Urban Planning Theory

London: A History

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:48:00 +0000

Summary:
"When a man is tired of London," Samuel Johnson noted in 1777, "he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." Indeed, for almost two thousand years, London has been the political, cultural, and economic heart of Britain, and one of the great hubs of world affairs. Now, in this fascinating volume, the doyen of London historians, Francis Sheppard, provides the definitive account of London's diverse past, from its origins as a Roman settlement (founded at the lowest bridgeable point across the Thames) to the world-class metropolis it is today. It providesa vivid account of a city which was the `deere sweete' place which Chaucer loved more than any other city on earth, which was for Dickens his `magic lantern', and to Keats `a great sea', howling for more wrecks. It is also a story of much contrast and remarkable resilience; through great fires andpestilence, civil war, and the Blitz, London has rebuilt and reinvented itself for each generation. "Sheppard is the great authority to whom we all look up," Roy Porter has written. "He has made the history of London his life's work, and I suspect there's no one in the world with so full a knowledge and so rich a grasp as he of sources, physical fabric, and all manner of details." In thiscolorful new history, Sheppard takes us on a fascinating voyage through London's past. It is the definitive account of the rise to power of one of the world's great metropolitan centers.

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conceived but by those who have been in it. I will venture to say that there is more learning and science within the circumference often miles from where we now sit than in all the rest of the kingdom. - Page xvii

Appears in 107 books from 1820-2005

led him; Earth enrich'd him, heaven carest him, Taunton blest him, London blest him. This thankful town, that mindful city, Share his piety and his pity. What he gave, and how he gave it, Ask the poor, and you shall have it. - Page 1

Appears in 25 books from 1806-2003

Among the noble cities of the world that are celebrated by Fame, the City of London, seat of the Monarchy of England, is one that spreads its fame wider, sends its wealth further, and lifts its head higher than all - Page xvii

Appears in 15 books from 1936-2006

populous places at a distance from one another, and the inhabitants of any one of them know- nothing, or next to nothing, of the proceedings in any other, and not much indeed of those of their own. - Page 296

Appears in 14 books from 1898-2004

takes a lot of understanding. It's a great place. Immense. The richest town in the world, the biggest port, the greatest manufacturing town, the Imperial city—the centre of civilisation, the heart of the world. - Page xvii

Appears in 14 books from 1908-2006

it is no exaggeration to say that, but for the hostility of the City, Charles the First would never have been - Page 161

Appears in 60 books from 1849-2006

will be one vast raving bedlam, the hospitals will be stormed, traffic will cease, the homeless will shriek for help, the city will be a pandemonium'. - Page 334

Appears in 26 books from 1923-2006

and squalid cottages, no longer exist. There are wide gradations of income, but it is the same kind of life that is being lived at different - Page 333

Appears in 26 books from 1932-2007

are scene very poore. . heaped up together, and in a sort smothered with many families of children and servantes in - Page 174

Appears in 60 books from 1805-2006

plenteous, and very easie to be had at low and small rents, and by reason of the late dissolution of Religious houses many houses in London stood vacant, and not any man desirous to take them'. - Page 174

Appears in 9 books from 1810-2004

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+ By Francis Sheppard
+ Published 2000 Oxford University Press
+ 496 pages
+ ISBN 0192853694

Housing in Urban Britain, 1780-1914

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:45:00 +0000

Summary:
Why did slums and suburbs develop simultaneously? Were class antagonisms to blame? Why did the Victorians believe there was a housing problem? The history of housing between 1780 and 1914 encapsulates many problems associated with the transition from a largely rural to an overwhelmingly urban nation, whose unprecedented pace imposed immense tensions within society. This book reviews the recent arguments and guides the student of social history to further reading, making it an ideal introduction to a central issue in nineteenth-century history.

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Steel frame architecture versus the London Building Regulations: Selfridges, the Ritz and American technology', Construction History, 6, 1990, 23-46, - Page 88

Appears in 10 books from 1995-2000

all the space within the external and party walls of a building'. - Page 94

Appears in 15 books from 1893-1995

The land question: a Liberal theory of communal property', History Workshop Journal, 27, 1989, 106-35 - Page 91

Appears in 6 books from 1993-2004

of their possibilities and most adept at turning them into shapes on the ground'. - Page 42

Appears in 7 books from 1974-2000

were the Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes (1841) - Page 45

Appears in 8 books from 1926-1998

the rate of mortality depends upon the efficiency of the ventilation (and - Page 32

Appears in 11 books from 1827-1995

in his Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain (1842), - Page 2

Appears in 5 books from 1980-2004

feuing, which increased land costs and ground burdens, a method of building finance for small builders based on the technicalities of feuing which intensified building industry instability, and average real wages approximately 20-30 per cent below comparable English trades in the 1850s - Page 36

Appears in 2 books from 1995-2003

by A. Mayne, The Imagined Slum: Newspaper Representation in Three Cities 1870-1914 (Leicester 1993), - Page 88

Appears in 4 books from 1995-2004

such as Christian teaching regarding family life and sobriety, the sanctity of property rights, prevailing laissez-faire orthodoxy in economic and social affairs, and ratepayers' insistence on economism in government. - Page 44

Appears in 2 books from 1995-2003

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+ By Richard Rodger
+ Contributor Maurice Kirby
+ Published 1995 Cambridge University Press
+ 113 pages
+ ISBN 0521557860

The English Urban Landscape

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:41:00 +0000

Summary:
This volume is a compact and authoritative historical survey of the way English urban environments have developed since the Roman period, viewed chronologically and thematically, focusing particularly on the last two centuries. The text covers types of urban development (e.g., industrialtowns, commercial cities, slums, and suburbs), plus important topics such as transport, recreation, civil and ecclesiastical functions, and images of the town and city in literature, art, and film. The chapters are supplemented by cameos that focus in detail on specific towns and subjects.

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+ By Philip J. Waller
+ Contributor P. J. Waller
+ Published 2000 Oxford University Press
+ 352 pages
+ ISBN 0198601174

Handbook of Urban Studies

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:38:00 +0000

Summary:
With half of the world??'s population residents in them, cities dominate how our economies are spatially structured and restructured, and how social life is experienced. Under conditions of accelerating globalization, cities are the principal intermediaries through which economic growth is sustained and have long been the primary loci through which political control is maintained. Taking a holistic viewpoint, the Handbook of Urban Studies provides a comprehensive appreciation of urban structure and change, and of the theories by which we understand the structure, development, and changing character of cities. Leading authors identify and analyze key issues, within the following sections: -Identifying the City -The City as Environment -The City as People -The City as Economy -The City as Organized Polity -Power and Policy Discourses in Postmodern Cities -Cities in Transition A comprehensive overview of the urban condition, this Handbook will appeal to a wide readership, from academics to researchers and policy-makers. As a theoretically and empirically informed account embracing the different disciplines contributing to urban studies, this book forms a unique and indispensable resource for professionals and researchers in urban studies, urban and town planning, social and cultural geography and public administration, as well as for all those concerned with the role of the city and urbanization in the disciplines of politics, sociology and economics.

