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Showing how "New Urbanism" is simply American urbanism as it has been evolving since the nineteenth century, this is a history not of what has been achieved but rather of what planners have sought to achieve--a history of the quest for good cities. In her survey of the last hundred or so years of urbanist ideals, the author identifies four approaches to city-making,(...)
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Showing how "New Urbanism" is simply American urbanism as it has been evolving since the nineteenth century, this is a history not of what has been achieved but rather of what planners have sought to achieve--a history of the quest for good cities. In her survey of the last hundred or so years of urbanist ideals, the author identifies four approaches to city-making,(...)
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New urbanism & american planning
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Showing how "New Urbanism" is simply American urbanism as it has been evolving since the nineteenth century, this is a history not of what has been achieved but rather of what planners have sought to achieve--a history of the quest for good cities. In her survey of the last hundred or so years of urbanist ideals, the author identifies four approaches to city-making, which she terms "cultures": incrementalism, plan-making, planned communities, and regionalism. She shows how these cultures connect, overlap, and conflict one with another and how most of the ideas about building better settlements are so recurrent. She concludes with an assessment of the successes and failures of the four cultures and the need to integrate these ideas as a means to promoting good urbanism in America.
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Showing how "New Urbanism" is simply American urbanism as it has been evolving since the nineteenth century, this is a history not of what has been achieved but rather of what planners have sought to achieve--a history of the quest for good cities. In her survey of the last hundred or so years of urbanist ideals, the author identifies four approaches to city-making, which she terms "cultures": incrementalism, plan-making, planned communities, and regionalism. She shows how these cultures connect, overlap, and conflict one with another and how most of the ideas about building better settlements are so recurrent. She concludes with an assessment of the successes and failures of the four cultures and the need to integrate these ideas as a means to promoting good urbanism in America.
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September 2005, New York
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The global cities reader
The global cities reader
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During the last decade, research on global cities has exploded throughout the social sciences. It has now become one of the most exciting, if controversial approaches to the study of urban life today. Fifty generous selections, including contributions from John Friedmann, Michael Peter Smith, Saskia Sassen, Peter Taylor, Manuel Castells, and Anthony King, explore the(...)
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During the last decade, research on global cities has exploded throughout the social sciences. It has now become one of the most exciting, if controversial approaches to the study of urban life today. Fifty generous selections, including contributions from John Friedmann, Michael Peter Smith, Saskia Sassen, Peter Taylor, Manuel Castells, and Anthony King, explore the(...)
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The global cities reader
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During the last decade, research on global cities has exploded throughout the social sciences. It has now become one of the most exciting, if controversial approaches to the study of urban life today. Fifty generous selections, including contributions from John Friedmann, Michael Peter Smith, Saskia Sassen, Peter Taylor, Manuel Castells, and Anthony King, explore the interrelationships between cities and globalization. The seven sections with accompanying editorial introductions guide the student through the key theoretical, methodological, and empirical debates. "The global cities reader" explores the major foundations and intellectual influences of research on globalized urbanization. Classic and contemporary case studies of globalizing cities from Europe, North America and East Asia as well as from emerging world city regions of the global South are presented. The political and cultural dimensions of global city formation are examined in separate sections. The reader concludes by examining the refinement and critique of global cities research in the last fifteen years.
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During the last decade, research on global cities has exploded throughout the social sciences. It has now become one of the most exciting, if controversial approaches to the study of urban life today. Fifty generous selections, including contributions from John Friedmann, Michael Peter Smith, Saskia Sassen, Peter Taylor, Manuel Castells, and Anthony King, explore the interrelationships between cities and globalization. The seven sections with accompanying editorial introductions guide the student through the key theoretical, methodological, and empirical debates. "The global cities reader" explores the major foundations and intellectual influences of research on globalized urbanization. Classic and contemporary case studies of globalizing cities from Europe, North America and East Asia as well as from emerging world city regions of the global South are presented. The political and cultural dimensions of global city formation are examined in separate sections. The reader concludes by examining the refinement and critique of global cities research in the last fifteen years.
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November 2005, London, New York
November 2005, London, New York
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Victor Gruen became renowned in 1950s America as the "pioneer of the shopping center", then by his urban redevelopment projects as the "savior of the downtowns", and by the mid-1960s as the "architect of the environment". "From Urban Shop to New City" focuses on Gruen's theories and projects, especially with respect to the terms that he set for himself : the return of(...)
