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Urban Ethic

Design in the Contemporary City

By Eamonn Canniffe

Although contemporary practice in urbanism has many sources of design guidelines, it lacks theory to provide a flexible approach to the complexities of most urban...

Hardback | ISBN: 978-0-415-34864-5

Published December 13th 2005 by Routledge.

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Rural-Urban Interaction in the Developing World

By Kenneth Lynch

Sustaining the rural and urban populations of the developing world has been identified as a key global challenge for the twenty-first century. Rural-Urban Interaction in...

Paperback | ISBN: 978-0-415-25871-5

Published December 23rd 2004 by Routledge.

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Urban Villages and the Making of Communities

Edited by Peter Neal

Urban regeneration is currently at the forefront of the political and professional agenda worldwide. There is a growing desire to identify and deliver solutions that...

Paperback | ISBN: 978-0-415-26273-6

Published November 27th 2003 by Taylor and Francis.

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The Cybercities Reader

Edited by Steve Graham

Providing the most comprehensive, international and interdisciplinary analysis yet of the relationships between cities, urban life and new technologies, this informative book incorporates detailed discussions of cybercity...

Paperback | ISBN: 978-0-415-27956-7

Published November 27th 2003 by Routledge.

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Urban Theory and the Urban Experience

Encountering the City

By Simon Parker

For the first time Urban Theory and the Urban Experience brings together classic and contemporary approaches to urban research in order to reveal the intellectual...

Paperback | ISBN: 978-0-415-24592-0

Published November 6th 2003 by Routledge.

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The City Cultures Reader

Edited by Iain Borden, Tim Hall, Malcolm Miles

Cities are both products of culture, and sites where culture is made and received. By presenting the very best of classic and contemporary writing on...

Paperback | ISBN: 978-0-415-30245-6

Published October 16th 2003 by Routledge.

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World City Network

A Global Urban Analysis

By Peter J. Taylor

With the advent of multinational corporations, the traditional urban service function has 'gone global'. In order to provide services to globalizing corporate clients, the offices...

Paperback | ISBN: 978-0-415-30249-4

Published September 4th 2003 by Routledge.

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The City Reader

Edited by Richard T. Legates, Frederic Stout

The third edition of the highly successful The City Reader juxtaposes the very best of publications on the city. It has been extensively updated...

Paperback | ISBN: 978-0-415-27173-8

Published August 14th 2003 by Routledge.

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Public and Private Spaces of the City

By Ali Madanipour

The relationship between public and private spheres is one of the key concerns of the modern society. This book investigates this relationship, especially as manifested...

Paperback | ISBN: 978-0-415-25629-2

Published March 13th 2003 by Routledge.

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Sustainable Urban Design

An Environmental Approach

Edited by Randall Thomas

Bringing together theory and practice this important text provides a coherent overview of the important issues in sustainable urban design. The contributors, recognised experts from...

Paperback | ISBN: 978-0-415-28123-2

Published December 26th 2002 by Taylor and Francis.

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The Urban Lifeworld

Formation Perception Representation

Edited by Peter Madsen, Richard Plunz

Urban conditions are crucial to our experience of modernity, and, as reflected by art, literature and popular culture, have influenced contemporary ideas of what...

Paperback | ISBN: 978-0-415-23177-0

Published November 15th 2001 by Routledge.

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The Chosen City

By Nicholas Schoon

There is endless talk about the need for an urban renaissance; can it happen in the real world? In this broad, challenging and highly engaging...

Paperback | ISBN: 978-0-415-25802-9

Published September 13th 2001 by Taylor and Francis.

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Making People-Friendly Towns

Improving the Public Environment in Towns and Cities

Edited by Francis Tibbalds

Making People-Friendly Towns explores the way our towns and cities, particularly their central areas, look and feel to all their users and discusses their design,...

Paperback | ISBN: 978-0-415-23759-8

Published September 7th 2000 by Taylor and Francis.

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Urban Future 21

A Global Agenda for Twenty-First Century Cities

By Peter Hall, Ulrich Pfeiffer

Prepared for the World Commission on Twenty-First Century Urbanization Conference in Berlin in July 2000. This book is an entirely new and comprehensive review of...

Paperback | ISBN: 978-0-415-24075-8

Published July 7th 2000 by Routledge.

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City A-Z

Urban Fragments

Edited by Steve Pile, Nigel Thrift

Featuring a fantastic line up of contributors, The City A-Z introduces students to a refreshingly new way of thinking about and understanding cities and urban...

Paperback | ISBN: 978-0-415-20728-7

Published June 22nd 2000 by Routledge.

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Towards an Urban Renaissance

By The Urban Task Force

The Urban Task Force, headed by Lord Rogers, one of the UK's leading architects, was established by the Department of Environment, Transport and Regions (DETR)...

Paperback | ISBN: 978-1-85112-165-6

Published June 24th 1999 by Routledge.

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