A beginner's guide to urban design and development : the ABC of quality, sustainable design / Laura B. Alvarez
Provides invaluable guidance to all those with an interest in placemaking and the built environment, from those with no experience ...
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Cities for people / Jan Gehl
Presents latest work creating (or recreating) cityscapes on a human scale. He clearly explains the methods and tools he uses ...
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Designing healthy and liveable cities : creating sustainable urban regeneration / Marichela Sepe
Aim of this book is, after the definition of the field of investigation concerning sustainable regeneration trough topics ...
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Designing sustainable and resilient cities : small interventions for stronger urban food-water-energy management / Alessandro Melis, Julia Catherine Brown, Claire Coulter
Explores the link between the food-water-energy nexus and sustainability, and the extraordinary value that small tweaks to ...
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Reconstructing the Future Cities as Carbon Sinks / Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber, Rocío Armillas Tiseyra, Bauhaus Eart
The built environment is a critical factor in the climate equation since buildings and physical infrastructure are directly ...
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Reimagining sustainable cities : strategies for designing greener, healthier, more equitable communities / Stephen M. Wheeler, Christina Rosan
A cutting-edge, solutions-oriented analysis of how we can reimagine cities around the world to build sustainable futures. ...
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Routledge Handbook of Urban Landscape Research / Kate Bishop, Linda Corkery
Presents current writing about the pivotal roles that landscape architects play in addressing some of the most pressing problems ...
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Sustainable Urban Planning : Vibrant Neighbourhoods - Smart Cities - Resilience / Helmut Bott, Stephan Anders, Gregor Grassl
It addresses the fundamental challenges of urban planning today and offers planners essential knowledge, implementation strategies ...
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