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Victor Gruen became renowned in 1950s America as the "pioneer of the shopping center", then by his urban redevelopment projects as the "savior of the downtowns", and by the mid-1960s as the "architect of the environment". "From Urban Shop to New City" focuses on Gruen's theories and projects, especially with respect to the terms that he set for himself : the return of(...)
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Victor Gruen: from urban shop to new city
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Victor Gruen became renowned in 1950s America as the "pioneer of the shopping center", then by his urban redevelopment projects as the "savior of the downtowns", and by the mid-1960s as the "architect of the environment". "From Urban Shop to New City" focuses on Gruen's theories and projects, especially with respect to the terms that he set for himself : the return of the city centre and urban public space as a focus of social and cultural life. The context for his vision, however, was the "triumph" of the suburbs and the collapses of American downtown. Gruen's successes and failures engaged or prefigured every important commercial retail, development, and planning trend since World War II ; thus his work is a crucial vehicule for understanding the transformation of American city-scape and landscape, and is a starting point for asking the question : what kind of city do we want?
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Victor Gruen became renowned in 1950s America as the "pioneer of the shopping center", then by his urban redevelopment projects as the "savior of the downtowns", and by the mid-1960s as the "architect of the environment". "From Urban Shop to New City" focuses on Gruen's theories and projects, especially with respect to the terms that he set for himself : the return of the city centre and urban public space as a focus of social and cultural life. The context for his vision, however, was the "triumph" of the suburbs and the collapses of American downtown. Gruen's successes and failures engaged or prefigured every important commercial retail, development, and planning trend since World War II ; thus his work is a crucial vehicule for understanding the transformation of American city-scape and landscape, and is a starting point for asking the question : what kind of city do we want?
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September 2005
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[Re] modeler métamorphoser
[Re] modeler métamorphoser
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Les architectes Roland Castro et Sophie Denissof donnent le sens de « remodelage » une refonte architecturale et urbaine complète en vue d'une métamorphose durable ainsi que de redonner un sens aux cité improprement nommées. L'ambition affichée est de prendre, chaque fois que possible, le contre-pied des options radicales et traumatisantes que sont les destructions.(...)
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Les architectes Roland Castro et Sophie Denissof donnent le sens de « remodelage » une refonte architecturale et urbaine complète en vue d'une métamorphose durable ainsi que de redonner un sens aux cité improprement nommées. L'ambition affichée est de prendre, chaque fois que possible, le contre-pied des options radicales et traumatisantes que sont les destructions.(...)
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[Re] modeler métamorphoser
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Les architectes Roland Castro et Sophie Denissof donnent le sens de « remodelage » une refonte architecturale et urbaine complète en vue d'une métamorphose durable ainsi que de redonner un sens aux cité improprement nommées. L'ambition affichée est de prendre, chaque fois que possible, le contre-pied des options radicales et traumatisantes que sont les destructions. Plutôt qu'« éradiquer », ils entendent recomposer, restructurer, recoudre... Ce livre reflète une pratique professionnelle et n'en propose pas une théorie mais constitue, au travers de la présentation détaillée d'exemples, une sorte de manuel pour intervenir afin de reconstruire du lien social. Il constitue ainsi une prise de position apportant un éclairage singulier sur une des versions possibles de la requalification urbaine.
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Les architectes Roland Castro et Sophie Denissof donnent le sens de « remodelage » une refonte architecturale et urbaine complète en vue d'une métamorphose durable ainsi que de redonner un sens aux cité improprement nommées. L'ambition affichée est de prendre, chaque fois que possible, le contre-pied des options radicales et traumatisantes que sont les destructions. Plutôt qu'« éradiquer », ils entendent recomposer, restructurer, recoudre... Ce livre reflète une pratique professionnelle et n'en propose pas une théorie mais constitue, au travers de la présentation détaillée d'exemples, une sorte de manuel pour intervenir afin de reconstruire du lien social. Il constitue ainsi une prise de position apportant un éclairage singulier sur une des versions possibles de la requalification urbaine.
