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University of Chicago Press Planning as Persuasive Storytelling The
Book SynopsisThis study looks at the world of political conflict surrounding the Commonwealth Edison Company's nuclear power plant construction programme in northern Illinois during the 1980s. It examines the theory that planning can best be thought of as a form of persuasive storytelling.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments Prelude: A Strange Place, an Alien Language 1: The Irony of Modernist Planning 2: The Argumentative or Rhetorical Turn in Planning 3: The Modernist Institution and Rhetoric of Regulated Natural Monopoly 4: Commonwealth Edison's Ambitious Nuclear Power Expansion Plan, 1973- 1986 5: The Best Deal for Illinois Consumers? Assessing Commonwealth Edison's "Negotiated Settlement" 6: Edison Completes Its Nuclear Power Expansion Plan, But Who Will Pay for the Last of It? 7: Precinct Captains at the Nuclear Switch? Exploring Chicago's Electric Power Options 8: Survey Research as a Trope in Electric Power Planning Arguments 9: Precinct Captains at the Nuclear Switch? The Mayor's Hand Turns up Empty 10: Frozen in a Passionate Embrace: Allocating Pain, Allocating Blame 11: The Plateau in the Web: Planning as Persuasive Storytelling within a Web of Relationships Postlude: E-mail to a Friend Notes References Illustration Credits Index
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University of Chicago Press Forever Open Clear Free 2e The Struggle for
Book SynopsisOf the thirty miles of Lake Michigan shoreline within the city limits of Chicago, twenty-four miles is public park land. The crown jewels of its park system, the lakefront parks bewitch natives and visitors alike with their brisk winds, shady trees, sandy beaches, and rolling waves. Like most good things, the protection of the lakefront parks didn't come easy, and this book chronicles the hard-fought and never-ending battles Chicago citizens have waged to keep them forever open, clear, and free.Illustrated with historic and contemporary photographs, Wille's book tells how Chicago's lakefront has survived a century of development. The story serves as a warning to anyone who thinks the struggle for the lakefront is over, or who takes for granted the beauty of its public beaches and parks. A thoroughly fascinating and well-documented narrative which draws the reader into the sights, smells and sounds of Chicago's story. . . . Everyone who cares about the development of land and its conservation will benefit from reading Miss Wille's book.Daniel J. Shannon, Architectural ForumNot only good reading, it is also a splendid example of how to equip concerned citizens for their necessary participation in the politics of planning and a more livable environment.Library Journal
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MIT Press Ltd Building Old Cambridge Architecture and
Book SynopsisAn extensively illustrated, comprehensive exploration of the architecture and development of Old Cambridge from colonial settlement to bustling intersection of town and gown.Old Cambridge is the traditional name of the once-isolated community that grew up around the early settlement of Newtowne, which served briefly as the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and then became the site of Harvard College. This abundantly illustrated volume from the Cambridge Historical Commission traces the development of the neighborhood as it became a suburban community and bustling intersection of town and gown. Based on the city's comprehensive architectural inventory and drawing extensively on primary sources, Building Old Cambridge considers how the social, economic, and political history of Old Cambridge influenced its architecture and urban development.Old Cambridge was famously home to such figures as the proscribed Tories William Brattle and John Vassall; authors Henr
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MIT Press Ltd The World as an Architectural Project The MIT
Book SynopsisArchitects imagine the planet: fifty speculative world-scale projects from Patrick Geddes, Alison and Peter Smithson, Kiyonori Kikutake, Juan Navarro Baldeweg, Luc Deleu, and others. The world's growing vulnerability to planet-sized risks invites action on a global scale. The World as an Architectural Project shows how for more than a century architects have imagined the future of the planet through world-scale projects. With fifty speculative projects by Patrick Geddes, Alison and Peter Smithson, Kiyonori Kikutake, Saverio Muratori, Takis Zenetos, Sergio Bernardes, Juan Navarro Baldeweg, Luc Deleu, and many others, documented in text and images, this ambitious and wide-ranging book is the first compilation of its kind.Interestingly, architects begin to address the world as a project long before the advent of contemporary globalism and its assorted anxieties. The Spanish urban theorist and entrepreneur Arturo Soria y Mata, for example, in 1882 env
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MIT Press Ltd Imagining MIT Designing a Campus for the
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MIT Press Ltd The Smart Enough City Putting Technology in Its
Book SynopsisWhy technology is not an end in itself, and how cities can be “smart enough,” using technology to promote democracy and equity.Smart cities, where technology is used to solve every problem, are hailed as futuristic urban utopias. We are promised that apps, algorithms, and artificial intelligence will relieve congestion, restore democracy, prevent crime, and improve public services. In The Smart Enough City, Ben Green warns against seeing the city only through the lens of technology; taking an exclusively technical view of urban life will lead to cities that appear smart but under the surface are rife with injustice and inequality. He proposes instead that cities strive to be “smart enough”: to embrace technology as a powerful tool when used in conjunction with other forms of social change—but not to value technology as an end in itself.In a technology-centric smart city, self-driving cars have the run of downtown and force out pedes
