From a Cause to a Style: Modernist Architecture's Encounter with the American City

Modernism in architecture and urban design has failed the American city. This is the decisive conclusion that renowned public intellectual Nathan Glazer has drawn from two decades of writing and thinking about what this architectural movement will bequeath to future generations. In From a Cause to a Style he proclaims his disappointment with modernism and its impact on the American city. Writing in the tradition of legendary American architectural critics Lewis Mumford and Jane Jacobs Glazer contends that modernism this new urban form that signaled not just a radical revolution in style but a social ambition to enhance the conditions under which ordinary people lived has fallen short on all counts. The articles and essays collected here--some never published before all updated--reflect his ideas on subjects ranging from the livable city and public housing to building design public memorials and the uses of public space. Glazer an undisputed giant among public intellectuals is perhaps best known for his writings on ethnicity and social policy where the unflinching honesty and independence of thought that he brought to bear on tough social questions has earned him respect from both the Left and the Right. Here he challenges us to face some difficult truths about the public places that for better or worse define who we are as a society. From a Cause to a Style is an exhilarating and thought-provoking book that raises important questions about modernist architecture and the larger social aims it was supposed to have addressed-and those it has abandoned.

 
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Design For Flooding: Architecture, Landscape, And Urban Design For Resilience To Climate Change

The complete guide to planning and design for water sustainability, as well as flooding and natural disasters Architects, urban planners, and urban designers, as well as water resources engineers and landscape architects will discover that Design for Flooding presents the best practices and lessons to create buildings and communities that are more resilient in the face of severe weather, climate change, and the prospect of rising sea level. Design for Flooding covers technical and institutional issues along with new design and business opportunities built upon: Fundamentals of climate and weather, stormwater and floodplain management Best practices of flood-resistant design and adaption to sea level rise Multidisciplinary design that integrates sound ecological and engineering principles Innovative design and construction to protect and improve water security " Design for Flooding defines the need and opportunity for planners, architects, landscape architects, engineers, and conservation biologists to work together to develop the mix of inland and coastal flooding solutions required for a comprehensive response to climate change." From the Foreword by Daniel Williams, FAIA, author of Sustainable Design: Ecology, Architecture, and Planning " Design for Flooding should be a major tool for the design professions, for public agencies, and for civic activists, indeed for everyone who wishes to bring a genuinely 'intelligent' design for water to their communities. It is a call to action and demonstrates that we have the knowledge, the tools, and the capability to better manage the water system on which we depend." From the Foreword by Carol Franklin, FASLA A portfolio of award-winning designs illustrates practical and visionary projects to prepare for a resilient future, including: A case study of Climate's Long-term Impacts on Metro Boston (CLIMB) analyzes four alternatives to prepare for climate change A design charrette sponsored by The Regional Plan Association of New York illustrates creative concepts for waterfront revitalization and flood protection Lessons from the Netherlands, Japan, and the United States indicate the effectiveness of long-term preparedness planning combined with phased mitigation and renewal projects Examples include renovations and small buildings, showing how every project at any scale is a design opportunity to increase the sustainability and resilience of our communities, water, and ecosystem services

 
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Water Centric Sustainable Communities: Planning, Retrofitting And Building The Next Urban Environment

The current literature compartmentalizes the complex issue of water and wastewater into its discrete components; technology, planning, policy, construction, economics, etc. Considered from the perspective of sustainability, however, water in the urban environment must be approached as a single resource that can be continuously reused and recycled. This book will be the first to capture all of the current work on this idea in a single, integrated, plan for designing the water-centric cities of the future. From new construction to the retrofitting of existing systems, this book presents the case for a new urban relationship to water, one with a more sustainable connection to the environment and the hydrological cycle. Through case studies of successfully planned and built systems around the world, the book will educate the reader about the need for a new approach to urban water management, and make the case that these changes are not only possible but imperative.

