1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785493303321

Autore

More Charles

Titolo

Black gold [[electronic resource] ] : Britain and oil in the twentieth century / / Charles More

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum, 2009

ISBN

1-282-87593-0

9786612875939

1-4411-7477-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

338.272820904

Soggetti

Petroleum industry and trade - History - 20th century

Petroleum industry and trade - Political aspects

Petroleum industry and trade - Great Britain - History - 20th century

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Coming of Age: Oil 1900-18; 2 The World of Oil 1918-39; 3 Kerosene Lamps and Petrol Pumps: The British People and Oil 1900-39; 4 Britain, Oil and the Second World War; 5 The World of Oil 1945-73; 6 Age of Optimism: The British People and Oil 1945-73; 7 Crisis: Oil in the 1970's; 8 The North Sea; 9 Age of Uncertainty: Oil After the Oil Crisis 1980-2000; 10 Conclusion; Notes; Sources and Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book tells the story of the raw material which shaped the twentieth century - and with it the destiny and development of modern Britain. From the first explorations, through oil-fueled conflicts and the crises of the 1970's that convulsed the petroleum-guzzling nations of the developed world, this book examines the political, strategic, economic and social importance of oil.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780962103321

Autore

Veen Menno van der <1979->

Titolo

Contracting for better places [[electronic resource] ] : a relational analysis of development agreements in urban development projects / / Menno van der Veen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : IOS Press

Delft, : Delft University of Technology, c2009

ISBN

6612454512

1-282-45451-X

9786612454516

1-60750-429-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (397 p.)

Collana

Sustainable Urban Areas, v. 26

Disciplina

307.1416

Soggetti

City planning

Urban renewal

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. 333-350).

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Urban development projects and the problem of comparing contracts; Relational contract theory; Development agreements; Case study Battery Park City, New York. Plot 16/17 (The River House) and 18b (The Verdesian) in Battery Park City's North Residential Neighbourhood; Case Study Hudson Yards, New York. No. 7 subway extension; Case Study Amsterdam Zuidas. The Gershwin and Mahler4 projects; King's Cross Regent Quarter, London. The Main Site; Comparative analysis of the cases on the basis of relational contract theory

Conclusion:reflections on development agreementsReferences; Appendix A Examples of questions put to interviewees in case studies; Appendix B Case interviews; Appendix C Questions used as a basis for study of the written agreements; Summary; Samenvatting; Curriculum Vitae

Sommario/riassunto

Large-scale urban development projects aim to create better places in underused or deteriorated areas. For their realization, cooperation between planning authorities and market parties is indispensable. This



book focuses on the development agreements that these parties close. It is suitable for academics as well as practitioners.