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Companion to Urban Design

Author : Tridib Banerjee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136920080
Total Pages : 1056 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Companion to Urban Design written by Tridib Banerjee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 1056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today the practice of urban design has forged a distinctive identity with applications at many different scales – ranging from the block or street scale to the scale of metropolitan and regional landscapes. Urban design interfaces many aspects of contemporary public policy – multiculturalism, healthy cities, environmental justice, economic development, climate change, energy conservations, protection of natural environments, sustainable development, community liveability, and the like. The field now comprises a core body of knowledge that enfolds a right history of ideas, paradigms, principles, tools, research and applications, enriched by electric influences from the humanities, and social and natural sciences. Companion to Urban Design includes more than fifty original contributions from internationally recognized authorities in the field. These contributions address the following questions: What are the important ideas that have shaped the field and the current practice of urban design? What are the major methods and processes that have influenced the practice of urban design at various scales? What are the current innovations relevant to the pedagogy of urban design? What are the lingering debates, conflicts ad contradictions in the theory and practice of urban design? How could urban design respond to the contemporary challenges of climate change, sustainability, active living initiatives, globalization, and the like? What are the significant disciplinary influences on the theory, research and practice of urban design in recent times? There has never before been a more authoritative and comprehensive companion that includes core, foundational and pioneering ideas and concepts of urban design. This book serves as an invaluable guide for undergraduate and postgraduate students, future professionals, and practitioners interested in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning, but also in urban studies, urban affairs, geography, and related fields.

Introduction to Landscape Design

Author : John L. Motloch
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780471352914
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Landscape Design written by John L. Motloch and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2000-08-25 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outstanding explorations of design concepts, principles, and processes This Second Edition of Introduction to Landscape Design offers even broader coverage of the environmental, human, technological, and aesthetic issues associated with landscape design than the first edition. Beginning with the way we perceive, manage, and design the landscape, it moves on to explore the forces that influence land design. An overview of landscape management, planning, and design includes a discussion of the roles and integration of the professions involved, modes of professional practice, and site scale design processes. The book explores the ecology of design and the integration of land design decisions into dynamic systems. This fully updated new edition: * Presents landscape design as a synergism of art and science * Addresses the interplay between buildings and sites * Provides insights into the breadth of people-environment relationships * Places special emphasis on our growing understanding of interrelationships between the landscape and human decisions A superb introduction for students as well as a useful reference for practicing professionals, this book is an excellent guide for anyone who wants to develop a better understanding of landscape design.

Dwelling, Seeing, and Designing

Author : David Seamon
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438419295
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Dwelling, Seeing, and Designing written by David Seamon and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1993-01-22 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors include architects, philosophers, landscape architects, and geographers, who focus on the question of how people might see and understand the natural and built environments in a deeper, more perceptive way. What is a sense of place and how can it be supported by architecture, policy, and education? Why are places important to people, and can designers and policy-makers create better places? Is there a way to see and understand what might help to make buildings, landscapes, and places that are beautiful, alive, and humane? What role do the geographical and architectural environments play in human life?

Sustainable Development and Planning VI

Author : C. A. Brebbia
Publisher : WIT Press
ISBN 13 : 1845647149
Total Pages : 829 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Development and Planning VI written by C. A. Brebbia and published by WIT Press. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 829 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the proceedings of the sixth conferences on the topic of sustainable regional development organized by the Wessex Institute of Technology. First held in 2003, the conference facilitates communication between all scientists specialising in the wide range of subjects included within sustainable development and planning. These include planners, environmentalists, architects, engineers, policy makers and economists, who all must work together in order to ensure that planning leads to sustainable development that meets present needs without compromising our future.The papers included in the book cover Regional planning; City planning; Sustainability and the built environment; Cultural heritage; Environmental management; Resources management; Social and political issues; Rural developments; Sustainable solutions in developing countries; Transportation; Energy resources; Environmental economics.

