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A field guide to sprawl
A field guide to sprawl
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This concise book defines the vocabulary of sprawl from alligator to zoomburb, illustrating fifty-one colorful terms invented by real estate developers and designers to characterize contemporary building patterns. Sixty-nine aerial photographs, each paired with a definition, convey the impact of development and provide verbal and visual vocabulary needed by(...)
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This concise book defines the vocabulary of sprawl from alligator to zoomburb, illustrating fifty-one colorful terms invented by real estate developers and designers to characterize contemporary building patterns. Sixty-nine aerial photographs, each paired with a definition, convey the impact of development and provide verbal and visual vocabulary needed by(...)
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A field guide to sprawl
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This concise book defines the vocabulary of sprawl from alligator to zoomburb, illustrating fifty-one colorful terms invented by real estate developers and designers to characterize contemporary building patterns. Sixty-nine aerial photographs, each paired with a definition, convey the impact of development and provide verbal and visual vocabulary needed by professionals, public officials, and citizens to critique uncontrolled growth in the American landscape.
A field guide to sprawl
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This concise book defines the vocabulary of sprawl from alligator to zoomburb, illustrating fifty-one colorful terms invented by real estate developers and designers to characterize contemporary building patterns. Sixty-nine aerial photographs, each paired with a definition, convey the impact of development and provide verbal and visual vocabulary needed by professionals, public officials, and citizens to critique uncontrolled growth in the American landscape.
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April 2004, New York
April 2004, New York
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Urban Theory
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"Site Matters" examines how architects, designers, planners and artists engage a site physically and conceptually. Collecting and bringing into focus current thinking on the subject of site, it shapes an identifiable discourse pertinent to all physical design disciplines.
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"Site Matters" examines how architects, designers, planners and artists engage a site physically and conceptually. Collecting and bringing into focus current thinking on the subject of site, it shapes an identifiable discourse pertinent to all physical design disciplines.
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Site matters : design concepts, histories, and strategies
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"Site Matters" examines how architects, designers, planners and artists engage a site physically and conceptually. Collecting and bringing into focus current thinking on the subject of site, it shapes an identifiable discourse pertinent to all physical design disciplines.
Site matters : design concepts, histories, and strategies
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"Site Matters" examines how architects, designers, planners and artists engage a site physically and conceptually. Collecting and bringing into focus current thinking on the subject of site, it shapes an identifiable discourse pertinent to all physical design disciplines.
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October 2004, New York
October 2004, New York
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Urban Theory
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The first book to combine global and postcolonial theoretical approaches to the built environment, and to illustrate these with concrete examples, "Spaces of Global Cultures" argues for a more historical, differentiated and interdisciplinary understanding of globalization: one that places material space and the built environment at the center and calls for innovative(...)
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The first book to combine global and postcolonial theoretical approaches to the built environment, and to illustrate these with concrete examples, "Spaces of Global Cultures" argues for a more historical, differentiated and interdisciplinary understanding of globalization: one that places material space and the built environment at the center and calls for innovative(...)
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Spaces of global cultures : architecture, urbanism, identity
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The first book to combine global and postcolonial theoretical approaches to the built environment, and to illustrate these with concrete examples, "Spaces of Global Cultures" argues for a more historical, differentiated and interdisciplinary understanding of globalization: one that places material space and the built environment at the center and calls for innovative concepts to address new contemporary conditions.
Spaces of global cultures : architecture, urbanism, identity
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The first book to combine global and postcolonial theoretical approaches to the built environment, and to illustrate these with concrete examples, "Spaces of Global Cultures" argues for a more historical, differentiated and interdisciplinary understanding of globalization: one that places material space and the built environment at the center and calls for innovative concepts to address new contemporary conditions.
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September 2004, London
September 2004, London
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Urban Theory
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Existing patterns of urbanization are unsustainable in the long run. Current development practices consume enormous amounts of land and resources, damage local ecosystems, produce pollutants, create huge inequalities between groups of people, and undermine local community and quality of life. Unfortunately planning has itself led to many unsustainable development(...)
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Existing patterns of urbanization are unsustainable in the long run. Current development practices consume enormous amounts of land and resources, damage local ecosystems, produce pollutants, create huge inequalities between groups of people, and undermine local community and quality of life. Unfortunately planning has itself led to many unsustainable development(...)
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Planning for sustainability : creating livable, equitable, and ecological communities
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Existing patterns of urbanization are unsustainable in the long run. Current development practices consume enormous amounts of land and resources, damage local ecosystems, produce pollutants, create huge inequalities between groups of people, and undermine local community and quality of life. Unfortunately planning has itself led to many unsustainable development practices. "Planning for Sustainability" presents a straightforward, systematic analysis of how more sustainable cities and towns can be brought about. It does so in a highly readable manner that considers in turn each scale of planning: international, national, regional, municipal, neighbourhood, site, and building. In the process it illustrates how sustainability initiatives at these different scales interrelate and how an overall framework can be developed for more liveable communities.