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what white Americans have never fully understood, but what the Negro can never forget, is that white society is deeply implicated in the ghetto. White institutions created it, white institutions maintain it, and white society condones it' (National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, 1968: - Page 184

Appears in 314 books from 1928-2007

Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich: these are at war with one another, and in either there are many smaller divisions, and you would be altogether beside the mark if you treated them all as a single State. - Page 162

Appears in 85 books from 1892-2007

either because he cannot discipline himself to sacrifice a present for a future satisfaction or because he has no sense of the future. He is therefore radically improvident: whatever he cannot use immediately he considers valueless. His bodily needs (especially for sex) and his taste for 'action' take precedence over everything else - and certainly over any work routine. - Page 171

Appears in 40 books from 1953-2007

Industrial society is the coordination of machines and men for the production of goods. Post-industrial society is organized around knowledge, for the purpose of social control and the directing of innovation and change; and this in turn gives rise to new social relationships and new structures, which have to - Page 286

Appears in 36 books from 1968-2007

Behind the [ghetto's] crumbling walls lives a large group of people who are more intractable, more socially alien and more hostile than almost anyone had imagined. They are the unreachables: the American underclass... Their bleak environment nurtures values that are often at odds with those of the majority even the majority of the poor. Thus the underclass produces a - Page 172

Appears in 41 books from 1978-2007

Mumford: The city, as one finds it in history, is the point of maximum concentration for the power and culture of a community. It is the place where the diffused rays of many separate beams of life fall into focus, with gains in - Page 11

Appears in 44 books from 1892-2006

Saskia Sassen is Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago and Centennial Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. Her most recent books are Guests and Aliens (1999) and Globalization and its Discontents (1998). - Page xvi

Appears in 66 books from 1999-2006

"dangerous class", the social scum, that passively rotting mass thrown off by the lowest layers of old society . . . - Page 231

Appears in 249 books from 1906-2007

men were drowned in water only because they were possessed with the idea of gravity. If they were to knock this notion out of their heads . . . they would be sublimely proof against any danger from water - Page 38

Appears in 52 books from 1947-2005

Telematics and globalization have emerged as fundamental forces in the reorganization of economic space. This reorganization ranges from the spatial virtualization of a growing number of economic activities to the reconfiguration of the geography of the built environment for economic activity. Whether in electronic space or in the geography of the built environment, this - Page 263

Appears in 16 books from 1998-2005

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+ By Ronan Paddison
+ Contributor Ronan Paddison
+ Published 2001 Sage Publications Inc
+ 512 pages
+ ISBN 080397695X

Urban Theory and the Urban Experience: Encountering the City

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:32:00 +0000

Summary:
For the first time ever, the classic and contemporary approaches to urban theory have been brought together in an introductory text. From the foundations of Weber and Simmel to the contemporary work of Manuel Castells and the Los Angeles school, "Urban Theory and the" "Urban Experience" traces key developments in the idea of the city over more than a century, revealing the often unacknowledged debt that empirical and theoretical perspectives owe each other. Documentary, literary, and cultural sources bring theories to life, while hands-on studies and analysis of alternative ideas, such as "the garden city" and "the new urbanism" round out what is sure to be a key text for years to come.

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No man is an island, entire of itself . . . any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee'. In this - Page 59

Appears in 671 books from 1839-2007

poem, where twice five miles of fertile ground with walls and towers were girdled round: And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree - Page 146

Appears in 624 books from 1809-2007

was a third alternative, in which all the advantages of the most energetic and active town life, with all the beauty and delight of the country, may be secured in perfect combination; and the certainty of being able to live this life will be the magnet which will produce the effect for which we - Page 54

Appears in 56 books from 1921-2007

city I wander thro' each charter'd street, Near where the charter'd Thames does flow. And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks of woe. - Page 100

Appears in 384 books from 1866-2007

The foundation of every division of labour which has attained a certain degree of development, and has been brought about by the exchange of commodities, is the separation of town from country. One might well say that the whole economic history of society is summed up in the movement of this antithesis. (Marx, - Page 102

Appears in 51 books from 1906-2005

something like counter-sites, a kind of effectively enacted Utopia in which the real sites, all the other real sites that can be found within the culture, are simultaneously represented, contested, and inverted'. Foucault - Page 146

Appears in 149 books from 1988-2007

as one finds it in history, is the point of maximum concentration for the power and culture of a community. . . . Here in the city the goods of civilization are multiplied and manifolded; here is where human experience is transformed into viable signs, symbols, patterns of conduct, systems of order. Here is where the issues of civilization are - Page 139

Appears in 45 books from 1892-2006

around so that there be no festering and wretched suburb anywhere, but clean and busy street within and open country without, with a belt of beautiful garden and orchard round the walls so that from any part of the city perfectly fresh air and grass and sight of far horizon might be reachable in a few minutes - Page 53

Appears in 79 books from 1763-2006

white society is deeply implicated in the ghetto. White institutions created it, white institutions maintain it, and white society condones it - Page 91

Appears in 311 books from 1928-2007

Every great city has one or more slums, where the working class is crowded together. True, poverty often dwells in hidden alleys close to the palaces of the rich; but, in general, a separate territory has been assigned to it, where, removed from the sight of the happier classes, it may struggle along as it can - Page 103

Appears in 23 books from 1945-2004

Cover:

+ By Simon Parker
+ Published 2004 Routledge
+ 272 pages
+ ISBN 0415245923

Town and Country Planning in the Uk

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:28:00 +0000

Summary:
This thirteenth edition has been completely revised to take into account the many changes to the planning system and policies introduced by the Labour government. The devolution of Scotland and Wales, the new instruments of regional and strategic planning, new area based urban policy initiatives, innovation in planning for sustainable development and the rapidly expanding role of the European Union in spatial planning and environmental policy are all given comprehensive treatment in the new edition.