 
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Partnership, Collaborative Planning and Urban Regeneration

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Urban Nation: Australia's Planning Heritage

Urban Nation: Australia's Planning Heritage provides the first national survey of the historical impact of urban planning and design on the Australian landscape. This ambitious account looks at every state and territory from the earliest days of European settlement to the present day. It identifies and documents hundreds of places - parks public spaces redeveloped precincts neighbourhoods suburbs up to whole towns - that contribute to the distinctive character of urban and suburban Australia. It sets these significant planned landscapes within the broader context of both international design trends and Australian efforts at nation and city building.Provides the first national survey of the historical impact of urban planning and design on the Australian landscape. Urban Nation: Australia's Planning Heritage provides the first national survey of the historical impact of urban planning and design on the Australian landscape. This ambitious account looks at every state and territory from the earliest days of European settlement to the present day. It identifies and documents hundreds of places - parks public spaces redeveloped precincts neighbourhoods suburbs up to whole towns - that contribute to the distinctive character of urban and suburban Australia. It sets these significant planned landscapes within the broader context of both international design trends and Australian efforts at nation and city building.

 
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Partnership, Collaborative Planning and Urban Regeneration

Approaches to urban regeneration have changed dramatically throughout Europe and the USA over recent decades. This engaging book provides critical consideration of such theories in terms of their application to practice and suggests ways in which the practice of urban regeneration can be improved in terms of inclusion, equity and sustainability.

 
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Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning

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Ecology, Planning, and Management of Urban Forests

Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning

This is the third book in the series offering a new selection of the best, award winning, urban planning scholarship from each of the world's planning school associations.

 
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Information Systems for Urban Planning

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Urban Planning and the British New Right

Agriculture in Urban Planning

Published with IDRC This volume by some of the world's leading experts on urban agriculture examines concrete strategies to integrate city farming into the urban landscape. Drawing on original field work in cities across the rapidly urbanizing global south the book examines the contribution of urban agriculture and city farming to livelihoods and food security. Case studies cover food production diversification for robust and secure food provision; the socio-economic and agronomic aspects of urban composting; urban agriculture as a viable livelihood strategy; strategies for integrating city farming into urban landscapes; and the complex social-ecological networks of urban agriculture. Other case studies look at public health aspects including the impact of pesticides micro-biological risks pollution and water contamination on food production and people. Ultimately the book calls on city farmers politicians environmentalists and regulatory bodies to work together to improve the long term sustainability of urban farming as a major secure source of food and employment for urban populations.

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Research Methods in Urban and Regional Planning

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E-book: Urban Planning And Real Estate Development

Research Methods in Urban and Regional Planning

This book provides an up-to-date introduction to the fundamental methods related to planning and human services delivery. These methods aid planners in answering the following crucial questions about human activities within a given community: "Who are they?" (demographic analysis); "What do they do?" (economic analysis); "Where do these activities occur?" (land use analysis), and "How are human activities connected spatially?" (transportation analysis). This book brings these four pillars of planning methods together in an introductory text targeted towards senior level undergraduate and graduate students. Planning professionals will also find this book an invaluable reference.

 
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Planning for Protestantism in Urban America

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Ecology, Planning, and Management of Urban Forests

Contains studies and perspectives on urban forests from a broad array of basic and applied scientific disciplines including ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, landscape ecology, plant community ecology, geography and social science. This book intends to motivate scientists, planners and managers to work together and adopt a ecology approach.

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Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning

Urban Planning and Real Estate Development

Information Systems for Urban Planning

Innovations in Design & Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning

Traditionally, the DDSS conferences aim to be a platform for both starting and experienced researchers. This volume contains 31 peer reviewed papers that are organised into seven sections, including Land Use Simulation and Visualisation, Multi-Agent Models for Movement Simulation, Multi-Agent Models for Urban Development, and more.

