Author Alun Sylvester-Evan Publisher Dept. Of environment language English Book Type Paperback ISBN-10 0117514896 Pages 103 Urban renaissance is a book in a form of a report written by Alun Sylvester-Evans a planner working in the department of environment a London government Body. This publication is for the council of Europe: European campaign for the […]
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Urbanism for sale-Feld72, An Austrian practice perspective
Author Lilli Hollein Publisher Springer Publishing language English Book Type Paperback ISBN-10 321175783X Pages 119 Urbanism for sale is multidisciplinary approach writing; the book was written by different people from different cultures and backgrounds. Moreover, there was a strong governmental and nongovernmental support to finalize this book. The federal minister of education and art in […]
Systemic Design Can Change the World
Author Alan Berger Publisher Sun Architecture language English Book Type Paperback ISBN-10 9085068762 Pages 62 Systemic design book writer is a professor in landscape architecture and urban design; he taught various subjects in different academic locations, including MIT and Harvard. He worked on several projects in Europe and USA focused on wetland reconstruction and solving […]
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Urban debate for climate change after the Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto protocol the background A treaty signed by 191 nations in Kyoto in 1997 for the target GHG emission. The protocol identified climate change as a GLOBAL PROBLEM and took effect in 2005. The paper reviews environment publications in urban studies journal from 1967 to 2016. From these studies 12 thought-provoking articles the author studies […]
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High-density sustainability & Livability-The Hong Kong Case
The author researches the correlation between high-density sustainability & livability in Hong Kong city. He divided the paper into parts; the first part of the article reviews international surveys on sustainability and livability. Investigating the strengths and challenges facing the high density development in Hong Kong. The second part analyzes a group of buildings designed […]
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A typology of Urban Design theories
The author divided the article into two parts. The first is the proposed typology of studying urban design theories based on three dimensions – subject , object , knowledge of urban design – to distinguish the schools that originated these dimensions . Second, applying this typology on the shared body of knowledge from studying various […]
Art of shaping the metropolis: A metropolitan planning model
Author Pedro B. Ortiz Publisher McGraw-Hill Education language English Book Type Paperback ISBN-10 9780071817967 Pages 224 Art of shaping the metropolis book author is a visiting professor at Milan polytechnic where he teaches metropolitan management in the department of architecture and urban studies. A founder of IRU Madrid an urban planning consulting firm, and founder […]
The Structure Of Scientific Theories- Book review
Author Frederick Suppe Publisher Illinois university Press language English Book Type Paperback ISBN-10 0252006348 Pages 818 The structure of scientific theories, theory interpretation & criticism book review content The author What is a theory? The structure of scientific theory Knowledge obtained from reading this book about scientific theories Detail Interpretation Discipline […]
The Urban Process: cities in industrial societies
Author Leonard Reissman Publisher Free Press language English Book Type Paperback ISBN-13 9780029263006 Pages 238 The urban process author, Leonard Reissman (1921-1975), was a professor of sociology and human relations at Tulane University from 1967. A director of Tulane urban studies center and receipt of several professional awards and honors like the fellow, center of […]
A Reader in Planning Theory – Book Review
Author Andreas Faludi Publisher Pergamon language English Book Type Paperback ISBN 0-08-017066-8 Pages 399 Andreas Faludi wrote many papers and books, including A Reader in Planning Theory. Andreas Faludi was born in 1940, Budapest, Hungary. A professor emeritus of Spatial Policy Systems in Europe. He graduated from Vienna University of Technology after studying architecture, urban planning, […]