Urban Raptors [[electronic resource] ] : Ecology and Conservation of Birds of Prey in Cities / / edited by Clint Boal, Cheryl Dykstra |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 302 p. 44 illus.) |
Disciplina | 577.56 |
Soggetto topico |
Urban ecology (Biology)
Regional planning Urban planning Animal ecology Ecosystems Ecology |
ISBN |
1-61091-840-1
1-61091-841-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- PART I: Raptors in Urban Ecosystems -- Chapter 1. Urban Birds of Prey: A Lengthy History of Human–Raptor Cohabitation -- Chapter 2. City Lifestyles: Behavioral Ecology of Urban Raptors -- Chapter 3. Urban Raptor Communities: Why Some Raptors and Not Others Occupy Urban Environments -- Chapter 4. Demography of Raptor Populations in Urban Environments -- Chapter 5. Urbanization and Raptors: Trends and Research -- PART II: Urban Raptors -- Chapter 6. Mississippi Kites -- Chapter 7. Cooper’s Hawk: The Bold Backyard -- Chapter 8. Red-shouldered Hawk: Adaptable Denizen of the Suburbs -- Chapter 9. Harris’s Hawks: All in the Family -- Chapter 10. Barred Owls: A Nocturnal Generalist Thrives in Wooded, Suburban Habitats -- Chapter 11. Powerful Owls: Possum Assassins Move into Town -- Chapter 12. Burrowing Owls: Happy Urbanite or Disgruntled Tenant? -- Chapter 13. Peregrine Falcon: The Neighbors -- PART III: Conservation and Management -- Chapter 14. Raptor Mortality in Urban Landscapes -- Chapter 15. Raptor–Human Conflicts in Urban Settings -- Chapter 16. Raptors: Victims and Ambassadors—Raptor Rehabilitation, Education, and Outreach -- Chapter 17. Urban Raptor Case Studies: Lessons from Texas -- Chapter 18. Management and Conservation of Urban Raptors -- Chapter 19. Perspectives and Future Directions -- Contributors -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298430003321 |
Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Urban Resilience for Risk and Adaptation Governance [[electronic resource] ] : Theory and Practice / / edited by Grazia Brunetta, Ombretta Caldarice, Nicola Tollin, Marti Rosas-Casals, Jordi Morató |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VIII, 304 p. 83 illus., 42 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 710 |
Collana | Resilient Cities, Re-thinking Urban Transformation |
Soggetto topico |
Regional planning
Urban planning Industrial management—Environmental aspects Environmental management Climate change Environmental policy Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Sustainability Management Environmental Management Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Environmental Politics |
ISBN | 3-319-76944-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Concepts and definitions of risk and adaptation -- Disaster risk prevention and reduction -- Disaster recovery strategies and solutions -- Community based initiatives for urban risk management and adaptation -- Innovative methodological and technical solutions for risk management and adaptation -- Institutional frameworks and multi-level governance -- The integration of risk management in spatial planning. . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910337888403321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Urban Shrinkage, Industrial Renewal and Automotive Plants [[electronic resource] /] / by Andreas Luescher, Sujata Shetty |
Autore | Luescher Andreas |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (129 pages) |
Disciplina | 307.1216 |
Soggetto topico |
Sociology, Urban
Regional planning Urban planning Cultural geography Economic geography Urban Studies/Sociology Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Cultural Geography Economic Geography |
ISBN | 3-030-03380-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Automotive Production and its Relationship with the Built Environment -- 2. The Packard Plant a Failed American Model of Transformation -- 3: Strategies to Address Decommissioned Automotive Plants -- 4: Examining Transitions in Four Case Studies -- 5: The Future of Automotive Plants. . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910337701003321 |
Luescher Andreas | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Urban Street Stormwater Guide [[electronic resource] /] / by NACTO |
Autore | NACTO |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (Approx. 170 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Environment
Transportation Sustainable architecture Regional planning Urban planning Environment, general Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning |
ISBN | 1-61091-814-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254014603321 |
NACTO | ||
Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Urban Transportation Planning in the United States [[electronic resource] ] : History, Policy, and Practice / / by Edward Weiner |
Autore | Weiner Edward |
Edizione | [5th ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 442 p. 37 illus., 15 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 320.6 |
Soggetto topico |
Public policy
Transportation Regional planning Urban planning Public Policy Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning |
