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Autore: | Short Michael J. |
Titolo: | Planning for tall buildings / / Michael J. Short |
Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (235 p.) |
Disciplina: | 720.483 |
720/.483 | |
Soggetto topico: | City planning |
Tall buildings - Social aspects | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Front Cover; Planning for Tall Buildings; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables; Image credits; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The tall building typology; 2. The potential impacts of tall buildings; 3. The emergence of planning frameworks for tall buildings; 4. The conservation challenge of tall buildings; 5. Tall buildings in Liverpool: balancing conservation and change in the maritime mercantile city; 6. Tall buildings in Manchester: while Liverpool thinks, Manchester constructs; 7. Tall buildings in Birmingham: the new image of the city? |
8. "The blue, the green and the city in between": tensions between conservation and tall building development in Oslo9. Tall buildings in Dublin: property-led regeneration within an evolving conservation planning framework; 10. Tall buildings in Newcastle-upon-Tyne: reconciling the past with the present?; 11. Tall buildings in Vancouver: celebrating the "cult of the view"; 12. Conclusions; Notes; References; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | In a time of recession, the challenge of building and planning for tall buildings has become even more complex; the economics of development, legislative and planning frameworks, and the local politics of development must be navigated by those wishing to design and construct new tall buildings which fit within the fabric of their host cities.This book is a timely contribution to the debate about new tall buildings and their role and effect on our cities. It is divided into two main parts. In part one, the relationship between tall buildings and planning is outlined, followed by an e |
Titolo autorizzato: | Planning for tall buildings |
ISBN: | 1-283-84582-2 |
1-135-72112-2 | |
0-203-72087-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910462455003321 |
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