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Vertical Urbanism

Author : Zhongjie Lin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351206826
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Vertical Urbanism written by Zhongjie Lin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-27 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies of compact cities have evolved along with the rising awareness of climate change and sustainable development. Relevant debates, however, reveal that the prevailing definitions and practices of compact cities are tied primarily to traditional Western urban forms. This book reinterprets "compact city", and develops a ground-breaking discourse of "Vertical Urbanism", a concept that has never been critically articulated. It emphasizes "Vertical Urbanism" as a dynamic design strategy instead of a static form, distinguishing it from the stereotyped concept of "vertical city" or "towers in the park" dominant in China and elsewhere, and suggests its adaptability to different geographic and cultural contexts. Using Chinese cities as laboratories of investigation, this book explores the design, ecological, and sociocultural dimensions of building compact cities, and addresses important global urban issues through localized design solutions, such as the relationship between density and vitality, the integration of horizontal and vertical dimensions of design, and the ecological and social adaptability of combinatory mega-forms. In addition, through discussions with scholars from the United States, China, and Japan, this book provides an insight into the theoretical debates surrounding "compact city" and "Vertical Urbanism" in the global context. Scholars and students in architecture and urban planning will be attracted by this book. Also, it will appeal to readers with an interest in urban development and Asian studies.

Vertical Urbanism

Author : Zhongjie Lin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351206818
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Vertical Urbanism written by Zhongjie Lin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-27 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies of compact cities have evolved along with the rising awareness of climate change and sustainable development. Relevant debates, however, reveal that the prevailing definitions and practices of compact cities are tied primarily to traditional Western urban forms. This book reinterprets "compact city", and develops a ground-breaking discourse of "Vertical Urbanism", a concept that has never been critically articulated. It emphasizes "Vertical Urbanism" as a dynamic design strategy instead of a static form, distinguishing it from the stereotyped concept of "vertical city" or "towers in the park" dominant in China and elsewhere, and suggests its adaptability to different geographic and cultural contexts. Using Chinese cities as laboratories of investigation, this book explores the design, ecological, and sociocultural dimensions of building compact cities, and addresses important global urban issues through localized design solutions, such as the relationship between density and vitality, the integration of horizontal and vertical dimensions of design, and the ecological and social adaptability of combinatory mega-forms. In addition, through discussions with scholars from the United States, China, and Japan, this book provides an insight into the theoretical debates surrounding "compact city" and "Vertical Urbanism" in the global context. Scholars and students in architecture and urban planning will be attracted by this book. Also, it will appeal to readers with an interest in urban development and Asian studies.

Vertical

Author : Stephen Graham
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1781689962
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (816 download)

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Download or read book Vertical written by Stephen Graham and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revolutionary reimagining of the cities we live in, the air above us, and what goes on in the earth beneath our feet Today we live in a world that can no longer be read as a two-dimensional map, but must now be understood as a series of vertical strata that reach from the satellites that encircle our planet to the tunnels deep within the ground. In Vertical, Stephen Graham rewrites the city at every level: how the geography of inequality, politics, and identity is determined in terms of above and below. Starting at the edge of earth’s atmosphere and, in a series of riveting studies, descending through each layer, Graham explores the world of drones, the city from the viewpoint of an aerial bomber, the design of sidewalks and the hidden depths of underground bunkers. He asks: why was Dubai built to be seen from Google Earth? How do the super-rich in São Paulo live in their penthouses far above the street? Why do London billionaires build vast subterranean basements? And how do the technology of elevators and subversive urban explorers shape life on the surface and subsurface of the earth? Vertical will make you look at the world around you anew: this is a revolution in understanding your place in the world.

The Urbanism of Exception

Author : Martin J. Murray
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107169240
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Urbanism of Exception written by Martin J. Murray and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-10 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that understanding global urbanism in the twenty-first century requires us to cast our gaze upon vast city-regions without an urban core.

Eco Skyscrapers I

Author : Ken Yeang
Publisher : Images Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781864702682
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Eco Skyscrapers I written by Ken Yeang and published by Images Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents Ken Yeang's work on the design of ecologically responsive skyscrapers, and includes his essay on applying green-design principles to the skyscraper typology, as well as a preface by Steve Featherstone, an introduction by David Scott (Chairman of The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat) and a critique by Professor Ivor Richards.

Reinventing the Skyscraper

Author : Ken Yeang
Publisher : Academy Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Reinventing the Skyscraper written by Ken Yeang and published by Academy Press. This book was released on 2002-12-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Underlying Yeang's projects is a programme of research that focuses on the design of the skyscraper, a design that derives from the recognized importance that climate has on finding energy-efficient resources.