Planning for sustainability : creating livable, equitable, and ecological communities
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Existing patterns of urbanization are unsustainable in the long run. Current development practices consume enormous amounts of land and resources, damage local ecosystems, produce pollutants, create huge inequalities between groups of people, and undermine local community and quality of life. Unfortunately planning has itself led to many unsustainable development practices. "Planning for Sustainability" presents a straightforward, systematic analysis of how more sustainable cities and towns can be brought about. It does so in a highly readable manner that considers in turn each scale of planning: international, national, regional, municipal, neighbourhood, site, and building. In the process it illustrates how sustainability initiatives at these different scales interrelate and how an overall framework can be developed for more liveable communities.
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August 2004, Abingdon, UK
August 2004, Abingdon, UK
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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This book is a discussion of a fundamental conflict in the perception of nature in the city, an expression of the essential need for a view that is grounded in natural processes that will inform the theory and practice of urban design at the scale of the city and its urban region. It is, therefore, a search for a sustainable urban future. This new edition has been(...)
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This book is a discussion of a fundamental conflict in the perception of nature in the city, an expression of the essential need for a view that is grounded in natural processes that will inform the theory and practice of urban design at the scale of the city and its urban region. It is, therefore, a search for a sustainable urban future. This new edition has been(...)
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Cities and natural process : a basis for sustainability, second edition
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This book is a discussion of a fundamental conflict in the perception of nature in the city, an expression of the essential need for a view that is grounded in natural processes that will inform the theory and practice of urban design at the scale of the city and its urban region. It is, therefore, a search for a sustainable urban future. This new edition has been extensively revised to take account of recent theoretical and practical developments.
Cities and natural process : a basis for sustainability, second edition
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This book is a discussion of a fundamental conflict in the perception of nature in the city, an expression of the essential need for a view that is grounded in natural processes that will inform the theory and practice of urban design at the scale of the city and its urban region. It is, therefore, a search for a sustainable urban future. This new edition has been extensively revised to take account of recent theoretical and practical developments.
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June 2004, New York
June 2004, New York
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Cities and consumption
Cities and consumption
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Consumption stands at the intersection of different spheres of everyday life : between the public and the private, the political and the personal, the individual and the social. It is considered to be a means and motor of social change; as an active ingredient in the construction of space and place, and in constructing subjectivity and social selfhood. Providing a(...)
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Consumption stands at the intersection of different spheres of everyday life : between the public and the private, the political and the personal, the individual and the social. It is considered to be a means and motor of social change; as an active ingredient in the construction of space and place, and in constructing subjectivity and social selfhood. Providing a(...)
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Cities and consumption
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Consumption stands at the intersection of different spheres of everyday life : between the public and the private, the political and the personal, the individual and the social. It is considered to be a means and motor of social change; as an active ingredient in the construction of space and place, and in constructing subjectivity and social selfhood. Providing a critical review of the ways in which urban development has been conceptualized, "Cities and Consumption" critiques urban regeneration initiatives, examines ordinary and spectacular consumption and describes the relationship between consumption and development of the modern and post-modern city. Consumption is understood to have multiple roles as a political, economic and cultural touchstone, and to be an active ingredient in the construction of place and space.
Cities and consumption
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Consumption stands at the intersection of different spheres of everyday life : between the public and the private, the political and the personal, the individual and the social. It is considered to be a means and motor of social change; as an active ingredient in the construction of space and place, and in constructing subjectivity and social selfhood. Providing a critical review of the ways in which urban development has been conceptualized, "Cities and Consumption" critiques urban regeneration initiatives, examines ordinary and spectacular consumption and describes the relationship between consumption and development of the modern and post-modern city. Consumption is understood to have multiple roles as a political, economic and cultural touchstone, and to be an active ingredient in the construction of place and space.
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November 2004, London / New York
November 2004, London / New York
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Aujourd’hui les projets de territoire, comme les journaux et les télévisions, sont pleins d’images, de cartes, de graphiques... Il ne faut pas s’en plaindre : l’iconographie est un puissant moyen d’expression et l’éventail de plus en plus large de ses outils de représentation constitue une aubaine pour tous ceux qui veulent donner à voir, préfigurer ou simplement(...)
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Aujourd’hui les projets de territoire, comme les journaux et les télévisions, sont pleins d’images, de cartes, de graphiques... Il ne faut pas s’en plaindre : l’iconographie est un puissant moyen d’expression et l’éventail de plus en plus large de ses outils de représentation constitue une aubaine pour tous ceux qui veulent donner à voir, préfigurer ou simplement(...)
