Architecture : Urban & Land Use Planning

This book provides practical guidance from the maintenance and improvements of highways to activities related to construction work on or near highways. more...

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The Handbook of Urban Studies provides the first comprehensive, up-to-date account of the urban condition, relevant to a wide readership from academics to researchers and policymakers. It provides a theoretically and empirically informed account embracing all the different disciplines contributing to urban studies. Leading authors identify key issues and questions and future trends for further research and present their findings so that, where appropriate, they are relevant to the needs of policymakers. Using the city as a unifying structure, the Handbook provides an holistic appreciation of urban structure and change, and of the theories by which we understand the structure, development and changing character of cities. more...

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The author reviews how housing has influenced health throughout the past hundred and fifty years, discussing in detail current issues concerning housing and health, and describes attempts at housing groups whose health is at risk more...

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Examines the controversial issue of whether looser planning controls are necessary in order to provide affordable housing or whether we should protect the countryside from urban encroachment. more...

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This book reports on the sustainability of the 50 largest U.S. cities using 15 standards -- including public transit, air and tap water quality, and energy use -- to measure each city’s performance. Portland, Oregon, comes out on top more...

Price: $22.95