| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910449761003321 |
|
|
Autore |
Sim David (Creative director) |
|
|
Titolo |
Soft city : building density for everyday life / / David Sim, Jan Gehl |
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Washington, District of Columbia ; ; London, England : , : Island Press, , [2019] |
|
©2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Urban density |
Land use, Urban |
City planning |
Electronic books. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
"Imagine waking up to the gentle noises of the city, and moving through your day with complete confidence that you will get where you need to go quickly and efficiently. Soft City is about ease and comfort, where density has a human dimension, adapting to our ever-changing needs, nurturing relationships, and accommodating the pleasures of everyday life. How do we move from the current reality in most cites--separated uses and lengthy commutes in single-occupancy vehicles that drain human, environmental, and community resources--to support a soft city approach? In Soft City David Sim, partner and creative director at Gehl, shows how this is possible, presenting ideas and graphic examples from around the globe. He draws from his vast design experience to make a case for a dense and diverse built environment at a human scale, which he presents through a series of observations of older and newer places, and a range of simple built phenomena, some traditional and some totally new inventions. Sim shows that increasing density is not enough. The soft city must consider the organization and layout of the built environment for more fluid movement and comfort, a diversity of building types, and |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
thoughtful design to ensure a sustainable urban environment and society. Soft City begins with the big ideas of happiness and quality of life, and then shows how they are tied to the way we live. The heart of the book is highly visual and shows the building blocks for neighborhoods: building types and their organization and orientation; how we can get along as we get around a city; and living with the weather. As every citizen deals with the reality of a changing climate, Soft City explores how the built environment can adapt and respond. Soft City offers inspiration, ideas, and guidance for anyone interested in city building. Sim shows how to make any city more efficient, more livable, and better connected to the environment"-- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910141822203321 |
|
|
Autore |
Anderson Kym |
|
|
Titolo |
The building of economics at Adelaide, 1901-2001 / / Kym Anderson and Bernard O'Neill [[electronic resource]] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Adelaide : , : The University of Adelaide Press, , 2009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (xiii, 244 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
Reprints collection. Economics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Economics - Study and teaching (Higher) - Australia - Adelaide (S.A.) - History |
Economists - Australia - South Australia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-49) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
A chronology of the building of Economics at Adelaide -- Chapter 1. Birth and adolescence. 1901-1949 -- Chapter 2. Growth and adaptation, 1050-2001 -- Chapter 3. Prspects for the next century. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
The Economics discipline at the University of Adelaide has a distinguished 100 year history of which the University and the State of South Australia can be proud. Very few other departments, of any discipline in Australian universities, could claim to have a majority of its lecturer appointments rising to full Professor status over a period as long as 1901 to 1995. Nor would many other university departments be |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
able to say they have had five of their graduates win Rhodes Scholarships in the past 12 years. |
|
|
|
|
|
| |