787358966
RRP: £45.00£39.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787358966Author Peter BishopFormat HardbackImprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 720g -
Design for Ecological Democracy by Randolph T. Hester 9780262515009
RRP: £55.00£40.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262515009Author Randolph T. Hester Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 524Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 1633gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Emerging Global Cities: Origin, Structure, and Significance by Alejandro Portes 9780231205177
RRP: £30.00£23.29Certain cities-most famously New York, London, and Tokyo-have been identified as "global cities," whose function in the world economy transcends national borders. Without the same fanfare, formerly peripheral and secondary cities have been growing in... -
Emerging Global Cities: Origin, Structure, and Significance by Alejandro Portes 9780231205160
RRP: £117.00£90.93Certain cities-most famously New York, London, and Tokyo-have been identified as "global cities," whose function in the world economy transcends national borders. Without the same fanfare, formerly peripheral and secondary cities have been... -
Circular Design for Zero Emission Architecture and Building Practice: It is the Green Way or the High Way by Marwa Dabaieh 9780128200797
RRP: £115.00£102.68Circular Design for Zero Emission Architecture and Building Practice: It is the Green Way or the Highway presents the main concepts of circular architecture and building design, focusing on emerging trends in zero-emission buildings, particularly zero-... -
Design and Solidarity: Conversations on Collective Futures by Rafi Segal 9780231204040
RRP: £80.00£61.89In times of crisis, mutual aid becomes paramount. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, new forms of sharing had gained momentum to redress precarity and stark economic inequality. Today, a diverse array of mutualistic organizations seek to fundamentally... -
Beyond the Megacity: New Dimensions of Peripheral Urbanization in Latin America by Nadine Reis 9781487509101
RRP: £90.00£84.75Beyond the Megacity connects and reconnects the global debate on the contemporary urban condition to the Latin American tradition of seeing, considering, and theorizing urbanization from the margins. It develops the approach of "peripheral... -
Urban Design Ecologies: AD Reader by Brian McGrath 9780470974063
RRP: £91.95£80.77Urban Design Ecologies Reader gives architects and urban planners critical tools to understand urban design today. Featuring essays by leaders in the field, the book combines an historical perspective with forward-looking material on the global... -
Site Planning and Design for the Elderly: Issues, Guidelines, and Alternatives by Diane Y. Carstens 9780471285373
RRP: £80.95£70.42Design for the elderly is at the forefront of architectural topics today. Yet, while much has been written about the design of indoor spaces, little work has been done on planning outdoor spaces to accommodate the needs of the elderly. Site Planning and... -
Principles of Urban Retail Planning and Development by Robert J. Gibbs 9780470488225
RRP: £71.95£62.42"...Extraordinary: Gibbs has popped the hood and taken apart the engine of commercial design and development, showing us each individual part and explaining fit, form and function." -Yaromir Steiner, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Steiner + Associates... -
A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects by Daniel K. Slone 9780470053294
RRP: £80.95£70.82Written by pioneering attorneys in the emerging fields of urbanism and green building, A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects offers you practical solutions for legal issues you may face in planning,... -
Sensing the 21st Century City: The Net City Close-up and Remote by David Grahame Shane 9780470024188
RRP: £31.95£28.69Will cities exist in the next century? Or will everywhere be urban? Contemporary communication and transportation networks allow for greater urban dispersal, yet cities continue to centralise great densities of activities and innovations. What form will... -
Community Architecture: How People Are Creating Their Own Environment by Nick Wates 9780415708586
RRP: £37.99£33.38First published in 1987, this title was one of the first to explore the emerging popular movement of Community Architecture, championed by Prince Charles, which gained momentum throughout Britain in the 1970s and 1980s. The conceptual framework rests... -
Urban Climate Mitigation Techniques by Mat Santamouris 9780415712132
RRP: £135.00£117.68The urban climate is continuously deteriorating. Urban heat lowers the quality of urban life, increases energy needs, and affects the urban socio-economy. Urban Climate Mitigation Techniques presents steps that can be taken to mitigate this situation... -
Asian Cities in an Era of Decentralisation by Michelle Ann Miller 9780415705486
RRP: £86.99£75.54This book critically engages with the idea of decentralization as empowering cities and their residents to act innovatively and creatively. The contributions thus highlight how the term 'empowerment' in the context of decentralization regimes masks a... -
The Rise of the English Regions? by Irene Hardill 9780415654081
RRP: £43.99£38.44This book analyzes devolution as it affects the English Regions, working from the perspective of uneven development, and drawing on the rich tradition of regional geography. Currently, London is the power centre ruling over the other English regions. The... -
Barrio Urbanism: Chicanos, Planning and American Cities by David R. Diaz 9780415945417
RRP: £135.00£117.68This, the first book on Latinos in America from an urban planning/policy perspective, covers the last century, and includes a substantial historical overview the subject. The authors trace the movement of Latinos (primarily Chicanos) into American cities... -
War and the City by Gregory J. Ashworth 9780415755573
RRP: £43.99£38.44Cities have evolved from small urban systems designed to withstand attack from without. The demands of the modern city have shifted the focus to the dangers of internal violence. War and the City analyses the role of cities in war and the effects of war... -
Whose Urban Renaissance?: An international comparison of urban regeneration strategies by Libby Porter 9780415860710
RRP: £49.99£43.50The desire of governments for a 'renaissance' of their cities is a defining feature of contemporary urban policy. From Melbourne and Toronto to Johannesburg and Istanbul, government policies are successfully attracting investment and middle-class... -
Third World Urbanization by J. Abu-Lughod 9780415860512
RRP: £43.99£38.84This book was first published in 1977.Book InformationISBN 9780415860512Author J. Abu-LughodFormat PaperbackPage Count 410Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 680g -