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THE DEFINITION OF DEVELOPMENT In brief, development is 'the carrying out of building, engineering, mining or other operations in, on, over or under land, or the making of any material change in the use of any buildings or other land - Page 121

Appears in 266 books from 1845-2007

future generations to meet their own needs. It contains within it two key concepts: • the concept of'needs', in particular the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; • the idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organisation on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs. - Page 197

Appears in 129 books from 1987-2007

distribution in the future; to consider what social, economic or strategic disadvantages arise from the concentration of industries or of the industrial population in large towns or in particular areas of the country; and to report what remedial measures if any should be taken in the national interest. These very wide terms of reference - Page 18

Appears in 71 books from 1908-2004

Commission: to make an inventory of the Ancient and Historical Monuments and constructions connected with or illustrative of the contemporary culture, civilisation and conditions of life of the people of England, from the earliest times to the year 1700 and - Page 231

Appears in 123 books from 1849-2002

The terms of reference of the Commission were: to inquire into the causes which have influenced the present geographical distribution of the industrial population of Great Britain and the probable direction of any change in the distribution in the future; to consider what social, economic or - Page 18

Appears in 63 books from 1893-2004

to secure that the right land is available at the right time for the implementation of national, regional and local plans', and 'to secure that a substantial part of the development value created by the community returns to the community and that the burden of the cost of land for essential purposes is reduced - Page 163

Appears in 38 books from 1901-2002

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, the Republic of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Thirteen more - Page 35

Appears in 337 books from 1946-2007

schemes with the general object of 'securing proper sanitary conditions, amenity and convenience', but only for land which was being developed or appeared likely to be developed. Strangely, it was not at all clear what town planning involved. It certainly did not include 'the remodelling of the existing town, the replanning of badly planned areas, the driving of new roads through old parts of a - Page 15

Appears in 105 books from 1893-2006

Quite distinct from these powers is the much wider power to make a discontinuance order. This power is expressed in extremely wide language: an order can be made 'if it appears to a local planning authority that it is expedient in the interests of the proper planning of their area (including the interests of amenity)'. Again - Page 142

Appears in 27 books from 1949-2006

Funds are the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF), the Guidance section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), and the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG). Objective 1 - Page 116

Appears in 78 books from 1955-2007

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+ By J. B. Cullingworth, Vincent Nadin
+ Published 2001 Routledge
+ 481 pages
+ ISBN 041521775X

The Postmodern Urban Condition

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:22:00 +0000

Summary:
This work aims to provide readers with an introduction to cities and urbanism in the postmodern world, and to overturn many common assumptions about urban structure. Dear's analysis combines concepts of postmodernism, space and the urban to trace the genesis of a postmodern urban condition.

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our offices and furnished rooms, our railroad stations and our factories appeared to have us locked up hopelessly. Then came the film and burst this prison-world asunder by the dynamite of the tenth of a second, so that now, in the midst of its far-flung ruins and debris, we calmly and adventurously go traveling. 5 - Page 208

Appears in 142 books from 1966-2007

The altered spaces of postmodernity are evident in many sectors. For instance, in the saturated space of multinational capitalism, place no longer exists except at a “much feebler level,” drowned by other more powerful abstract spaces such as communications networks. The truth of an experience “no longer coincides with the place in which it takes place, - Page 55

Appears in 41 books from 1988-2006

of that even sharper dilemma which is the incapacity of our minds, at least at present, to map the great global multinational and decentered communicational network in which we find ourselves caught as individual subjects. - Page 55

Appears in 110 books from 1961-2006

This explains how we can celebrate capitalism at the same time as human misery engulfs us. Jameson again points to cognitive mapping as a way of more fully sketching the lineaments of an emergent postmodern politics, enabling “the coordination of existential data (the empirical position of the subject) with unlived, abstract conceptions of geographic totality. - Page 61

Appears in 30 books from 1992-2006

accumulation, and a new round of “time-space compression” in the organization of capitalism. But these changes, when set against the basic rules of capitalistic accumulation, appear more as shifts in surface appearance rather than as signs of the emergence of some entirely new post-capitalist or even post-industrial society. - Page 75

Appears in 37 books from 1989-2006

as anyone else, but when I am tempted to regret my complicity with it, to deplore its misuses and its notoriety, and to conclude with some reluctance that it raises more problems than it solves, I find myself pausing to wonder whether any other concept can dramatize the issues in quite so effective and economical a - Page 62

Appears in 25 books from 1992-2004

Jameson, however, is in no doubt that postmodernism is about politics: every position on postmodernism in culture — whether apologia or stigmatization — is also at one and the same time, and necessarily, an implicitly or explicitly political stance on the nature of multinational capitalism today. - Page 60

Appears in 37 books from 1988-2006

We are at the ending of what is called The Modern Age. Just as Antiquity was followed by several centuries of Oriental ascendancy, which Westerners provincially called The Dark Ages, so now The Modern Age is being succeeded by a post-modern period. - Page 140

Appears in 39 books from 1966-2007

postmodernism is: A periodizing concept whose function is to correlate the emergence of new formal features in culture with the emergence of a new type of social life and a new economic order. - Page 34

Appears in 76 books from 1985-2006

This latest mutation in space — postmodern hyperspace — has finally succeeded in transcending the capacities of the human body to locate itself, to organize its immediate surroundings perceptually, and - Page 143

Appears in 119 books from 1961-2006

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+ By Michael J. Dear
+ Published 2000 Blackwell Publishing
+ 337 pages
+ ISBN 0631209883

Australian Urban Planning: New Challenges, New Agendas

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:19:00 +0000

Summary:
Designed for use by academics, students and planning professionals, this text explains the changes that have transformed planning in Australia and reinstates the need for planning based on principles that foreground social inclusion and ecological sustainability.

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The world is not so governed from above that private and social interest always coincide. It is not so managed here below that in practice they coincide. It is not a correct deduction from the Principles of Economics that enlightened self-interest always operates in the public interest. Nor is it true that self interest - Page 18

Appears in 74 books from 1930-2007

is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. - Page 203

Appears in 290 books from 1927-2007

development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs - Page 158

Appears in 113 books from 1991-2007

modernity refers to modes of social life or organisation which emerged in Europe from about the seventeenth century onwards and which subsequently became more or less worldwide in their influence'. - Page 14

Appears in 42 books from 1992-2007

the fact that social practices are constantly examined and reformed in the light of incoming information about those very practices - Page 15

Appears in 73 books from 1992-2006

here below that in practice they coincide. It is not a correct deduction from the Principles of Economics that - Page 233

Appears in 80 books from 1926-2007

In a thoroughly industrialised community, such as the United States, there is little appreciable difference between one person and another; eccentricity is hated, and every man and woman endeavours to be as like his or her neighbours as possible - Page 16

Appears in 9 books from 1923-2000

If it is removed, the great, the immense fabric of human society . . . must in a moment crumble into atoms. - Page 203

Appears in 62 books from 1817-2006

gradually and continually to correct the distribution of wealth and to prevent concentrations of power detrimental to the fair value of political liberty and fair equality of opportunity'. - Page 19

Appears in 15 books from 1979-2006

assumed by the privileged classes that, when the State refrains from intervening in any department of economic or social affairs, what remains as the result of its inaction is liberty. In reality, as far as the mass of mankind - Page 19

