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Accessible Housing
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 79.95Considering the interrelationships between disability and housing design with a focus on the role of policy in addressing the housing needs of disabled people, this book sets out some of the broader debates about the nature of housing, quality and design. In what ways are domestic design and architecture implicated in inhibiting or facilitating mobility... more...
Inclusive Design
Taylor and Francis 2001; US$ 110.00The reality of the built environment for disabled people is one of social, physical and attitudinal barriers which prevent their ease of mobility, movement and access. In the United Kingdom, most homes cannot be accessed by wheelchair, while accessible transport is the exception rather than the rule. Pavements are littered with street furniture, while... more...
British Urban Policy
SAGE Publications 1999; US$ 57.00This updated edition of British Urban Policy and the Urban Development Corporations provides a comprehensive account of the policies, programmes, and effects of one of the most controversial urban policy programmes ever implemented in British cities. more...
Urban Renaissance?
The Policy Press 2003; US$ 41.95This book documents and assesses the core of New Labour's approach to the revitalisation of cities. more...
The Knowledge Business
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 124.95This book provides a critique of the knowledge business, and describes and evaluates its different manifestations in, and impacts on, the university sector. Through a focus in the social sciences and in particular housing and urban studies, this volume draws on a wide range of experiences, both in the UK and further a field, to illustrate the changing... more...
Architectural Design and Regulation
Wiley 2011; US$ 124.99From the earliest periods of architecture and building, architects’ actions have been conditioned by rules, regulations, standards, and governance practices. These range from socio-cultural and religious codes seeking to influence the formal structure of settlement patterns, to prescriptive building regulations specifying detailed elements of... more...
Regenerating London
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 51.95Regenerating London explores latest thinking on urban regeneration in one of the fastest changing world cities. Engaging with social, economic, and political structures of cities, it highlights paradoxes and contradictions in urban policy and offers an evaluation of the contemporary forms of urban redevelopment. more...
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