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Growing greener cities [[electronic resource] ] : urban sustainability in the twenty-first century / / edited by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter
Growing greener cities [[electronic resource] ] : urban sustainability in the twenty-first century / / edited by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (421 p.)
Disciplina 307.76
Altri autori (Persone) BirchEugenie Ladner
WachterSusan M
Collana The city in the twenty-first century
Soggetto topico Urban ecology (Sociology)
City planning - Environmental aspects
Urban beautification - Environmental aspects
Soggetto non controllato Architecture
Fine Art
Garden History
Political Science
Public Policy
Urban Studies
ISBN 1-283-89039-9
0-8122-0409-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Preface: common ground, common good / Amy Gutmann -- Introduction: urban greening and the green city ideal / Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter -- Greening at every scale: nation to roof tops -- Taking the initiative: why cities are greening now / Tom Daniels -- Growing greener regions / Robert D. Yaro and David M. Kooris -- The inter-regional dimension: the greening of London and the wider South East / Robin Thompson -- Greening cities: a public realm approach / Alexander Garvin -- Growing greener, New York style / Rachel Weinberger -- Greener homes, greener cities: expanding affordable housing and strengthening cities through sustainable residential development / Stockton Williams and Dana L. Bourland -- Getting greening done -- Urban stream restoration: recovering ecological services in degraded watersheds / Rutherford H. Platt ... [et al.] -- The role of citizen activists in urban infrastructure development / Paul R. Brown -- Blue-green practices: why they work and why they have been so difficult to implement through public policy / Charlie Miller -- The roots of the urban greening movement / Victor Rubin -- Leveraging media for social change / Harry Wiland and Dale Bell -- Transformation through greening / J. Blaine Bonham, Jr., and Patricia L. Smith -- Community development finance and the green city / Jeremy Nowak -- Growing edible cities / Domenic Vitiello -- Measuring urban greening -- Ecosystem services and the green city / Dennis D. Hirsch -- Metro nature: its functions, benefits, and values / Kathleen L. Wolf -- Green investment strategies: how they matter for urban neighborhoods / Susan M. Wachter, Kevin C. Gillen, and Carolyn R. Brown -- Measuring the economic impacts of greening: the center for neighborhood technology green values calculator / Julia Kennedy, Peter Haas, and Bill Eyring -- What makes today's green city? / Warren Karlenzig -- Afterword / Neal Peirce -- List of contributors.
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008
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Growing greener cities [[electronic resource] ] : urban sustainability in the twenty-first century / / edited by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter
Growing greener cities [[electronic resource] ] : urban sustainability in the twenty-first century / / edited by Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (421 p.)
Disciplina 307.76
Altri autori (Persone) BirchEugenie Ladner
WachterSusan M
Collana The city in the twenty-first century
Soggetto topico Urban ecology (Sociology)
City planning - Environmental aspects
Urban beautification - Environmental aspects
Soggetto non controllato Architecture
Fine Art
Garden History
Political Science
Public Policy
Urban Studies
ISBN 1-283-89039-9
0-8122-0409-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Preface: common ground, common good / Amy Gutmann -- Introduction: urban greening and the green city ideal / Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter -- Greening at every scale: nation to roof tops -- Taking the initiative: why cities are greening now / Tom Daniels -- Growing greener regions / Robert D. Yaro and David M. Kooris -- The inter-regional dimension: the greening of London and the wider South East / Robin Thompson -- Greening cities: a public realm approach / Alexander Garvin -- Growing greener, New York style / Rachel Weinberger -- Greener homes, greener cities: expanding affordable housing and strengthening cities through sustainable residential development / Stockton Williams and Dana L. Bourland -- Getting greening done -- Urban stream restoration: recovering ecological services in degraded watersheds / Rutherford H. Platt ... [et al.] -- The role of citizen activists in urban infrastructure development / Paul R. Brown -- Blue-green practices: why they work and why they have been so difficult to implement through public policy / Charlie Miller -- The roots of the urban greening movement / Victor Rubin -- Leveraging media for social change / Harry Wiland and Dale Bell -- Transformation through greening / J. Blaine Bonham, Jr., and Patricia L. Smith -- Community development finance and the green city / Jeremy Nowak -- Growing edible cities / Domenic Vitiello -- Measuring urban greening -- Ecosystem services and the green city / Dennis D. Hirsch -- Metro nature: its functions, benefits, and values / Kathleen L. Wolf -- Green investment strategies: how they matter for urban neighborhoods / Susan M. Wachter, Kevin C. Gillen, and Carolyn R. Brown -- Measuring the economic impacts of greening: the center for neighborhood technology green values calculator / Julia Kennedy, Peter Haas, and Bill Eyring -- What makes today's green city? / Warren Karlenzig -- Afterword / Neal Peirce -- List of contributors.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910820900103321
