Dead end : suburban sprawl and the rebirth of American urbanism / / Benjamin Ross |
Autore | Ross Benjamin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.740973 |
Soggetto topico |
Suburbs - United States
Cities and towns - United States - Growth Urbanization - United States Traffic flow - United States Land use - United States - Planning |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-936016-2
0-19-026330-X 0-19-936015-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Dead End""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The Strange Birth of Suburbia""; ""2 Planners and Embalmers""; ""3 Government-Sponsored Sprawl""; ""4 Ticky-Tacky Boxes""; ""5 Jane Jacobs versus the Planners""; ""6 Saving the City""; ""7 The Age of the Nimby""; ""8 Spreading like Cancer""; ""9 The War of Greed against Snobbery""; ""10 A New Thirst for City Life""; ""11 Backlash from the Right""; ""12 The Language of Land Use""; ""13 Breaking New Ground""; ""14 The Politics of Smart Growth""; ""15 Democratic Urbanism""
""16 Affordable Housing in an Ownership Society""""17 On Track toward Livable Cities""; ""Afterword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458321703321 |
Ross Benjamin | ||
New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dead end : suburban sprawl and the rebirth of American urbanism / / Benjamin Ross |
Autore | Ross Benjamin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.740973 |
Soggetto topico |
Suburbs - United States
Cities and towns - United States - Growth Urbanization - United States Traffic flow - United States Land use - United States - Planning |
ISBN |
0-19-936016-2
0-19-026330-X 0-19-936015-4 |
Classificazione | SOC026030SOC015000HIS036010 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Dead End""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The Strange Birth of Suburbia""; ""2 Planners and Embalmers""; ""3 Government-Sponsored Sprawl""; ""4 Ticky-Tacky Boxes""; ""5 Jane Jacobs versus the Planners""; ""6 Saving the City""; ""7 The Age of the Nimby""; ""8 Spreading like Cancer""; ""9 The War of Greed against Snobbery""; ""10 A New Thirst for City Life""; ""11 Backlash from the Right""; ""12 The Language of Land Use""; ""13 Breaking New Ground""; ""14 The Politics of Smart Growth""; ""15 Democratic Urbanism""
""16 Affordable Housing in an Ownership Society""""17 On Track toward Livable Cities""; ""Afterword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790905203321 |
Ross Benjamin | ||
New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dead end : suburban sprawl and the rebirth of American urbanism / / Benjamin Ross |
Autore | Ross Benjamin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.740973 |
Soggetto topico |
Suburbs - United States
Cities and towns - United States - Growth Urbanization - United States Traffic flow - United States Land use - United States - Planning |
ISBN |
0-19-936016-2
0-19-026330-X 0-19-936015-4 |
Classificazione | SOC026030SOC015000HIS036010 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Dead End""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The Strange Birth of Suburbia""; ""2 Planners and Embalmers""; ""3 Government-Sponsored Sprawl""; ""4 Ticky-Tacky Boxes""; ""5 Jane Jacobs versus the Planners""; ""6 Saving the City""; ""7 The Age of the Nimby""; ""8 Spreading like Cancer""; ""9 The War of Greed against Snobbery""; ""10 A New Thirst for City Life""; ""11 Backlash from the Right""; ""12 The Language of Land Use""; ""13 Breaking New Ground""; ""14 The Politics of Smart Growth""; ""15 Democratic Urbanism""
""16 Affordable Housing in an Ownership Society""""17 On Track toward Livable Cities""; ""Afterword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823917503321 |
Ross Benjamin | ||
New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The philosophy of transhumanism : a critical analysis / / Benjamin Ross |
Autore | Ross Benjamin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, England : , : Emerald Publishing, , [2020] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (236 pages) |
Disciplina | 144 |
Soggetto topico | Transhumanism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-83982-622-3
1-83982-624-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480569503321 |
Ross Benjamin | ||
Bingley, England : , : Emerald Publishing, , [2020] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The philosophy of transhumanism : a critical analysis / / Benjamin Ross (University of North Texas, USA) |
Autore | Ross Benjamin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, England : , : Emerald Publishing, , [2020] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (236 pages) |
Disciplina | 144 |
Collana | Emerald points |