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MIT Press Socializing Architecture
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Random House USA Inc Eyes on the Street The Life of Jane Jacobs
Book SynopsisThe first major biography of the irrepressible woman who changed the way we view and live in cities, and whose influence is felt to this day.Jane Jacobs was a phenomenal woman who wrote seven groundbreaking books, saved neighborhoods, stopped expressways, was arrested twice, and engaged in thousands of impassioned debates—all of which she won. Robert Kanigel's revelatory portrait of Jacobs, based on new sources and interviews, brings to life the child who challenged her third-grade teacher; the high school poet; the mother who raised three children; the journalist who honed her skills at Architectural Forum and Fortune before writing her most famous book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities; and the activist who helped lead a successful protest against Robert Moses’s proposed expressway through her beloved Greenwich Village.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Livable Communities for Aging Populations
Book SynopsisAn innovative look at design solutions for building lifelong neighborhoods Livable Communities for Aging Populations provides architects and designers with critical guidance on urban planning and building design that allows people to age in their own homes and communities. The focus is on lifelong neighborhoods, where healthcare and accessibility needs of residents can be met throughout their entire life cycle. Written by M. Scott Ball, a Duany Plater-Zyberk architect with extensive expertise in designing for an aging society, this important work explores the full range of factors involved in designing for an aging population?from social, economic, and public health policies to land use, business models, and built form. Ball examines in detail a number of case studies of communities that have implemented lifelong solutions, discussing how to apply these best practices to communities large and small, new and existing, urban and rural. Other topics include: <Table of ContentsForeword xi Andrés Duany Introduction xiii Robert Jenkens Preface xiv Acknowledgments xviii Part I Challenges and Opportunities 1 1 The Longevity Challenge to Urbanism 3 The Challenge 3 The Scale of Response: Pedestrian Sheds and Neighborhoods 7 Seniors Housing Communities as Change Agents 11 Toward the Development of Lifelong Neighborhoods 14 Conclusions 18 2 Access and Urbanism 21 Introduction 21 Go Forth Boldly 22 On Whose Behalf We Regulate 24 Advancing Accessibility Aspirations Beyond Minimum Standards 31 Stewardship 38 3 Health, Healthcare, and Urbanism 45 Environmental Health, Safety, and Welfare 45 Reestablishing a Healthy Land-Use Paradigm 48 Knowledge and Action: Finding an Institutional Basis for Public Health and Land-Use Planning Integration 50 Beyond Intent and Toxicity: Establishing Frameworks for Planning Action 54 Beyond Planning: Healthy Environment Implementation Frameworks 64 4 Neighborhood Wellness and Recreation 71 Urban Design and Wellness Industry Market Research 71 Aging and Wellness 73 Redefining the Lifelong Environment: Wellness in Community 77 Conclusion 86 Part II Networks and Diversity 87 5 Connections 89 Connectivity 91 Pedestrian Access and Transit 103 6 Diversity 109 Planning for Diversity 109 Zoning for Diversity 111 Building Codes and Housing Diversity 121 Part III Seniors Housing 125 7 Evolution of Senior Development Types 129 Early Senior Care Models 129 Institutional Neglect 133 Diversification of the Senior Housing Type 134 8 The Lifelong Neighborhood Market 149 Market Study Elements of Critical Importance to Lifelong Neighborhoods 149 Factors That Contribute to Residency in Age-Restricted Communities 156 Factors That Deter Older Adults from Moving to Age-Restricted Communities 164 Lifelong Neighborhoods and Influencing Factors 167 9 Seniors Housing Components 171 Initiating Lifelong Neighborhood Design with a Market Study 172 Seniors Housing Components 174 Service Policy Components 198 Built-Environment Policy Components 199 Part IV Urban to Rural Case Studies 207 10 Penn South NORC Case Study of Aging a Dense Urban Core 209 Lifelong Summary 209 Context 210 Innovations in Health and Wellness Programming: Penn South Discovers the NORC Concept 212 Connectivity and Access 214 Dwellings and Retail 216 Health and Wellness 218 Community Building Spaces 219 Jeff Dullea Intergenerational Garden 220 11 Beacon Hill Case Study of Aging and Town Centers 223 Lifelong Summary 223 Context 224 Innovations in Health and Wellness Programming 225 Connectivity and Access 226 Dwellings and Retail 227 Health and Wellness 230 Community Building Spaces 232 12 Mableton Case Study of Aging and Neighborhood Center 235 Lifelong Summary 235 Overview 237 Context 238 Redeveloping as a Lifelong Community 239 Mableton Elementary School Redeveloped as a Civic Center 253 13 Elder-Centric Villages: Exploring How Senior Housing Can Incentivize Urban Renewal in Rural America 257 Lifelong Summary 257 Evaluating Small-Town Living and Walkability 259 Providing an Elder-Centric Village 263 Index 267
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Planning and Urban Design Standards
