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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

  • Goethe and Palladio

    by David Lowe, Simon Sharp ...
    The poet, dramatist, novelist, and scientist, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe had to wait many years before he was able to travel south to Italy, "the land where the lemon trees bloom." He had gained success in several fields, but he had a sense of being trapped and confined and felt a need for light. Italy would give this to him in a number of ways. Taking as their basis Goethes Italian Journey, the ... Read more

    R133,15

  • How to Get Planning Permission - An Insider's Secrets

    by Martin Gaine ...
    Every year, thousands of homeowners apply for planning permission and come away battered and bruised. As a council case officer, Martin Gaine was part of the problem, continuously rejecting applications from poorly prepared applicants. Seeing that they were getting a raw deal, he founded Just Planning, a consultancy dedicated to helping homeowners to beat the planners.How to Get Planning ... Read more

    R214,00

  • The Short Guide to Town and Country Planning 2e

    by Adam Sheppard, Nick Croft, Nick Smith ...
    Series series Short Guides
    The fully updated Short Guide to Town and Country Planning provides an concise introductory overview of the practice of planning for those with little or no prior knowledge. This second edition considers who planners are and what they do, showing how planning - as an art, science and system - has evolved as an organised action of the state. The book discusses the planning system, processes, legal ... Read more

    R275,76

  • Urban Ethics Under Conditions Of Crisis: Politics, Architecture, Landscape Sustainability And Multidisciplinary Engineering

    by Konstantinos Moraitis, Stamatina Th Rassia ...
    Urban Ethics under Conditions of Crisis investigates the states of urban planning, architectural design, sustainability, landscape architecture, and engineering, and examines their correlation with social attitudes and dispositions that can impact on socio-cultural and political engagement internationally in conditions of crisis. The theme of the book emphasizes the need to acknowledge the ... Read more

    R1 262,92

  • Ollolai e le case a un euro

    by Vindice Lecis ...
    Series Book 44 - Pósidos
    L’esperienza delle case cedute a 1 euro ha concentrato l’attenzione della stampa internazionale e nazionale su Ollolai. Nel centro barbaricino sono arrivati inviati e osservatori di Tv e giornali da mezzo mondo, per capire come un semplice atto amministrativo potesse aiutare ad invertire la rotta dello spopolamento e far scoccare la scintilla per stimolare nuove energie e far nascere nuove idee. A ... Read more

    R29,06

  • 海上遗珍：复兴路

    Edited by 方世忠主编 ...
    《复兴路》为《海上遗珍》系列第三辑（第一辑《武康路》、第二辑《衡山路》），延续丛书的一贯风格，本辑收录了著名学者、作家所撰写的关于复兴中路（辟筑于1914年，旧称法华路、辣斐德路）、复兴西路（辟筑于1914年，旧称白赛仲路）上的优秀历史建筑和历史文化名人的文章，既有对建筑的历史沿革的精确考证、对轶闻趣事的生动记述，也有对曾经居住在这里的文化名人的深情回忆，还有对正居住在这里的居民生活的如实记录，透过细枝末节，感受时代变迁。同时选配多幅精美图片，有历史资料性的图片，也有今日风貌，古今对比，文图对照，力图使展示在读者面前的历史图景是鲜活的。透过细枝末节，感受时代变迁。 ... Read more

    R327,74

  • Educating Architects

    by Neil Spiller ...
    This is the first book to consider comprehensively the role of architectural education in the 21st century.Includes essays by the world's leading architectural educators; practical insights into what young architects need to learn and know; over 300 illustrations and contributions by some of the top names in architectural practice and education.The wide range of pedagogical philosophies and ... Read more

    R553,25

  • Evolution of Scotland's Towns

    Creation, Growth and Fragmentation

    by Patricia Dennison ...

    R459,87

  • Housing in America

    An Introduction

    by Marijoan Bull, Alina Gross ...
    Housing is a fundamental need and universal part of human living that shapes our lives in profound ways that go far beyond basic sheltering. Where we live can determine our self-image, social status, health and safety, quality of public services, access to jobs, and transportation options. But the reality for many in America is that housing choices are constrained: costs are unaffordable, ... Read more

    R1 050,65

  • The Senior Cohousing Handbook - 2nd Edition

    A Community Approach to Independent Living

    by Charles Durrett ...
    How to make your senior years healthy, safe, social, and stimulating."Architect and author Chuck Durrett's recently released book Senior Cohousing Handbook comes at a time of high interest in greening, sustainable housing and affordable living concerns. Durrett's new book is a comprehensive guide for baby boomers wishing to continue vibrant, active lifestyles." - EPR Real Estate News"Make your ... Read more

