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Supergrid and Superblock

Author : Xiaofei Chen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000737314
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Supergrid and Superblock written by Xiaofei Chen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-10-03 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this superbly illustrated book Xiaofei Chen presents the first analysis in English of a ubiquitous East Asian urban phenomenon: the supergrid and superblock urban structure. The book opens with an introductory essay by Barrie Shelton in which he sets the scene for what is to follow, emphasizing how alien this structure was to Western urban design culture where radial patterns of development were the norm. Then, in her first chapter, Chen explains the make-up of the supergrid and superblock urban structure and its contrasting Chinese and Japanese forms. In the following three chapters she digs deep into the history, cultural origins, and underlying design philosophy of the supergrid and superblock to show how, under different cultural influences, the model has developed into two distinct forms. Two further chapters (5 and 6) provide detailed analysis of two sample superblocks in China (in Xi’an and Nanjing) and two in Japan (in Kyoto and Osaka) to reveal the relative advantages and disadvantages of how the structure is manifest in the two countries. In her conclusion she discusses her findings to show how and why the supergrid and superblock structure is a valuable urban design model which, with regional adjustments, can be used effectively in cities other than those of East Asia.

Chinese Urban Planning and Construction

Author : Lanchun Bian
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030655628
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Urban Planning and Construction written by Lanchun Bian and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-29 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume introduces and discusses the achievements and mechanisms of urban planning and construction in China from multiple professional perspectives, covering practices and processes ranging from ancient times to the present day. The book has 14 chapters, each addressing a specific Chinese urban planning and construction topic with examples and applications in various cities and regions, and each providing an all-around analysis of Chinese urban development issues at different scales, including government administrations, planning progresses, urban investments, social impacts and construction models. The book provides a comprehensive overview of urban planning and construction in China, especially its successful experiences in the historical period and modern era, which will greatly benefit scholars and readers who are interested in China, as well as urban planners, architects and historians. The book is organized into 4 main parts. Part 1 focuses on "historical wisdom" to summarize ancient Chinese efforts to cope with nature and the environment. It interprets the unique wisdom of ancient Chinese cities related to regional design, water conservancy system, and urban districts. Part 2 presents the “transformation" of urban planning in China by learning from both the traditional value and western experiences based on several cases, such as the spatial development of Beijing and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei capital region, the preservation of Qingdao city, the urban community development and regeneration in Chongqing city. Part 3 explores the "green and eco-city" by looking towards the future, illustrating Chinese practices and efforts to build more sustainable cities, such as green and low-carbon city construction in Wuhan, healthy city planning and eco-cities construction in China. Part 4 prospects the “modern miracles” brought forth by technological innovation and economic growth, and introduces the newest planning trends in China, such as the E-commerce Taobao villages in China and the innovation districts in Beijing. It also explains the driving force of the "growth machine" of Suzhou city.

Women Reclaiming the City

Author : Tigran Haas
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538162660
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Women Reclaiming the City written by Tigran Haas and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The originality of Women Reclaiming the City lies not only in the variety of themes being presented, but also in the variety of all these different highly respected women researchers. This book is the first in which current societal themes revolving around urbanism, architecture, and city planning are put forth solely through female perspectives. It reveals the importance of having female lenses on certain societal debates. Twenty-five leading female urban scholars draw on principles, concepts, and positions that are foundational to other frameworks and fields—specifically, critical studies, indigenous and ethnic studies, postcolonial theory, queer theory, feminist theory, progressive urban theory, social ecology, urban planning and design, architecture, urban economics and urban social geography, landscape urbanism, new urbanism, heritage management and urbanism, political ecology, and cultural studies— to present alternatives to the current classical theories and conceptualizations that have failed to engage a truly intersectional analysis of dominant city and urban discourses, policies, and practices. The book is intended for scholars of urban studies, policy makers, and city planning professionals.