Book SynopsisThe new student edition of the definitive reference on urban planning and design Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition is the authoritative and reliable volume designed to teach students best practices and guidelines for urban planning and design.Trade Review"Steiner and Butler present a student edition of a text on planning and urban design standards, derived from the full edition published in 2006." (Book News, February 2008)Table of ContentsForeword. Preface. Acknowledgments. Part 1: PLANS AND PLAN MAKING. PLAN MAKING. Plan Making. TYPES OF PLANS. Comprehensive Plans. Urban Design Plans. Regional Plans. Neighborhood Plans. Transportation Plans. Housing Plans. Economic Development Plans. Parks and Open-Space Plans. Critical and Sensitive Areas Plans. PARTICIPATION. Role of Participation. Stakeholder Identification. Surveys. Community Visioning. Charrettes. Public Meetings. Public Hearings. Computer-Based Public Participation. Part 2: ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW. Environmental Planning Considerations. AIR. Air Quality. Air Sheds. Heat Islands. WATER. Hydrologic Cycle. Watersheds. Aquifers. Rivers and Streams. Floodplains and Riparian Corridors. Wetlands. Beach and Dune Systems. Estuaries, Flats, and Marshes. LAND. Slope, Relief, and Aspect. Soils Classification and Mechanics. Habitat Patches, Corridors, and Matrix. Biodiversity Protection. HAZARDS. Flood Hazards. Erosion and Sedimentation. Hurricanes and Coastal Storms. Landslides. Sinkholes and Subsidence. Earthquakes. Wildfires. Hazardous Materials. Tsunamis and Seiches. Noise and Vibration. Part 3: STRUCTURES. BUILDING TYPES. Residential Types. Single-Family Detached. Single-Family Attached. Multifamily Low-Rise. Multifamily Mid-Rise. Multifamily High-Rise. Manufactured Housing. Office Buildings. Elementary, Middle, and High Schools. Medical Facilities. TRANSPORTATION. Sidewalks. Hierarchy of Streets and Roads. Street Networks and Street Connectivity. Vehicle Turning Radii. Traffic Calming. Pedestrian-Friendly Streets. Parking Lot Design. On-Street Bikeways. Multiuser Trails. Transit Systems. UTILITIES. Waste Management. Wastewater. Stormwater Runoff and Recharge. Water Supply. Wireless Infrastructure Overview. PARKS AND OPEN SPACE. Types of Parks. Greenways and Trails. Conservation Areas. Playgrounds. FARMING AND FORESTRY. Farms. Feedlots. Forestry. Part 4: PLACES AND PLACEMAKING. REGIONS. Regions. PLACES AND DISTRICTS. Neighborhoods. Neighborhood Centers. Historic Districts. Waterfronts. Arts Districts. Industrial Parks. Office Parks. Main Streets. DEVELOPMENT TYPES. Mixed-Use Development. Transit-Oriented Development. Conservation Development. Infill Development. DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS. Environmental Site Analysis. Urban Analysis. Scale and Density. Safety. Walkability. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design—LEED. Streetscape. Part 5: ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES. PROJECTIONS AND DEMAND ANALYSIS. Population Projections. Economic Base and Econometric Projections. Housing Needs Assessment. Parks, Recreation, and Open-Space Needs Assessment. IMPACT ASSESSMENT. Environmental Impact Assessment. Fiscal Impact Assessment. Traffic Impact Studies. MAPPING. Mapping Data Overview. Aerial Photographs and Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles. U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Maps. Property Maps in Modern Cadastres. Census Data and Demographic Mapping. Remote Sensing and Satellite Image Classification. Geographic Information Systems. VISUALIZATION. Visualization Overview. Montage Visualization. Three-Dimensional Visualization. Visual Preference Techniques. Part 6: IMPLEMENTATION TECHNIQUES. LEGAL FOUNDATIONS. Planning Law Overview. Property Rights, Police Power, Nuisance, and Vested Rights. Due Process and Equal Protection. Freedom of Religion and Expression. Eminent Domain,Takings, and Exactions. Federal Legislation. State Enabling Legislation. Zoning Regulation. Subdivision Regulation. Planned Unit Development. Innovations in Local Zoning Regulations. Sign Regulation. GROWTH MANAGEMENT. Adequate Public Facilities and Concurrency Management. Urban Growth Areas. Development Impact Fees. Transfer and Purchase of Development Rights. PRESERVATION,CONSERVATION, AND REUSE. Open-Space Preservation Techniques. Farmland Preservation. Land Evaluation and Site Assessment. Viewshed Protection. Historic Structures. Brownfields. ECONOMIC AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT. Capital Improvement Programs. Tax Increment Financing. Financing Methods and Techniques. Financial Planning and Analysis:The Pro Forma. Resources. Planning Resources. Graphic Symbols and Drawing Annotations. Index.
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Building Boston Stories of Architectural and
Book SynopsisTake an expertly guided tour of Boston''s historic landmarks and epic past. Follow the history of the Boston Marathon and the architectural gems that grace the Copley Square/Back Bay area where the race ends. Take a deep dive into the subway dig. Learn how fabled landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted figured out how to put a salt marsh inside the city to prevent flooding, paving the way for today''s green ribbon of parks. Interwoven with anecdotes about landmarks such as the Boston Common, the Boston Red Sox Fenway Park, and the Esplanade are observations about the character of a city that took the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing in stride. Perfect for both armchair reading and for use as a unique visitors'' guide.
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Havana Forever
Book SynopsisHavana has always been a dynamic city, and its unique architecture makes it one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Until recently, the closed nature of contemporary Cuban society has frozen and preserved much of Havana''s urban design and simultaneously prevented many visitors from experiencing its wide range of architectural influences, which cross-reference to create a stunning, unified work of art. In this documentary-style history of old Havana, readers are invited to tour the city''s buildings alongside its culture, people, plazas and parks, pedestrian environment, monuments, food, music, dance, colonial history, and iconic traditions, from cigars to the Tropicana Supper Club. Learn why Havana has the classic order, neighborhood balance, architectural elegance, and pedestrian harmony that urban planners long for, and discover the ways in which it is not just a city but a celebration of the Cuban way of life and its Creole roots.
