Author: Muriel EmanuelPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 134904184X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 935
Book Description
Contemporary Architects
Author: Muriel EmanuelPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 134904184X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 935
Book Description
Steering Sustainability in an Urbanising World
Author: Dr Anitra NelsonPublisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1409487644
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Sustainability has become the key challenge for urban planners, housing and infrastructure policy makers. Citizens are increasingly encouraged to live more compactly; in denser urban developments, to use less water and other natural resources and to choose public transport. While councils, government agencies and private business invest in a broad range of promotions offering discounts on sustainable products and services, uptake has been slow and the impacts marginal at a time when environmental stresses suggest that we must act fast. This book examines this pressing problem in a holistic way, discussing broad-scale sustainability policies and programmes for achieving sustainable urban futures. It brings together academics and practitioners to analyze the complexity and interdependence of principles, models, processes and practices of sustainability in a range of integrated sectors as well as the establishment and maintenance of sustainable physical infrastructure in cities.
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1412
Book Description
Publication
Author: Handbook of Sports and Recreational Building Design: Ice rinks and swimming pools
Author: Geraint JohnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Physical education facilities
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Research in Education
Author: Re-Framing Urban Space
Author: Im Sik ChoPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317533070
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Re-framing Urban Space: Urban Design for Emerging Hybrid and High-Density Conditions rethinks the role and meaning of urban spaces through current trends and challenges in urban development. In emerging dense, hybrid, complex and dynamic urban conditions, public urban space is not only a precious and contested commodity, but also one of the key vehicles for achieving socially, environmentally and economically sustainable urban living. Past research has been predominantly focused on familiar models of urban space, such as squares, plazas, streets, parks and arcades, without consistent and clear rules on what constitutes good urban space, let alone what constitutes good urban space in ‘high-density context’. Through an innovative and integrative research framework, Re-Framing Urban Space guides the assessment, planning, design and re-design of urban spaces at various stages of the decision-making process, facilitating an understanding of how enduring qualities are expressed and negotiated through design measures in high-density urban environments. This book explores over 50 best practice case studies of recent urban design projects in high-density contexts, including Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo, New York, and Rotterdam. Visually compelling and insightful, Re-Framing Urban Space provides a comprehensive and accessible means to understand the critical properties that shape new urban spaces, illustrating key design components and principles. An invaluable guide to the stages of urban design, planning, policy and decision making, this book is essential reading for urban design and planning professionals, academics and students interested in public spaces within high-density urban development.
Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Recreation Site Planning and Improvement in National Forests, 1891-1942
Author: William C. TweedPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Schools as Community Hubs
Author: Benjamin ClevelandPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811999724
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
This open access book brings together research on the planning, design, governance and management of schools as community hubs—places that support the development of better-connected, more highly integrated, and more resilient communities with education at the centre. It explores opportunities and difficulties associated with bringing schools and communities closer together, with a focus on the facilities needed to accommodate shared experiences that generate social capital and deliver reciprocal benefits. This book discusses the expanded roles of schools, and investigates how schools may offer more to their communities—historically, currently and into the future—with respect to the role of the built environment in situating community activities and services. Organised around four sections, it showcases important areas of development in the field via an interdisciplinary approach, which weaves together empirical research with theoretical insights and practical examples. This book not only highlights the challenges associated with the development of schools as community hubs but offers evidence-based insights into how to overcome such hurdles to develop community-facing schools into the future.