    R537,96

  • Land is a Big Deal

    by Lars A Doucet ...
    Land and the policies that govern it hold an incredible but largely forgotten power over our lives. When land is wasted and squandered, we get sky-high rents, oppressed workers, ruined businesses, depleted natural resources, a polluted earth, and an impoverished society. Poor land policy is the chief culprit behind sky-high urban rents, homelessness, and endless suburban sprawl. Meanwhile, real ... Read more

    R285,76

  • Parques Urbanos

    Uso e percepção de áreas verdes no Rio de Janeiro

    by Mariana Magalhães Costa ...
    A existência de áreas verdes nas cidades, sobretudo na forma de parques urbanos, é destacada como um fator determinante para a qualidade de vida local pois, além de oferecer um espaço para o convívio e o lazer da população, estas áreas proporcionam um embelezamento da paisagem e uma série de serviços ambientais que contribuem para a melhoria do clima local. A fim de identificar as características ... Read more

    R19,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Urban Resettlements in the Global South

    Lived Experiences of Housing and Infrastructure between Displacement and Relocation

    Edited by Raffael Beier, Amandine Spire, Marie Bridonneau ...
    Urban Resettlements in the Global South provides new perspectives on resettlement through an urban studies lens. To date, resettlement has been theorised through development studies and refugee studies, but urban resettlement is also a major dimension of urban development in the Global South and may help to rethink contemporary urban dynamics between spectacular new town developments and rising ... Read more

    R817,96

  • Digital (In)justice in the Smart City

    Edited by Debra Mackinnon, Ryan Burns, Victoria Fast ...
    Series series Technoscience and Society
    In the contemporary moment, smart citieshave become the dominant paradigm for urban planning and administration, which involves weaving the urban fabric with digital technologies. Recently, however, the promises of smart cities have been gradually supplanted by recognition of their inherent inequalities, and scholars are increasingly working to envision alternative smart cities.Informed by these ... Read more

    R671,93

  • 乡村建筑适宜技术体系和建造模式

    by 譚剛毅 ...
    本专著书从乡村建设的历程出发，通过实地调研分析当今最量大面广的乡村建造现状。引出乡村建造问题的重要性，包括建造对乡村建设的重要性和乡村建设热潮对于建筑学中建造研究的意义。本书重点分析当代建筑师在此背景下进行乡村实践的具体建造技术，并进行了分类阐述，从而展现出当代乡村建造中技术的多样性与混杂性。这种多样性与混杂性体现出了当前乡村技术选择相较于城市的不确定。对于乡村居民，这体现出了在城市化进程中对技术选择的模糊与尴尬，而对于参与乡村建设实践的建筑师，这既是限制亦是机遇。 ... Read more

    R985,56

  • Understanding Land Development

    A Project-Based Approach

    by Eddo Coiacetto ...
    This book draws on the author’s considerable expertise in land development processes and planning, and planning education. It takes a learning-by-doing studio approach and shows how to undertake a development feasibility study in three main stages: the preliminary proposal, a design and finally, a full report with a financially appraised proposal.Understanding Land Development shows how to tackle ... Read more

    R1 018,89

  • Spatializing Justice

    Building Blocks

    by Teddy Cruz, Fonna Forman, NODE Berlin Oslo, ESTUDIO TEDDY CRUZ + FONNA FORMAN ...
    Spatializing Justice calls for architects and urban designers to do more than design buildings and physical systems. Architects should take a position against inequality and practice accordingly. With these thirty short, manifesto-like texts—building blocks for a new kind of architecture— Spatializing Justice offers a practical handbook for confronting social and economic inequality and uneven ... Read more

    R219,00

  • Urban and Regional Technology Planning

    Planning Practice in the Global Knowledge Economy

    by Kenneth E. Corey, Mark Wilson ...
    Series series Networked Cities Series
    Part of the popular Networked Cities series, Urban and Regional Technology Planning focuses on the practice of relational planning and the stimulation of local city-regional scale development planning in the context of the global knowledge economy and network society.Designed to offer scholars, practitioners, and decision makers studies on the ways of cities, technologies, and multiple forms of ... Read more

    Free

  • Geology of the Northwest African Continental Margin

    Edited by U.v. Rad, K. Hinz, M. Sarnthein, E. Seibold ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

    R1 705,21

  • The Peasants’ Revolt of Banten in 1888: Its Conditions, Course and Sequel

    A Case Study of Social Movements in Indonesia

    by Sartono Kartodirdjo ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

    R947,24

  • Cultures and Settlements. Advances in Art and Urban Futures, Volume 3

    by Dragica Potocnjak, Nicola Kirkham ...
    This volume considers the making of settlement as a process of identity formation. Taking the position that a culture signifies a way of life, it asks how cultural frameworks inform patterns of settlement, and how the built environment, as process and design, conditions cultural production and reception. The disciplinary fields this intersects include architecture, urban design, sociology, ... Read more

    R522,43