Appears in 6 books from 1939-2000

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+ By Brendan Gleeson, Nicholas Low
+ Published 2000 Allen & Unwin
+ 296 pages
+ ISBN 1865082384

The City Reader

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:10:00 +0000

Summary:
The third edition of the highly successful City Reader juxtaposes the very best of publications on the city. It has been extensively updated to reflect the latest thinking on globalization, information technology and urban theory. Classic writings from such authors as Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs and Le Corbusier, meet the best contemporary writings of, among others, Peter Hall, Saskia Sassen and Manuel Castells.Fifty generous selections are included: a combination of thirty-four readings from the second edition and sixteen entirely new selections. Structured to aid student understanding, the anthology features main and part introductions, as well as individual introductions to the selected articles. The latter contain a brief intellectual biography and a review of the author's writings and related literature. Furthermore they provide an explanation of how the piece fits into the broader context of urban history and practice, competing ideological perspectives on the city and the major current debates concerning race and gender, global restructuring, sustainable urban development and the impact of technology and postmodernism.The City Reader provides the comprehensive mapping of the terrain of Urban Studies, old and new. Illustrated with over 40 photographs, the text is essential reading for anyone interested in the city.

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+ By Richard T. LeGates, Frederic Stout
+ Published 2003 Routledge
+ 520 pages
+ ISBN 0415271738

Landscape Interfaces: Cultural Heritage in Changing Landscapes

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:59:00 +0000

Summary:
The book contributes to the relatively extensive study of landscapes by exploring the interfaces in the landscape. Instead of taking a viewpoint of some of the disciplines we try to map the links between them, indicate points for common understanding and cooperation. These interfaces happen between different cultures, between natural and human sciences, past and present, lay people and experts, time and space, preservation and use, ecology and semiosis. It compares how different cultures interpret landscapes, how cultural values are assessed, explores new tools for assessment, picks up the discussion about landscape authenticity, and finally draws perspectives for further research. It is not a textbook on its own, rather it is additional reading for any course dealing with landscapes on advanced levels, for geographers, landscape ecologists, landscape architects and everybody concerned with landscapes.

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The cultural landscape is fashioned out of a natural landscape by a culture group. Culture is the agent, the natural area is the medium, the cultural landscape is the result. Under the influence of a given culture, itself changing through time, the landscape undergoes development, passing - Page 34

Appears in 58 books from 1911-2006

i) represent a masterpiece of human creative genius, or ii) exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town planning or landscape design or, - Page 116

Appears in 50 books from 1949-2006

see, feel, think, imagine, and so on, and which he would readily understand when similarly applied by others. An experiencedistant concept is one that specialists of one sort or another ... employ to forward their scientific, philosophical, or practical aims. - Page 286

Appears in 37 books from 1963-2007

phases, and probably reaching the end of its cycle of development. With the introduction of a different, that is, alien culture, a rejuvenation of the cultural landscape sets in, or a new landscape is superimposed on remnants of an older one. The natural landscape is - Page 34

Appears in 14 books from 1929-2006

the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link”. - Page 298

Appears in 64 books from 1861-2006

The cultural landscape is fashioned from a natural landscape by a culture group. Culture is the agent, the natural area is the medium and the cultural landscape is the result - Page 375

Appears in 30 books from 1929-2007

meet the test of authenticity in design, material, workmanship or setting and in the case of cultural landscapes their distinctive character and components ... and have adequate legal and/or contractual and/or traditional protection and management mechanisms to ensure the conservation of the nominated cultural properties or cultural landscapes”. - Page 117

Appears in 9 books from 1998-2004

twofold function: first to establish an order which will enable individuals to orient themselves in their material and social world and to master it; and secondly to enable communication - Page 361

Appears in 27 books from 1962-2007

to experience-near concepts leaves an ethnographer awash in immediacies, as well as entangled in vernacular. Confinement to experience-distant ones leaves him stranded in abstractions and smothered in jargon”. - Page 286

Appears in 20 books from 1971-2004

indications which identify a good as originating in the territory of a member, or a region or locality - Page 18

Appears in 67 books from 1952-2007

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+ By Gary ( Fry, Hannes Palang
+ Published 2003, Springer
+ 405 pages
+ ISBN 1402014376

Landscape Trees and Shrubs: Selection, Use and Management

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:50:00 +0000

Summary:
This book presents a horticultural overview of the main plant families of trees and shrubs from temperate regions that are cultivated in urban and rural landscape schemes. Most of the plants used come from a limited number of plant families and within these families, certain genera contributevery significantly. The largest chapter in the book describes 37 plant families according to their identification, functional use and management in landscape schemes. With this information readers will be able to assess the suitability of species and prepare planting designs for prevailingsites. This book presents a horticultural overview of the main plant families of trees and shrubs from temperate regions that are cultivated in urban and rural landscape schemes. Most of the plants used come from a limited number of plant families and within these families, certain genera contributevery significantly. The largest chapter in the book describes 37 plant families according to their identification, functional use and management in landscape schemes. With this information readers will be able to assess the suitability of species and prepare planting designs for prevailingsites.

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single specimens, but in relation to their setting of house or wall, lawn or woodland, or as a foreground to the landscape, planned for the beauty of the whole effect - Page 134

Appears in 5 books from 1901-2006

nomenclature is regulated by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Greuter et al., 2000) and the International Code - Page 27

Appears in 4 books from 2000-2006

Land Use Consultants (1993) Trees in Towns: A Survey of Trees in 66 Towns and Villages in England. - Page 11

Appears in 3 books from 2005-2006

can provide some of the best of shelter-plants for such climates, and a few of them rank among the most beautiful flowering shrubs we - Page 42

Appears in 2 books from 2000-2006

Adaptability to existing conditions and the power to see and use the natural beauties of the ground to the greatest advantage are - Page 133

Appears in 2 books from 1907-2006

McKay, H. (1997) Sensitivity of Broadleaved Trees to Desiccation and Rough Handling Between Lifting and Transplanting. Arboriculture Research and Information Note, - Page 152

Appears in 2 books from 2006

Cutler, DF (1998) Can we live with trees in our towns and cities? Arboricultural Journal 22, 1-9. - Page 11

Appears in 2 books from 2003-2006

(2002) Tree establishment practice in towns and cities results from a European survey. Urban - Page 3

Appears in 2 books from 2005-2006

named for Charles Sprague Sargent (1841-1927), Director of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, - Page 30

Appears in 2 books from 2004-2006

The selection of plant materials for street trees, park trees and urban woodland. - Page 128

Appears in 2 books from 2005-2006

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+ By Mary Forrest
+ Published 2006, CABI Publishing
+ 250 pages
+ ISBN 1845930541

Urban Forests and Trees: A Reference Book

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:41:00 +0000

Summary:
This book covers all aspects of planning, designing, establishing and managing forests and trees and forests in and near urban areas. The disciplinary background of the authors is varied, ranging from forestry and horticulture to landscape ecology, landscape architecture and even plant pathology. The first chapters in the first part of the book deal with the concept, history, chapter deal with the form, function and benefits and functions of urban forests and urban trees., after which These are followed by second part the chapters in the second partthat focus on the more strategic aspects of accommodating the demands of the urban population, including policies, design, public participation and partnerships. In the third part the reader will find chapters on . But main emphasis is given to the establishment and selection of trees for urban uses, as well as information on growing conditions specific for urban areas. Part four deals with the management of urban forests and trees, including the use of information in management and a chapter on an overview of arboricultural practices. TFinally the book concludes with three chapters that providinge an overview of research and education in the field as well as shed someding light on the future perspectives for planning and managing urban forests and trees.