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Housing and the City
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Johns Hopkins University Press Home on the Canal Maryland Paperback Bookshelf
Book SynopsisEnriching this narrative, the book provides oral history accounts of eleven men and women who worked on or grew up along the banks of the Canal.Trade ReviewA gliding packet boat of a book that tours the history of the canal's 92 working years... With 54 sepia-toned photographs, Kytle's 'informal history' makes a worthy introduction to the making of the C&O Canal. Washington Post The reminiscences are great... the best ever printed relating to the C & O canal. Hagerstown Herald-Mail Elizabeth Kytle's book contains all the research we've never gotten around to doing. She has transformed the mass of assorted political, financial, and economic data into readable chapters that cover the canal from its conception by President George Washington through 1971 when it became a national historic park. Potomac Appalachian
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Johns Hopkins University Press The New England Village
Book SynopsisWe invent the past, Wood concludes, in our own image-as nineteenth-century villagers did quite literally and as suburban developers do today.Trade ReviewWe think of the quaint village with its white-clapboard church surrounding a town green and a cluster of shops as the core image of the New England colonial community. But in The New England Village Joseph S. Wood maintains that that icon was really a romantic 19th-century invention. Boston GlobeTable of ContentsContents: List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: "As a City upon a Hill" 1. The Colonial Encounter with the Land 2. Village and Community in the Seventeenth Century 3. The Architectural Landscape 4. Villages in the Federal Period 5. The Village as a Vernacular Form 6. The Settlement Ideal 7. A World We Have Gained Notes Bibliography Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Building San Franciscos Parks 18501930 Creating
Book SynopsisBuilding San Francisco's Parks, 1850-1930 maps the political, cultural, and social dimensions of landscape design in urban America and offers new insights into the transformation of San Francisco's physical environment and quality of life through its world-famous park system.Trade ReviewAn excellent study... If anything could possibly improve an outing to Golden Gate Park, a copy of Building San Francisco's Parks looks just the ticket. San Francisco Chronicle Terence Young's Building San Francisco's Parks is part of a rather impressive Johns Hopkins University Press 'Creating the North American Landscape' series and covers the period of expansion from 1850-1930, tracing park system history and the key individuals responsible for its development. Bookwatch 2004 Young does a splendid job detailing the political intricacies and the physical difficulties in the formation of San Francisco's park system... His distinction between the 'romantic' and the 'rationalist' approaches to the formation of the city's parks is illuminating. Newsletter of the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society 2004 Written in a clear and fluid style... the book contributes a cogent examination of how landscapes are altered, land use conflicts persist, and changing expectations of nature impact park management. -- Elizabeth A. Watson CRM: Journal of Heritage Stewardship 2006 Through his engaging account of San Francisco's park system. Young illustrates the dynamic relationship between nature and society and the expectations of parks in urban social and physical planning. -- Laura Lawson Journal of the American Planning Association 2005 This comprehensive book offers fascinating insight into the process of creating and designing places for nature in the city of San Francisco, California... Reading this book will lend a new understanding of how recreational spaces such as Golden Gate Park have been strongly influenced by social ideals during the first third of the 20th century. -- Shawna J. Dark Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers 2004 Mixes a nicely paced narrative with an effective analysis of the geology, climatology, botany, politics, and building of San Francisco. -- William H. Wilson Pacific Historical Review 2004 We certainly benefit from the marshaling of evidence from a surprisingly understudied city, and urban and environmental historians will find much to appreciate. -- Carl Abbott Journal of American History 2005 Building San Francisco's Parks is an important contribution to the history of parks in North America and provides a thorough case study of one of the continent's major urban park systems. -- Sean Kheraj H-Net Reviews 2009Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. The American Park Movement2. San Francisco's Park Movement3. Romantic Golden Gate Park4. The Public Reacts to its New ParkPhoto Gallery 1: A Walk through Golden Gate Park circa 19005. Rationalistic Golden Gate ParkPhoto Gallery 2: Views of San Francisco's Small Parks circa 19106. The Many Small Parks of San FranciscoNotesIndex
£49.00
Johns Hopkins University Press This Land
Book SynopsisExplores the economic, cultural, and political forces that make it difficult for sensible growth to gain a foothold in the United States. A journalist who covered planning, development, and housing for the Boston Globe, the author brings the land battle to life through the stories of its notorious soldiers.Trade ReviewEngaging, vivid and provocative work. Written with analytical rigor but also a crafty journalistic eye for the human-interest story that crystallizes an abstract theme, this book merits inclusion in any library. Library Journal 2006 A panoramic and extraordinarily up-to-date account of the struggle over how America builds. -- Philip Langdon New Urban News 2006 This Land offers a provocative and insightful overview of the challenges of sprawl. Boston Globe 2006 Those who truly hate sprawl and want to fight back would be well advised to read this book. Audubon 2007 Well researched, well written... very personable and readable. Recommended for all readers. -- S. O'M Northeastern Naturalist 2006 Flint provides a historical perspective on how we became a suburban nation... with the easy-flowing, narrative skill of a journalist. -- Lawrence Bluestone Architecture Boston 2008Table of ContentsIntroduction: Developing America1. Grids and Greenfields2. Suburbia's Promise, and Curse3. New Paradigm: New Urbanism4. The Smart Growth Revolution5. Walk Daily, Buy Local, Build Green6. Hands Off My Land7. Dream Defenders and Sprawl Inc.8. Pitched Battles9. The Density Dilemma10. Smart, and Fair11. Planning and DisasterConclusion: Six Healthy Habits for Sensible GrowthNotesBibliographical EssayAcknowledgmentsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimores Alley Houses Homes for Working People
