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• Publisher : WIT Press
• File Size : 36,6 Mb
• Release Date : 13 May 2024

Drawing on the experience of several cities from different parts of the world, this text provides a global perspective on the urbanization phenomenon and tall building development, and examines their

• Publisher : Berghahn Books
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• Release Date : 01 August 2016

Astana, the capital city of the post-Soviet Kazakhstan, has often been admired for the design and planning of its futuristic cityscape. This anthropological study of the development of the city

• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• File Size : 27,8 Mb
• Release Date : 11 October 2021

* An insightful introduction to the most exciting ideas in urban building and development, highlighting 40 revolutionary projects that address crucial issues in design planning for cities of the future* Beautifully illustratedWhat

• Publisher : MIT Press
• File Size : 54,9 Mb
• Release Date : 07 April 2019

Why technology is not an end in itself, and how cities can be “smart enough,” using technology to promote democracy and equity. Smart cities, where technology is used to solve

• Publisher : Springer
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• Release Date : 24 September 2015

The concept of a livable smart city presented in this book highlights the relevance of the functionality and integrated resilience of viable cities of the future. It critically examines the

• Publisher : MIT Press
• File Size : 40,6 Mb
• Release Date : 11 December 2018

How we can invent—but not predict—the future of cities. We cannot predict future cities, but we can invent them. Cities are largely unpredictable because they are complex systems

• Publisher : Yale University Press
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• Release Date : 28 June 2016

Since cities emerged ten thousand years ago, they have become one of the most impressive artifacts of humanity. But their evolution has been anything but linear—cities have gone through

• Publisher : Island Press
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• Release Date : 04 October 2016

At its most basic, historic preservation is about keeping old places alive, in active use, and relevant to the needs of communities today. As cities across America experience a remarkable

• Publisher : Vintage
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• Release Date : 22 January 2013

Eye-opening and thoroughly engaging, this is an indispensible look at American urban/suburban society and its future. In The Great Inversion, Alan Ehrenhalt, one of our leading urbanologists, reveals how

• Publisher : Routledge
• File Size : 41,9 Mb
• Release Date : 10 October 2014

After more than a century of heroic urban visions, urban dwellers today live in suburban subdivisions, gated communities, edge cities, apartment towers, and slums. The contemporary cities we know are