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far advance'd in years) he would put himself to the Fatigue and Labour of Planting that which he was never likely to enjoy the Fruits of? The good old man (taking him for a Stranger) gently reply'd: I plant (says he) against my Son Ulysses comes home. - Page 47

Appears in 14 books from 1832-2005

Men seldom plant trees till they begin to be Wise, that is till they grow Old and find by Experience the Prudence and Necessity of it. When Ulysses, after a ten years - Page 47

Appears in 20 books from 1832-2005

is to ensure that Europe holds a strong position in the field of scientific and technical research for peaceful purposes, by increasing European cooperation and interaction in this field. - Page 2

Appears in 7 books from 2001-2006

into one symbolic event, sign, or act patriotic pride, anxieties, remembrances of past glories, - Page 144

Appears in 23 books from 1968-2006

The European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST) and - Page v

Appears in 27 books from 1971-2006

as: The art, science and technology of managing trees and forest resources in and around urban community ecosystems for the physiological, sociological, economic, and aesthetic benefits trees provide society¿ - Page 13

Appears in 5 books from 2001-2005

humiliations, promises of future greatness: some one of these or all of them - Page 144

Appears in 15 books from 1968-2005

the overall ameliorating effect of trees on their environment as well as their recreational and general amenity value. - Page 12

Appears in 6 books from 1976-2005

Kaplan R, Kaplan S (1989) The experience of nature - a psychological perspective. Cambridge - Page 112

Appears in 11 books from 1990-2005

with earth, press it thoroughly and leave it on the tree. When it is two years old, cut off the branch - Page 30

Appears in 5 books from 1932-2007

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+ By C. C. (Cecil C.) Konijnendijk
+ Published 2005, Springer
+ 520 pages
+ ISBN 354025126X

China's Urban Transition

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:02:00 +0000

Summary:
Though China's urban history reaches back over five thousand years, it is only in the last quarter century that urbanization has emerged as a force of widespread social transformation while a massive population shift from country to city has brought about a dramatic revolution in China's culture, politics, and economy. Employing a historical perspective, John Friedmann presents a succinct, readable account and interpretation of how this transition - one of the most momentous phenomena in contemporary history - has occurred. China's Urban Transition synthesizes a broad array of research to provide the first integrated treatment of the many processes that encompass the multi-layered meaning of urbanization: regional policy, the upsurge of rural industries, migration, expanding spheres of personal autonomy, and the governance of city building. John Friedmann's detailed analysis suggests that the nation's economic development has been driven more by social forces from within than by global capital. This leads directly to the epic story of rural migration to major urban regions, the policies used to restrain and direct this "avalanche" of humanity on the move, and the return of many migrants to their home communities, where the process of urbanization continues. Focusing on everyday life in cities, he also shows how this social transformation extends to the most intimate spheres of people's lives. In conclusion, the author raises the question of a "sustainable" urban development and its relation with China's own past, values, and institutions. Friedmann predicts that within ten years China - already the most powerful country in East Asia - will have become a major power in the world. With historical depth, interpretive insight, and interdisciplinary breadth, this book offers an unparalleled introduction to China's transformation.

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represent the development trend of China's advanced productive forces, the orientation of China's advanced culture, and the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people. - Page 146

Appears in 32 books from 2002-2007

the streets made the rounds in silence. At the fifth watch, the drums in all the streets were beaten so as to let the noise be heard everywhere; then all the gates of the wards and markets were opened." The morning drums must have been very important in the daily rhythm of the city since - Page 5

Appears in 6 books from 1965-2005

The economic activity that had become private had to be oriented toward a commodity market that had expanded under public direction and supervision: the economic conditions under which this activity now took place lay outside the confines of the single household; for the first time, they were of general interest - Page 87

Appears in 6 books from 1989-2005

In East Asia, the states are organizationally pervasive, without clear-cut boundaries. Their powers and functions are diffuse, and they pay little respect to due process. Consequently, the lines between public and private, political and personal, formal and informal, official and nonofficial, government and market, legal and customary, and between procedural and substantial, are all blurred - Page 108

Appears in 3 books from 1999-2006

Transactions between the centrally located cities of one region and those of another were minimized by the high cost of unmechanized transport and the great distances involved. It cost as much to transport grain 200 miles on the - Page 19

Appears in 5 books from 1982-2005

The strong, autocratic grip that the Sui emperors had over their capitals was replaced by that of a bureaucratic government of practical scholar-officials. Trade once strictly regulated in enclosed markets and conducted primarily for the court's consumption was widespread and permeated all levels of - Page 5

Appears in 4 books from 1994-2005

was expected to return home for marriage, to spend there an extended period of mourning on the death of either parent, and eventually to retire in the locality where his ancestors were buried. Even when these expectations were not realized, the son born to a sojourner inherited his father's native place along with his surname.... - Page 8

Appears in 3 books from 1984-2005

The Ouyang Complex, the tallest building in Yudu, incorporates a restaurant, shops, a hotel, and offices. It stands in the middle of the county town, metaphorically proclaiming the rise in the status of a lowly farmer: he earned his money as a labor contractor in Guangzhou and Xiamen, then invested in mines and factories at home - Page 73

Appears in 3 books from 2002-2005

Unless a permit was issued by the county officials or the ward headman's office as in the case of an emergency, illness or marriage, no one was allowed out in the avenues at night.... - Page 3

Appears in 4 books from 1994-2005

it still remains true that the dominant feature of Confucianism was a pervasive hostility to the notion of personal autonomy and individualism. The goal of self-improvement was moral perfection according to established standards, and hence it sought excellence in terms of conformity to cultural norms, not in terms of the uniqueness of - Page 142

Appears in 3 books from 1996-2005

Cover:

+ By John Friedmann
+ Published 2005, University of Minnesota Press
+ 168 pages
+ ISBN 0816646147

Urban Transport Development: A Complex Issue

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:55:00 +0000

Summary:
Urban Transport Development is a contribution to the ongoing global discussion on the future of urban transport. The main themes are how to cope with the complexity of urban transport development and the process of change including its determining factors. The role of leadership in the development process is the key issue. Main areas of discussion are the historical background, the diversity and complexity of present problems, and the outcome of attempts to promote positive future development in urban environments around the world.

