Gridded Worlds: An Urban Anthology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Reuben Rose-Redwood, Liora Bigon |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVII, 293 p. 24 illus., 7 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 307.76 |
Soggetto topico |
Sociology, Urban
Cities and towns—History Human geography Urban Studies/Sociology Urban History Human Geography |
ISBN | 3-319-76490-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- 1: The Origin and Spread of the Grid-Pattern Town -- 2: Genealogies of the Grid: Revisiting Stanislawski’s Search for the Origin of the Grid-Pattern Town -- 3: The City Shaped: “The Grid and Politics” and “Laying Out the Grid” -- 4: Plan and Constitution—Aristotle’s Hippodamus: Towards an “Ostensive” Definition of Spatial Planning -- 5: Chinese Spatial Strategies: The Grid Plan as Ideology -- 6: Military Considerations and Colonial Town Planning: France and New France in the Seventeenth Century -- 7: From Diffusionism to the Production of Space: The Lébou Pènç and the Grid in the Urban History of Senegal -- 8: Indigenous Architecture and the Spanish-American Gridplan-Plaza in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean -- 9: Gridiron Cities and Checkerboard Towns -- 10: American Cities: The Grid Plan and the Protestant Ethic -- 11: The Grid as City Plan: New York City and Laissez-Faire Planning in the Nineteenth Century -- 12: The Dark Side of the Grid: Power and Urban Design -- 13: Gridded Lives: Why Kazakhstan and Montana Are Nearly the Same Place -- 14: Ladders: Urban Implosion -- 15: Urban Grids and Urban Imaginaries: City to Cyberspace, Cyberspace to City -- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300593403321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
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 genere / forma | Electronic books. |
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-9910463694503321 |
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
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-9910788510403321 |
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
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 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Growing smarter : achieving livable communities, environmental justice, and regional equity / / edited by Robert D. Bullard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (429 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.76 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BullardRobert D <1946-> (Robert Doyle) |
Collana |
Urban and industrial environments
Sustainable metropolitan communities books |
Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - United States - Growth
Sustainable development - United States Environmental justice - United States Social justice - United States Regional disparities - United States Minorities - Civil rights - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy
URBANISM/General |
ISBN |
1-282-09729-6
9786612097294 0-262-26953-8 1-4294-5787-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Smart Growth Meets Environmental Justice; 2 Race, Poverty, and Urban Sprawl: Access to Opportunities through Regional Strategies; 3 ?Quień es Maś Urbanista? Latinos and Smart Growth; 4 Sprawl and Civil Rights: A Mayor's Reflections; 5 Nashville: An Experience in Metropolitan Governance; 6 Smart Growth and the Legacy of Segregation in Richland County, South Carolina; 7 Food Justice and Health in Communities of Color; 8 Washed Away by Hurricane Katrina: Rebuilding a ''New'' New Orleans
9 Confronting Transportation Sprawl in Metro Atlanta10 Environmental Justice and Transportation Equity: A Review of MPOs; 11 Beyond Dirty Diesels: Clean and Just Transportation in Northern Manhattan; 12 Linking Transportation Equity and Environmental Justice with Smart Growth; 13 Building Regional Coalitions between Cities and Suburbs; 14 Smart Growth Tools for Revitalizing Environmentally Challenged Urban Communities; Afterword: Growing Smarter and Fairer; Contributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451469803321 |
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Growing smarter : achieving livable communities, environmental justice, and regional equity / / edited by Robert D. Bullard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (429 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.76 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BullardRobert D <1946-> (Robert Doyle) |
Collana |
Urban and industrial environments
Sustainable metropolitan communities books |
Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - United States - Growth
Sustainable development - United States Environmental justice - United States Social justice - United States Regional disparities - United States Minorities - Civil rights - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy
URBANISM/General |
ISBN |
1-282-09729-6
