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The Post-Socialist City

This book focuses on the spatial transformations in the most dynamically evolving urban areas of post-socialist Central and ...

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces / William H Whyte

A standard texts, and appear on syllabi and reading lists in urban planning, sociology, environmental design, and architecture ...

The Socio-Economic Causes and Consequences of Desertification in Central Asia

This book contains a selection of papers presented at the Advanced Research Workshop on ‘The Socio-economic causes and ...

The Territorial Future of the City

The volume brings together contributions by leading scholars and young academics with experience in the urban potential of ...

Thin Place Design : Architecture of the Numinous / Phillip James Tabb

Aims to expand the discussion about thin places, how they work and why they are important. It explores the origins and characteristics ...

Transdisciplinary Challenges in Landscape Ecology and Restoration Ecology - An Anthology

A collection of widely dispersed major publications on theoretical and practical Mediterranean, global environmental and ...

Transport and Town Planning: The City in Search of Sustainable Development / Jean Laterrasse

explores the possibilities of cities that are both more energy efficient and more respectful of the environment. Based on ...

Urban Ecology : An International Perspective on the Interaction Between Humans and Nature

Urban Ecology is the study of ecosystems that include humans living in cities and urbanizing landscapes. This book presents ...

Urban Environmental Management and Technology

This book examines the importance of urban environmental management in the face of formidable challenges. It offers a comprehensive ...

Urban Forests and Trees

This publication is the result of more than six years of hard work by a dedicated group of European urban forest and tree ...

Urban Landscape Perspectives

Urban Landscape Perspectives explores how landscape terminology can be usefully brought into the urban debate. Articles in ...

Urban Planning Against Poverty How to Think and Do Better Cities in the Global South

This book revisits the theoretical foundations of urban planning and the application of these concepts and methods in the ...

Urban Planning in the Digital Age / Nicolas Douay

Technological changes have often produced important social changes that translate into spatial and planning practice. Whereas ...

Vulnerable Cities: Realities, Innovations and Strategies

This book combines empirical and comparative analysis of improvement of vulnerable urban space and post-disaster rehabilitation ...

What Every Engineer Should Know About Smart Cities / Valdemar Vicente Graciano Neto, Mohamad Kassab

It is not just a theoretical exploration of smart cities. It goes beyond that by providing an in-depth look at the key technologies ...

he Greening of Architecture : A Critical History and Survey of Contemporary Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design / Phillip James Tabb, A. Senem Deviren

Contemporary architecture, and the culture it reflects dependent as it is on fossil fuels, has contributed to the cause and ...

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