Book SynopsisFeaturing more than one hundred historic images, Baltimore's Alley Houses documents the changing architectural styles of low-income housing over two centuries and reveals the complex lives of its residents.Trade ReviewEngagingly written and well researched. -- Diane Scharper Baltimore Sun 2008 Throughout Baltimore's Alley Houses, the writing betrays the author's affection for Baltimore and its old, often-decayed houses... In the book's epilogue, Hayward writes that '[t]he memories are worth saving. They cannot be replaced' (265). Her book is itself an important document for maintenance of those memories and of the material culture from which they are derived. -- Jeremy Kargon Maryland Historical Magazine & MHS Publications 2009 A well-illustrated architectural and social history. -- Laura B. Driemeyer Buildings and Landscapes 2010Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Small Streets and Small Houses1. Antebellum Free Blacks2. The Irish3. German Baltimore4. The Bohemians5. African-American Neighborhoods of 1880s Baltimore6. The ReformersEpilogueNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Rome A Living Portrait of an Ancient City Ancient
Book SynopsisIn doing so, he offers a dramatic picture of a complex and changing urban center that, despite its flaws, flourished for centuries.Trade ReviewAn important addition to the literature on classical Rome... Highly recommended. Choice 2010Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsPreface1. Approaching the Ancient City2. The Creation of the Ancient Megalopolis of Rome3. Rome after Hannibal4. From Sulla to Octavian5. The Creation of the Imperial City6. The Consolidation of the Imperial City7. The Antonine City8. Neighborhoods, Pathways, and Rituals of the Imperial City9. Supply, Service, and Productivity: The Urban Economy of Ancient Rome10. The People of Imperial Rome11. On the Fringe: Rome beyond the Pomerium12. The Prelude to the Christian CityNotesGlossary of Latin TermsBibliographyIndex
£67.00
Rutgers University Press The George Washington Bridge Poetry in Steel
Book SynopsisSince opening in 1931, the George Washington Bridge, linking New York and New Jersey, has become the busiest bridge in the world. Many people also consider it the most beautiful. Intimate and engaging, this revised and expanded edition of Michael Rockland's rich narrative presents a range of perspectives on the GWB.Trade Review"Like the magnificent bridge it honors, this book is graceful, intelligently composed, elegant, durable, and solid as steel." -- Phillip Lopate * author of Waterfront: A Walk Around Manhattan *"The George Washington Bridge: Poetry in Steel is a well-rounded tribute to a national landmark. The author weaves together history, popular culture, behind-the-scenes tours, and personal insight in his living portrait of a modern marvel." -- Darl Rastorfer * author of Six Bridges: The Legacy of Othmar H. Ammann *Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York: Michael Aaron Rockland on his latest book The George Washington Bridge: Poetry in Steel https://soundcloud.com/leonard-lopate/michael-aaron-rockland-on-his-latest-book-the-george-washington-bridge-poetry-in-steel-1920 * "Leonard Lopate at Large" *"An essential book about what the professor rightly argues is America’s most important bridge." * Newark Star-Ledger *Old Ways in NJ, guest Michael Aaron Rockland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfYtiz2F_bs * EB-TV *"A special afternoon with Morristown scholar Michael Rockland: ‘The George Washington Bridge: Poetry in Steel,’ March 22" * Morristown Green *"A definitive history and cultural study of the span." * New Jersey Monthly *Table of ContentsContents 1. Growing up With the G.W.B.: An Introduction 2. A Day on the George Washington Bridge 3. The George and the Brooklyn: New Jersey and New York 4. Othmar Ammann 5. Building the Bridge 6. The Accidental Icon 7. The “Martha” 8. The George Washington Bridge in Literature 9. The G.W.B. in the Other Arts 10. Life Along the Walkways 11, Dangers, Disasters, and Tragedies 12, Bridgegate 13. The G.W.B. and Me Acknowledgments Notes About the Author Selected Bibliography Index
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Ohio State University Press Fragments of Cities The New American Downtowns
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University of Minnesota Press Sprawl and Suburbia A Harvard Design Magazine
Book SynopsisBrings together thinkers in the field to present in-depth diagnosis and critical analysis of the physical and social realities of exurban sprawl. These essays call for architects, urban planners, and landscape designers to work at mitigating the impact of sprawl on land and resources and improving the residential and commercial built environment.
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University of Minnesota Press Pedestrian Modern
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Centers and Peripheries1. The Store Problem2. Machines for Selling3. “Park and Shop”4. Pedestrianization Takes Command5. The Cold War Pedestrian6. The Language of Modern ShoppingConclusion: Pedestrian Modern FuturesNotesSelected BibliographyIndex
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University of Minnesota Press City Choreographer Lawrence Halprin in Urban
Book SynopsisTrade Review "This is an important study of one of the most significant figures in 20th century landscape architecture and urban design. Alison Bick Hirsch has written the first significant critical assessment of several of Lawrence Halprin's most iconic works nad the historically important and controversial Take Part workshops. With access to his collected papers and both Halprin prior to his death and his wife, the equally important and innovative modern dancer and choreographer, Anna, Hirsch focuses critical attention upon their collaboration and development on urban 'scores' in the tumultuous era of the 1960s and 70s, as well as their dramatic differences." —Laurie D. Olin, partner, The OLIN Studio"The cogent writing and comprehensive research of the first two sections soar, making this book fundamental to future researchers."—CHOICE"Hirsch’s book has enough distance from its subject and time period that readers may recognize themselves and their own dilemmas in it."—Planning Magazine"Hirsch’s book contributes to a growing body of historical research interested in activism and social engagement in environmental design fields."—Planning Perspectives"Hirsch has authored a handsome book. . . some of the period photos are delightful, featuring children and adults cavorting in fountains and expressing a collective joy in public gathering."—Journal of Planning Education and ResearchTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Scoring the Participatory City1. The Creative Origins of Larry and Anna HalprinPart I. Built Work2. Framing Civic Rituals: Market Street, Nicollet Mall, Heritage Park Plaza3. Designing with Nature as “Archetypal Precedent”: Portland Open Space Sequence, Seattle Freeway Park, Manhattan Square ParkPart II. Community Workshops4. The Take Part Process: Halprin & Associates in Participatory Design5. Facilitation and/or Manipulation: The Challenges of Taking Part in Fort Worth, Everett, Charlottesville, and ClevelandConclusion: Choreography and the Contemporary CityNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Minnesota Press Making Suburbia