Green Deals in the Making

Author : Weishaar, Stefan E.
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1803926783
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Green Deals in the Making written by Weishaar, Stefan E. and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-18 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greenhouse gas concentrations are rapidly increasing and pathways to limit global warming require fundamental economic transitions. Green Deals in the Making addresses the challenges and opportunities associated with the implementation of Green Deals, in particular the use of market-based instruments.

Transdisciplinary Urbanism and Culture

Author : Quazi Mahtab Zaman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319558552
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Transdisciplinary Urbanism and Culture written by Quazi Mahtab Zaman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-07 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a collection of critical, multi-disciplinary essays on urban research by established and early career researchers who participated in the 9th Annual AHRA (Architectural Humanities Research Association) Research Student Symposium. The symposium was held at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment, Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen from Saturday 19th May to Sunday 20th May 2012. The authors highlight contemporary research issues in urban development in search of new and fresh approaches that reflect the changing principles and praxis of urban conditions. The common ambition is to create new lines of knowledge in urban research. Due to socio-economic, political and technological changes to urban production and patterns of consumption, and a drive for inter-, cross-, multi- and transdisciplinary practice, the essays also reflect the ideological shift currently underway in academic faculties and external research organisations.

Vertical Urban Factory

Author : Nina Rappaport
Publisher : Actar
ISBN 13 : 9781948765145
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (651 download)

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Download or read book Vertical Urban Factory written by Nina Rappaport and published by Actar. This book was released on 2019-12-30 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition focuses on the spaces of production in cities--both the modernist period and today--and the technologies that have contributed to shifts in factory architecture, manufacturing, and urban design. Vertical Urban Factory tracks the evolution of the vertical urban factory from the first industrial revolution to the present and provides an analysis of the political, social, and economic factors that have shaped today's global industrial landscape. Ultimately, it provokes new concepts for the futureof urban manufacturing, and the necessity of creating new paradigms for sustainable, self-sufficient urban industry. Illustrated with historic and contemporary photographs, manufacturing process diagrams, and infographics by MGMT Design.

MEDIACITY. Situations, Practices and Encounters

Author : Frank Eckardt
Publisher : Frank & Timme GmbH
ISBN 13 : 3865961827
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (659 download)

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Download or read book MEDIACITY. Situations, Practices and Encounters written by Frank Eckardt and published by Frank & Timme GmbH. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “MEDIACITY: Situations, Practices and Encounters” investigates how the social settings and spaces of the city are created, experienced and practiced through the use and presence of new media. It takes the position that new media enables different settings, practices and behaviours to occur in urban space. Contributions from academics, practitioners and activists from disciplines such as Media Studies, Architecture, Urban Studies, Cultural and Urban Geography and Sociology present a critical reflection on the processes, methods and impacts of technologies in urban space.

Urban Design Since 1945

Author : David Grahame Shane
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9780470515266
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book Urban Design Since 1945 written by David Grahame Shane and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2011-06-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban Design Since 1945: A Global Perspective reviews the emergence of urban design as a global phenomenon. The book opens with the urgent need to rebuild cities and re-house the millions of refugees living in camps and shantytowns at the end of the Second World War. Against this background, the book traces the collapse of the modernist, comprehensive state-planning schemes on both sides of the Iron Curtain as global corporations emerged, concentrating on networks and enclaves. It describes how Latin America and then Asia began a rapid urbanisation process, shifting the global urban centre away from Europe and overturning existing urban design models. This resulted in global megacities of an unprecedented scale, often with large associated shantytowns. By outlining the dominant models in urban design over the last sixty years - the metropolis, the megalopolis, the fragmented metropolis and the global megacity - the book provides an essential framework for students of the subject. Featured case studies include: the rebuilding of metropolitan capitals in Europe and Asia, such as Berlin, London, Moscow, Tokyo and Beijing the construction of new towns like Nowa Huta, Poland; Harlow, UK; Chandigarh, India; Brasilia, Brazil; Milton Keynes New Town, UK; and Shenzhen, China the megalopolis as a global phenomenon from the American East Coast, Texas, California, Arizona and Florida, with examples from Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America, such as Caracas, Venezuela the fragmented metropolis as a global phenomenon, with American, Asian and European examples, such as Downtown and Midtown (New York), Shinjuku (Tokyo), Canary Wharf (London), La Défense (Paris) and Potsdamer Platz (Berlin) megacities as a global phenomenon, such as Jakarta in Indonesia or Bangkok in Thailand, that include urban agriculture and urban villages, as do shrinking eco-city regions such as Duisburg, Germany or Detroit, USA World's Fairs such as Brussels 1958 and Osaka 1970 which feature as drivers of innovation, as do Olympic events in Tokyo (1964), Barcelona (1992), Beijing (2008) and London (2012).

Elgar Encyclopedia in Urban and Regional Planning and Design

Author : Kristof Van Assche
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1800889003
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Elgar Encyclopedia in Urban and Regional Planning and Design written by Kristof Van Assche and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking Encyclopedia provides a nuanced overview of the key concepts of urban and regional planning and design. Embracing a broad understanding of planning and design within and beyond the professions, it examines what planners and designers can do in and for a community.