ISBN | 3-319-39975-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Introduction -- Early Highway Planning -- Roots of Urban Transportation Planning -- Launching the Interstate Highway Program -- Urban Transportation Planning Comes Of Age -- Improving Intergovernmental Coordination -- Rising Concern for the Environment and Citizen Involvement -- Beginnings of Multimodal Urban Transportation Planning -- Transition to Short Term Planning -- Emphasizing Urban Economic Revitalization -- Decentralization of Decision-making -- Promoting Private Sector Participation -- The Need for Strategic Planning -- The Growth of Sustainable Development -- Expanding Participatory -- Moving Towards Performance Based Planning -- Concern for Climate Change -- Era of Constrained Resources -- Infrastructure Resilience -- Challenge of Funding -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendices -- List of Abbreviations -- References. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910255325103321 |
Weiner Edward | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Urban visions [[electronic resource] ] : from planning culture to landscape urbanism / / edited by Carmen Díez Medina, Javier Monclús |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (371 pages) |
Disciplina | 307.1416 |
Soggetto topico |
Regional planning
Urban planning Cities and towns—History Sociology, Urban Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Urban History Urban Studies/Sociology |
ISBN | 3-319-59047-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part 1: Urban cultures and traditions -- Chapter 1. City beautiful and ‘Architectural Urbanism’ (1893-1940) (Javier Monclús) -- Chapter 2. Garden cities and garden suburbs (1898-1930) (Javier Monclús) -- Chapter 3. Social democracy and housing policies (1919-1934) (Carmen Díez Medina) -- Chapter 4. Modern urban planning and modernist urbanism (1930-1950) (Javier Monclús) -- Chapter 5. Urban planning and ideology: Spain and Italy (1945-1960) (Carmen Díez Medina) -- Chapter 6. Welfare planning and new towns (1945-1970s) (Alejandro Dean) -- Chapter 7. Modernist mass housing in Europe. Comparative perspectives in western and eastern cities (1950s-1970s) (Javier Monclús) -- Chapter 8. An experiment in freedom (1970-1975) (Raimundo Bambó) -- Part 2: Other urbanisms and urban projects -- Chapter 9. Other urbanisms (Javier Monclús) -- Chapter 10. Urban projects and megastructures: modernist campuses (Basilio Tobías) -- Chapter 11. New Paradigms and Strategic Urban Projects (Javier Monclús) -- Chapter 12. Urban renewal and urban regeneration (Javier Monclús) -- Chapter 13. Waterfronts and riverfronts. Recovery of urban waterfronts (Javier Monclús) -- Chapter 14. Housing experimental projects in the Netherlands (Sergio García-Pérez) -- Chapter 15. New housing projects in Latin European cities (Sergio García-Pérez) -- Chapter 16. Citizen participation. Urban development for and by the people (Pablo de la Cal) -- Part 3: New strategies and urban planning -- Chapter 17. Urban planning models and model cities (Javier Monclús) -- Chapter 18. Urban transport and technological urbanism (Javier Monclús) -- Chapter 19. New productive uses areas. Central business districts (CBD), business parks, technology parks and corporate cities (Andrés Fernández-Ges) -- Chapter 20. Innovative uses of ICT technologies in recent urban developments and urban planning (Andrés Fernández-Ges) -- Chapter 21. The rise of mixed-use urban developments and digital districts (Andrés Fernández-Ges) -- Chapter 22. Urban resilience. Towards a global sustainability (Pablo de la Cal) -- Chapter 23. Mapping urbanism, urban mapping (Raimundo Bambó) -- Chapter 24. Urban voids and ‘in-between’ landscapes (Raimundo Bambó) -- Part 4: Landscape urbanism -- Chapter 25. From urban planning to landscape urbanism (Javier Monclús) -- Chapter 26. From park systems and green belts to green infrastructures (Javier Monclús) -- Chapter 27. Landscape projects: Scale and place (Carlos Ávila) -- Chapter 28. New urban landscapes (Carlos Ávila) -- Chapter 29. Greenfield/Brownfield: Two sides of the same coin (Pablo de la Cal) -- Chapter 30. New landscapes perspectives for planning (Miriam García) -- Chapter 31. The intangible values of the landscape (Miriam García) -- Chapter 32. Urban agriculture. Towards a continuous productive spaces system in the city (Pablo de la Cal). |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299394903321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Urban Vulnerability and Climate Change in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : A Multidisciplinary Approach / / edited by Stephan Pauleit, Adrien Coly, Sandra Fohlmeister, Paolo Gasparini, Gertrud Jørgensen, Sigrun Kabisch, Wilbard J. Kombe, Sarah Lindley, Ingo Simonis, Kumelachew Yeshitela |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (411 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2091732 |
Collana | Future City |
Soggetto topico |
Applied ecology
Climate change Regional planning Urban planning Architecture Natural disasters Applied Ecology Climate Change Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Cities, Countries, Regions Natural Hazards |