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Contributors attempt to remove stereotypes-- plenty are called out-- and to legitimate suburbs as a field of study. The topics covered here might fall into several fields ranging from sociology to urban planning, remain peripheral to them, or provoke further investigation."—CHOICE"The book succeeds in demolishing the single sterile stereotype of suburbia."—Planning Magazine"Demonstrating suburbia’s mobility as both metaphor and materiality, the collection’s diverse accounts of communities, families, and their dwellings evidence how the borders between the cul-de-sac and beyond remain malleable. Take together, the collection answers “yes” to the question, “Do these places matter?” and reaffirms the call for scholars to further study the complexity of suburbia."—Historical Geography"I greatly enjoyed reading Making Suburbia and highly recommend it for academic study as well as personal interest."—Journal of Planning Education and ResearchTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Making, Performing, Living SuburbiaJohn Archer, Paul J. P. Sandul, and Katherine SolomonsonPart I. Mobilizing1. The Social Fallout of Racial Politics: Civic Engagement in Suburban Pasadena, 1950–2000Becky Nicolaides2. Race, Planning, and Activism on Philadelphia’s Main LineTrecia Pottinger3. Defending “Women Who Stand by the Sink”: Suburban Homemakers and Anti-ERA Activism in New York StateStacie Taranto4. Gay Organizing in the “Desert of Suburbia” of Metropolitan DetroitTim Retzloff5. Ecological Preservation in Suburban AtlantaChristopher SellersPart II. Representing6. Metaburbia: The Evolving Suburb in Contemporary FictionMartin Dines7. Suburban Memory Works: Historical Representation and Meaning in Orangevale, CaliforniaPaul J. P. Sandul8. Does This Place Really Matter? The Preservation Debate in Denver’s Postwar SuburbsHeather Bailey9. Yards and Everyday Life in MinneapolisUrsula Lang10. Suburban Rhetorics: Planning and Design for American Shopping, 1930–1960David Smiley11. This Old House of the Future: Remixing Progress and Nostalgia in Suburban Domestic DesignHolley WlodarczykPart III. Gathering12. Everyday Racialization: Contesting Space and Identity in Suburban St. LouisJodi Rios13. The Vibrant Life of Asian Malls in Silicon ValleyWillow Lung-Amam14. Spaces for Youth in Suburban Protestant ChurchesGretchen Buggeln15. Sanctifying the SUV: Megachurches, the Prosperity Gospel, and the Suburban ChristianCharity R. CarneyPart IV. Building16. The Fabric of Spying: Double Agents and the Suburban Cold WarAndrew Friedman17. Selling Suburbia: Marshall Erdman’s Marketing Strategies for Prefabricated Buildings in the Postwar United StatesAnna Vemer Andrzejewski18. A Tiny Orchestra in the Living Room: Hi-Fidelity Sound, Stereo Systems, and the Postwar HouseDianne Harris19. Suburban Noise: Getting Inside Garage RockSteve Waksman20. The Complex: Social Difference and the Suburban Apartment in Postwar AmericaMatthew Gordon Lasner21. The Outdoor Kitchen and Twenty-first Century DomesticityBeverly K. GrindstaffAfterwordMargaret CrawfordContributorsIndex
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Rizzoli International Publications Longue Vue House and Gardens The Architecture
Book SynopsisThe stunning interiors and glorious gardens of New Orleans’s unrivaled jewel and architectural masterpiece. Longue Vue House and Gardens, accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and listed as a national historic landmark, was designed and built between 1934 and 1942 by landscape architect Ellen Biddle Shipman and architects Charles and William Platt for Edgar Bloom and Edith Rosenwald Stern, New Orleans’s foremost mid-twentieth-century philanthropists and civil-rights activists. The mansion and its surrounding eight acres of garden spaces, with varied designs ranging from the formal to the wild, draw upon Southern architectural traditions and native Louisiana flora, even as they echo the contemporaneous garden-design movement that set the stage for the creation of some of the most breathtaking garden estates in the country. Lush photography, supporting architectural drawings, and an informative text bring the main house and gardens to life and establish the estate asTrade Review“This fantastic house history takes us through the past and present of one of New Orleans' greatest architectural treasures, with vintage illustrations and photos. . . ”-The New Orleans Advocate"LONGUE VUE HOUSE AND GARDENS captures an important moment in American house and garden design — and, for those of us who live too far from this gracious enclave, offers vicarious respite."-THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW"Substantial enough in size and comprehensiveness of content, Longue Vue House and Gardens is destined for display rather than to be shelved away, and will be the book to give and receive this holiday season."- SOUTHERN JEWISH LIFE MAGAZINE Longue Vue is an iconic New Orleans estate that remains an important part of the city’s heritage today as a house museum. . . Stunning photographs of the interiors and gardens are supplemented with architectural and landscape drawings.-ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST "Longue Vue House and Gardens showcases the stunning interiors and gardens of New Orleans's architectural masterpiece. . . Lush photography, drawings, and an informative text establish the estate as an enduring symbol to its creators' contributions to building a just society."-GAMBIT WEEKLY "Longue Vue House and Gardens: The Architecture, Interiors, and Gardens of New Orleans' Most Celebrated Estate explores the history of this magnificent Classical Revival mansion and eight-acre estate. . . Stunning photographs of the interiors and gardens are supplemented with architectural and landscape drawings."-THE HUFFINGTON POST
£42.75
Urban Land Institute,U.S. Creating Great Town Centers and Urban Villages
Book SynopsisPacked with colour photographs, site plans, and case studies of both new projects and classics that have stood the test of time, this book reveals the inside story of how they were developed and what makes them special, offering vital facts about costs, rents, land uses, and more.