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Figures du projet territorial
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Aujourd’hui les projets de territoire, comme les journaux et les télévisions, sont pleins d’images, de cartes, de graphiques... Il ne faut pas s’en plaindre : l’iconographie est un puissant moyen d’expression et l’éventail de plus en plus large de ses outils de représentation constitue une aubaine pour tous ceux qui veulent donner à voir, préfigurer ou simplement penser ensemble un territoire. Toutefois, à y regarder de près, on acquiert vite le sentiment que le recours à la figure relève majoritairement de démarches empiriques et intuitives. Aussi cet ouvrage propose-t-il un panorama des analyses existantes sur le rôle des images – en particulier dans les démarches prospectives. Il nous présente les méthodes utilisées et une collection des expériences de cartographie participative qui ont cours aujourd’hui en Europe, aux États-Unis et en Afrique.
Figures du projet territorial
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Aujourd’hui les projets de territoire, comme les journaux et les télévisions, sont pleins d’images, de cartes, de graphiques... Il ne faut pas s’en plaindre : l’iconographie est un puissant moyen d’expression et l’éventail de plus en plus large de ses outils de représentation constitue une aubaine pour tous ceux qui veulent donner à voir, préfigurer ou simplement penser ensemble un territoire. Toutefois, à y regarder de près, on acquiert vite le sentiment que le recours à la figure relève majoritairement de démarches empiriques et intuitives. Aussi cet ouvrage propose-t-il un panorama des analyses existantes sur le rôle des images – en particulier dans les démarches prospectives. Il nous présente les méthodes utilisées et une collection des expériences de cartographie participative qui ont cours aujourd’hui en Europe, aux États-Unis et en Afrique.
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April 2004,
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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Cette étude pluridisciplinaire présente des pistes nouvelles d'investigation dans le champ de la géographie de l'aménagement. Cet essai met en évidence les mécanismes de la crise de la ville, marquée par la diffusion à l'ensemble de la société du phénomène urbain et par la mutation corollaire de l'urbanisme, devenu outil de séduction pour les habitants. La confrontation(...)
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Cette étude pluridisciplinaire présente des pistes nouvelles d'investigation dans le champ de la géographie de l'aménagement. Cet essai met en évidence les mécanismes de la crise de la ville, marquée par la diffusion à l'ensemble de la société du phénomène urbain et par la mutation corollaire de l'urbanisme, devenu outil de séduction pour les habitants. La confrontation(...)
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Regards d'urbanité : parcours, recherches et pistes dans la ville
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Cette étude pluridisciplinaire présente des pistes nouvelles d'investigation dans le champ de la géographie de l'aménagement. Cet essai met en évidence les mécanismes de la crise de la ville, marquée par la diffusion à l'ensemble de la société du phénomène urbain et par la mutation corollaire de l'urbanisme, devenu outil de séduction pour les habitants. La confrontation entre valeur d'usage (la ville comme oeuvre) et valeur d'échange (la ville comme facteur de développement) pose la question de la compatibilité du projet urbain avec les usages sociaux de la ville.
Regards d'urbanité : parcours, recherches et pistes dans la ville
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Cette étude pluridisciplinaire présente des pistes nouvelles d'investigation dans le champ de la géographie de l'aménagement. Cet essai met en évidence les mécanismes de la crise de la ville, marquée par la diffusion à l'ensemble de la société du phénomène urbain et par la mutation corollaire de l'urbanisme, devenu outil de séduction pour les habitants. La confrontation entre valeur d'usage (la ville comme oeuvre) et valeur d'échange (la ville comme facteur de développement) pose la question de la compatibilité du projet urbain avec les usages sociaux de la ville.
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April 2004, Paris
April 2004, Paris
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Espacements, le titre original de cet ouvrage, atteste la recherche de base menée à la fin des années soixante par Françoise Choay sur la transformation de l'espace urbain depuis le Moyen Âge jusqu'à nos jours. Recherche qui pour la première fois reconnaît dans les mutations advenues pendant cette longue période des changements d'"échelle urbaine", tout en démontrant leur(...)
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Espacements, le titre original de cet ouvrage, atteste la recherche de base menée à la fin des années soixante par Françoise Choay sur la transformation de l'espace urbain depuis le Moyen Âge jusqu'à nos jours. Recherche qui pour la première fois reconnaît dans les mutations advenues pendant cette longue période des changements d'"échelle urbaine", tout en démontrant leur(...)