Community and Ageing

Author : Simon Evans
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1847420710
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Community and Ageing written by Simon Evans and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2009-09-02 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specialist forms of housing with care are becoming increasingly popular in the United Kingdom, largely as a result of the ageing of the population and the relative wealth of the latest generation of older people. Retirement villages and extra care housing are two models of provision that have seen particularly spectacular growth. This is partly because in many ways they are perceived to promote government agendas for increasing independence and wellbeing for older people. They also aim to meet older people's aspirations for a good quality of life in their retirement years and to live somewhere they feel they belong. Many such housing developments are marketed as 'communities of like minded people', offering security, peace of mind, a range of facilities and new opportunities for friendship and social interaction. This important book investigates changing concepts and experiences of community across the lifecourse and into older age and how they play out in housing with care settings. An overview of how the housing with care sector has developed, both in the UK and internationally, is provided. The book emphasizes the central importance of a sense of community for older people's quality of life and explores the impact of a range of factors including social networks, inclusive activities, diversity and the built environment. The book will be of particular interest to students in the fields of gerontology, social policy, housing, planning, the built environment and community development. It will also appeal to academics, policy makers, practitioners, service providers and researchers, both in the UK and other countries with similar housing with care options, including the USA, Australia and New Zealand.

The Handbook of Interior Design

Author : Jo Ann Asher Thompson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444336282
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book The Handbook of Interior Design written by Jo Ann Asher Thompson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Interior Design explores ways of thinking that inform the discipline of interior design. It challenges readers to consider the connections within theory, research, and practice and the critical underpinnings that have shaped interior design. Offers a theory of interior design by moving beyond a descriptive approach to the discipline to a 'why and how' study of interiors Provides a full overview of the most current Interior Design research and scholarly thought from around the world Explores examples of research designs and methodological approaches that are applicable to interior design upper division and graduate education courses Brings together an international team of contributors, including well established scholars alongside emerging voices in the field – reflecting mature and emergent ideas, research, and philosophies in the field Exemplifies where interior design sits in its maturation as a discipline and profession through inclusion of diverse authors, topics, and ideas

Beyond the Neighborhood Unit

Author : Tridib Banerjee
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1475794185
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Neighborhood Unit written by Tridib Banerjee and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of the research on which this book is based was funded almost a decade ago by separate grants from two different agencies of the U. S. Public Health Service, of the then still consolidated Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The first grant was from the Bureau of Community Environmental Management (Public Health Service Research Grant J-RO J EM 0049-02), and the second from the Center for Studies of Metropolitan Problems of the National Institute of Mental Health (Public Health Service Grant ROJ MH 24904-02). These separate grants were necessary because of budget cuts that truncated our original effort. We were fortunate to receive subsequent assistance from NIMH to conclude the research, as it is doubtful that a project of the scope and intent of our effort--even as completed in abbreviated form-will be funded in the 1980s. The original intent of this project, as formulated by our colleagues Ira Robinson and Alan Kreditor, and as conceptualized earlier by their predeces sors-members of an advisory committee of planners and social scientists ap pointed by the American Public Health Association (APHA)-was to rewrite Planning the Neighborhood, APHA's recommended standards for residential design. In particular, it was proposed that the new study take the point of view of the user in terms of residential standards. Hitherto, the private sector had domi nated these considerations (i. e. , the designer's predilections, the requirements of builders and material suppliers, and lenders' needs for mortgage security).

EDRA38

Author : Environmental Design Research Association. Annual Conference
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780939922338
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book EDRA38 written by Environmental Design Research Association. Annual Conference and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Promise of the City

Author : Kian Tajbakhsh
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520222784
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Promise of the City written by Kian Tajbakhsh and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume proposes a theoretical grounding for the study of cities and the people who live and work in them. Using a threefold, interdisciplinary approach to urban identities which links agency, space, and structure, the book examines the work of three major urban theorists.

Encyclopedia of Street Crime in America

Author : Jeffrey Ian Ross
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452274452
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Street Crime in America written by Jeffrey Ian Ross and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone living or working in a city has feared or experienced street crime at one time or another; whether it be a mugging, purse snatching, or a more violent crime. In the U.S., street crime has recently hovered near historic lows; hence, the declaration of certain analysts that street life in America has never been safer. But is it really? Street crime has changed over past decades, especially with the advent of surveillance cameras in public places—the territory of the street criminal—but at the same time, criminals have found ways to adapt. This encyclopedic reference focuses primarily on urban lifestyle and its associated crimes, ranging from burglary to drug peddling to murder to new, more sophisticated forms of street crime and scams. This traditional A-to-Z reference has significant coverage of police and courts and other criminal justice sub-disciplines while also featuring thematic articles on the sociology of street crime. Features & Benefits: 175 signed entries within a single volume in print and electronic formats provide in-depth coverage to the topic of street crime in America. Cross-References and Suggestions for Further Readings guide readers to additional resources. Entries are supported by vivid photos and illustrations to better bring the material alive. A thematic Reader's Guide groups related entries by broad topic areas and, within the electronic version, combines with Cross-References and a detailed Index for convenient search-and-browse capabilities. A Chronology provides readers with a historical perspective of street crime in America. Appendices provide sources of data and statistics, annotated to highlight their relevance.