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August 2005, Paris
August 2005, Paris
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Avec la mondialisation, nous voilà projetés dans l'" après-ville ", dans le " post-urbain ". En Europe, nous étions habitués à voir la ville comme un espace circonscrit dans lequel se déroule une vie culturelle, sociale et politique rendant possible une intégration civique des individus... Nous voici maintenant confrontés d'un côté à des métropoles gigantesques et sans(...)
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Avec la mondialisation, nous voilà projetés dans l'" après-ville ", dans le " post-urbain ". En Europe, nous étions habitués à voir la ville comme un espace circonscrit dans lequel se déroule une vie culturelle, sociale et politique rendant possible une intégration civique des individus... Nous voici maintenant confrontés d'un côté à des métropoles gigantesques et sans(...)
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La condition urbaine : la ville à l'heure de la mondialisation
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Avec la mondialisation, nous voilà projetés dans l'" après-ville ", dans le " post-urbain ". En Europe, nous étions habitués à voir la ville comme un espace circonscrit dans lequel se déroule une vie culturelle, sociale et politique rendant possible une intégration civique des individus... Nous voici maintenant confrontés d'un côté à des métropoles gigantesques et sans limites, et de l'autre au surgissement d'entités globales, en réseau, coupées de leur environnement. La reconfiguration en cours suscite l'inquiétude : allons-nous assister au déclin irrémédiable des valeurs urbaines qui ont accompagné l'histoire européenne ? La fragmentation et l'étalement chaotique vont-ils inéluctablement l'emporter ? Sommes-nous condamnés à regretter la palis grecque, la ville de la Renaissance, le Paris des Lumières, les grandes villes industrielles du XIX° siècle ? En rappelant les éléments distinctifs qui composent l'expérience urbaine, Olivier Mongin pose les fondements d'urne réflexion d'aujourd'hui sur la condition urbaine. Nous vivons à une époque où l'information s'échange immatériellement selon des flux plutôt que dans des lieux : comment, dans ces conditions, refonder des lieux urbains accordés à notre temps ?
La condition urbaine : la ville à l'heure de la mondialisation
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Avec la mondialisation, nous voilà projetés dans l'" après-ville ", dans le " post-urbain ". En Europe, nous étions habitués à voir la ville comme un espace circonscrit dans lequel se déroule une vie culturelle, sociale et politique rendant possible une intégration civique des individus... Nous voici maintenant confrontés d'un côté à des métropoles gigantesques et sans limites, et de l'autre au surgissement d'entités globales, en réseau, coupées de leur environnement. La reconfiguration en cours suscite l'inquiétude : allons-nous assister au déclin irrémédiable des valeurs urbaines qui ont accompagné l'histoire européenne ? La fragmentation et l'étalement chaotique vont-ils inéluctablement l'emporter ? Sommes-nous condamnés à regretter la palis grecque, la ville de la Renaissance, le Paris des Lumières, les grandes villes industrielles du XIX° siècle ? En rappelant les éléments distinctifs qui composent l'expérience urbaine, Olivier Mongin pose les fondements d'urne réflexion d'aujourd'hui sur la condition urbaine. Nous vivons à une époque où l'information s'échange immatériellement selon des flux plutôt que dans des lieux : comment, dans ces conditions, refonder des lieux urbains accordés à notre temps ?
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October 2005, Paris
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Informal city : Caracas case
Informal city : Caracas case
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This urban research project examines the often overlooked areas known as "barrios," "shantytowns," or "slums" and assesses their validity as an architectural phenomenon in their own right. The hills outside Caracas are dotted with transient, dilapidated structures which are home to thousands of people who create their own socio-economic environment, one which has a(...)
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This urban research project examines the often overlooked areas known as "barrios," "shantytowns," or "slums" and assesses their validity as an architectural phenomenon in their own right. The hills outside Caracas are dotted with transient, dilapidated structures which are home to thousands of people who create their own socio-economic environment, one which has a(...)