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the quality of the environment, the raising of the standard of living and quality of life, and economic and social cohesion and solidarity among Member States. (Art. 2) - Page 231

Appears in 160 books from 1947-2007

and Environmental protection requirements must be integrated into the definition and implementation of the Community policies and activities referred to in Article 3 - Page 231

Appears in 157 books from 1947-2007

Any action by the Community shall not go beyond what is necessary to achieve the objectives of this Treaty. - Page 231

Appears in 95 books from 1989-2007

the Department of History of Science and Technology at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden; he holds a - Page xiii

Appears in 9 books from 1973-2006

he is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and of the Royal - Page xiv

Appears in 20 books from 1825-2006

Transit-Oriented Development and Joint Development in the United States: A Literature Review, - Page 139

Appears in 11 books from 2004-2006

at the Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley; he - Page xii

Appears in 5 books from 1951-2005

ISOTOPE (“Improved Structure and Organisation for urban Transport Operations of Passengers in Europe”), - Page 56

Appears in 6 books from 2001-2006

are currently 12 partners in the scheme. Three of the partners leave city centre deliveries at the premises of a fourth. The latter then delivers all the goods involved in the city centre area. A second group of five partners delivers all its goods to one depot located near the city centre. An independent contractor - Page 183

Appears in 2 books from 2003-2005

China is a developing country with the largest population in the world. - Page 87

Appears in 7 books from 1991-2005

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+ By Gunilla Jönson, Emin Tengström
+ Published 2005, Springer
+ 301 pages
+ ISBN 3540253769

A Guidebook for Including Access Management in Transportation Planning

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:48:00 +0000

Summary:
Research sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration.

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owners or occupants of abutting land (or other persons) have no right or easement of access. - Page 73

Appears in 64 books from 1776-2005

condemnation: The process by which property is acquired for highway purposes through legal proceedings based on the power of eminent domain. - Page 72

Appears in 10 books from 1954-2005

The crossing of two or more traffic streams traveling in the same general direction along a significant length of highway without the aid of - Page 75

Appears in 6 books from 1989-2005

Any sign, signal, marking, or device placed or erected for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding vehicular - Page 74

Appears in 6 books from 1949-2005

catch basins, foundations, shoulders and slopes, wearing surface, bridges, culverts, retaining walls, intersections, private entrances, guard rails, shade trees, illumination, guideposts and signs, ornamentation, and monumenting. - Page 73

Appears in 5 books from 1917-2005

by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The - Page 12

Appears in 15 books from 1996-2005

distance required by a driver of a vehicle traveling at a given speed to bring the vehicle to a stop after an object on the roadway becomes visible. - Page 74

Appears in 4 books from 1950-2005

vehicle to a stop after an object on the roadway becomes visible. - Page 74

Appears in 5 books from 1950-2005

a vehicle entering a roadway to increase its speed to a rate - Page 72

Appears in 4 books from 1950-2005

diverging: The dividing of a single stream of traffic into separate streams. - Page 73

Appears in 3 books from 1959-2005

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+ By David C. Rose
+ Published 2005, Transportation Research Board
+ 75 pages
+ ISBN 0309088453

Planning and Urban Design Standards

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:44:00 +0000

Summary:
The new student edition of the definitive reference on urban planning and design Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition is the authoritative and reliable volume designed to teach students best practices and guidelines for urban planning and design. Edited from the main volume to meet the serious student's needs, this Student Edition is packed with more than 1,400 informative illustrations and includes the latest rules of thumb for designing and evaluating any land-use scheme--from street plantings to new subdivisions. Students find real help understanding all the practical information on the physical aspects of planning and urban design they are required to know, including: * Plans and plan making * Environmental planning and management * Building types * Transportation * Utilities * Parks and open space, farming, and forestry * Places and districts * Design considerations * Projections and demand analysis * Impact assessment * Mapping * Legal foundations * Growth management preservation, conservation, and reuse * Economic and real estate development Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition provides essential specification and detailing information for various types of plans, environmental factors and hazards, building types, transportation planning, and mapping and GIS. In addition, expert advice guides readers on practical and graphical skills, such as mapping, plan types, and transportation planning.

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+ By Frederick R. Steiner, Kent Butler
+ Published 2006, John Wiley & Sons
+ 448 pages
+ ISBN 0471760900

GIS for Business and Service Planning

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:39:00 +0000

Summary:
Renowned contributors assess the links between technological change, analytical information and data customization which are now beginning to stimulate the wider adoption of GIS as a management and applied research tool. The first section deals with population data sources, followed by geodemographics and how it is used in customer targeting and product marketing. The next part considers how businesses can adopt GIS and the final segment contains two excellent overviews on how geography is being applied in business. A wealth of illustrations, containing new material from actual commercial and planning applications, enables readers to distinguish between abstract GIS principles and authentic usages.

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By the year 2000, American students will leave grades four, eight. and twelve having demonstrated competency in challenging subject matter including English, mathematics, science, history, and geography; and every school in America will ensure that all students learn to use their minds well, so they may be prepared for responsible citizenship. further learning, and productive employment in our modern economy. - Page 252

Appears in 303 books from 1949-2007

on frequently purchased items such as food at home, food away from home, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products and smoking supplies, personal care products and services, - Page 289

Appears in 6 books from 1879-1995

the Department of Trade and Industry and the Science and Engineering Research Council for - Page 274

Appears in 26 books from 1869-2005

that everything is related to everything else, but near things are more - Page 175

Appears in 35 books from 1989-2006

Acknowledgements The editors would like to thank a number of people for their contributions to this book. - Page xiii

Appears in 6 books from 1993-2002

This is in contrast to the situation in the United States, where - Page 44

Appears in 17 books from 1950-2003

Geodemographics has come into use as a shorthand label for both the development and the application of area typologies that have proved to be powerful discriminators of consumer - Page 104

Appears in 4 books from 1995-2005

If, after study, the evidence suggests that a GIS means better data — better information — better decision processes — better decision outcomes — better bottom lines, then, buying or expanding a GIS makes business sense and deserves - Page 237

Appears in 2 books from 1993-1995

that the unit codes can each be accurately georeferenced (eg to the UK National Grid or latitude/longitude in the US) but that the geographical arrangement of these codes is different - Page 22

Appears in 2 books from 1995-1997

Using the list of postcodes which lie within the relevant census areas, extract the list of addresses which are likely to house persons of the desired socio-economic group, and - Page 22

Appears in 2 books from 1995-1997

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+ By Paul Longley, Graham Clarke
+ Published 1996, John Wiley and Sons
+ 336 pages
+ ISBN 0470235101

Urban Planning Methods: Research and Policy Analysis

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:32:00 +0000

Summary:
Focuses on the need to combine traditional research methods with policy analysis in order to understand the true nature of urban planning processes. This book describes both planning methods and their underlying concepts and principles, illustrating applications by reference to the daily activities of planning.