 
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Open Design, a Stakeholder-oriented Approach in Architecture, Urban Planning, and Project Management

Urban Planning Theory Since 1945

Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning

Open Design, a Stakeholder-oriented Approach in Architecture, Urban Planning, and Project Management

Open Design refers to a stakeholder-oriented approach in Architecture, Urban Planning, and Project Management, as developed by the Chair of Computer Aided Design and Planning of Delft University of Technology. This edition collects the following three volumes on Open Design: 1) Open Design, a Collaborative Approach to Architecture, offering concepts and methods to combine technical and social optimization into one integrated design process; 2) Open Design and Construct Management, Managing Complex Construction Projects through Synthesis of Stakeholder Interests, offering a new approach to managing complexity by distinguishing best management practices for complex projects involving considerable uncertainty and risk and best practices for straightforward predictable projects; and 3) Open Design, Cases and Exercises, enabling the reader to become familiar with the decision-oriented design tools of Open Design, and their application in practice.

 
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Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning

Urban Planning and Real Estate Development

Information Systems for Urban Planning

Urban Planning Theory Since 1945

Following the Second World War, modern systems of urban and regional planning were established in Britain and most other developed countries. In this book, Nigel Taylor describes the changes in planning thought which have taken place since then. He outlines the main theories of planning, from the traditional view of urban planning as an exercise in physical design, to the systems and rational process views of planning of the 1960s; from Marxist accounts of the role of planning in capitalist society in the 1970s, to theories about planning implementation, and more recent views of planning as a form of `communicative action'.

 
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Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning

Urban Planning and Real Estate Development

E-book: Planning and Urban Change (2nd Edition)

Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning

Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning offers a selection of the best urban planning scholarship from each of the world's planning scholarship communities. The papers presented illustrate the concerns and the discourse of planning scholarship

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Urban Planning and Real Estate Development

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Recent Advances in Design and Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning

Spatial Planning and Urban Development

Urban Planning and Real Estate Development

The twin processes of planning and property development are inextricably linked – it’s not possible to carry out a development strategy without an understanding of the planning process, and equally planners need to know how real estate developers do their job. This third edition of Urban Planning and Real Estate Development  guides students through the procedural and practical aspects of developing land from the point of view of both planner and developer. The planning system is explained, from the increasing emphasis on spatial planning at a regional level down to the detailed perspective of the development control process and the specialist requirements of historic buildings and conservation areas. At the same time the authors explain the entire development process from inception through appraisal, valuation and financing to completion and disposal. In recent years both planning and real estate development have had to become increasingly aware of their legal and moral obligations. Sustainability and corporate social responsibility and their impact on the planning and development processes are covered in detail. Written by a team of authors with many years of academic, professional and research experience, and illustrated throughout with practical case studies, Urban Planning and Real Estate Development is an invaluable textbook for real estate and planning students, and helps to meet the requirements of the RICS and RTPI Assessment of Professional Competence.

 
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Provides an accessible yet richly detailed account of the development of British urban planning, covering areas of ideas, policies and impacts.

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Recent Advances in Design and Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning

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Recent Advances in Design and Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning

The International conference on Design & Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning is organised bi-annually by the Eindhoven University of Technology. This volume contains a selection of papers from the seventh conference that was held at De Ruwenberg Castle in Sint-Michiels Gestel, The Netherlands, from 2 to 5 July, 2004. Traditionally, the DDSS conferences aim to be a platform for both starting and experienced researchers who focus on the development and application of computer support in the areas of urban planning and architectural design. This results in an interesting mix of well-established research projects and first explorations. It also leads to a very valuable cross-over of theories, methods, and technologies for support systems in the two different areas, architecture and urban planning. This volume contains 22 peer reviewed papers from this year's conference that are organised into five sections: Together, these papers provide an excellent overview of the latest results in research and development of design and decision support systems in architecture and urban planning.

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E-book: Urban Planning And Real Estate Development

This text brings together urban planning and real-estate development. It should be useful to students of real-estate studies, estate management, land management, land economy, and general practice surveying.

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Information Systems for Urban Planning

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.

 
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Planning for Protestantism in Urban America

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Planning for Protestantism in Urban America

A professional city-planner-turned-minister applies his experience to planning urban Protestant churches.

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Urban Planning and Cultural Inclusion

Belfast and Berlin are cities divided by tension and cultural conflict, and some kind of shared identity needs to be created. Urban planners can assist the process without turning the city into a hostile environment. This text explores the issue of cultural inclusion and the role of urban planning.

 
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