Urban & Land Use Planning

Designed Forests: A Cultural History explores the unique kinship that exists between forests and spatial design; the forest's influence on architectural culture and practice; and the potentials and pitfalls of "forest thinking" for more sustainable and...

This edited collection examines joint efforts by Latinos and African Americans to confront problems faced by populations of both groups in urban settings (in particular, socioeconomic disadvantage and concentration in inner cities). The essays address...

This edited collection, first published in 1987, provides a comparative analysis of different approaches to urban modelling, and lays the foundations for the possibility of integration and a more unified field. The first part contextualises the...

Urban Nightlife and Contested Spaces: Cultural Encounters after Dusk captures the multifarious nature of the urban night and how it is lived, structured, and reflected upon in diverse cultural and artistic expressions. The volume acknowledges the urban...

Neighbourhoods matter now more than ever before. They sustain fewer social connections, but in an era of great social inequality and high levels of immigration, they have become vital as places for homeowner investment and educational opportunity for...

Cities of Repetition provides a comprehensive graphic documentation and analysis of the largest Hong Kong housing estates built by private developers, from the late 1960s through to the early 2000s. Original drawings and diagrams illustrate and compare...

Positioning design at the center of the debate, The Urbanism Reader brings together classic and contemporary readings to help designers understand the complexities of cities and urban design in the 21st century. The selection of readings presented here...

Positioning design at the center of the debate, The Urbanism Reader brings together classic and contemporary readings to help designers understand the complexities of cities and urban design in the 21st century. The selection of readings presented here...

Ensuring equality and accessibility for students in schools within Peru's Amazon region Plan Selva is an initiative of the Ministry of Education of Peru that aims to ensure essential habitability conditions in schools in the Amazon. Illustrated with...

This is the first book to critically and visually explore the spatial practices of refuge in response to conditions of war, violence, and displacement experienced in Iraq from 2003 to 2023. Written by an Iraqi architect who has lived through the...

The City is Ours accounts how urban politics mediated the rise of Kurdish nationhood and mobilization in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Muna Guvenc elucidates how urban and architectural forms are not merely the backdrop of the cityscape where political struggles...

Social Capital for a Child-Friendly City argues for the importance of relationship networks (social capital) in children's growth and socialization, and explores how child-friendly social capital can be cultivated through urban planning and community...

Dieser Band umreisst die Entwicklung von acht Stadten im Nahen Osten und in Nordafrika: Aleppo, Alexandria, Ankara, Kairo, Casablanca, Dubai, Nouakchott und Shiraz. Osmanische Herrschaft und die franzoesischen oder britischen Kolonialmachte wirkten in...

The City is Ours accounts how urban politics mediated the rise of Kurdish nationhood and mobilization in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Muna Guvenc elucidates how urban and architectural forms are not merely the backdrop of the cityscape where political struggles...

Istanbul explores how to live with difference through the prism of an age-old, cutting-edge city whose people have long confronted the challenge of sharing space with the Other. Located at the intersection of trade networks connecting Europe, Asia, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682856574Author Matthew PerezFormat HardbackPage Count 221Imprint Willford PressPublisher Willford PressWeight(grams) 807gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm *...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632406682Author Nicholas TorrensFormat HardbackPage Count 235Imprint Clanrye InternationalPublisher Clanrye InternationalWeight(grams) 626gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682854327Author Nicholas TorrensFormat HardbackPage Count 244Imprint Willford PressPublisher Willford PressWeight(grams) 803gDimensions(mm) 276mm * 203mm...

Beyond the Metropolis is an attempt to mend the lacuna that exists between large and small city studies in urban geography, especially in North America. It covers a wide range of topics organized around some of the most common themes that urban...

The effects of the rapidly expanding human population on the environment and the planet's future is a matter of increasing concern and lively debate. This timely collection of essays discusses some of the most important aspects of the population growth...

THE TORONTO STAR'S "30 BOOKS WE CAN'T WAIT TO READ THIS SPRING"The updated edition of a Toronto favourite meanders around some of the city's unique neighborhoods and considers what makes a city walkableWhat is the 'Toronto look'? Glass skyscrapers rise...

The housing crisis confronts two of North America's contemporary urban challenges: affordability and the need to curtail urban sprawl through densification of existing communities. Advancing a novel formula labelled BAAKFIL, this book introduces a new...

With the onset of the Anthropocene Era, concern for the metabolism of various kinds of settlement has risen appreciably. Of particular concern in the study of architecture and urban design are metabolic contributions of flows of stocks that go into the...

Promoted as a prestigious economic opportunity and often aggressively sought by local leaders, hosting a modern Olympics can in fact be a "city-killer" that racks up billions of dollars in over-budget expenses, degrades the environment, and shreds civil...

Examines the role of architecture in the history of global development and decolonization. In Modernism's Magic Hat, Ijlal Muzaffar examines how modern architects and planners help resolve one of the central dilemmas of the mid-twentieth-century world...

What makes a great city? Not a good city or a functional city but a great city. A city that people admire, learn from, and replicate. City planner and architect Alexander Garvin set out to answer this question by observing cities, largely in North...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682856277Author Matthew PerezFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint Willford PressPublisher Willford PressWeight(grams) 803gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632407405Author Dominque CraftFormat HardbackPage Count 228Imprint Clanrye InternationalPublisher Clanrye InternationalWeight(grams) 826gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647283742Author Kenneth FrostFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint Willford PressPublisher Willford PressWeight(grams) 744gDimensions(mm) 276mm * 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632399496Author John LaceyFormat HardbackPage Count 268Imprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 912gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632408501Author Jude ChapmanFormat HardbackPage Count 188Imprint Clanrye InternationalPublisher Clanrye InternationalWeight(grams) 549gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632408310Author Matthew PerezFormat HardbackPage Count 205Imprint Clanrye InternationalPublisher Clanrye InternationalWeight(grams) 767gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682865071Author Kyrie HamiltonFormat HardbackPage Count 262Imprint Syrawood Publishing HousePublisher Syrawood Publishing HouseWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632408464Author Kathryn McCarthyFormat HardbackPage Count 254Imprint Clanrye InternationalPublisher Clanrye InternationalWeight(grams) 662gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639895519Author Kenneth FrostFormat HardbackPage Count 235Imprint States Academic PressPublisher States Academic PressWeight(grams) 626gDimensions(mm)...

Back to the Future explores new urbanism and urban revitalization within the context of public policy trends such as regional governance and the role of nonprofits. The purpose of this book is to provide students and professionals alike with a context...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938740046Author Victor J. JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Actar PublishersPublisher Actar PublishersWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 241mm *...

The consequences of climate change, increasing storm surge, and rising sea levels are being seen and felt by coastal communities across the globe as hurricanes, coastal storms, and flooding increase in intensity and frequency. Understanding how coastal...

What happens when artists are asked the questions usually addressed to planners and administrators?Here artists, architects, writers, designers and curators come together to reimagine Sydney's relationship to its environment.They envisage a future where...