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  • Paesaggi di viaggio

    Il mondo vista da un viaggiatore non turista

    Se il viaggio è conoscenza, il paesaggio è la sua più ricca fonte di informazione. Qualsiasi territorio esprime attraverso il paesaggio i suoi caratteri ambientali, storici e culturali, e li rende accessibili a chiunque voglia coglierne il significato. Da semplice corollario estetico, il paesaggio diviene così lo strumento ideale per capire un luogo, molto più di una guida, piuttosto una sintesi ... Read more

    RM 26.77

  • Landscape Perspectives

    The Holistic Nature of Landscape

    Series Book 23 - Landscape Series
    Climb a mountain and experience the landscape. Try to grasp its holistic nature. Do not climb alone, but with others and share your experience. Be sure the ways of seeing the landscape will be very different. We experience the landscape with all senses as a complex, dynamic and hierarchically structured whole. The landscape is tangible out there and simultaneously a mental reality. Several ... Read more

    RM 911.69

  • The English Landed Estate in the Nineteeth Century

    Its Administration

    by David Spring ...
    Originally published in 1963. The English Landed Estate in the Nineteeth Century: Its Administration deals principally with the administration of large landed estates during the years from 1830 to 1870. The book also throws new light on the work of the Inclosure Commissioners, who, as a department of the central government, supervised agricultural improvements made by landowners who borrowed from ... Read more

    RM 114.19

  • A Morphological Interpretation of a Northern Chinese Traditional Village

    Case Study of Zhangdaicun Village

    by Kun Li ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book challenges the definition of a new approach for integrating protection and enhancing the Chinese heritage category of “Traditional Villages”. By applying a specific case study in the Hancheng context, Shaanxi Province, which lacks sound studies, the book formulates new theoretical prerequisites for future re-searches, an in-depth knowledge path, and sound methodological principles. By ... Read more

    RM 575.39

  • Il pendolare ciclista

    Riflessioni sulle città possibili

    by Ario de Marco ...
    In Italia, la bicicletta viene generalmente considerata un’attività sportiva o ricreativa, solo in pochi la usano come mezzo di trasporto per spostarsi in città. Quest’attitudine si riflette anche nella trascuratezza delle infrastrutture ciclabili in ambito urbano, frammentate e di scarsa qualità tecnica, in contrasto con l’enfasi dedicata alle ciclovie per il cicloturismo. L’idea di ristrutturare ... Read more

    RM 48.19 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Graphic Horizons

    Volume 1 - Graphics for Analysis and Thought

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book reports on several advances in architectural graphics, with a special emphasis on education, training, and research. It gathers a selection of contributions to the 20th International Congress of Architectural Graphic Expression, EGA 2024, held on May 27-29, 2024, in Porto, Portugal, with the motto: "Graphic Horizons". This is the first of a 3-volume set. ... Read more

    RM 1,190.59

  • Swarm Planning

    The Development of a Planning Methodology to Deal with Climate Adaptation

    by Rob Roggema ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book shows that the problem of climate adaptation, which is described in social planning terms as ‘wicked,’ is at odds with the contemporary practice of spatial planning. The author proposes a new adjusted framework which is more adaptable to unpredictable, wicked, dynamic and non-linear processes. The inspiration for this new method is the behaviour of swarms: bees, ants, birds and fish are ... Read more

    RM 372.39

  • Topographies of Memories

    A New Poetics of Commemoration

    by Anita Bakshi ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book explores new approaches towards developing memorial and heritage sites, moving beyond the critique of existing practices that have been the traditional focus of studies of commemoration. Offering understandings of the effects of conflict on memories of place, as manifested in everyday lives and official histories, it explores the formation of urban identities and constructed images of ... Read more

    RM 455.09

  • Wetlands

    Integrating Multidisciplinary Concepts

    Edited by Ben A. LePage ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The science of wetlands and our understanding of these complex ecosystems have improved considerably. The emergence of multidisciplinary strategies is providing new opportunities and innovative approaches to address issues such as climate change and coastal protection. This book, with contributions from 19 specialists from academia, government, and industry, provides a trans-disciplinary approach ... Read more

    RM 206.89

  • Parques Lineares Metropolitanos

    Soluções Socioambientais para o Clima nas Cidades Brasileiras — Planejamento Urbano, Biodiversidade e Sustentabilidade

    As cidades brasileiras enfrentam uma crise climática sem precedentes — e a solução pode estar nos espaços verdes que ainda não foram criados.Enchentes, ilhas de calor, perda de biodiversidade e degradação dos recursos hídricos são realidades crescentes nas metrópoles do Brasil. Sem um planejamento urbano orientado para a sustentabilidade, esse cenário tende a se agravar nas próximas décadas ... Read more

    RM 15.57 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Trends in Urban Design

    Insights for the Future Urban Professional

    Edited by Rob Roggema ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Urban planning practice will undergo significant changes in the upcoming decades, due to major changes and challenges the world has to deal with, such as loss of biodiversity loss, climate change impacts, agricultural transformation, water management issues and health. The way the urban professional has to relate to this new order is explored in this book by collecting a series of conversational ... Read more

