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What do cities do that suburbs or exurbs can't? This book argues for the value of the 'right' location during and after the pandemic, and explains why ICT has transformed companies, cities and towns, and yet also changed little about the underlying challenges of business life, gi...ving readers essential tools for the future of places.
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Extrastatecraft controls everyday life in the city: it's the key to power - and resistance - in the twenty-first century.
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Resilience and Opportunity examines the important ingredients in post-disaster recovery, with an eye toward how to rebuild communities that are more resilient and prosperous in the face of multiple disasters.
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This book is about what happened in the southern district of Hambantota during the disaster, and in the relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction process after the Indian Ocean Tsunami.
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"This book is the proceedings of a conference held by the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre to discuss the implications of the Chinese Government's Third Plenum Decision for New Zealand"--Publisher information.
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At a moment when the planet is so clearly in peril, the trees stand as both guardians and messengers. This collection of essays, art and poetry by artists, activists, ecologists and advocates discusses the many ways in which humans need trees, and how our future is laced into the...ir roots and their branches.
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Water City offers practical solutions to some of the environmental challenges facing 21stcentury cities as a result of climate change. The dense compact nature of the contemporary city makes it difficult to generate urban resilience to the effects of climate change, particularly ...coastal and pluvial flooding. This book describes a design-led remediation methodology that draws on catchment planning and GIS mapping and analysis to redefine the city as a series of hydrological and ecological systems. Six case studies test the presented methodology, two greenfield and four brownfield sites based in the UK, USA, New Zealand, and China. Each case study is illustrated with GIS maps and perspectives. Specific solutions to the environment problems that will be intensified by climate change are presented. Water City describes adaptation strategies to help practitioners in the urban landscape tackle these issues and make our cities better places to live. This practical guide is a key read for professionals and stakeholders in landscape architecture, urban design, planning, and all those interested in how climate change will affect the future of our cities.
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What Do We Know and What Should We Do About Housing? Is part of a new book series offering short, up-to-date overviews of key issues often misrepresented or simplified in the mainstream media. In this book, Rowland Atkinson and Keith Jacobs, established analysts of housing policy..., claim that what we think we know about the housing crisis is wrong, and encourage readers to see the housing crisis as a result of the 'property machine' - a constellation of interests, actors and institutions made up of banks and developers, landlords, speculative investors, the majority of homeowners and real estate agencies. By taking aim at the 'property machine' and its opposition to the social and everyday needs of the majority of the population, the authors analyse some of the key social and economic forces and the broad range of policies that have shaped and responded to Britain's housing crisis. Exposing the roots of key current problems such as homelessness, the lack of affordable housing, and insecurity in the private rental sector, and linking them to the choices made by successive governments to prioritise the interests of capital above social need. The authors conclude with a series of innovative proposals that they believe would help alleviate the UK's housing crisis; improving conditions and tackling the inequalities that are so starkly expressed in relation to personal housing wealth. Allowing for the establishment of a fairer and more equal society and a more stable economic future. Series Editor: Professor Chris Grey, Royal Holloway, University of London
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By Gill, Tim
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What type of cities do we want our children to grow up in? Noisy, polluted and devoid of nature? Or walkable, welcoming and green? At a time of unprecedented urbanisation, inclusivity is essential in our cities. Considering the physical and mental health of those under the age of... 18 living in cities, this book joins the dots between progressive, sustainable planning and transportation policies. Providing benefits for all, it explores the ways urban designers and city planners can incorporate child friendly design into their streetscapes - including greater safety, stronger community, better health and a boost to the local economy with retention of families.
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Fairfax columnist, architect and former city councillor Elizabeth Farrelly presents a love song to the city of Sydney and an empassioned plea for its protection.
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