The Gaia Atlas of Cities
Author | : Herbert Girardet |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Herbert Girardet |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Stephen B. Scharper |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2012-01-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0802091601 |
Urban and natural environments are often viewed as entirely separate entities human settlements as the domain of architects and planners, and natural areas as untouched wilderness. This dichotomy continues to drive decision-making in subtle ways, but with the mounting pressures of global climate change and declining biodiversity, it is no longer viable. New technologies are promising to provide renewable energy sources and greener designs, but real change will require a deeper shift in values, attitudes, and perceptions. A timely and important collection, The Natural City explores how to integrate the natural environment into healthy urban centres from philosophical, religious, socio-political, and planning perspectives. Recognizing the need to better link the humanities with public policy, The Natural City offers unique insights for the development of an alternative vision of urban life.
Author | : Richard Rogers |
Publisher | : Westview Press |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 1998-07-24 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0813335531 |
Three quarters of the world's population will be living in cities by the year 2025. The author argues that unless cities are transformed, the environment and people's rights will never be properly respected.
Author | : Herbert Girardet |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
Creating cities of cultural vigour and physical beauty that are also sustainable in economic and environmental terms.
Author | : John Allen |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Cities and towns |
ISBN | : 0415200725 |
This book is part of a series produced in association with the Open University and forms part of the Open University course DD304: Understanding cities.
Author | : Charles Landry |
Publisher | : Earthscan |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1849772940 |
The Creative City is a clarion call for imaginative action in developing and running urban life. It shows how to think, plan and act creatively in addressing urban issues, with remarkable examples of innovation and regeneration from around the world. This revised edition of Charles Landry's highly influential text has been updated with a new, extensive overview.
Author | : Nick Jewson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2005-06-28 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1134758219 |
This collection examines the profound transformations that have characterised cities of the advanced capitalist societies in the final decades of the 20th century. It analyses ways in which relationships of contest, conflict and cooperation are realised in and through the social and spatial forms of contemporary urban life. In particular, the essays focus on the impact of economic restructuring and changing forms of urban governance on patterns of urban deprivation and social exclusion. These processes, they contend, are creating new patterns of social division and new forms of regulation and control.
Author | : Peter Newman |
Publisher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2012-09-26 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1597267473 |
Modern city dwellers are largely detached from the environmental effects of their daily lives. The sources of the water they drink, the food they eat, and the energy they consume are all but invisible, often coming from other continents, and their waste ends up in places beyond their city boundaries. Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems shows how cities and their residents can begin to reintegrate into their bioregional environment, and how cities themselves can be planned with nature’s organizing principles in mind. Taking cues from living systems for sustainability strategies, Newman and Jennings reassess urban design by exploring flows of energy, materials, and information, along with the interactions between human and non-human parts of the system. Drawing on examples from all corners of the world, the authors explore natural patterns and processes that cities can emulate in order to move toward sustainability. Some cities have adopted simple strategies such as harvesting rainwater, greening roofs, and producing renewable energy. Others have created biodiversity parks for endangered species, community gardens that support a connection to their foodshed, and pedestrian-friendly spaces that encourage walking and cycling. A powerful model for urban redevelopment, Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems describes aspects of urban ecosystems from the visioning process to achieving economic security to fostering a sense of place.
Author | : Andrew Tallon |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 566 |
Release | : 2020-11-24 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1351030280 |
This textbook provides an accessible and critical synthesis of urban regeneration in the UK, incorporating key policies, approaches, issues, debates and case studies. The central objective of the textbook is to place the historical and contemporary regeneration agenda in context. Section I sets up the conceptual and policy framework for urban regeneration in the UK. Section II traces policies that have been adopted by central government to influence the social, economic and physical development of cities, including early town and country and housing initiatives, community-focused urban policies of the late 1960s, entrepreneurial property-led regeneration of the 1980s, competition for urban funds in the 1990s, urban renaissance and neighbourhood renewal policies of the late 1990s and 2000s, and new approaches in the age of austerity during the 2010s. Section III illustrates the key thematic policies and strategies that have been pursued by cities themselves, focusing particularly on improving economic competitiveness and tackling social disadvantage. Section IV summarises key issues and debates facing urban regeneration upon entering the 2020s, and speculates over future directions in an era of continued economic uncertainty. The Third Edition of Urban Regeneration in the UK combines the approaches taken by central government and cities themselves to regenerate urban areas. The latest ideas and examples from across disciplines and across the UK's urban areas are illustrated. This textbook provides a comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis that will be of interest to students, as well as a seminal read for practitioners and researchers.
Author | : Jenny Gregory |
Publisher | : UWA Publishing |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780959463255 |
In 1962 a lone astronaut orbiting the Earth sighted a small cluster of lights on the dark silhouette of Australia's western coastline - a token of friendship from the people of Perth that prompted the world's media to dub this isolated provincial outpost the "City of Light". This book expands the metaphor by shedding new light on the social history of Perth since the 1950s. Its focus is the city center and the events that unfolded there. After a lively sketch of prewar Perth, Jenny Gregory ventures into the historically uncharted territory of the postwar era. The result is a frank, incisive and richly detailed investigation of the city's growth and transformation over a fifty-year period, from the modernist era of postwar reconstruction to the mid-nineties.