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Titolo |
Cityedge [[electronic resource] ] : case studies in contemporary urbanism / / edited by Esther Charlesworth |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; Burlington, MA, : Architectural Press, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-41719-2 |
1-280-62918-5 |
9786610629183 |
0-08-045587-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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City planning |
Land use, Urban |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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City edges / Esther Charlesworth -- Remaking Beirut / Angus Gavin -- Barcelona revisited : transforming the city within the city / Joan Busquets -- Melbourne : back from the edge / Rob Adams -- Jerusalem : lessons from a shared city / Arie Rahamimoff -- Dublin, Sheffield, Manchester and Adelaide : cultural quarters as mechanisms for urban regeneration / John Montgomery -- From centre to periphery : the aesthetics of mobility / Francine Houben -- Rebuilding Kabul / Ajmal Maiwandi and Anthony Fontenot -- Belgrade : de(con)structing urbanity / Darko Radovic -- Reframing Johannesburg / Graeme Reid -- Megacities and the urban century : shrinking world, growing cities / Janice Perlman -- From Eastgate to CH2 : building on the energy watershed / Mick Pearce -- Curitiba and sustainability / Cassio Taniguchi -- Sustainability and metropolitan planning : Melbourne 2030 : a case study in governance and the mechanics of change / Stuart Niven and Cathy Wilkinson -- From New York to Darwinism : formulary for a sustainable urbanism / Michael Sorkin -- Beyond the city edge / John Fien. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This series of essays outlines a number of case studies from Europe, |
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North America, Australia and Asia and provides first hand accounts of the experiences that planners, architects and politicians have had in reshaping cities. These insights provide a pragmatic assessment of the challenges and constraints posed by changing patterns of urban growth in a broad spectrum of urban environments. The reader will discover, through these multiple voices and views, the diverse forms of global cities, and will have a grasp of where the debate on urban design stands today, and where it may be going in the |
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