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  • Cities for People

    by Jan Gehl ...
    For more than forty years Jan Gehl has helped to transform urban environments around the world based on his research into the ways people actually use—or could use—the spaces where they live and work. In this revolutionary book, Gehl presents his latest work creating (or recreating) cityscapes on a human scale. He clearly explains the methods and tools he uses to reconfigure unworkable cityscapes ... Read more

    R885,60

  • Small Change

    About the Art of Practice and the Limits of Planning in Cities

    by Nabeel Hamdi ...
    What exactly is 'small change'?Build a bus stop in an urban slum and a vibrant community sprouts and grows around it - that is the power of small changes that have huge positive effects.This book is an argument for the wisdom of the street, the ingenuity of the improvisers and the long-term, large-scale effectiveness of immediate, small-scale actions. Written by Nabeel Hamdi, the guru of urban ... Read more

    R1 095,65

  • Darwin Comes to Town

    by Professor Menno Schilthuizen ...
    See your city through fresh eyesWe are marching towards a future in which three-quarters of humans live in cities, and a large portion of the planet's landmass is urbanized. With much of the rest covered by human-shaped farms, pasture, and plantations, where can nature still go? To the cities -- is Menno Schilthuizen's answer in this remarkable book. And with more and more wildlife carving out new ... Read more

    R250,80

  • Designing the Modern City

    Urbanism Since 1850

    by Eric Mumford ...
    A comprehensive new survey tracing the global history of urbanism and urban design from the industrial revolution to the present.Written with an international perspective that encourages cross-cultural comparisons, leading architectural and urban historian Eric Mumford presents a comprehensive survey of urbanism and urban design since the industrial revolution. Beginning in the second half of the ... Read more

    R566,71

  • Managing Infrastructure Projects

    by Willie Chee Keong Tan ...
    Series Book 3 - World Scientific Series On The Built Environment
    This book is about managing the infrastructure development cycle from project initiation to the end of the operation and maintenance phase. It focuses on the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) contract and, from this perspective, private and public sector procurement are variations.Designed for students from different backgrounds such as information technology, business, architecture, quantity ... Read more

    R510,59

  • Places Women Make

    Unearthing the contribution of women to our cities

    by Jane Jose ...
    "Places Women Make" tells stories of women shaping the Australian city - its buildings, spaces, and social and political agendas. Jane Jose takes a fresh look at city life, great places and the unsung urban heroines who made them. She explores the design of cities, the places we need and suggests urban life would be richer if women play more of a role in city design. "Places Women Make" honours ... Read more

    R133,27

  • University Trends

    Contemporary Campus Design

    by Paul Roberts, Isabelle Taylor, Jonathan Coulson ...
    The campus has a deep-rooted prestige as a place of teaching, learning and nurturing. Conjuring images of cloistered quadrangles, of sunny lawns, of wood-panelled libraries, it is a word viscerally charged with centuries of scholarly tradition. And yet it is also a place of cutting-edge science, vibrancy and energy. It is this dual nature, this concurrent adherence to tradition and innovation, ... Read more

    R2 100,51

  • Manchester

    Something rich and strange

    Edited by Paul Dobraszczyk, Sarah Butler ...
    What is Manchester? Moving far from the glitzy shopping districts and architectural showpieces, away from cool city-centre living and modish cultural centres, this book shows us the unheralded, under-appreciated and overlooked parts of Greater Manchester in which the majority of Mancunians live, work and play. It tells the story of the city thematically, using concepts such a ‘material’, ... Read more

    R239,65

  • How New York Became American, 1890–1924

    by Art M. Blake ...
    Originally published in 2006. For many Americans at the turn of the twentieth century and into the 1920s, the city of New York conjured dark images of crime, poverty, and the desperation of crowded immigrants. In How New York Became American, 1890–1924, Art M. Blake explores how advertising professionals and savvy business leaders "reinvented" the city, creating a brand image of New York that ... Read more

    R425,03

  • Landscape Architect's Pocket Book

    by Siobhan Vernon, Rachel Tennant, Nicola Garmory ...
    Series series Routledge Pocket Books
    An indispensable tool for all landscape architects, this time-saving guide answers the most frequently asked questions in one pocket-sized volume. It is a concise, easy-to-read reference that gives instant access to a wide range of information needed on a daily basis, both out on site and in the office.Covering all the major topics, including hard landscaping, soft landscaping as well as planning ... Read more

    R707,39

  • The Slum Outside

    Elusive Dharavi

    by Matias Echanove, Rahul Srivastava, URBZ ...
    Dharavi has achieved mythical status. Commonly, and mistakenly, cited as Asia's largest slum, it is a symbol of Mumbai's inability to meet the needs of its population, and the ability of Mumbaikars to meet those needs on their own. Commentaries usually fall back on the slum narrative, which sees Dharavi as resilient but backward, and in need of radical intervention. Matias Echanove and Rahul ... Read more

    R42,00

  • Spatial Diversity and Dynamics in Resources and Urban Development

    Volume II: Urban Development

    Edited by Ashok K. Dutt, Allen G. Noble, Frank J. Costa, Rajiv R. Thakur, Sudhir K. Thakur ...
    This double-volume work focuses on socio-demographics and the use of such data to support strategic resource management and planning initiatives. Papers go beyond explanations of methods, technique and traditional applications to explore new intersections in the dynamic relationship between the utilization and management of resources, and urban development.International authors explore numerous ... Read more

