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  • Inclusive Urban Design: Streets For Lifeby Elizabeth Burton; Lynne Mitchell

    Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 48.95

    This is the first book to address the design needs of older people in the outdoor environment. It provides information on design principles essential to built environment professionals who want to provide for all users of urban space and who wish to achieve sustainability in their designs. Part one examines the changing experiences of people in the outdoor environment as they age and discusses existing outdoor environments and the aspects and features that help or hinder older people from using and enjoying them. Part two presents the six design principles for 'streets for life' and their many individual components. Using photographs and line drawings, a range of design features are presented at all scales of the outdoor environment from street... more...

  • Third World Citiesby the late David W. Drakakis-Smith

    Routledge 2000; US$ 46.95

    Containing a wealth of student-friendly features this text provides an invaluable introduction to the issues and processes of the city in the Third World. more...

  • Telecommunications and the Cityby Steve Graham; Simon Marvin

    Routledge 1995; US$ 71.95

    The first critical and state-of-the-art review of the relations between telecommunications and all aspects of city development and management. Includes case studies from Europe, Japan and North America. more...

  • Planning in Postmodern Timesby Philip Allmendinger

    Routledge 2000; US$ 62.95

    This title will appeal to anyone interested in how we think and act in relation to cities, urban planning and governance. more...

  • Modelling the Cityby C. S. Bertuglia; G. P. Clarke; A. G. Wilson

    Routledge 1994; US$ 226.00

    Examines the changing role of urban models in relation to urban well-being and planning problems and offers a `new geography of performance indicators' for the public and private sector based on principles of spatial interaction. more...

  • Cities and Natural Processby Michael Hough

    Routledge 1995; US$ 63.95

    Economic and technological values have squeezed nature out of the modern city, seriously affecting our quality of life within and shaping a negative aesthetic. This offers ecological approaches to urban design which can work with nature too. more...

  • Planning in the USAby J. Barry Cullingworth

    Routledge 1997; US$ 59.95

    This comprehensive introduction to the policies, theory and practice of planning outlines land use, urban planning and environmental protection policies and explains the nature of the planning process. more...

  • Information Systems for Urban Planningby Robert Laurini

    CRC Press 2001; US$ 59.95

    Urban planners have moved beyond simply drawing land use plans to monitor urban activities, now moving into using GIS, systems analysis and data acquisition. This book covers many of the new changes to methodology in the field. more...

  • Images of the Streetby Nicholas Fyfe

    Routledge 1998; US$ 71.95

    Images of the Street subjects the street to sustained critical scrutiny, enriching and extending our understanding of the making and meaning of urban space. more...

  • Women and Planningby Clara H. Greed

    Routledge 1994; US$ 71.95

    The first comprehensive history and analysis of women and the planning movement, covering the philosophical, practical and policy dimensions. A central theme is how men have rewritten planning in their own image in creating modern urban space. more...