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+ By Ian Bracken
+ Published 2007, Routledge
+ 400 pages
+ ISBN 0415418429

Open Design, a Stakeholder-oriented Approach in Architecture, Urban Planning

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:28:00 +0000

Summary:
Open Design refers to a stakeholder-oriented approach in Architecture, Urban Planning, and Project Management, as developed by the Chair of Computer Aided Design and Planning of Delft University of Technology. This edition collects three volumes on Open Design: "Open Design, a Collaborative Approach to Architecture"; and others.

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more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions, and only lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new. The - Page 26

Appears in 431 books from 1837-2007

This implies that whenever a constraint in one of the problems holds with strict inequality, so that there is slack in the constraint, the corresponding variable in the other problem equals - Page 74

Appears in 4 books from 1969-2006

the optimal value of a dual variable) indicates how much the objective function changes with a unit change in the associated right-hand-side - Page 73

Appears in 5 books from 1967-2006

in ways that leave the values of a theory of action unchanged. - Page 89

Appears in 12 books from 1999-2006

strategies of Model II involve sharing power with anyone who has competence and is relevant to deciding - Page 92

Appears in 5 books from 1976-2006

The governing variables of Model II are valid information, free and informed choice, and internal commitment - Page 92

Appears in 3 books from 1965-2006

strategies and assumptions within a constant framework of values and norms for performance. It is - Page 90

Appears in 4 books from 1999-2006

performance within the range specified by existing values and norms. In some cases, however, the correction of error requires - Page 90

Appears in 3 books from 2003-2006

be corresponding feasible solutions to the primal and dual problems respectively. Then both are optimal if and only if: - Page 74

Appears in 3 books from 1969-2006

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+ By Ruud Binnekamp, L. A. Van Gunsteren, Peter-Paul van Loon
+ Published 2006, IOS Press
+ ISBN 1586036505

Graphics for Urban Design and Planning

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:25:00 +0000

Summary:
A guide to producing graphics for urban design projects and planning. It demonstrates how urban regeneration has inspired a growth and mixture of graphic techniques for communicating a projects vision. It also includes methods for producing hand-rendered or computer-generated visuals and details the planning process.

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They can be scaled to any size and printed at any resolution without losing detail or clarity. - Page 113

Appears in 4 books from 2003-2007

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+ By Bally Meeda, Neil Parkyn
+ Published 2007, Thomas Telford
+ ISBN 0727733990

Strategic Planning of Sustainable Urban Water Management

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:20:00 +0000

Summary:
The strategic planning of urban water systems is a complex task. The Urban Water programme covered projects from various disciplines at 9 Swedish Universities, from 1999 to 2006. The projects developed a "toolbox" for strategic planning of drinking-, waste- and stormwater management, covering aspects such as the environment, health and hygiene, financing, organisation, households, and technical function. Strategic Planning of Sustainable Urban Water Management synthesises the results and presents a comprehensive approach, which includes not only the technical, economic and environmental aspects, but also the challenges of institutional capacity and public participation in the planning process. Furthermore, the experience from a number of case studies are summarised and can offer readers inspiration for their own planning situations.

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To halve by the year 2015 the proportion of people who are unable to reach or to afford safe drinking water; and • To stop the unsustainable exploitation of water resources by developing water management strategies, at the regional, national and local levels, which promote both equitable access and adequate supplies. In - Page 2

Appears in 64 books from 1946-2007

Establishing the list of priority substances in the field of water policy and amending Directive 2000/60/EC. - Page 245

Appears in 23 books from 2001-2007

chemical elements and their compounds in the natural state or obtained by any production process. - Page 69

Appears in 12 books from 1999-2006

The magnitude of the task is indicated by the fact that the number of - Page 113

Appears in 15 books from 1933-2006

Hazard assessment is divided between exposure assessment and effect assessment. Comprehensive model systems have been developed to assess the distribution of contaminants in the environment (soil, water, air) and in tissue (animals, humans). - Page 56

Appears in 4 books from 2001-2006

In general, hazard identification serves to map the inherent properties of chemicals by collecting and comparing relevant data; - Page 56

Appears in 4 books from 2001-2006

Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm. - Page 221

Appears in 5 books from 2005-2006

Centre for Water and Waste Technology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. - Page xi

Appears in 5 books from 1998-2006

a fence or material obstruction of any kind erected (or serving) to bar the advance of persons or things, or to prevent access to a place". - Page 71

Appears in 2 books from 1991-2006

where the potential negative effects are evaluated and, if possible, the probability of - Page 56

Appears in 4 books from 2001-2006

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+ By Per-Arne Malmquist
+ Published 2006, IWA Publishing
+ 284 pages
+ ISBN 1843391058

Designing Sustainable Cities in the Developing World

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:13:00 +0000

Summary:
Explores the concept of urban sustainability within the context of urban design in the developing world. This work draws examples from Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, India and Myanmar to demonstrate how rapid physical and social change has swept away historic urban quarters and the cultural heritage they represent.

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the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs') (World Commission on Environment and Development 1987: 8) - Page 85

Appears in 253 books from 1945-2007

Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs'. This definition - Page 128

Appears in 25 books from 1988-2006

In the affairs of men, there always appears to be a need for at least two things simultaneously, which, on the face of it, seem to be incompatible and to exclude one another. We always need both freedom and order. We need the freedom of lots and lots of small, autonomous units, and, at the same time, the orderliness of large-scale, possibly global, unity and coordination... - Page 60

Appears in 11 books from 1973-2006

To meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs - Page 69

Appears in 20 books from 1945-2006

meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs - Page 179

Appears in 32 books from 1994-2007

to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs - Page 14

Appears in 17 books from 1945-2006

business-as-usual, emissions of greenhouse gases, a rate of increase of global mean temperature - Page 164

Appears in 14 books from 1989-2006

Scepticism as to the wisdom and benevolence of public officials was all too frequently justified; and the perception of modern education as a potential threat to customary values was largely correct - Page 46

Appears in 2 books from 1999-2006

The Relevance of the Compact City Approach: The Management of Urban Growth in South African Cities', in - Page 130

Appears in 4 books from 2000-2006

(2001), Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Science Fails and How it Can Succeed Again, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Friedman, - Page 130

Appears in 4 books from 2003-2007

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+ By Roger Zetter, Georgia Butina Watson
+ Contributor Roger Zetter
+ Published 2006, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
+ 210 pages
+ ISBN 0754643557

Spatial Planning and Urban Development in the New Eu Member States

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:09:00 +0000

Summary:
Featuring a set of articles, this edition presents an assessment of political and planning solutions at local, regional, national and EU levels. It includes topics such as brownfield redevelopment in the Czech Republic, urban sprawl in Hungary, the upgrading and integration of marginalized Roma settlements in Eastern Slovakia, and more.

