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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter Bosselmann |
ISBN: | 9781597264808 1597264806 9781597264815 1597264814 |
OCLC Number: | 223105177 |
Description: | xxi, 310 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm |
Contents: | To compare : cities, size, scale, and form -- To observe : some observations of Copenhagen's city form at the time of global change -- To measure : vitality, livability, and sense of place -- To transform : rebuilding the structure of the inner city -- To define : urban design principles for city streets -- To model : authenticity, modeling, and entitlement -- To interpret : a canvas for an emerging commons -- Conclusion : principles of precedent. |
Responsibility: | by Peter Bosselmann. |
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How do cities transform over time? And why do some cities change for the better while others deteriorate? This book articulates ways of viewing urban areas and how they develop over time. It is organized around seven 'activities': comparing, observing, transforming, measuring, defining, modeling, and interpreting.
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"Bosselmann brings firsthand knowledge of cities worldwide to the fore in this rich comaprative study." ""Urban Transformation" deserves to become a basic guidebook for architects, landscape architects, and planners, but no less so for decision makers and for citizen activists whose vigilance is often crucial to the desirability of place." -- "R. Longstreth, George Washington University"--R. Longsteth"Choice" (06/01/2009) Read more...
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- Cities and towns -- Study and teaching.
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- Social structure -- Study and teaching.
- City planning -- Study and teaching.
- Urban planning.
- Urban areas.
- Building construction.
- Regional development.
- Social change.
- Internationaler Vergleich
- Lebensqualität
- Stadtentwicklung
- Städtebau
- Stadsgeografi.
- Stadsplanering.
- Förnyelse av städer.
- Regional utveckling.
- Sociologi.
- Social förändring.
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- New Architecture Books (UI Library), January 2010(9 items)
by khenrich updated 2010-03-04