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008
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Haunted visions [[electronic resource] ] : spiritualism and American art / / Charles Colbert
Haunted visions [[electronic resource] ] : spiritualism and American art / / Charles Colbert
Autore Colbert Charles <1946->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (ix, 319 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 701/.08
Collana The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America
Soggetto topico Art, American - 19th century
Spiritualism - United States - History
Spiritualism in art
Soggetto non controllato American History
American Studies
Architecture
Fine Art
Garden History
ISBN 1-283-89791-1
0-8122-0499-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto The History and Teachings of Spiritualism -- Who Speaks for the Dead? -- Reenchanting America -- Revelations by Daylight -- Ghostly Gloamings -- Land of Promise -- Romantic Conjurations -- The Critic as Psychic -- Lessons in Clairvoyance.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910788582903321
Colbert Charles <1946->  
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011
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Haunted visions [[electronic resource] ] : spiritualism and American art / / Charles Colbert
Haunted visions [[electronic resource] ] : spiritualism and American art / / Charles Colbert
Autore Colbert Charles <1946->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (ix, 319 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 701/.08
Collana The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America
Soggetto topico Art, American - 19th century
Spiritualism - United States - History
Spiritualism in art
Soggetto non controllato American History
American Studies
Architecture
Fine Art
Garden History
ISBN 1-283-89791-1
0-8122-0499-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto The History and Teachings of Spiritualism -- Who Speaks for the Dead? -- Reenchanting America -- Revelations by Daylight -- Ghostly Gloamings -- Land of Promise -- Romantic Conjurations -- The Critic as Psychic -- Lessons in Clairvoyance.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910821885003321
Colbert Charles <1946->  
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011
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Ideas of Chinese gardens : Western accounts, 1300-1860 / / edited by Bianca Maria Rinaldi
Ideas of Chinese gardens : Western accounts, 1300-1860 / / edited by Bianca Maria Rinaldi
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (385 p.)
Disciplina 712/.60951
Collana Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture
Soggetto topico Gardens, Chinese - China - History
Gardens - China - History
Landscape architecture - China - History
Aesthetics, Oriental
Voyages and travels - History
Travelers' writings - History
Soggetto non controllato African Studies
Architecture
Asian Studies
Cultural Studies
Fine Art
Garden History
Literature
Middle Eastern Studies
ISBN 0-8122-9208-1
Classificazione LO 89425
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Marco Polo (c. 1254–1324) -- Chapter 2. Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) -- Chapter 3. Álvaro Semedo (1585/1586–1658) -- Chapter 4. Johannes Nieuhof (1618–72) -- Chapter 5. Jean-François Gerbillon (1654–1707) -- Chapter 6. Louis Le Comte (1655–1728) -- Chapter 7. Jean-François Gerbillon (1654–1707) -- Chapter 8. Matteo Ripa (1682–1746) -- Chapter 9. Jean-Denis Attiret (1702–68) -- Chapter 10. William Chambers (1723–96) -- Chapter 11. Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718–93) -- Chapter 12. John Bell (1691–1763) -- Chapter 13. Michel Benoist (1715–74) -- Chapter 14. François Bourgeois (1723–92) -- Chapter 15. Carl Gustav Ekeberg (1716–84) -- Chapter 16. Pierre-Martial Cibot (1727–80) -- Chapter 17. Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718–93) or Pierre-Martial Cibot (1727–80) -- Chapter 18. Pierre-Martial Cibot (1727–80) -- Chapter 19. Pierre-Martial Cibot (1727–80) -- Chapter 20. George Leonard Staunton (1737–1801) -- Chapter 21. André Everard van Braam Houckgeest (1739–1801) -- Chapter 22. John Barrow (1764–1848) -- Chapter 23. George Macartney (1737–1806) -- Chapter 24. Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de Guignes (1759–1845) -- Chapter 25. Félix Renouard de Sainte-Croix (1767–1840) -- Chapter 26. Peter Dobell (1772–1852) -- Chapter 27. James Main (c. 1765–1846) -- Chapter 28. John Francis Davis (1795–1890) -- Chapter 29. Robert Fortune (1813–80) -- Chapter 30. Osmond Tiffany, Jr. (1823–95) -- Chapter 31. Henry Charles Sirr (1807–72) -- Chapter 32. Robert Fortune (1813–80) -- Chapter 33. Charles Taylor (1819–97) -- Chapter 34. Robert Swinhoe (1836–77) -- Chapter 35. Garnet Joseph Wolseley (1833–1913) -- Appendix. William Chambers (1723–96) -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Record Nr. UNINA-9910797714403321
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2016
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Ideas of Chinese gardens : Western accounts, 1300-1860 / / edited by Bianca Maria Rinaldi
Ideas of Chinese gardens : Western accounts, 1300-1860 / / edited by Bianca Maria Rinaldi
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (385 p.)
