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Napoleone e le sue isole
Il 5 maggio 1821 Napoleone Bonaparte muore in esilio sull'isola di Sant'Elena. Tre isole sono state protagoniste, nel bene e nel male, della vita di questo straordinario personaggio. Innanzitutto, la Corsica, in particolare Ajaccio, dove il futuro imperatore nasce il 15 agosto 1769 e dove un profumo intenso, misto di leggenda e mirto selvaggio, avvolge la sua vita. Poi l'Elba, poco distante dal…
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Conversazioni sulla ricerca
Che ne è del carattere sperimentale ed empirico della ricerca in un'epoca di omologazione crescente? Questo interrogativo guida le conversazioni tra Pier Luigi Crosta e Cristina Bianchetti sulla ricerca territoriale intesa come fare guidato da una soggettività mossa da affetti e relazioni. Lo scopo del libro è mettere in evidenza gli snodi principali della traiettoria di studio di Pier Luigi…
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Diritti in cittàGli standard urbanistici in Italia dal 1968 a oggi
Il decreto sugli standard è una delle norme fondamentali dell'urbanistica italiana. La sua emanazione, il 2 aprile del 1968, risponde all'intento di regolare la quantità minima di spazio urbano da destinare a servizi e attrezzature collettive: scuole, dotazioni sportive e per il gioco, parchi e giardini, centri civici e istituzionali, religiosi e culturali, presidî sanitari, aree a parcheggi…
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Designing LondonUnderstanding the Character of the City
Urban character is frequently cited by planners, developers and architects as something they wish to protect and enhance. But little or no effort is ever made to define urban character in specific or quantitative terms. In Designing London, architect and critic Ike Ijeh provides a definitive and comprehensive analysis of London's urban character. He establisheskey principles by which the archit…
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Green Infrastructure PlanningReintegrating Landscape in Urban Planning
What is green infrastructure? Why should we develop it? Who uses it? And what socio-economic and ecological value does it provide? This useful guide provides an essential introduction to green infrastructure for planners, landscape architects, engineers and environmentalists keen to understand how we can use landscape principles to deliver more sustainable urban planning. Using multiple example…
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Planning and Real Estate
Real-estate development is a highly regulated, high-value industry: this book examines its efficiency, its role in shaping the built environment and its relationship with planning and planners. It considers issues such as the role of the government and property markets and whether it is valid to blame the planning systems for dysfunctional housing markets. It also provides a useful grounding in…
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Designing London's Public SpacesPost-war and Now
Explore the evolution of London's public spaces and the forces that shape them. This insightful study delves into the design, planning, and social impact of London's public spaces, from post-war developments to contemporary projects. Discover the complex relationships between designers, planners, and the public, and how these influence the creation of civic spaces. Learn about the key design…
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Children and Planning
Planning is central to ensuring children and young people live in safe, secure places, that they are included and can be active. There can be few aspects of planners' work that do not directly impact on children, from designing city centres, to implementing policies that will minimise the environmental effects of industrial practices. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (19…
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The Urban Design Process
This useful guide sets out clearly a bespoke urban design process for practice, developed by the authors. The process works through urban analysis; policy and people; strategic framework; concepts and options; design layering and technical detail; to delivery of place. It considers design across multiple scales within the built environment and describes the complexity of project management in d…
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Planning, Sustainability and Nature
Why is it important to plan for the natural environment at a whole-landscape scale and to connect wildlife habitats together? Why do planners need to look beyond protecting particular species and their habitats? Why should planners help nature to recolonise towns and cities and how can they best do this? In seeking to answer such questions, this book provides a grounding for planners and profes…
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