1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452233303321

Autore

Fogelson Robert M

Titolo

Downtown [[electronic resource] ] : its rise and fall, 1880-1950 / / Robert M. Fogelson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2001

ISBN

9786611731571

1-281-73157-9

0-300-13340-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (506 p.)

Disciplina

307.3

Soggetti

Cities and towns - United States - History

Central business districts - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-474) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Business District: Downtown in the Late Nineteenth Century -- 2. Derailing the Subways: The Politics of Rapid Transit -- 3. The Sacred Skyline: The Battle over Height Limits -- 4. The Central Business District: Downtown in the 1920's -- 5. The Specter of Decentralization: Downtown During the Great Depression and World War II -- 6. Wishful Thinking: Downtown and the Automotive Revolution -- 7. Inventing Blight: Downtown and the Origins of Urban Redevelopment -- 8. Just Another Business District? Downtown in the Mid Twentieth Century -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Written by one of this country's foremost urban historians, Downtown is the first history of what was once viewed as the heart of the American city. It tells the fascinating story of how downtown-and the way Americans thought about downtown-changed over time. By showing how businessmen and property owners worked to promote the well-being of downtown, even at the expense of other parts of the city, it also gives a riveting account of spatial politics in urban America. Drawing on a wide array of contemporary sources, Robert M. Fogelson brings downtown to life, first as the business district, then as the



central business district, and finally as just another business district. His book vividly recreates the long-forgotten battles over subways and skyscrapers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. And it provides a fresh, often startling perspective on elevated highways, parking bans, urban redevelopment, and other controversial issues. This groundbreaking book will be a revelation to scholars, city planners, policymakers, and general readers interested in American cities and American history.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910346897403321

Autore

Krogmann Klaus

Titolo

Reconstruction of Software Component Architectures and Behaviour Models using Static and Dynamic Analysis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

KIT Scientific Publishing, 2012

ISBN

1000025617

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVII, 371 p. p.)

Collana

The Karlsruhe Series on Software Design and Quality / Ed. by Prof. Dr. Ralf Reussner

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Model-based performance prediction systematically deals with the evaluation of software performance to avoid for example bottlenecks, estimate execution environment sizing, or identify scalability limitations for new usage scenarios. Such performance predictions require up-to-date software performance models. This book describes a new integrated reverse engineering approach for the reconstruction of parameterised software performance models (software component architecture and behaviour).