Soggetto topico |
Transhumanism - Philosophy
Philosophy, Mind & Body Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology |
ISBN |
1-83982-622-3
1-83982-624-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Redesigning humans -- Engaging with transhumanism -- Living "forever" : transhumanism and mortality -- "Unlimited" intelligence and well-being -- The role of the philosopher in transhumanism -- Transhumanism and Buddhist philosophy : two approaches to suffering -- Conclusion : Contesting and considering. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794142103321 |
Ross Benjamin | ||
Bingley, England : , : Emerald Publishing, , [2020] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The philosophy of transhumanism : a critical analysis / / Benjamin Ross (University of North Texas, USA) |
Autore | Ross Benjamin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, England : , : Emerald Publishing, , [2020] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (236 pages) |
Disciplina | 144 |
Collana | Emerald points |
Soggetto topico |
Transhumanism - Philosophy
Philosophy, Mind & Body Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology |
ISBN |
1-83982-622-3
1-83982-624-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Redesigning humans -- Engaging with transhumanism -- Living "forever" : transhumanism and mortality -- "Unlimited" intelligence and well-being -- The role of the philosopher in transhumanism -- Transhumanism and Buddhist philosophy : two approaches to suffering -- Conclusion : Contesting and considering. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813475303321 |
Ross Benjamin | ||
Bingley, England : , : Emerald Publishing, , [2020] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The polluters [[electronic resource] ] : the making of our chemically altered environment / / Benjamin Ross, Steven Amter |
Autore | Ross Benjamin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.7380973 |
Altri autori (Persone) | AmterSteven |
Soggetto topico |
Chemical industry - Environmental aspects - United States
Pollution - Environmental aspects - United States Pollutants |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-70281-5
9786612702815 0-19-975320-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; CHAPTER 1 The Sorcerer's Apprentices; PART I: Summoning the Spirits; PART II: Fetching a Flood; PART III: Holding Back the Deluge; Key to Archival Citations; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458815603321 |
Ross Benjamin | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The polluters [[electronic resource] ] : the making of our chemically altered environment / / Benjamin Ross, Steven Amter |
Autore | Ross Benjamin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | viii, 223 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 363.7380973 |
Altri autori (Persone) | AmterSteven |
Soggetto topico |
Chemical industry - Environmental aspects - United States
Pollution - Environmental aspects - United States Pollutants |
ISBN |
0-19-975320-2
0-19-975297-4 1-282-70281-5 9786612702815 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795862803321 |
Ross Benjamin | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The polluters : the making of our chemically altered environment / / Benjamin Ross, Steven Amter |
Autore | Ross Benjamin |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | viii, 223 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 363.7380973 |
Altri autori (Persone) | AmterSteven |
Soggetto topico |
Chemical industry - Environmental aspects - United States
Pollution - Environmental aspects - United States Pollutants |
ISBN |
0-19-975320-2
0-19-975297-4 1-282-70281-5 9786612702815 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1 The Sorcerer's Apprentices -- PART I: Summoning the Spirits -- CHAPTER 2 Pollution Goes to Washington -- CHAPTER 3 The Rise of the Chemical Industry -- CHAPTER 4 Royd Sayers' Service Bureau -- PART II: Fetching a Flood -- CHAPTER 5 The Miracle Bug-Killer -- CHAPTER 6 Wilhelm Hueper and Environmental Cancer -- CHAPTER 7 Bad Air in Los Angeles -- CHAPTER 8 Donora's Strangler Smog -- CHAPTER 9 A New Deal for Clean Water -- CHAPTER 10 Deregulating California's Water -- CHAPTER 11 The Stealth Pollutants -- PART III: Holding Back the Deluge -- CHAPTER 12 DuPont Tries to Clean Up -- CHAPTER 13 The Industry Responds -- CHAPTER 14 From Donora to Love Canal -- CHAPTER 15 Epilogue: Convenient Hopes and Inconvenient Truths -- Key to Archival Citations -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821363503321 |
Ross Benjamin | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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