ISBN | 3-319-03982-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Urbanisation and Climate Change in Africa: Setting the Scene -- 2. The Impacts of Climate Change on African Cities -- 3. Vulnerability of Built Environment to Flooding in African Cities -- 4. Green Infrastructure for Climate Adaptation in African Cities -- 5. Small Cities and Towns in Africa: Insights into Adaptation Challenges and Potentials -- 6. Assessing Social Vulnerability of Households and Communities in Flood Prone Urban Areas -- 7. Multi-Risk Assessment as a Tool for Decision-Making -- 8. USSDM - Urban Spatial Scenario Design Modelling -- 9. Multi-level Governance, Resilience to Flood Risks and Coproduction in Urban Africa -- 10. Towards Climate Change Resilient Cities in Africa - Initiating Adaptation in Dar es Salaam and Addis Ababa -- 11. Fostering Transformative Climate Adaptation and Mitigation in the African City: Opportunities and Constraints of Urban Planning -- 12. The Way Forward: Climate Resilient Cities for Africa’s Future -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299819803321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Urban Water Trajectories [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Sarah Bell, Adriana Allen, Pascale Hofmann, Tse-Hui Teh |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXI, 214 p. 23 illus., 14 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 910 |
Collana | Future City |
Soggetto topico |
Regional planning
Urban planning City planning Urban ecology (Biology) Environmental management Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Urbanism Urban Ecology Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management |
ISBN | 3-319-42686-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Dividing the Waters: Urban Growth, City Life and Water Management in Amsterdam 1100-2000 -- 2. TOXI-CITY: Protecting World-Class Drinking Water -- 3. Reading Urban Futures Through Their Blue Infrastructure: Wetland Networks In Bangalore and Madurai, India -- 4. Framing Sustainable Urban Water Management: a Critical Analysis of Theory and Practice -- 5. Water Reuse Trajectories -- 6. Unfolding Urban Geographies of Water-Related Vulnerability and Inequalities: Recognising Risks in Knowledge Building in Lima, Peru -- 7. Multi-layered Trajectories of Water and Sanitation Poverty in Dar es Salaam -- 8. Business Incentives and Models for Sanitation Entrepreneurs to Provide Services to the Urban Poor in Africa -- 9. Contesting and Co-producing the Right to Water in Peri-urban Cochabamba -- 10. Water Remunicipalisation: Between Pendulum Swings and Paradigm Advocacy -- 11. Past, Present and Future Urban Water: The Challenges in Creating More Beneficial Trajectories -- 12. Water and the (All Too Easy) Promised City: a Critique of Urban Water Governance -- 13. Moulding Citizenship: Urban Water and the (Dis)appearing Kampungs. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150366803321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Urban Wind Environment [[electronic resource] ] : Integrated Climate-Sensitive Planning and Design / / by Chao Yuan |
Autore | Yuan Chao |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (197 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 307.1216 |
Collana | SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology |
Soggetto topico |
Buildings—Design and construction
Building Construction Engineering, Architectural Regional planning Urban planning Fluid mechanics Computer-aided engineering Mechanics Mechanics, Applied Structural materials Building Construction and Design Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Engineering Fluid Dynamics Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design Solid Mechanics Structural Materials |
ISBN | 981-10-5451-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Methodology -- Wind Environment in Urban Planning -- Wind Environment in Mater Planning -- Wind Environment in Architectural Design -- Air Quality in Architectural Design and Urban Planning -- Integrated Implementation in Planning and Design. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299942403321 |
Yuan Chao | ||
Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Urbanisation, unlimited [[electronic resource] ] : A Thematic Journey / / by Johannes Fiedler |
Autore | Fiedler Johannes |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (180 p.) |
Disciplina |
307.1216
710 711.4 720 |
Soggetto topico |
Regional planning
Urban planning Architecture City planning Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Cities, Countries, Regions Urbanism |
ISBN | 3-319-03587-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Wild Urbanism -- Introduction and Acknowledgements -- Abstraction -- Brazilianisation -- Convergence -- Dispersion -- Expansion -- Gentrification -- Hegemony -- Modernisation -- Privatisation -- Regulation -- Segregation -- Urban Space -- Vitality -- Afterword -- References. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298371803321 |
Fiedler Johannes | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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