Planning and Profit in the Urban Economy by T. A. Broadbent 9780415860420
RRP: £19.99£19.34This book was first published in 1977.Book InformationISBN 9780415860420Author T. A. BroadbentFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 499g -
Syntax of Cities by Peter F. Smith 9780415853552
RRP: £43.99£38.44This book was first published in 1977.Book InformationISBN 9780415853552Author Peter F. SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 522g -
Economic Justice, Labor and Community Practice by Louise Simmons 9780415848404
RRP: £39.99£35.06Facing economic upheaval and growing inequality, people in local communities are fighting for economic justice. Coalitions from labor, grassroots community organizations, the faith community, immigrant communities and other progressive forces are... -
The Government of Space: Town Planning in Modern Society by Alison Ravetz 9780415844451
RRP: £91.99£79.80Britain's planning system began as 'town and country planning' to repair the ravages of unplanned industrialism and promote ideal environments for the future. Steering a course between left and right, public control and for-profit development, it... -
Integrated Water Resource Planning: Achieving Sustainable Outcomes by Claudia Baldwin 9780415835480
RRP: £89.99£78.49Integrated Water Resource Planning provides practical, evidence-based guidance on water resource planning. In a time of heightened awareness of ecosystem needs, climate change, and increasing and conflicting demands on resources, water professionals and... -
Encyclopedia of the City by Roger W. Caves 9780415862875
RRP: £49.99£44.50The Encyclopedia of the City focuses on the key topics encountered by undergraduates and scholars in urban studies and allied fields. Contributors include major theoreticians and practitioners, and on other individuals, groups, and organizations which... -
Cities and Low Carbon Transitions by Harriet A. Bulkeley 9780415814751
RRP: £53.99£46.87Current societies face unprecedented risks and challenges connected to climate change. Addressing them will require fundamental transformations in the infrastructures that sustain everyday life, such as energy, water, waste and mobility. A transition to... -
The Futures of the City Region by Angela Hull 9780415828901
RRP: £42.99£37.59Does the 'city region' constitute a new departure in urbanisation? If so, what are the key elements of that departure? The realities of the urban in the 21st century are increasingly complex and polychromatic. The rise of global networks enabled by... -
From Intelligent to Smart Cities by Mark Deakin 9780415754897
RRP: £47.99£41.81The concept of smart cities offers a revolutionary vision of urban design for sustainability. Utilizing the intelligent application of new technologies, smart cities also incorporate considerations of social and environmental capital in order to... -
The West African City by Jerome Chenal 9780415750219
RRP: £68.00£65.76Rapid growth, unmanageable cities, urban crisis - the cities of West Africa are no longer plannable,at least not by using traditional urban development tools. Without negating the importance of participatory approaches for making the city, it... -
Planning and Design for Future Informal Settlements: Shaping the Self-Constructed City by David Gouverneur 9780415737890
RRP: £76.99£67.45This is the first book to address future informal settlements at the global scale. It argues that to foster favourable conditions for the sustainable evolution of future informal cities, planners must consider the same issues that are paramount in formal... -
After Sustainable Cities? by Mike Hodson 9780415659864
RRP: £135.00£117.28A sustainable city has been defined in many ways. Yet, the most common understanding is a vision of the city that is able to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Central to this... -
Unorthodox Ways to Think the City: Representations, Constructions, Dynamics by Teresa Stoppani 9780415724388
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book argues that architecture and the city and their processes can be better understood by drawing categories from disciplines that exceed the architectural and urban cultural context. It performs an open intellectual reading that traverses... -
Creative Regions: Technology, Culture and Knowledge Entrepreneurship by Philip Cooke 9780415541145
RRP: £43.99£38.44This unique book focuses on regional creativity, analysing the different factors that can affect creativity and innovation process within regions in the knowledge economy. Approaching creativity from technological, organizational and regional viewpoints,... -
Relaunching Titanic: Memory and marketing in the New Belfast by William J. V. Neill 9780415540551
RRP: £43.99£38.44Relaunching Titanic critically considers the invocation of Titanic heritage in Belfast in contributing to a new 'post-conflict' understanding of the city. The authors address how the memory of Titanic is being and should be represented in the place of... -
Rethinking Feminist Interventions into the Urban by Linda Peake 9780415518819
RRP: £47.99£41.81In Rethinking Feminist Interventions into the Urban, Linda Peake and Martina Rieker embark on an ambitious project to explore the extent to which a feminist re-imagining of the twenty-first century city can form the core of a new emerging analytic of... -
Urban Segregation and the Welfare State: Inequality and Exclusion in Western Cities by Sako Musterd 9780415513647
RRP: £43.99£38.44Urban Segregation and the Welfare State examines ethnic and socio-economic segregation patterns, social polarisation, and social exclusion in major cities in the Western world. Contributors from across North America and Europe provide in-depth analysis... -
Industrial Property Markets in Western Europe by R. H. Williams 9780415511896
RRP: £43.99£38.44An important reference book both now and post 1992. It gives a clear introduction to the industrial property market in Europe and provides the information needed to understand each country's system of planning and property development.Book... -
Planning After Petroleum: Preparing Cities for the Age Beyond Oil by Jago Dodson 9780415504577
RRP: £115.00£99.76The past decade has been one of the most volatile periods in global petroleum markets in living memory, and future oil supply security and price levels remain highly uncertain. This poses many questions for the professional activities of planners and... -
Gated Communities: International Perspectives by Rowland Atkinson 9780415463799
RRP: £43.99£38.44This informative volume gathers contemporary accounts of the growth, influences on, and impacts of so-called gated communities, developments with walls, gates, guards and other forms of surveillance. While gated communities have become a common...