Disciplina 712/.60951
Collana Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture
Soggetto topico Gardens, Chinese - China - History
Gardens - China - History
Landscape architecture - China - History
Aesthetics, Oriental
Voyages and travels - History
Travelers' writings - History
Soggetto non controllato African Studies
Architecture
Asian Studies
Cultural Studies
Fine Art
Garden History
Literature
Middle Eastern Studies
ISBN 0-8122-9208-1
Classificazione LO 89425
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Marco Polo (c. 1254–1324) -- Chapter 2. Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) -- Chapter 3. Álvaro Semedo (1585/1586–1658) -- Chapter 4. Johannes Nieuhof (1618–72) -- Chapter 5. Jean-François Gerbillon (1654–1707) -- Chapter 6. Louis Le Comte (1655–1728) -- Chapter 7. Jean-François Gerbillon (1654–1707) -- Chapter 8. Matteo Ripa (1682–1746) -- Chapter 9. Jean-Denis Attiret (1702–68) -- Chapter 10. William Chambers (1723–96) -- Chapter 11. Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718–93) -- Chapter 12. John Bell (1691–1763) -- Chapter 13. Michel Benoist (1715–74) -- Chapter 14. François Bourgeois (1723–92) -- Chapter 15. Carl Gustav Ekeberg (1716–84) -- Chapter 16. Pierre-Martial Cibot (1727–80) -- Chapter 17. Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718–93) or Pierre-Martial Cibot (1727–80) -- Chapter 18. Pierre-Martial Cibot (1727–80) -- Chapter 19. Pierre-Martial Cibot (1727–80) -- Chapter 20. George Leonard Staunton (1737–1801) -- Chapter 21. André Everard van Braam Houckgeest (1739–1801) -- Chapter 22. John Barrow (1764–1848) -- Chapter 23. George Macartney (1737–1806) -- Chapter 24. Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de Guignes (1759–1845) -- Chapter 25. Félix Renouard de Sainte-Croix (1767–1840) -- Chapter 26. Peter Dobell (1772–1852) -- Chapter 27. James Main (c. 1765–1846) -- Chapter 28. John Francis Davis (1795–1890) -- Chapter 29. Robert Fortune (1813–80) -- Chapter 30. Osmond Tiffany, Jr. (1823–95) -- Chapter 31. Henry Charles Sirr (1807–72) -- Chapter 32. Robert Fortune (1813–80) -- Chapter 33. Charles Taylor (1819–97) -- Chapter 34. Robert Swinhoe (1836–77) -- Chapter 35. Garnet Joseph Wolseley (1833–1913) -- Appendix. William Chambers (1723–96) -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Record Nr. UNINA-9910825498403321
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2016
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Islamic gardens and landscapes [[electronic resource] /] / D. Fairchild Ruggles
Islamic gardens and landscapes [[electronic resource] /] / D. Fairchild Ruggles
Autore Ruggles D. Fairchild
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (291 p.)
Disciplina 712.0917/67
Collana Penn studies in landscape architecture
Soggetto topico Islamic gardens
Gardens, Persian
Soggetto non controllato Architecture
Cultural Studies
Fine Art
Garden History
ISBN 1-283-89038-0
0-8122-0728-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Islamic Landscape -- 2. Making the Desert Bloom -- 3. The Science of Gardening -- 4. Organizing the Earth -- 5. Trees and Plants -- 6. Representations of Gardens and Landscape -- 7. Imaginary Gardens -- 8. The Garden as Paradise -- 9. The Here and Hereafter -- 10. A Garden in Landscape -- 11. Religion and Culture -- List of Gardens and Sites -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Record Nr. UNINA-9910788514703321
Ruggles D. Fairchild  
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008
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Islamic gardens and landscapes [[electronic resource] /] / D. Fairchild Ruggles
Islamic gardens and landscapes [[electronic resource] /] / D. Fairchild Ruggles
Autore Ruggles D. Fairchild
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (291 p.)
Disciplina 712.0917/67
Collana Penn studies in landscape architecture
Soggetto topico Islamic gardens
Gardens, Persian
Soggetto non controllato Architecture
Cultural Studies
Fine Art
Garden History
ISBN 1-283-89038-0
0-8122-0728-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Islamic Landscape -- 2. Making the Desert Bloom -- 3. The Science of Gardening -- 4. Organizing the Earth -- 5. Trees and Plants -- 6. Representations of Gardens and Landscape -- 7. Imaginary Gardens -- 8. The Garden as Paradise -- 9. The Here and Hereafter -- 10. A Garden in Landscape -- 11. Religion and Culture -- List of Gardens and Sites -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Record Nr. UNINA-9910820604803321
Ruggles D. Fairchild  
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008
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Judaism and Christian art [[electronic resource] ] : aesthetic anxieties from the catacombs to colonialism / / edited by Herbert L. Kessler and David Nirenberg
Judaism and Christian art [[electronic resource] ] : aesthetic anxieties from the catacombs to colonialism / / edited by Herbert L. Kessler and David Nirenberg
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (456 p.)
