Villages in the City
Title | Villages in the City PDF eBook |
Author | Stefan Al |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 220 |
Release | 2014-09-30 |
Genre | Architecture |
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This book argues for the value of urban villages as places. To reveal their qualities, a series of drawings and photographs uncovers the immerse concentration of social life in their dense structures and provides a peek into residents homes and daily lives.
City of Quarters
Title | City of Quarters PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Jayne |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 304 |
Release | 2017-03-02 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1351951289 |
In cities throughout the world, there is an increasingly ubiquitous presence of distinct social and spatial areas - urban villages, cultural and ethnic quarters. These spaces are sites where capital and culture intertwine in new ways. City of Quarters brings together some of the most prominent authors writing about urban villages to provide the first systematic and multi-disciplinary overview of this high-profile urban phenomenon. They address key questions such as 'What is the role of urban villages and quarters in the contemporary city?' and 'What are the economic, political, socio-spatial and cultural practices and processes that surround these urban spaces?' Blending conceptual chapters with theoretically directed case studies from all over the world, this book includes issues such as local and regional development strategies, production, consumption, the creative industries, popular culture, identity, lifestyle, and tourism.
The Most Beautiful Villages and Towns of the South
Title | The Most Beautiful Villages and Towns of the South PDF eBook |
Author | Bonnie Ramsey |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 208 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780500019993 |
A lavishly illustrated tour of the South's most beautiful locales takes readers through the historical towns and villages that tell the story of the region in architecture, landscaping, agriculture, and natural beauty. 20,000 first printing.
Our Towns
Title | Our Towns PDF eBook |
Author | James Fallows |
Publisher | Vintage |
Total Pages | 432 |
Release | 2018-05-08 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 1101871857 |
NATIONAL BEST SELLER • The basis for the HBO documentary now streaming on HBO Max For five years, James and Deborah Fallows have travelled across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of towns, the America they saw is acutely conscious of its problems—from economic dislocation to the opioid scourge—but it is also crafting solutions, with a practical-minded determination at dramatic odds with the bitter paralysis of national politics. At times of dysfunction on a national level, reform possibilities have often arisen from the local level. The Fallowses describe America in the middle of one of these creative waves. Their view of the country is as complex and contradictory as America itself, but it also reflects the energy, the generosity and compassion, the dreams, and the determination of many who are in the midst of making things better. Our Towns is the story of their journey—and an account of a country busy remaking itself.
Most Beautiful Villages and Towns of California
Title | Most Beautiful Villages and Towns of California PDF eBook |
Author | Joan Tapper |
Publisher | Thames and Hudson |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007-08-28 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 9780500513682 |
Showcasing the most beautiful villages and towns of California, this collection of Wheelers stunning photography and Tappers perceptive commentaries evokes not just historic houses but also streetscapes, parks, and physical surroundings.
Creating Great Town Centers and Urban Villages
Title | Creating Great Town Centers and Urban Villages PDF eBook |
Author | Prema Katari Gupta |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 216 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Architecture |
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"What are the factors that make a town center exceptional and not just another routine shopping area? Packed with color photographs, site plans, and case studies of top new projects, as well as classics that have endured the test of time, this book gives you the inside story and the details on how town centers were developed and what makes them innovative. It provides hard-to-find facts on costs, rents, land uses, and more. A full chapter on trends analyzes what is working and what is coming next."--BOOK JACKET.
Village in the City
Title | Village in the City PDF eBook |
Author | Bruno de Meulder |
Publisher | Park Publishing (WI) |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Cities and towns |
ISBN | 9783906027272 |
The 'village in the city' (ViC) is actually a peculiar and particular Chinese phenomenon. This book examines what happens to the villages in the Chinese maelstrom of development.