City and town planning: architectural aspects

What is "e;urban"e;?

What is "e;urban"e;?

Over the past decade or so, the wealth produced by Qatar's oil and gas exports has generated a construction development boom in its capital city of Doha and the surrounding vicinity.

Over the past decade or so, the wealth produced by Qatar's oil and gas exports has generated a construction development boom in its capital city of Doha and the surrounding vicinity.

Design Against Crime will aid the design profession to meet the challenges presented by the competing needs and complex systems around crime and security.

Design Against Crime will aid the design profession to meet the challenges presented by the competing needs and complex systems around crime and security.

The central premise of Design for Transport is that the designer's role is to approach design for transport from the point of view of the user.

The central premise of Design for Transport is that the designer's role is to approach design for transport from the point of view of the user.

Design Pedagogy explains why it is vital for design students that their education helps them construct a 'passport' to enter the professional sphere.

Design Pedagogy explains why it is vital for design students that their education helps them construct a 'passport' to enter the professional sphere.

Many books focus on individual differences and how those relate to traffic safety such as accident proneness, gender differences, age, alcohol, and the effects of drugs.

Many books focus on individual differences and how those relate to traffic safety such as accident proneness, gender differences, age, alcohol, and the effects of drugs.

Can conservation of the built heritage be reconciled with the speed of urban change in cities of the developing world?

Can conservation of the built heritage be reconciled with the speed of urban change in cities of the developing world?

Diasporic Agencies addresses the neglected subject of how architecture and urban design can respond to the consequences of increasing migration.

Diasporic Agencies addresses the neglected subject of how architecture and urban design can respond to the consequences of increasing migration.

The Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey was the site of one of the most tragic and memorable battles of the twentieth century, with the Turks fighting the ANZAC (Australian New Zealand Army Corps) and soldiers from fifteen other countries.

The Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey was the site of one of the most tragic and memorable battles of the twentieth century, with the Turks fighting the ANZAC (Australian New Zealand Army Corps) and soldiers from fifteen other countries.

Drawing Parallels expands your understanding of the workings of architects by looking at their work from an alternative perspective.

Drawing Parallels expands your understanding of the workings of architects by looking at their work from an alternative perspective.

Following the British withdrawal in 1971, the Gulf Region entered a heady period of political restructuring, awash with oil money that helped fund national aspirations.

Following the British withdrawal in 1971, the Gulf Region entered a heady period of political restructuring, awash with oil money that helped fund national aspirations.

In the last few decades, many European and American cities and towns experienced economic, social and spatial structural change.

In the last few decades, many European and American cities and towns experienced economic, social and spatial structural change.

The aesthetics of urban life offer a curious quality, one that is both highly visible and hidden, both openly influencing and subtly imprinting.

The aesthetics of urban life offer a curious quality, one that is both highly visible and hidden, both openly influencing and subtly imprinting.

Whilst recognising that distinctly different traditions exist within the study and practice of urban design, this book advances an interdisciplinary and innovative approach, which is of direct importance to understanding the urban forms, conditions, practices and processes.

Whilst recognising that distinctly different traditions exist within the study and practice of urban design, this book advances an interdisciplinary and innovative approach, which is of direct importance to understanding the urban forms, conditions, practices and processes.

Bringing together a diverse team of leading scholars and professionals, this book offers a variety of insights into ongoing gender mainstreaming policies in Europe with a focus on urban/spatial planning.

Bringing together a diverse team of leading scholars and professionals, this book offers a variety of insights into ongoing gender mainstreaming policies in Europe with a focus on urban/spatial planning.

Women continue to be extremely under-represented in the architectural profession.

Women continue to be extremely under-represented in the architectural profession.

Frank Lloyd Wright : The Early Years : Progressivism : Aesthetics : Cities examines Wright's belief that all aspects of human life must embrace and celebrate an aesthetic experience that would thereby lead to necessary social reforms.

Frank Lloyd Wright : The Early Years : Progressivism : Aesthetics : Cities examines Wright's belief that all aspects of human life must embrace and celebrate an aesthetic experience that would thereby lead to necessary social reforms.

Peter Eisenman is one of the most controversial protagonists of the architectural scene, who is known as much for his theoretical essays as he is for his architecture.

Peter Eisenman is one of the most controversial protagonists of the architectural scene, who is known as much for his theoretical essays as he is for his architecture.

The introduction of iron - and later steel - construction and decoration transformed architecture in the nineteenth century.

The introduction of iron - and later steel - construction and decoration transformed architecture in the nineteenth century.

Focusing on the working-class experience of gentrification, this book re-examines the enduring relationship between class and the urban.

Focusing on the working-class experience of gentrification, this book re-examines the enduring relationship between class and the urban.

In Rhythmanalysis, Henri Lefebvre put forward his ideas on the relationship between time and space, particularly how rhythms characterize space.

In Rhythmanalysis, Henri Lefebvre put forward his ideas on the relationship between time and space, particularly how rhythms characterize space.

Geography Speaks is an investigation of how geography is informed by speech act theory and performativity.

Geography Speaks is an investigation of how geography is informed by speech act theory and performativity.

Acculturating the Shopping Centre examines whether the shopping centre should be qualified as a global architectural type that effortlessly moves across national and cultural borders in the slipstream of neo-liberal globalization, or should instead be understood as a geographically and temporally bound expression of negotiations between mall developers (representatives of a global logic of capitalist accumulation) on the one hand, and local actors (architects/governments/citizens) on the other.

Acculturating the Shopping Centre examines whether the shopping centre should be qualified as a global architectural type that effortlessly moves across national and cultural borders in the slipstream of neo-liberal globalization, or should instead be understood as a geographically and temporally bound expression of negotiations between mall developers (representatives of a global logic of capitalist accumulation) on the one hand, and local actors (architects/governments/citizens) on the other.

As urban regions face the demand to decrease fossil fuel dependency, many cities in the developing world are undertaking initiatives designed to create a greener city by aiming for a more sustainable form of urban development and, to do so, they need to evaluate existing modes of transportation and patterns of land use.

As urban regions face the demand to decrease fossil fuel dependency, many cities in the developing world are undertaking initiatives designed to create a greener city by aiming for a more sustainable form of urban development and, to do so, they need to evaluate existing modes of transportation and patterns of land use.

Bringing together a team of national experts, this volume offers a detailed look at the links between public land acquisition programs and efforts to yield smart growth outcomes in the USA.

Bringing together a team of national experts, this volume offers a detailed look at the links between public land acquisition programs and efforts to yield smart growth outcomes in the USA.