Critical Perspectives on Suburban Infrastructures

Author : Pierre Filion
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487531230
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Critical Perspectives on Suburban Infrastructures written by Pierre Filion and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2019-05-06 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most new urban growth takes place in the suburbs; consequently, infrastructures are in a constant state of playing catch-up, creating repeated infrastructure crises in these peripheries. However, the push to address the tensions stemming from this rapid growth also allow the suburbs to be a major source of urban innovation. Taking a critical social science perspective to identify political, economic, social, and environmental issues related to suburban infrastructures, this book highlights the similarities and differences between suburban infrastructure conditions encountered in the Global North and Global South. Adopting an international approach grounded in case studies from three continents, this book discusses infrastructure issues within different suburban and societal contexts: low-density infrastructure-rich Global North suburban areas, rapidly developing Chinese suburbs, and the deeply socially stratified suburbs of poor Global South countries. Despite stark differences between types of suburbs, there are features common to all suburban areas irrespective of their location, and similarities in the infrastructure issues confronting these different categories of suburbs.

Beijing

Author : Qian Guo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Beijing written by Qian Guo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive volume examines contemporary life and history in Beijing, covering such topics as culture, politics, economics, crime, security, the environment, and more. While it is not China's most populated city, Beijing serves an important role as the political and cultural capital of the country. This volume examines Beijing's long history, contemporary society, and current challenges the city faces as we move further into the 21st century. Geared toward high school readers, undergraduates, and general readers interested in learning about Beijing, this volume consists of 12 narrative chapters focused on geography, history, and culture. Coverage includes location, people, history, politics, economy, environment and sustainability, local crime and violence, security issues, natural hazards and emergency management, culture and lifestyle, popular culture, and the future. "Life in the City" sidebars feature interviews and memories transcribed by people who are from, lived in, or traveled through Beijing, while other sidebars offer cultural fun facts and travel tips. This volume is the perfect read for anyone looking to get a better idea of what life is like in Beijing and how its culture has arrived at this point.

The Suburban Land Question

Author : Richard Harris
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442620633
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book The Suburban Land Question written by Richard Harris and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2018-04-13 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of the urbanization process, suburban development involves the conversion of rural land to urban use. When discussing the suburbs, most writers focus on particular countries in the northern hemisphere, implying that patterns and processes elsewhere are fundamentally different. The purpose of The Suburban Land Question is to identify the common elements of suburban development, focusing on issues associated with the scale and pace of rapid urbanization around the world. Editors Richard Harris and Ute Lehrer and a diverse group of contributors draw on a variety of sources, including official data, planning documents, newspapers, interviews, photographs, and field observations to explore the pattern, process, and planning of suburban land development. Featuring case studies from major world regions, including China, India, Latin America, South Africa, as well as France, Austria, the Netherlands, the United States, and Canada, the volume identifies and discusses the peculiarly transitional character of suburban land. In addition to place and time, The Suburban Land Question addresses the many elements that distinguish land development in urban fringe areas, including economy, social infrastructure, and legality.

Plug-Ins

Author : Ezio Manzini
Publisher : Actar D, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1638400954
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Plug-Ins written by Ezio Manzini and published by Actar D, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-11-07 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book’s central argument is that plug-ins, situated design outcomes that aim to enrich the complex system of the city and expand its potentialities, are a solid yet supple conceptual framework for rethinking how design can be a key agent in city making. This book showcases some of the projects developed by Elisava’s Design for City Making Research Lab, a research institute that investigates the role of design in the material and social construction of our habitats, focusing on spatiality, temporality, interactions, meaning, citizen engagement and social impact. Projects by students, professors and researchers, in collaboration with multiple partners including the public administration, NGOs, industry and academy, articulate the concept of design as plug-ins as the core idea of this book. This notion of plug-ins results from a renewed approach to how design can be a key agent in city making. Given that the city is a system of relationships, design for city making means understanding, reinforcing and articulating this network. We posit plug-ins as situated design outcomes that aim to enrich the complex system of the city and expand its potentialities. This book’s central argument is that plug-ins are a solid yet supple conceptual framework for rethinking design’s agency in the city – the main aim of Elisava’s Design for City Making Research Lab. With Contributions of Ruedi Baur, Julia Benini, Josep Bohigas, David Bravo, Adrià Carbonell, Tomás Díez, Danae Esparza, Ramon Faura, Tona Monjo, Salvador Rueda, Oscar Tomico, Lluís Torrens, Manuela Valtchanova