    RM 537.89

  • Garden Plants Taxonomy

    Volume 2: Angiosperms (Eudicots)

    by Bijan Dehgan ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Horticulture has remained far behind in understanding of botanical principles. Recent phylogenetic (DNA-based) reorganization of higher plants has revolutionized taxonomic treatments of all biological entities, even when morphology does not completely agree with their organization. This book is an example of applying principals of botanical phylogenetic taxonomy to assemble genera, species, and ... Read more

    RM 864.79

  • Cities, Migration, and Governance

    Beyond Scales and Levels

    This volume examines how cities, migration, and urban governance are intertwined. Questioning and re-working the conceptual reliance on “scales” and “levels”, it draws on examples from both Europe and North America to conceptualize the variety of cities as re-active and pro-active within “glocal” and “socio-territorial dynamics”.The book covers the governance of the myriad dimensions of urban life ... Read more

    RM 253.63

  • Mobilizing Food Vending

    Gourmet Food Trucks in the American City

    Mobilizing Food Vending investigates the gourmet food truck movement in the United States and provides a clearer understanding of the social and economic factors that shape vendor autonomy and industry growth. The book features case studies in a variety of American cities and uses top-down and bottom-up urban theory to frame a discussion of food trucks’ rights, displacement, and resiliency. Using ... Read more

    RM 218.50

  • American Artists Engage the Built Environment, 1960-1979

    Series series Routledge Research in Art History
    This volume reframes the development of US-American avant-garde art of the long 1960s—from minimal and pop art to land art, conceptual art, site-specific practices, and feminist art—in the context of contemporary architectural discourses.Susanneh Bieber analyzes the work of seven major artists, Donald Judd, Robert Grosvenor, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Smithson, Lawrence Weiner, Gordon Matta-Clark, ... Read more

    RM 245.82

  • The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being

    Shaping a sustainable and healthy future

    Urban planning is deeply implicated in both the planetary crisis of climate change and the personal crises of unhealthy lifestyles. Worldwide health issues such as obesity, mental illness, growing health inequalities and climate vulnerability cannot be solved solely by medicines but also by tackling the social, economic and environmental determinants. In a time when unhealthy and unsustainable ... Read more

    RM 300.46

  • Waterfront Design in Small Mediterranean Port Towns

    by Giovanna Piga ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design
    This book addresses issues that waterfronts face in small Mediterranean port towns due to increases in the tourism industry. Integrating theory and pragmatic approaches, Waterfront Design in Small Port Towns proposes a design matrix which can go on to be implemented in waterfronts globally.The demand for a sustainable regeneration of the urban waterfront is constantly growing and represents the ... Read more

    RM 245.82

  • Crisis Gardening

    A Global Perspective

    Series series Advances in Agroecology
    Gardening during times of crisis can have significant benefits to individuals and populations in terms of health, well-being, social and economic outcomes. So-called ‘crisis gardening’ can even be linked to transformative change in food systems through socio-ecological aspects of agroecology. In this book, crisis gardening is explored to better define, describe and provide recommendations about ... Read more

    RM 331.68

  • The Planting Design Handbook

    by Nick Robinson ...
    Since the first edition was published in 1992, Nick Robinson's The Planting Design Handbook has been widely used as a definitive text on landscape architecture courses throughout the world. It remains one of the few titles written by a practicing landscape architect and educator who is also a horticulturalist and accomplished plantsman, and which deals with the application of planting design on a ... Read more

    RM 323.87

  • The Routledge Handbook on Greening High-Density Cities

    Climate, Society and Health

    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    This new handbook provides a platform to bring together multidisciplinary researchers focusing on greening high-density agglomerations from three perspectives: climate change, social implications, and people’s health. Written by leading scholars and experts, the chapters aim to summarize the “state-of-the-art” and produce a reference book for policymakers, practitioners, academics, and researchers ... Read more

    RM 257.53

  • Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment

    Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) can be key to planning decisions by identifying the effects of new developments on views and on the landscape itself.This fully revised edition of the industry standard work on LVIA presents an authoritative statement of the principles of assessment. Offering detailed advice on the process of assessing the landscape and visual effects of developments ... Read more

    RM 780.47

  • The Nature of Inclusive Play

    A Guide for Designers, Educators, and Therapists

    This book provides designers, planners, educators, and therapists with the practical information required to remove inequity in outdoor spaces, by creating inviting and inclusive solutions so that all children and their families, regardless of situation or circumstance, can experience the joys and benefits of outdoor play without stigma.It is the first of its kind, co-written by an occupational ... Read more

    RM 230.21

  • Farmscape

    The Design of Productive Landscapes

    Farmscape: The Design of Productive Landscapes situates agriculture as a design practice, using a wide range of international case studies and analytical essays to propose lessons for contemporary landscape architects who are interested in integrating agriculture into their designs. Agricultural processes, technologies, and cycles have long shaped landscape architectural projects, from the ... Read more

    RM 167.77

  • The Routledge Handbook of Architecture and Anthropology

    Contemporary Approaches to a Cross-Disciplinary Field

    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    This handbook provides fresh insights into the debates and challenges that unfold in the cross-disciplinary field of architecture and anthropology. Based on studies of empirical contexts across the globe, the authors launch and test a broad variety of methods and advance various theoretical concepts.Architecture and anthropology have always had overlapping interests, but a range of developments in ... Read more

    RM 284.85