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Austria Belgium Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxemburg Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal - Page 4

Appears in 155 books from 1869-2007

in general, marketing the island as 'a mosaic of nature and culture, a whole, magical world concentrated in a small, warm and hospitable island in the Mediterranean at the crossroads of three continents, between West and East, that offers a multidimensional qualitative tourist experience - Page 193

Appears in 6 books from 2004-2006

freedom of opportunity and enterprise with a commitment to the values of internal solidarity and mutual support which ensures open access for all members of society to services of general benefit and protection - Page 45

Appears in 9 books from 1999-2006

the Czech Republic' and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, project no. - Page 137

Appears in 11 books from 1999-2006

In: M. Aberg and M. Peterson (eds), Baltic Cities. Perspectives on Urban and Regional Change in the Baltic Sea Area. - Page 94

Appears in 6 books from 2003-2006

The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF) are - Page 44

Appears in 24 books from 1990-2006

of the increase attributable to new apartment accommodation in the coastal resorts. Nevertheless, in recognition of the fact that 'if the present course of [tourism] development is continued, it will in the long run have serious adverse effects on the competitiveness of our tourist product in the international market - Page 191

Appears in 3 books from 2004-2006

Planning documents can have the form of a regional plan (covering the whole metropolitan area), a general land-use plan for a municipal area and local regulation plan for - Page 128

Appears in 4 books from 1999-2006

second tier of local government (boroughs) and specifies the decentralization of responsibilities from the municipality (the central city government) to its boroughs. For instance Prague - Page 127

Appears in 4 books from 1999-2006

barely covered with more than three or four feet of earth, which was - Page 243

Appears in 6 books from 1842-2006

Cover:

+ By Uwe Altrock
+ Contributor Uwe Altrock
+ Published 2006
+ Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
+ 292 pages
+ ISBN 075464684X

Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:58:00 +0000

Summary:
This volume is a critical history of planning in theory and practice in the 20th century, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. It reviews the development of the modern planning movement over the entire span of the 20th century.

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but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages. Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens. Adam Smith The Wealth of Nations - Page 378

Appears in 703 books from 1835-2007

For we must consider that we shall be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that if we deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword - Page 1

Appears in 315 books from 1867-2007

Forget six counties overhung with smoke, Forget the snorting steam and piston stroke, Forget the spreading of the hideous town; Think rather of the pack-horse on the down, And dream of London, small and white and clean, The clear Thames bordered by its gardens green. William Morris The - Page 87

Appears in 254 books from 1809-2007

will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency. Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us. Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty. Daniel - Page 188

Appears in 251 books from 1898-2006

Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once - Page 188

Appears in 469 books from 1898-2006

does a firm perswasion that a thing is so, make it so?" He replied: "All Poets believe that it does, & in ages of imagination this firm perswasion removed mountains; but many are not capable of a firm perswasion of any thing." William Blake The Marriage of Heaven and Hell - Page 1

Appears in 110 books from 1880-2007

deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world. John Winthrop A Model of Christian Charity (1630) - Page 1

Appears in 165 books from 1867-2007

In essence, the Negro community has been forced into a matriarchal structure which, because it is so out of line with the rest of American society, seriously retards the progress of the group as a whole, and imposes a crushing burden on the Negro male and, in consequence, on a great many Negro women as well. - Page 451

Appears in 89 books from 1953-2007

made way for Gatsby's house, had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams; for a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into - Page 142

Appears in 213 books from 1892-2006

Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist": - Page 2

Appears in 817 books from 1882-2007

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+ By Peter Hall
+ Published 2002
+ Blackwell Publishing
+ ISBN 0631232524

Dialogues In Urban And Regional Planning

urbanplanningtheory@gmail.com (Urban Planning Theory) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:52:00 +0000

Summary:
Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning offers a selection of the best urban planning scholarship from each of the world's planning scholarship communities. The papers presented illustrate the concerns and the discourse of planning scholarship communities and provide a glimpse into planning theory and practice by planning academics around the world. Readers will find this collection valuable in opening new avenues for exploration.This book has been put together by the Global Planning Education Association Network (GPEAN). The nine member associations of GPEAN are: the Association of African Planning Schools (AAPS), the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) in USA, the Association of Canadian University Planning Programs (ACUPP), the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP), the Association of Latin American Schools of Urban Planning (ALEUP), the National Association of Urban and Regional Post graduate and Research Programs (ANPUR)in Brazil, the Australia and New Zealand Association of Planning Schools (ANZAPS), the Association for the Development of Planning Education and Research (APERAU), and the Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA).

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to acknowledge the 100th anniversary of the January 17, 1893 overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawai'i, and to offer an apology to Native Hawaiians on behalf of the United States for the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawai'i. - Page 203

Appears in 66 books from 1953-2007

all that we call language, I am saying that these phenomena have no one thing in common ... but that they are related to one another in many different ways - Page 259

Appears in 118 books from 1940-2006

any descendant of not less than one-half part of the blood of the races inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands previous to 1778. - Page 203

Appears in 174 books from 1849-2006

a stick over the pupil's head and says fiercely: 'If you say this stick is real, I will strike you with it; if you say this stick is not real, I will strike you with it; if you don't say anything, I will strike you with it. - Page 341

Appears in 20 books from 1956-2005

any group or individual who can affect or is affected by the achievement of an organization's purpose - Page 250

Appears in 187 books from 1988-2007

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation under the terms of the External Research Program. The views expressed are those of the author and do not represent the official view of the - Page 31

Appears in 12 books from 1953-2005

The evidence from multiple cases is often considered more compelling and the overall study is therefore regarded as being more robust (Herriott - Page 131

Appears in 11 books from 1994-2006

The project would not have been possible without the financial support of the United States - Page 238

Appears in 28 books from 1966-2006

in JFT Schoute, PA Finke, FR Veeneklaas and HP Wolfert (eds) Scenario Studies for the Rural Environment - Page 123

Appears in 16 books from 1998-2006

Cover:

+ By Bruce Stiftel, Vanessa Watson
+ Published 2005 Routledge
+ 355 pages
+ ISBN 0415346932