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Espacements : l'évolution de l'espace urbain en France
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Espacements, le titre original de cet ouvrage, atteste la recherche de base menée à la fin des années soixante par Françoise Choay sur la transformation de l'espace urbain depuis le Moyen Âge jusqu'à nos jours. Recherche qui pour la première fois reconnaît dans les mutations advenues pendant cette longue période des changements d'"échelle urbaine", tout en démontrant leur évolution au travers les énoncés spatiaux mêmes de la ville tels que l'on peut encore les voir et les documenter. Elle met en effet l'accent sur la dimension spatiale de la ville, dont la transformation est encore largement méconnue, voire ignorée, et demande en revanche à être considérée dans l'optique actuelle qui, nous éloignant de l'expérience de l'espace-temps corporel, empêche l'exercice d'une compétence anthropologique primaire. L'actualité des questions posées, qui ont trait à l'architecture et à l'urbanisme, est évidente, tout comme le sont les perspectives de recherche. Ce sont là les raisons d'être de cette publication, qui ouvre à tous la connaissance d'une étude de base, non récente certes mais indispensable.
Espacements : l'évolution de l'espace urbain en France
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Espacements, le titre original de cet ouvrage, atteste la recherche de base menée à la fin des années soixante par Françoise Choay sur la transformation de l'espace urbain depuis le Moyen Âge jusqu'à nos jours. Recherche qui pour la première fois reconnaît dans les mutations advenues pendant cette longue période des changements d'"échelle urbaine", tout en démontrant leur évolution au travers les énoncés spatiaux mêmes de la ville tels que l'on peut encore les voir et les documenter. Elle met en effet l'accent sur la dimension spatiale de la ville, dont la transformation est encore largement méconnue, voire ignorée, et demande en revanche à être considérée dans l'optique actuelle qui, nous éloignant de l'expérience de l'espace-temps corporel, empêche l'exercice d'une compétence anthropologique primaire. L'actualité des questions posées, qui ont trait à l'architecture et à l'urbanisme, est évidente, tout comme le sont les perspectives de recherche. Ce sont là les raisons d'être de cette publication, qui ouvre à tous la connaissance d'une étude de base, non récente certes mais indispensable.
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May 2004, 128
May 2004, 128
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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When the automobile was first introduced, few Americans predicted its fundamental impact, not only on how people would travel, but on the American landscape itself. Instead of reducing the amount of wheeled transport on public roads, the advent of mass-produced cars caused congestion, at the curb and in the right-of-way, from small midwestern farm towns to New York,(...)
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When the automobile was first introduced, few Americans predicted its fundamental impact, not only on how people would travel, but on the American landscape itself. Instead of reducing the amount of wheeled transport on public roads, the advent of mass-produced cars caused congestion, at the curb and in the right-of-way, from small midwestern farm towns to New York,(...)
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Lots of parking : land use in a car culture
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When the automobile was first introduced, few Americans predicted its fundamental impact, not only on how people would travel, but on the American landscape itself. Instead of reducing the amount of wheeled transport on public roads, the advent of mass-produced cars caused congestion, at the curb and in the right-of-way, from small midwestern farm towns to New York, Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles. "Lots of Parking" examines a neglected aspect of this rise of the automobile: the impact on America not of cars in motion but of cars at rest. While most studies have tended to focus on highway construction and engineering improvements to accommodate increasing flow and the desire for speed, John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle examine a fundamental feature of the urban, and suburban, scene — the parking lot. Their lively and exhaustive exploration traces the history of parking from the curbside to the rise of public and commercial parking lots and garages and the concomitant demolition of the old pedestrian-oriented urban infrastructure. In an accessible style enhanced by a range of interesting and unusual illustrations, Jakle and Sculle discuss the role of parking in downtown revitalization efforts and, by contrast, its role in the promotion of outlying suburban shopping districts and its incorporation into our neighbourhoods and residences.
Lots of parking : land use in a car culture
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When the automobile was first introduced, few Americans predicted its fundamental impact, not only on how people would travel, but on the American landscape itself. Instead of reducing the amount of wheeled transport on public roads, the advent of mass-produced cars caused congestion, at the curb and in the right-of-way, from small midwestern farm towns to New York, Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles. "Lots of Parking" examines a neglected aspect of this rise of the automobile: the impact on America not of cars in motion but of cars at rest. While most studies have tended to focus on highway construction and engineering improvements to accommodate increasing flow and the desire for speed, John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle examine a fundamental feature of the urban, and suburban, scene — the parking lot. Their lively and exhaustive exploration traces the history of parking from the curbside to the rise of public and commercial parking lots and garages and the concomitant demolition of the old pedestrian-oriented urban infrastructure. In an accessible style enhanced by a range of interesting and unusual illustrations, Jakle and Sculle discuss the role of parking in downtown revitalization efforts and, by contrast, its role in the promotion of outlying suburban shopping districts and its incorporation into our neighbourhoods and residences.
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June 2004, Charlottesville
June 2004, Charlottesville
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