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August 2005, Munich / Berlin / London / New York
August 2005, Munich / Berlin / London / New York
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Informal city : Caracas case
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This urban research project examines the often overlooked areas known as "barrios," "shantytowns," or "slums" and assesses their validity as an architectural phenomenon in their own right. The hills outside Caracas are dotted with transient, dilapidated structures which are home to thousands of people who create their own socio-economic environment, one which has a unique place in the city's infrastructure. This publication can be understood as a handbook of informal urban and cultural practice. Its validity extends far beyond Caracas and encompasses nearly all Latin American metropolises. Its essays question the value of traditional Western-style socio-economic and socio-political structures, present a new form of urbanism as a subject for discussion, and show the need for a profound change in our understanding of urban culture, especially in today's era, which is characterized by increasing insecurity and uncertainty. This project was jointly initiated by the "Federal Cultural Foundation" of Germany and the "Urban Think Tank" in Caracas, Venezuela.
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This urban research project examines the often overlooked areas known as "barrios," "shantytowns," or "slums" and assesses their validity as an architectural phenomenon in their own right. The hills outside Caracas are dotted with transient, dilapidated structures which are home to thousands of people who create their own socio-economic environment, one which has a unique place in the city's infrastructure. This publication can be understood as a handbook of informal urban and cultural practice. Its validity extends far beyond Caracas and encompasses nearly all Latin American metropolises. Its essays question the value of traditional Western-style socio-economic and socio-political structures, present a new form of urbanism as a subject for discussion, and show the need for a profound change in our understanding of urban culture, especially in today's era, which is characterized by increasing insecurity and uncertainty. This project was jointly initiated by the "Federal Cultural Foundation" of Germany and the "Urban Think Tank" in Caracas, Venezuela.
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August 2005, Munich / Berlin / London / New York
August 2005, Munich / Berlin / London / New York
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Cet essai sociologique, urbanistique et politique montre, à travers l'exemple de Los Angeles, ce que sera le visage futur de la ville, moins spectaculaire et plus effrayant que la vision futuriste offerte par Blade Runner. Los Angeles porte déjà en elle le modèle vers lequel vont tendre toutes les mégapoles : destruction de la mixité sociale par cloisonnement strict des(...)
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Cet essai sociologique, urbanistique et politique montre, à travers l'exemple de Los Angeles, ce que sera le visage futur de la ville, moins spectaculaire et plus effrayant que la vision futuriste offerte par Blade Runner. Los Angeles porte déjà en elle le modèle vers lequel vont tendre toutes les mégapoles : destruction de la mixité sociale par cloisonnement strict des(...)
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Au-delà de Blade Runner : Los Angeles et l'imagination du desastre
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Cet essai sociologique, urbanistique et politique montre, à travers l'exemple de Los Angeles, ce que sera le visage futur de la ville, moins spectaculaire et plus effrayant que la vision futuriste offerte par Blade Runner. Los Angeles porte déjà en elle le modèle vers lequel vont tendre toutes les mégapoles : destruction de la mixité sociale par cloisonnement strict des couches de populations.
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Cet essai sociologique, urbanistique et politique montre, à travers l'exemple de Los Angeles, ce que sera le visage futur de la ville, moins spectaculaire et plus effrayant que la vision futuriste offerte par Blade Runner. Los Angeles porte déjà en elle le modèle vers lequel vont tendre toutes les mégapoles : destruction de la mixité sociale par cloisonnement strict des couches de populations.
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March 2006, Paris
March 2006, Paris
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"The urban architecture laborator" was established in 2002 with the explicit aim of providing a specialised research environment for contemporary urban issues. This illustrated edition of 38 south provides a progress report on the activities of the UAL over its first two and a half years and features essays, graduate projects and ongoing urban inquiries.
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"The urban architecture laborator" was established in 2002 with the explicit aim of providing a specialised research environment for contemporary urban issues. This illustrated edition of 38 south provides a progress report on the activities of the UAL over its first two and a half years and features essays, graduate projects and ongoing urban inquiries.
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38 south : urban architecture laboratory, 2002-2004
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"The urban architecture laborator" was established in 2002 with the explicit aim of providing a specialised research environment for contemporary urban issues. This illustrated edition of 38 south provides a progress report on the activities of the UAL over its first two and a half years and features essays, graduate projects and ongoing urban inquiries.
38 south : urban architecture laboratory, 2002-2004
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"The urban architecture laborator" was established in 2002 with the explicit aim of providing a specialised research environment for contemporary urban issues. This illustrated edition of 38 south provides a progress report on the activities of the UAL over its first two and a half years and features essays, graduate projects and ongoing urban inquiries.
