Cities Made of Boundaries presents the theoretical foundation and concepts for a new social scientific urban morphological mapping method, Boundary Line Type (BLT) Mapping.
Co-designing Infrastructures tells the story of a research programme designed to bring the power of engineering and technology into the hands of grassroots community groups, to create bottom-up solutions to global crises.
A study of the conditions of being a citizen, belonging and democracy in suburban Britain, this book focuses on understanding how a community takes on the social responsibility and pressures of being a good citizen through what they call 'stupid' events, festivals and parades.
Co-curating the City explores the role of universities in the construction and mobilisation of heritage discourses in urban development and regeneration processes, with a focus on six case study sites: University of Gothenburg (Sweden), UCL East (London), University of Lund (Sweden).
Cities have been sites of some of the most visible manifestations of the evolution of processes of globalization and population expansion, and global cities are at the cutting edge of such changes.
Socio-political views on housing have been brought to the fore in recent years by global economic crises, a notable rise of international migration and intensified trans-regional movement phenomena.
Este libro ofrece una propuesta de gestión de la ciencia, la tecnología y la innovación para identificar, valorar y aprovechar las potencialidades de un territorio concreto que, a partir de sus propias variables físicas (formación geológica, estructura geomorfológica, suelos, climatología, hidrología, hidrogeología, etc.
After I arrived in Warsaw, my niece Danielle Gamble was instrumental in getting me a job in the transportation department of the school district as a bus driver.
The Book deals with the key issues evolved in India During the last five decades pertaining to Human Resource Development, its ethical and spiritual dimensions, its management in the era of liberalisation, its training, HRD for workers, Indian education policy, Evaluation of HRD, counseling and monitoring, implementation and other related issues.
"e;Essential reading for fans of Jane Jacobs, Joseph Mitchell, Patti Smith, Luc Sante, and Cheap Pierogi"e; —Vanity FairAn unflinching chronicle of gentrification in the twenty-first century and a love letter to lost New York by the creator of the popular and incendiary blog Vanishing New York.
El libro La ciudad o-culta: la marginalidad urbana como reto en el ordenamiento territorial de la ciudad señorial de Popayán, Colombia, se destaca por ser un ejercicio con vocación de impacto en la realidad, así como por la aplicación de sus conclusiones en el ámbito normativo y de políticas públicas de escala municipal.
The Book deals with the key issues evolved in India During the last five decades pertaining to Human Resource Development, its ethical and spiritual dimensions, its management in the era of liberalisation, its training, HRD for workers, Indian education policy, Evaluation of HRD, counseling and monitoring, implementation and other related issues.
The United Nations Brundtland Report defines sustainable development as one "e;that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
To address the major urban challenges, UNECE and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) developed, jointly with 15 other UN bodies and other partners, the Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities.
More than a dozen years ago, Ted Bernard traveled to nine communities across the United States to meet residents who were working collaboratively to solve natural resource conflicts.
Move from feeling anxious about the oil crisis to developing a positive visions and taking traction action to create a more self-reliant existence with this ground-breaking book.
The United Nations Brundtland Report defines sustainable development as one "e;that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
An engaging, global exploration of cities threatened by volcanoes, studying historical and contemporary eruptions, and cities'' efforts at hazard response.
The analysis of urban development of the past twenty years presented in this maiden edition of the World Cities Report shows, with compelling evidence, that there are new forms of collaboration and cooperation, planning, governance, finance and learning that can sustain positive change.
Move from feeling anxious about the oil crisis to developing a positive visions and taking traction action to create a more self-reliant existence with this ground-breaking book.