Suburban Sprawl

Author : Matthew J. Lindstrom
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742525818
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Suburban Sprawl written by Matthew J. Lindstrom and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary analysis of suburban sprawl development and smart growth alternatives within the contexts of culture, ecology, and politics. It offers a mix of theoretical inquiry, historical analysis, policy critique, and case studies. In addition, each chapter is coupled with featured interviews with leading activists and policymakers working on sprawl issues. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Teaching and Learning

Author : Marjorie S. Schiering
Publisher : R&L Education
ISBN 13 : 1610484282
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Teaching and Learning written by Marjorie S. Schiering and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2011-06-16 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learners are multi-faceted, unique people. Discovering the whole individual is incumbent upon realizing the teaching/learning environments, common social and societal realities, and belief and value systems respective of academic and socio-societal factors that establish who one is as a learner and teacher. In Learning and Teaching, the authors offer practical strategies for interactive instruction to facilitate optimum learning. This book addresses theoretical framework that includes the relationship between thoughts and feelings, the effect of past esperiences on present and future behaviors, universal connectivity, and a strong understanding of who one is as a teacher and learner.

Just Below the Line

Author : Korydon H. Smith
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 9781610752213
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Just Below the Line written by Korydon H. Smith and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With America on the brink of the largest number of older adults and persons with disabilities in the country’s history, the deceleration in housing production during the first decade of the twenty-first century, and a continued reliance on conventional housing policies and practices, a perfect storm has emerged in the housing industry. The lack of fit between the existing housing stock and the needs of the U.S. population is growing pronounced. Just as housing needed to be retooled at the end of WWII, the American housing industry is in dire need of change today. The South—with its high rates of poverty, older residents, residents with disabilities, extensive rural areas, and out-of-date housing policies and practices—serves as a “canary in the coal mine” for the impending, nationwide housing crisis. Just Below the Line discusses how reworking the policies and practices of the housing industry in the South can serve as a model for the rest of the nation in meeting the physical and social needs of persons with disabilities and aging boomers. Policy makers, designers, builders, realtors, advocates, and housing consumers will be able to use this book to promote the production of equitable housing nationwide. Published in collaboration with the Fay Jones School of Architecture.

Creating Cohousing

Author : Kathryn McCamant
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0865716722
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (657 download)

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Download or read book Creating Cohousing written by Kathryn McCamant and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cohousing ?bible” by the US originators of the concept.

Crime Prevention

Author : Steven P. Lab
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317523458
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Crime Prevention written by Steven P. Lab and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-06 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines several types of crime prevention approaches and their goals, including those that are designed to prevent conditions that foster deviance, those directed toward persons or conditions with a high potential for deviance, and those for persons who have already committed crimes. This edition provides research and information on all aspects of crime prevention, including the physical environment and crime, neighborhood crime prevention, the mass media and crime prevention, crime displacement and diffusion, prediction, community policing, drugs, schools, and electronic monitoring and home confinement.

Manhattan Postal Station Vehicle Maintenance Facility

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Manhattan Postal Station Vehicle Maintenance Facility written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Architecture, Culture, and Spirituality

Author : Thomas Barrie
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317179021
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Architecture, Culture, and Spirituality written by Thomas Barrie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architecture has long been understood as a cultural discipline able to articulate the human condition and lift the human spirit, yet the spirituality of architecture is rarely directly addressed in academic scholarship. The seventeen chapters provide a diverse range of perspectives, grouped according to topical themes: Being in the World; Sacred, Secular, and the Contemporary Condition; Symbolic Engagements; Sacred Landscapes; and Spirituality and the Designed Environment. Even though the authors’ approach the subject from a range of disciplines and theoretical positions, all share interests in the need to rediscover, redefine, or reclaim the sacred in everyday experience, scholarly analysis, and design.