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October 2005, Melbourne
October 2005, Melbourne
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Urban planning today
Urban planning today
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American cities' penchants for single-use zoning and free-market development in pursuit of economic growth have produced problems that have long been recognized: grueling commutes and dependency on automobiles, social isolation, expensive public infrastructure, needless destruction of countryside. Eminent domain disputes rage on, despite recent Supreme Court decisions.(...)
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American cities' penchants for single-use zoning and free-market development in pursuit of economic growth have produced problems that have long been recognized: grueling commutes and dependency on automobiles, social isolation, expensive public infrastructure, needless destruction of countryside. Eminent domain disputes rage on, despite recent Supreme Court decisions.(...)
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Urban planning today
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American cities' penchants for single-use zoning and free-market development in pursuit of economic growth have produced problems that have long been recognized: grueling commutes and dependency on automobiles, social isolation, expensive public infrastructure, needless destruction of countryside. Eminent domain disputes rage on, despite recent Supreme Court decisions. Outdated public housing and failed single-function projects litter the landscape. Addressing these urgent problems and debating the public's role in urban planning, the contributors to Urban Planning Today report on real projects in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, New York, Omaha, Portland, and Vancouver. They bring varying, and sometimes divergent, perspectives from backgrounds in urban design and development, city and regional planning, criticism, and law to bear on the mixed bag of results observed in these cities.
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American cities' penchants for single-use zoning and free-market development in pursuit of economic growth have produced problems that have long been recognized: grueling commutes and dependency on automobiles, social isolation, expensive public infrastructure, needless destruction of countryside. Eminent domain disputes rage on, despite recent Supreme Court decisions. Outdated public housing and failed single-function projects litter the landscape. Addressing these urgent problems and debating the public's role in urban planning, the contributors to Urban Planning Today report on real projects in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, New York, Omaha, Portland, and Vancouver. They bring varying, and sometimes divergent, perspectives from backgrounds in urban design and development, city and regional planning, criticism, and law to bear on the mixed bag of results observed in these cities.
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January 1900, Minneapolis
January 1900, Minneapolis
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City and environmnent
City and environmnent
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For the first time in history, more than half the people of the world live in cities. Comprehending the impact of this widespread urbanization requires an awareness of the complex relationships between cities and natural ecosystems. This book moves beyond the anti-urban lamentations that often dominate today's academic discourse to examine the evolution of cities and to(...)
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For the first time in history, more than half the people of the world live in cities. Comprehending the impact of this widespread urbanization requires an awareness of the complex relationships between cities and natural ecosystems. This book moves beyond the anti-urban lamentations that often dominate today's academic discourse to examine the evolution of cities and to(...)
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June 2006, Philadelphia
June 2006, Philadelphia
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City and environmnent
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For the first time in history, more than half the people of the world live in cities. Comprehending the impact of this widespread urbanization requires an awareness of the complex relationships between cities and natural ecosystems. This book moves beyond the anti-urban lamentations that often dominate today's academic discourse to examine the evolution of cities and to illuminate the roles that humans play in shaping their environments, both natural and constructed. Christopher G. Boone and Ali Modarres argue that understanding the multiple forces of urbanization requires a holistic approach to the interactions of social, cultural, economic, political, and environmental factors. Without casting judgments, " City and environment " seeks to engage readers in an exploration of cities from a truly global perspective. Throughout, it illuminates the social-ecological systems of cities not as an academic exercise—although informing academic audiences is one of its goals—but ultimately to help transform cities into livable and ecologically sustainable environments.
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For the first time in history, more than half the people of the world live in cities. Comprehending the impact of this widespread urbanization requires an awareness of the complex relationships between cities and natural ecosystems. This book moves beyond the anti-urban lamentations that often dominate today's academic discourse to examine the evolution of cities and to illuminate the roles that humans play in shaping their environments, both natural and constructed. Christopher G. Boone and Ali Modarres argue that understanding the multiple forces of urbanization requires a holistic approach to the interactions of social, cultural, economic, political, and environmental factors. Without casting judgments, " City and environment " seeks to engage readers in an exploration of cities from a truly global perspective. Throughout, it illuminates the social-ecological systems of cities not as an academic exercise—although informing academic audiences is one of its goals—but ultimately to help transform cities into livable and ecologically sustainable environments.
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June 2006, Philadelphia
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