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Inclusive Urban Design: Streets For Lifeby Elizabeth Burton; Lynne Mitchell
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 48.95This 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$ 46.95Containing 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$ 71.95The 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$ 62.95This 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$ 226.00Examines 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$ 63.95Economic 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$ 59.95This 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$ 59.95Urban 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$ 71.95Images 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$ 71.95The 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...