Design Book Review

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Design Book Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

First Report on the Central Minneapolis Plan

Author : Minneapolis (Minn.). City Planning Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book First Report on the Central Minneapolis Plan written by Minneapolis (Minn.). City Planning Commission and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Riyadh

Author : Yasser Elsheshtawy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000460649
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Riyadh written by Yasser Elsheshtawy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-27 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riyadh has set its sights on becoming a world city befitting the twenty-first century. To that end it has embarked on a massive construction drive evidenced in the proliferation of proposals for high-end districts, giga-developments and elaborate infrastructures. An urban vision seemingly dedicated to attracting global capital. Yet such a narrative can be misleading. A ‘humanization programme’, initiated during the tenure of its former mayor Abdulaziz bin Ayyaf, has complemented the city’s rapid rise by providing spaces catering for the everyday needs of its inhabitants. Yasser Elsheshtawy, in this richly illustrated book, targets these people-centred settings. It is a compelling counter-narrative interweaving critical theoretical insights, personal observations, and serendipitous encounters. He deftly demonstrates how Riyadh thrives through the actions of its people. As the world moves towards an urban model that is resilient and humane, the humanizing efforts of an Arab city are worthy of our attention. Riyadh’s premise is perhaps best captured in the cover image depicting the desert riverbed of Wadi Sulai, filled with rainwater, making its way towards the Saudi capital. Along its banks there will be dedicated public pathways and urban parks. It is a vision of an urbanity where both the spectacular and the everyday coexist. A city that is not just dedicated to the few, but one that serves the many.

The Architectural Forum

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 750 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book The Architectural Forum written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Twenty Minutes in Manhattan

Author : Michael Sorkin
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0865477574
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book Twenty Minutes in Manhattan written by Michael Sorkin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A nonfiction book describing a walk from Greenwich Village to Tribeca, about urban life in New York City, written by an acclaimed architect and architectural critic"--

Breaking the Ground Plane

Author : John Patrick Byers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Breaking the Ground Plane written by John Patrick Byers and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Process of Planning in Two American Cities

Author : Alan A. Altshuler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1092 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Process of Planning in Two American Cities written by Alan A. Altshuler and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

De-/signing the Urban

Author : Patrick Healy
Publisher : Nai010 Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book De-/signing the Urban written by Patrick Healy and published by Nai010 Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents the fruits of a year long forum carried out in the Delft School of Design (Faculty of Architecture, University of Technology Delft). The papers in this collection are gathered from renowned visiting scholars, faculty members, and doctoral candidates who contributed to workshops, seminars and lectures. The essays contained in this volume contribute to matters which have come to increasingly shift our understanding of architecture and urbanism. The authors offer insight on urban processes and the aesthetic challenge for contemporary design in relation to image, technology and life sciences. Contributions include discussion on: the structure of the network city in terms of temporal manipulations; the virtual emergence and resilience of contemporary urban place in the context of Beijing; the practice of the 'production of space' is detailed with a study of Nowa Huta, Poland, a post communist city and a phenomenological account of habitat and the urban body is presented in relation to Bogotá

Inland Architect

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Inland Architect written by and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Automatic for the City

Author : Riccardo Bobisse
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000705269
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Automatic for the City written by Riccardo Bobisse and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How will automated vehicles change our lives? Where are the opportunities and challenges? Future streets require planning today. This timely book envisions ways in which changes to urban mobility and technology will transform city streetscapes and, importantly, how cities can prepare. It is a reflection on the relationship between new technologies and urbanism, as well as an agile urban design manual with pictures illustrating potential spatial arrangements enabled by the new technologies. Two case studies in the central urban cores of London and Los Angeles will be presented to show how neighborhoods can be redesigned for the better and how to apply good urban design principles across towns and cities worldwide.