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New Islamic urbanism : the architecture of public and private space in Jeddah…
Since the dawn of the oil era, cities in Saudi Arabia have witnessed rapid growth and profound societal changes. As a response to foreign architectural solutions and the increasing popularity of Western lifestyles, a distinct style of architecture and urban planning has emerged. Characterised by an emphasis on privacy, expressed through high enclosures, gates, blinds, and tinted windows, ‘New…
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- 9781787356429
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- xvii, 239 p. ill;
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- 720.9538 NEW S
Re-centring the city : global mutations of socialist modernity
What is the role of monumentality, verticality and centrality in the twenty-first century? Are palaces, skyscrapers and grand urban ensembles obsolete relics of twentieth-century modernity, inexorably giving way to a more humble and sustainable de-centred urban age? Or do the aesthetics and politics of pomp and grandiosity rather linger and even prosper in the cities of today and tomorrow? R…
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- 9781787354111
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- xix, 292 p. ill;
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- 307.116 REC J
Cities and affordable housing : planning, design and policy nexus
This book provides a comparative perspective on housing and planning policies affecting the future of cities, focusing on people- and place-based outcomes using the nexus of planning, design and policy. A rich mosaic of case studies features good practices of city-led strategies for affordable housing provision, as well as individual projects capitalising on partnerships to build mixed-income h…
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- edision 11
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- 9781000433838
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- xi. ;ill. :319 p.
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- 363.5 TSE
The unreal estate guide to detroit
Intense attention has been paid to Detroit as a site of urban crisis. This crisis, however, has not only yielded the massive devaluation of real estate that has so often been noted; it has also yielded an explosive production of seemingly valueless urban property that has facilitated the imagination and practice of alternative urbanisms. The first sustained study of Detroit’s alternative urba…
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- 9781911576518
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- xxi. ;ill. :158 p.
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- 977.434. AND t
Smart and sustainable planning for cities and regions : results of SSPCR 2015
This open access book offers a selection of research papers and case studies presented at the 3rd international conference “Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions”, held in December 2019 in Bolzano, Italy, and explores the concept of smart and sustainable planning, including top contributions from academics, policy makers, consultants and other professionals. Innovation pr…
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- 9783030577643
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- xvii, 307p. : ill.
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- 307.1216 SMA s
Introduction to space syntax in urban studies
This open access textbook is a comprehensive introduction to space syntax method and theory for graduate students and researchers. It provides a step-by-step approach for its application in urban planning and design. This textbook aims to increase the accessibility of the space syntax method for the first time to all graduate students and researchers who are dealing with the built environment, …
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- 9783030591403
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- xix, 250p. : ill.
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- 307.1216 VAN i
New metropolitan perspectives : knowledge dynamics, innovation-driven policie…
This open access book presents the outcomes of the symposium “NEW METROPOLITAN PERSPECTIVES,” held at Mediterranea University, Reggio Calabria, Italy on May 26–28, 2020. Addressing the challenge of Knowledge Dynamics and Innovation-driven Policies Towards Urban and Regional Transition, the book presents a multi-disciplinary debate on the new frontiers of strategic and spatial planni…
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- 9783030528690
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- 301 p
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- 307.1216 NEW n
Cities in Asia by and for the people
edited by Yves Cabannes, Mike Douglass, and Rita Padawangi.
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- 9789048536252
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- 345 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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- Asian cities ; 7
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- 307.76095 CAB c
Urban planning against poverty : how to think and do better cities in the glo…
This open access book revisits the theoretical foundations of urban planning and the application of these concepts and methods in the context of Southern countries by examining several case studies from different regions of the world. For instance, the case of Koudougou, a medium-sized city in one of the poorest countries in the world, Burkina Faso, with a population of 115.000 inhabitants, all…
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- 9783030284190
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- viii, 214p. : ill.
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- 307.1216 BOL u
Urban re-industrialization
Urban re-industrialisation could be seen as a method of increasing business effectiveness in the context of a politically stimulated ‘green economy’; it could also be seen as a nostalgic mutation of a creative-class concept, focused on 3D printing, ‘boutique manufacturing’ and crafts. These two notions place urban re-industrialisation within the context of the current neoliberal economi…
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- 9781947447035
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- 186 p.; 23 cm.
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- 338.9 URB u
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