Ambient Integrated Robotics

Author : Thomas Bock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110707598X
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Ambient Integrated Robotics written by Thomas Bock and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-29 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guides readers in the new and growing research field of Ambient/Active Assisted Living to understand its multidisciplinary background.

The Singapore Economy

Author : Hian Teck Hoon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000427218
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Singapore Economy written by Hian Teck Hoon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-26 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even after achieving the status of a developed economy, many economies face other challenges which may include economic stagnation and income inequality. The book looks at how a mature economy can continue to weather challenges and how the growth of living standards will depend on productivity growth through Singapore’s experience. After Singapore's rapid economic transformation, the nation is at a crossroads. The book explains how productivity growth in turn depends on technological diffusion from abroad as well as indigenous innovation. It also examines how the design of policy to develop indigenous innovation to promote economic dynamism may come with creative destruction and disruptive effects on jobs and wages. The Singapore Economy provides insight into how we can maintain social cohesion and establish a political equilibrium that embraces the new sources of growth through policy formulation for economic inclusion.

Engaged Urbanism

Author : Ben Campkin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786731665
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Engaged Urbanism written by Ben Campkin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaged Urbanism showcases the exciting ways in which urbanists are responding to this question and working towards fairer cities. Its authors offer succinct, candid and carefully illustrated commentaries on the trials and successes of risk-taking research, revealing how they collaborate across fields of expertise, inventing or adapting methods to suit bespoke situations. Featuring novel uses and combinations of practice-from activism, architectural design and undercover journalism, to film, sculpture, performance and photography- in a diversity of cities such as Beirut, Johannesburg, Kisumu, London and Rio de Janeiro, Engaged Urbanism demonstrates how some of the greatest challenges for present and future populations are being rigorously and creatively addressed.

The Routledge Companion to the Suburbs

Author : Bernadette Hanlon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351970119
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Companion to the Suburbs written by Bernadette Hanlon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to the Suburbs provides one of the most comprehensive examinations available to date of the suburbs around the world. International in scope and interdisciplinary in nature, this volume will serve as the definitive reference for scholars and students of the suburbs. This volume brings together the leading scholars of the suburbs researching in different parts of the world to better understand how and why suburbs and their communities grow, decline, and regenerate. The volume sets out four goals: 1) to provide a synthesis and critical appraisal of the historical and current state of understanding about the development of suburbs in the world; 2) to provide a forum for a comprehensive examination into the conceptual, theoretical, spatial, and empirical discontents of suburbanization; 3) to engage in a scholarly conversation about the transformation of suburbs that is interdisciplinary in nature and bridges the divide between the Global North and the Global South; and 4) to reflect on the implications of the socioeconomic, cultural, and political transformations of the suburbs for policymakers and planners. The Routledge Companion to the Suburbs is composed of original, scholarly contributions from the leading scholars of the study of how and why suburbs grow, decline, and transform. Special attention is paid to the global nature of suburbanization and its regional variations, with a focus on comparative analysis of suburbs through regions across the world in the Global North and the Global South. Articulated in a common voice, the volume is integrated by the very nature of the concept of a suburb as the unit of analysis, offering multidisciplinary perspectives from the fields of economics, geography, planning, political science, sociology, and urban studies.

The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies

Author : Anthony M. Orum
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118568451
Total Pages : 2919 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies written by Anthony M. Orum and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 2919 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides comprehensive coverage of major topics in urban and regional studies Under the guidance of Editor-in-Chief Anthony Orum, this definitive reference work covers central and emergent topics in the field, through an examination of urban and regional conditions and variation across the world. It also provides authoritative entries on the main conceptual tools used by anthropologists, sociologists, geographers, and political scientists in the study of cities and regions. Among such concepts are those of place and space; geographical regions; the nature of power and politics in cities; urban culture; and many others. The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies captures the character of complex urban and regional dynamics across the globe, including timely entries on Latin America, Africa, India and China. At the same time, it contains illuminating entries on some of the current concepts that seek to grasp the essence of the global world today, such as those of Friedmann and Sassen on ‘global cities’. It also includes discussions of recent economic writings on cities and regions such as those of Richard Florida. Comprised of over 450 entries on the most important topics and from a range of theoretical perspectives Features authoritative entries on topics ranging from gender and the city to biographical profiles of figures like Frank Lloyd Wright Takes a global perspective with entries providing coverage of Latin America and Africa, India and China, and, the US and Europe Includes biographies of central figures in urban and regional studies, such as Doreen Massey, Peter Hall, Neil Smith, and Henri Lefebvre The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies is an indispensable reference for students and researchers in urban and regional studies, urban sociology, urban geography, and urban anthropology.