Disciplina 704.9/482
Altri autori (Persone) KesslerHerbert L. <1941->
NirenbergDavid <1964->
Soggetto topico Christian art and symbolism - Europe
Judaism in art
Art, European - Themes, motives
Soggetto non controllato Architecture
Fine Art
Garden History
Jewish Studies
Religion
ISBN 1-283-89892-6
0-8122-0836-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction / Nirenberg, David -- Chapter 1. ''Pharaoh's Army Got Drownded'': Some Reflections on Jewish and Roman Genealogies in Early Christian Art / Elsner, Jaś -- Chapter 2. Unfeigned Witness: Jews, Matter, and Vision in Twelfth-Century Christian Art / Lipton, Sara -- Chapter 3. Shaded with Dust: Jewish Eyes on Christian Art / Kessler, Herbert L. -- Chapter 4. Iudeus sacer: Life, Law, and Identity in the ''State of Exception'' Called ''Marian Miracle'' / Prado-Vilar, Francisco -- Chapter 5. Abraham Circumcises Himself: A Scene at the Endgame of Jewish Utility to Christian Art / Kupfer, Marcia -- Chapter 6. Frau Venus, the Eucharist, and the Jews of Landshut / Timmermann, Achim -- Chapter 7. Jewish Carnality, Christian Guilt, and Eucharistic Peril in the Rotterdam-Berlin Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament -- Chapter 8. The Ghetto and the Gaze in Early Modern Venice / Katz, Dana E. -- Chapter 9. Through a Glass Darkly: Paths to Salvation in Spanish Painting at the Outset of the Inquisition / Pereda, Felipe -- Chapter 10. Renaissance Naturalism and the Jewish Bible: Ferrara, Brescia, Bergamo, 1520-1540 / Campbell, Stephen J. -- Chapter 11. Poussin's Useless Treasures / Neer, Richard -- Chapter 12. Eugène Delacroix's Jewish Wedding and the Medium of Painting / Ubl, Ralph -- Chapter 13. The Judaism of Christian Art -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Record Nr. UNINA-9910779476603321
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011
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Judaism and Christian art [[electronic resource] ] : aesthetic anxieties from the catacombs to colonialism / / edited by Herbert L. Kessler and David Nirenberg
Judaism and Christian art [[electronic resource] ] : aesthetic anxieties from the catacombs to colonialism / / edited by Herbert L. Kessler and David Nirenberg
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (456 p.)
Disciplina 704.9/482
Altri autori (Persone) KesslerHerbert L. <1941->
NirenbergDavid <1964->
Soggetto topico Christian art and symbolism - Europe
Judaism in art
Art, European - Themes, motives
Soggetto non controllato Architecture
Fine Art
Garden History
Jewish Studies
Religion
ISBN 1-283-89892-6
0-8122-0836-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction / Nirenberg, David -- Chapter 1. ''Pharaoh's Army Got Drownded'': Some Reflections on Jewish and Roman Genealogies in Early Christian Art / Elsner, Jaś -- Chapter 2. Unfeigned Witness: Jews, Matter, and Vision in Twelfth-Century Christian Art / Lipton, Sara -- Chapter 3. Shaded with Dust: Jewish Eyes on Christian Art / Kessler, Herbert L. -- Chapter 4. Iudeus sacer: Life, Law, and Identity in the ''State of Exception'' Called ''Marian Miracle'' / Prado-Vilar, Francisco -- Chapter 5. Abraham Circumcises Himself: A Scene at the Endgame of Jewish Utility to Christian Art / Kupfer, Marcia -- Chapter 6. Frau Venus, the Eucharist, and the Jews of Landshut / Timmermann, Achim -- Chapter 7. Jewish Carnality, Christian Guilt, and Eucharistic Peril in the Rotterdam-Berlin Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament -- Chapter 8. The Ghetto and the Gaze in Early Modern Venice / Katz, Dana E. -- Chapter 9. Through a Glass Darkly: Paths to Salvation in Spanish Painting at the Outset of the Inquisition / Pereda, Felipe -- Chapter 10. Renaissance Naturalism and the Jewish Bible: Ferrara, Brescia, Bergamo, 1520-1540 / Campbell, Stephen J. -- Chapter 11. Poussin's Useless Treasures / Neer, Richard -- Chapter 12. Eugène Delacroix's Jewish Wedding and the Medium of Painting / Ubl, Ralph -- Chapter 13. The Judaism of Christian Art -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Record Nr. UNINA-9910813053303321
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011
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