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Triumph of the City
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 29.95A pioneering urban economist presents a myth-shattering look at the majesty and greatness of cities. America is an urban nation, yet cities get a bad rap: they're dirty, poor, unhealthy, environmentally unfriendly . . . or are they? In this revelatory book, Edward Glaeser, a leading urban economist, declares that cities are actually the healthiest,... more...
Europe
Basic Books 2013; US$ 35.00If there is a fundamental truth of geopolitics, it is this: whoever controls the core of Europe can control the entire continent, and whoever controls all of Europe can dominate the world. Over the past five centuries, a rotating cast of kings and conquerors, presidents and dictators have set their sights on the European heartland, desperate to seize... more...
Making Space
Taylor & Francis Ltd 2003; US$ 41.25Making Space studies the built environment by examining the private-sector forces responsible for its development and the urban planning systems put in place to influence, guide and manipulate its outcomes. The first part provides a theoretical context for understanding the functions of the property development sector and the states interventions... more...
The African City
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 21.00Gives a comprehensive picture of cities in Africa from early origins to the present. more...
Last Harvest
Scribner 2007; US$ 15.00In Last Harvest , the award-winning author of Home and A Clearing in the Distance tells the compelling story of New Daleville, a brand-new residential subdivision in rural Pennsylvania. When Witold Rybczynski first heard about New Daleville, it was only a developer's idea, attached to ninety acres of cornfield an hour and a half west of Philadelphia.... more...
Historic Cities of the Islamic World
BRILL 2007; US$ 264.00This book contains articles on historic cities of the Islamic world, ranging from West Africa to Malaysia, which over the centuries have been centres of culture and learning and of economic and commercial life, and which have contributed much to the consolidation of Islam as a faith and as a social and political institution. The articles have been... more...
Stadtmarketing: die Zielgruppe der Ortsansässigen im Fokus von "be Berlin"
Diplomica Verlag 2009; US$ 46.37Den wachsenden Wettbewerbsherausforderungen begegnen Städte zunehmend mit nachhaltigen Konzepten eines umfassenden, integrierten Stadtmarketing, um die Zukunftsfähigkeit des komplexen Produktes Stadt als Lebens-, Arbeits- und Wirtschaftraum zu sichern. Hierbei stellt die Heterogenität der Anspruchsgruppen sowie deren unterschiedliche kernnutzenbezogene... more...
Ökologische Stadtsanierung
Diplomica Verlag 2004; US$ 37.73Hauptbeschreibung "Städte und Gemeinden sind die Träger der kulturellen, politischen und wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung Europas. Ihre Urbanität ist eine notwendige Voraussetzung für eine nachhaltige Lebensform: Zum einen, weil nur Urbanität höchste Erreichbarkeit bei geringstem Energieverbrauch ermöglicht. Zum anderen, weil die Urbanität das klassische... more...
Developing Living Cities
World Scientific Publishing Company 2010; US$ 101.00With more and more of the world's population projected to live in urban areas, the life and death of cities has become a key factor in urban development considerations. This book attempts to bring an original contribution on the analysis of creating living cities. It advances the concept and framework of a "living city" and also explicates... more...