£89.10
Urban Land Institute,U.S. Getting Real on Urbanism
Book SynopsisFighting the trend to design cookie-cutter urban communities, this resource looks at city planning and design in a multi-dimensional way—paying attention to the history and environment of a particular area in order to create places with identifiable character and personality.
£63.00
Urban Land Institute,U.S. CONSERVATION COMMUNITIES Creating Value with
Book SynopsisPractical how-to information for conservation-minded urban-planning professionals is provided in this invaluable guide. The importance of natural lands or open space in master-planned communities is thoroughly explained and coupled with examples of conservation-oriented housing developments that incorporate this key component.
£47.45
Urban Land Institute,U.S. BUILDING FOR WELLNESS The Business Case
Book SynopsisDoes wellness make business sense as a development objective? How have developers pursued this objective? What has the market response been? And how have developers measured their success? Building for Wellness highlights 13 projects of varying product type and scale that were developed with health and wellness in mind.
£18.95
Urban Land Institute,U.S. BENDING THE COST CURVE Solutions to Expand the
Book SynopsisExamines the various cost drivers hindering the development of affordable rental housing. It explores both the cost drivers of affordable rental housing and proposes actionable recommendations to expand the supply of affordable rentals.
£18.95
Urban Land Institute,U.S. INFRASTRUCTURE 2014 Shaping the Competitive City
Book SynopsisIn a global marketplace, how do real estate developers and investors think about infrastructure? And how do city leaders use infrastructure to position their cities for real estate investment and economic development? This report explores the role that infrastructure plays in shaping the future of cities and metropolitan areas.
£14.95
Urban Land Institute,U.S. Building Healthy Places Toolkit Strategies for
Book SynopsisOutlines evidence-supported opportunities to enhance health through changes in approaches to buildings and projects. Developers, owners, property managers, designers, investors, and others involved in real estate decision making can use the strategies described in this report to create places that contribute to healthier people and communities, and enhance and preserve value.
£37.95
Urban Land Institute,U.S. The Case for Open Space
Book SynopsisExplores the benefits of private sector involvement in creating, maintaining, operating, and programming parks and open space - ranging from enhanced returns on investment for developers that include open space in their projects to improved community health outcomes.
£12.95
Urban Land Institute,U.S. Building a Multimodal Future
Book SynopsisShows how planning land uses and transportation together with transportation demand management (TDM) policies creates safer, more walkable environments. TDM encourages travellers to maximize use of available transportation systems in the most efficient and effective ways possible.
£42.75
Urban Land Institute,U.S. Halfway to Everywhere A Portrait of Americas
Book SynopsisDrawing from his experience as mayor, Bill Hudnut describes the plight of first-tier suburbs and reveals how they have been left behind as the spotlight has focused on downtown revitalisation and growth in outlying areas. Learn how these areas are turning around and becoming vibrant attractive areas in which to live, work, and play.Trade ReviewA must-see manual to improve one of America's hidden treasures, the inner suburb. --John Norquist, mayor, Milwaukee, WisconsinA must-see manual to improve one of America's hidden treasures, the inner suburb. --John Norquist, mayor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
£33.20
Urban Land Institute,U.S. Creating Walkable Places Compact MixedUse
Book SynopsisRichly illustrated with colour photographs, site plans, and diagrams, this book explains how to design and develop pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use developments.
£89.10
Urban Land Institute,U.S. Affordable Housing Designing an American Asset
Book SynopsisThis lavishly illustrated book describes the development of 15 affordable housing projects, designed by some of the nation's most gifted architects. It shows how affordable housing can be durable, environmentally sensitive, comfortable, attractive, and economical to maintain.
£28.45
Urban Land Institute,U.S. Breaking the Development Log Jam New Strategies
Book SynopsisExplains in plain terms how developers and planners can involve the community in the development process using the latest community engagement tools. It describes why, in these days of more complex projects and development approval procedures, it pays to win citizen support rather than fight opposition.
£23.70
Urban Land Institute,U.S. Workforce Housing Innovative Strategies and Best
Book SynopsisDescribes some of the most innovative and successful strategies that have produced housing that working families can afford.
£37.95
Urban Land Institute,U.S. Regenerating Older Suburbs
Book SynopsisHow can aging inner-ring suburbs remain vital and attract investment from private development? This book describes the strategies and solutions employed by 10 inner-ring suburbs—some experiencing significant redevelopment and others striving to attract redevelopment.
£67.50
Urban Land Institute,U.S. Developing Sustainable Planned Communities
Book SynopsisGet practical how-to information on designing and developing attractive, profitable, and environmentally responsible planned communities. This book includes 10 case studies of successful projects in the US, the UK and Australia.