    R2 089,31

  • Architettura del Ventennio. Firenze. Guida illustrata con oltre 100 immagini d'epoca

    by Simone de Bartolo ...
    Cosa può insegnarci una città che ha attraversato secoli di gloria e di sfide, su ciò che significa rinnovarsi pur rimanendo fedeli a se stessi?Questo libro svela il volto nascosto della città, attraverso un viaggio nel tempo che riscopre gli edifici, i monumenti e le piazze che hanno segnato un'era di grande trasformazione urbana e culturale. Una esplorazione profonda delle tensioni tra ... Read more

    R87,57

  • The Social Ecology of Border Landscapes

    Edited by Anna Grichting, Michele Zebich-Knos ...
    Social Ecology is an emerging concept situated in the field of critical social theory and new integrative sciences that addresses the complex and interrelated relationship between nature and society, offering a perspective on how environmental issues are embedded in a social context. Border landscapes are loosely defined as interstitial spaces between territories or societies, in conflict or in ... Read more

    R408,35 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • O Making da Metrópele

    Rios, Ritmos e Algoritmos

    by Barbara Szaniecki, Giuseppe Cocco ...
    "Em O Making da Metrópole, Barbara Szaniecki e Giuseppe Cocco nos conduzem num fluxo vertiginoso de informações, leituras, insights e desconstruções de grande relevância, urgência e atualidade. Revisitam literatura referencial para o campo de estudos urbanos contemporâneo, trazendo atualizações, confrontações e aberturas de terrenos de exploração promissores para todos os que se interessam pela ... Read more

    R182,00

  • The Commonist Horizon

    Futures Beyond Capitalist Urbanization

    Edited by Mary N. Taylor, Noah Brehmer ...
    People interested in the commons/commoning broadly and especially those who hope to make Eastern Europe part of the broader conversation on commoning.There have been a number of books on the commons, but none that look at commoning in a post-Soviet context.Written by authors speaking from within social movements, examining their own praxis and producing knowledge from within the processes of ... Read more

    R215,27 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Street-Naming Cultures in Africa and Israel

    Power Strategies and Place-Making Practices

    by Liora Bigon, Michel Ben Arrous ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design
    This book is focused on the street-naming politics, policies and practices that have been shaping and reshaping the semantic, textual and visual environments of urban Africa and Israel. Its chapters expand on prominent issues, such as the importance of extra-formal processes, naming reception and unofficial toponymies, naming decolonisation, place attachment, place-making and the materiality of ... Read more

    R840,07

  • Building Material Estimates and Rates Build Up

    Second Edition

    by Moremi Mareka ...
    The script is entitled Building Estimates and Rates Build Up .and aims at empowering Technical educators, Technical, Brigades and Community colleges students, Apprentices and individuals in the building profession with the necessary skill and knowledge. As an experienced professional in the building industry, quantity surveyor( building material estimator) and a former lecturer for technical ... Read more

    R127,87

  • Smart Cities: Big Data Prediction Methods and Applications

    by Hui Liu ...
    Smart Cities: Big Data Prediction Methods and Applications is the first reference to provide a comprehensive overview of smart cities with the latest big data predicting techniques.This timely book discusses big data forecasting for smart cities. It introduces big data forecasting techniques for the key aspects (e.g., traffic, environment, building energy, green grid, etc.) of smart cities, and ... Read more

    R2 387,73

  • Goiânia by Attilio Corrêa Lima (1932 a 1935)

    Aesthetic ideal and political reality

    by Anamaria Diniz ...
    Attilio never gave up on Goiânia. The research carried out by the architect and urban planner Anamaria Diniz proposes a counterpoint and a reparation to the official history of Goiânia's urban planning, carried out by Attilio Corrêa Lima. For this, it uses primary sources and unpublished documents. Work awarded by CAU-GO, "Goiânia by Attilio Corrêa Lima (1931 to 1935) – aesthetic ideal and ... Read more

    R159,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Liberi di costruire

    by Marco Romano ...
    La città è stata fin dal Medioevo il luogo della socialità per eccellenza, il contesto nel quale si sviluppano le dinamiche che determinano l’identità individuale, la dignità e i sentimenti dei «cittadini». La civitas europea ha trovato storicamente la sua manifestazione esteriore nell’urbs, la cornice quotidiana fatta di strade e case in cui le persone ambientano le proprie vite, in un confronto ... Read more

    R224,24

  • The Politics of Urban Land in South Asia

    Current Challenges and New Directions

    Edited by Urmi Sengupta, Kenneth Nielsen ...
    Series series Cities and the Urban Imperative
    Cities in South Asia are homes to one of the highest concentrations of people anywhere in the world and the allocation of land and urban resources and the benefits that can be derived from them in this region have become increasingly contested. This book explores the politics of urban land in South Asia and the challenges related to their respective urban futures.For most people, land comes at a ... Read more

    R1 055,36

  • GEOdiseño

    Métodos de Planificación Integral del Territorio

    by Carl Steinitz ...
    GEOdiseño. Métodos de Planificación Integral del Territorio, trata del proyecto en general y del geodiseño en particular. El geodiseño, como idea, posibilita una colaboración más efectiva y simbiótica entre las profesiones de las ciencias del territorio y aquellas cuyo fin es proyectar y planificar, los profesionales de la información y la población local, en especial cuando tienen como objetivo ... Read more

    R316,01

  • Housing Co-operatives

    by John Hands ...
    At a time of a growing housing crisis this republication of John Hands's classic Housing Co-operatives could not be timelier.It provides a unique mixture of theory and practice, showing from other countries and from the author's own experience in Britain how housing co-operatives can work and how they can fail.In a new Introduction, John Hands argues that the creation of a third tenure for housing ... Read more

    R180,42