City & Town Planning – Architectural Aspects

New York Unbound is a critical examination of the problems and prospects of New York City as it approaches the twenty-first century and a call to a...

Always the focal point in modern times for momentous political, social and cultural upheaval, Berlin has continued, since the fall of the Wall in 1...

This important work brings together a range of perspectives in contemporary urban analysis. The field of urban analysis is characterized by the mul...

Examining Chicago as a model for urban economic development in the post–World War II era, Joel Rast challenges the conventional belief that structu...

Every New York City tour bus stops at Strawberry Fields; countless movies have been filmed at Bethesda Terrace; and concerts from the Great Lawn ar...

This book provides a thorough analysis of cities and the entire metropolitan region, considering how both are intrinsically linked and influence on...

Here is a book about the practical design of communities and housing in which people can enjoy a good quality of life, free from crime and fear of ...

This collection of twenty-one essays, written by colleagues and former students of the architectural historian Spiro Kostof (1936-1991), presents c...

In an era of the globalization of finance, production and distribution networks, cities have become increasingly competitive. The business environm...

THE LIVING CITY "An intelligent analysis. Sensible, undoctrinaire, evengood-humored. An appealing mixture of passion and clinicaldispassion." -Was...

The problem of "lost space," or the inadequate use of space, afflicts most urban centers today. The automobile, the effects of the Modern Movement ...

A state-of-the-art approach to urban travel demand modeling Currently used travel forecasting methodology was developed almostthree decades ago, p...

"A love song for the city . . . [this] volume, attractivelypackaged and richly illustrated, is really a cookbook for downtownrevitalization." --Wal...

The only how-to guide to community design written from the design professional's perspective. In this groundbreaking guide to the increasingly impo...

Current trends in transport, particularly the rise in CO_2 emissions, indicate that major changes in technology, public policy and individual behav...

More comprehensive than any other book on this topic, Los Angeles and the Automobile places the evolution of Los Angeles within the context of Amer...

An analysis of the pedestrian malls built during the urban renewal period of the 60's and 70's, and of new urban open space designs. Explores the t...

"Placemaking is the way in which all human beings transform theplaces they find themselves into the places where they live." In this groundbreakin...

The last fifty years have seen dramatic changes in towns and cities. People have moved out of central urban areas, retailing has moved out of towns...

Emulation is a challenging middle ground between imitation and invention. The idea of rivaling by means of imitation, as old as the Aenead and as m...

If architectural judgment were a city, a city of ideas and forms, then it is a very imperfect city. When architects judge the success or failure of...

From the firm that produced The Urban Design Handbook comes a practical guide to developing and using pattern books-a tradition stretching back to ...

Providing essential knowledge about the British capital’s built environment, these two volumes cover a large portion of the parish of St. Marylebon...

As the first inclusive study of how women have shaped the modern Indian built environment from the independence struggle until today, this book rev...

This book provides a detailed exploration of the relationships between individual architects, educators, artists and designers that laid the founda...

Drawing is an important means to analyse information and develop rigorous arguments both conceptually and visually. Going beyond the how-to drawing...

'Village in the City' investigates an equally specific and spectacular urbanisation process that many regions in China have been undergoing during ...

During Manhattan’s crisis years between the 1960s and early 1980s, the city’s great park networks, sanitarian projects of light, air, and water, an...

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to urban design, from a historical overview and basic principles to practical design concepts and str...

If architectural judgment were a city, a city of ideas and forms, then it is a very imperfect city. When architects judge the success or failure of...