£89.10
Seattle Art Museum Seattles Olympic Sculpture Park
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Lake Forest College Beyond Burnham An Illustrated History of Planning
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£19.76
Overcup Press Tilikum Crossing Bridge of the People
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£17.09
MIT School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) Toward Urban Economic Vibrancy Patterns and
Book SynopsisThe emergence of new planned cities in Asian countries, examined in terms of economic vibrancy.Since 2000, the emergence of new planned cities has established a significant trend in urbanization across Asian countries. Central planners explicitly conceptualize these projects primarily as long-term investments for urban economic vibrancy. They hope that new cities will allow their jurisdictions to leap into higher-skill sectors, diversify the existing economy, trigger creative clusters and innovation hubs, and cultivate vibrant urban environments that will attract talented workers and productive firms. The interplay of internal and external forces has prompted many Asian new cities to engage in global production and distribution chains. This book aims to present new cities in Asia from the perspective of economic vibrancy, identifying key mechanisms for measuring success. The analytical framework addresses the mechanisms along three dimensions: underlying forces that fo
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Making the Arctic City
Book SynopsisPeter Hemmersam is Professor in Urban Design at the Institute of Urbanism and Landscape at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design and he directs the Oslo Centre for Urban and Landscape Studies, Norway.Trade ReviewHemmersam charts the unique motives and circumstances that have produced a distinct form of urbanism with comprehensive aplomb. The book provides urgent insight into the formation of Arctic cities and their trajectories from both a global polar view and from on the fragile ground in which they emerge. * Mason White, University of Toronto, Canada, founding partner, LATERAL OFFICE *The book will certainly be useful for the widest audience. First of all, those who are directly involved in the architecture and design of Arctic cities will find interesting material in it, there is a lot of interesting comparative material for them here ... Of course, the book is also useful for those who are interested in the Arctic from a cultural and political point of view. But the most amazing thing is that the book is useful for everyone who is engaged in urban studies anywhere and has never even had anything to do with the Arctic. The existential problems of Arctic cities, which the book makes you think about, allow you to think more deeply about the patterns of urban development in general. -- Nadezhda Zamyatina * Polar Record *In an increasingly relevant and global North, Peter Hemmersam brings a perspective of urbanism. Russia, Canada and Greenland of the last century offer Hemmersam ideas of relationships, and the historical and political frameworks that drive the built form. Hemmersam recognizes Indigenous communities and knowledge that provide a blueprint for thriving within the landscapes, which has been both embraced and ignored by settlers. With a sense of utility and in a place of extremes, we consider a new architecture and a new plan for imagining urban futures in the Arctic. * Julie Decker, Museum Director/CEO, Anchorage Museum, USA *Within a context of accelerated climate change, Hemmersam’s book brings much needed expertise to fill a void in scholarship that is long overdue for understanding the legacy and future of architecture and urban design in the incredibly important, complex, and rapidly changing Arctic region. * Matthew Jull, PhD, Arctic Design Group, School of Architecture, University of Virginia, USA *Making the Arctic City offers a compelling angle to enhance our understanding of the persistent colonial perceptions and imaginaries that have largely influenced Arctic urban development and city-building in all circumpolar regions, including the Barents region. Most circumpolar cities may have rather short histories, but the book is a crucial reminder that these cities are far from historyless. -- Auni Haapala * Barents Studies *As the Artic is made up of many Norths, Arctic urbanism is as diverse as urbanism elsewhere. By exploring these connections and dependencies, Making the Arctic City makes an important contribution to a more comprehensive and inclusive understanding of Arctic Cities. -- Torill Nyseth * Eurasian Geography and Economics *To understand the mechanisms of Arctic urbanism, the publication Making the Arctic City by Peter Hemmersam is very recommended. * The Arctic Institute, Map of the Month *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Maps Preface Introduction Part One: Framing the Arctic City 1. Introducing the Arctic 2. Building cities in the Arctic 3. Studying Arctic cities Part Two: Arctic urban development 4. Developing Russia's Arctic cities 5. Developing Canada's Arctic cities 6. Developing Greenland's cities Part Three: Constructing the Arctic city 7. Defining Arctic urbanism 8. The architects of the Arctic city 9. Learning from the Arctic city Notes Bibliography Index
£111.45
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Domicide
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA deeply moving and clear eyed account of the Syrian conflict from a scholar who has lived its harsh realities on the ground and in exile. Domicide dispels the fiction of a post-conflict Syria, reminding us that the violence continues unabated, just in different configurations, in the wake of war. Azzouz poignantly describes how predatory states weaponize urban reconstruction, enacting new waves of violence in an effort to re-write history and erase communities. Moving us away from the endless mourning of monumental destruction, Domicide tells the bigger story of loss, the deliberate destruction of home. An important book that impels readers to rethink the entire category and contradictions of heritage work that will uncomfortably challenge all of us seeking to capture a world of conflict. * Lynn Meskell, University of Pennsylvania, USA *A harrowing account of everyday violence in contemporary Syria. Azzouz painfully narrates the displacement, dispossession, and compounded grief that Syrians have endured with the loss of home and the social and material fabric that holds it together. In Domicide, we see how Syrians have reimagined and recreated home, against all odds, both inside Syria and in exile. A timely and must-read book. * Rosie Bsheer, Harvard University, USA *A passionate and informed analysis of the deliberate policy pursued by the Asad regime in destroying the built environment of Homs and other Syrian cities. Azzouz’s narrative bears witness to this policy of domicide and also to the courage and dignity with which Homsis defend their city and reconstruct its memory. * Khaled Fahmy, Tufts University, USA *An important contribution to studies of the human costs of the ongoing Syrian civil war ... [and] a call to action, for the clarity Azzouz lays bare of the systematic and deliberate way Homs has been targeted will inspire a new wave of resilience, and the will to rebuild better. * The New Arab *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword, by Lyse Doucet Preface Introduction 1. Domicide: Slow violence, division and destruction 2. War on home: In search of a place to call home 3. Domicide and representation 4. Domicidal reconstruction 5. Domicide in war and peace Bibliography
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