9786612097294 0-262-26953-8 1-4294-5787-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Smart Growth Meets Environmental Justice; 2 Race, Poverty, and Urban Sprawl: Access to Opportunities through Regional Strategies; 3 ?Quień es Maś Urbanista? Latinos and Smart Growth; 4 Sprawl and Civil Rights: A Mayor's Reflections; 5 Nashville: An Experience in Metropolitan Governance; 6 Smart Growth and the Legacy of Segregation in Richland County, South Carolina; 7 Food Justice and Health in Communities of Color; 8 Washed Away by Hurricane Katrina: Rebuilding a ''New'' New Orleans
9 Confronting Transportation Sprawl in Metro Atlanta10 Environmental Justice and Transportation Equity: A Review of MPOs; 11 Beyond Dirty Diesels: Clean and Just Transportation in Northern Manhattan; 12 Linking Transportation Equity and Environmental Justice with Smart Growth; 13 Building Regional Coalitions between Cities and Suburbs; 14 Smart Growth Tools for Revitalizing Environmentally Challenged Urban Communities; Afterword: Growing Smarter and Fairer; Contributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777872203321 |
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Growing smarter : achieving livable communities, environmental justice, and regional equity / / edited by Robert D. Bullard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (429 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.76 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BullardRobert D <1946-> (Robert Doyle) |
Collana |
Urban and industrial environments
Sustainable metropolitan communities books |
Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - United States - Growth
Sustainable development - United States Environmental justice - United States Social justice - United States Regional disparities - United States Minorities - Civil rights - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy
URBANISM/General |
ISBN |
1-282-09729-6
9786612097294 0-262-26953-8 1-4294-5787-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Smart Growth Meets Environmental Justice; 2 Race, Poverty, and Urban Sprawl: Access to Opportunities through Regional Strategies; 3 ?Quień es Maś Urbanista? Latinos and Smart Growth; 4 Sprawl and Civil Rights: A Mayor's Reflections; 5 Nashville: An Experience in Metropolitan Governance; 6 Smart Growth and the Legacy of Segregation in Richland County, South Carolina; 7 Food Justice and Health in Communities of Color; 8 Washed Away by Hurricane Katrina: Rebuilding a ''New'' New Orleans
9 Confronting Transportation Sprawl in Metro Atlanta10 Environmental Justice and Transportation Equity: A Review of MPOs; 11 Beyond Dirty Diesels: Clean and Just Transportation in Northern Manhattan; 12 Linking Transportation Equity and Environmental Justice with Smart Growth; 13 Building Regional Coalitions between Cities and Suburbs; 14 Smart Growth Tools for Revitalizing Environmentally Challenged Urban Communities; Afterword: Growing Smarter and Fairer; Contributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825559903321 |
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Grown in Delhi [[electronic resource] ] : A Political Ecology of Social Networks and Agency Among Yamuna Farmers / / by Jessica Ann Diehl |
Autore | Diehl Jessica Ann |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXIII, 276 p. 36 illus., 21 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 307.76 |
Collana | Cities and Nature |
Soggetto topico |
Urban policy
Agriculture Social justice Urban Policy Social Justice |
ISBN | 3-031-26380-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Part I: A Political Ecology Lens -- Chapter 1. Vulnerable, Yet Resilient -- Part Ii: Social Networks And Access To Resources -- Chapter 2. Urban Food System Concepts -- Part Iii: Solutions Without Resolution -- Chapter 3. Land, Knowledge, Strategies -- Postscript: Final Reflection -- References. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910682566203321 |
Diehl Jessica Ann | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Growth centres in the European urban system / Peter Hall, Dennis Hay |
Autore | HALL, Peter |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : University of California Press, c1980 |
Descrizione fisica | XXII, 278 p. : ill. ; 25 cm |
Disciplina | 307.76 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HAY, Denis |
Soggetto topico | Zone urbane |
ISBN | 0-520-04198-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISA-990005476330203316 |
HALL, Peter | ||
Berkeley : University of California Press, c1980 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Géographie des villes / Pierre Lavedan |
Autore | Lavedan, Pierre |
Edizione | [Nouv. éd.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Paris : Gallimard, 1959 |
Descrizione fisica | 341 p. : ill. ; 23 cm |
Disciplina | 307.76 |
Collana | Géographie humaine) (Nrf |
Soggetto topico | Città |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001816329707536 |
Lavedan, Pierre | ||
Paris : Gallimard, 1959 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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