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Human Capital Investment for Central City Revitalization
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 154.00Viewing poverty as a condition that is fed and renewed on a daily basis by social and economic structures, this book focuses on the ways in which poor residents can be helped to improve their own situations, their living conditions, and the central city itself. Also includes four maps. more...
Introduction to Urban Housing Design
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95This clear and concise guide is the ideal introduction to contemporary housing design for students and professionals of architecture, urban design and planning. With the increasing commitment to sustainable design and with an ever-increasing demand for houses in urban areas, housing design has taken on a new and crucial role in urban planning. This... more...
Introduction to Residential Layout
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 55.95Introduction to Residential Layout is ideal for students and practitioners of urban design, planning, engineering, architecture and landscape seeking a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of designing and laying out residential areas. Mike Biddulph provides a clear and coherent framework from which he offers comprehensive practical advice... more...
Healthy Living Centres
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 127.00By exploring the design process this book looks at the relationship between the architectural and medical professions to see how the next wave of Government health policies can be best provided for. The aim is to raise the quality of health buildings in the primary care sector. Greater flexibility will be required as the medical profession moves towards... more...
Loose Space
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 59.95In cities around the world people use a variety of public spaces to relax, to protest, to buy and sell, to experiment and to celebrate. Loose Space explores the many ways that urban residents, with creativity and determination, appropriate public space to meet their own needs and desires. Familiar or unexpected, spontaneous or planned, momentary or... more...
Architects and Architecture of London
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 34.95Architects and Architecture of London is a visual, highly illustrated guide to London?s greatest historic buildings and the lives of the architects who designed them. Read about the architectural forefathers of London, such as Inigo Jones and Sir Christopher Wren, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Robert Adam and John Nash, Butterfield and Street, Blomfield and... more...
Design Guidelines in American Cities
Liverpool University Press 1999; US$ 32.50This book is a study of design initiatives and policies in five US West Coast cities Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Irvine and San Diego all of which have had particularly interesting experience of relevance to urban design practice in Britain and other countries. more...
Improving Institutions for Green Landscapes in Metropolitan Areas
IOS Press 2008; US$ 87.00Investigates how various institutions for green landscapes in metropolitan areas work, which problems hamper them, and how these institutions can be improved. This title formulates the following themes such as: landscape and institutional developments, the market or government dilemma, and the network or hierarchy dilemma. more...
The Institutionalisation of European Spatial Planning
IOS Press 2008; US$ 65.00Intends to clarify the enterprise of European spatial planning. This book places emphasis on the need for a understanding of the process of European integration in general. It points at the middle range theories that used concepts that were showing similarity to those that academics were accustomed to, such as networks, discourses and governance. more...
Turning a Town Around
Wiley 2008; US$ 105.00This good practice guide addresses practical action and shows planners and developers how to incorporate design principles into policy, make design briefing effective, and prepare for successful negotiation. more...









