Landscape architecture and design Books

How Good Are Parklets? traces the parklet's history, from its invention in 2005 as an experiment that tactically reclaimed street space for broader public use, to its surge in popularity worldwide after the COVID-19 pandemic for outdoor dining, community...

Informal Housing in the Global North proposes analytical and conceptual approaches to investigate the progressing 'informalisation' of contemporary housing in the Global North and beyond.

Il proprietario architetto ("The Architect Owner") by Urbain Vitri, published in 1831, offers a comprehensive guide to architectural design and construction. This historical work features models for city and country homes, farms, citrus conservatories,...

This book examines 'The Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context', which celebrates the twentieth anniversary of its adoption in 2011, and its 'Kiev Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment' which came...

This book presents the current thinking from leading authorities worldwide on transport and the environment and focuses on the link between transport supply and use and environmental degradation.

Making European Space crystallises and critically examines the key policy ideas emerging in the new field of European spatial planning, and explores the arguments surrounding policy themes such as polycentric development, sustainability,

"Slums and Blighted Areas in the United States" (1935) by Edith Elmer Wood provides a comprehensive overview of the conditions, causes, and proposed solutions to urban decay in the early 20th century. Wood examines the social and economic factors...

"Negro Housing," a report by the Committee on Negro Housing, chaired by Nannie H. Burroughs, offers a crucial snapshot of housing conditions and challenges faced by African Americans in the early 20th century. Originally presented at the President's...

The Country Life Book of Building and Decorating, penned by Reginald Townsend Townsend and originally published in 1922, offers a timeless exploration of architectural design and interior decoration for country homes. This meticulously crafted volume...

The "London Topographical Record, Volume 5" offers a detailed exploration into the historical topography of London. Published in 1908 by the London Topographical Society, this volume continues the society's mission to document and preserve the rich...

Ethics - to put it concisely - is 'mindful well-being'. It is a set of standards that guides how we treat ourselves, one another, and the environment. When we design things for public use, we also communicate an ethical perspective. When we use things...

Culture is a living thing. In social settings, it is often used to represent entire ways of life, including rules, values, and expected behavior. Varying from nation to nation, neighborhood to neighborhood and beyond, even in the smallest localities,...

Waterfronts Revisited addresses the historical evolution of port cities and re-examines waterfront development.

Planning is centrally focused on places which are significant to people, including both the built and natural environments. In making changes to these places, planning outcomes inevitably benefit some and disadvantage others. It is perhaps surprising...

Graduate of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Chartered Landscape Architect, MBA and Barrister, Gordon Rowland Fraser draws upon 30 years of project management, professional practice and teaching experience to provide an uncomplicated and intuitive guide...

This book examines three landmark utopian visions central to 20th century landscape architectural, planning, and architectural theory. The period between the 1890s and the 1940s was a fertile time for utopian thinking. Significant geographic shifts...

This book explores how cities are shaped by the lived experiences of inhabitants and examines the ways they develop strategies to cope with daily and unexpected challenges. It argues that migration, livelihood, and public health challenges result from...

This volume explores new opportunities to reshape local economies in rural areas during the next decade by exploring successful efforts already underway.While reported population declines can paint a bleak picture for rural areas, a different story can...

Thomas D. Wilson's Charleston and Savannah is the first comprehensive history of Charleston and Savannah in a single volume that weaves together the influences and parallels of their intrinsic stories. As two of the earliest English-speaking cities...

Engendering Cities examines the contemporary research, policy, and practice of designing for gender in urban spaces. Gender matters in city design, yet despite legislative mandates across the globe to provide equal access to services for men and women...

Paris Under Construction explores the social, political and cultural responses to construction work and urban transformation in Paris during the 1960s, arguing for the need to place social interaction and collaboration at the heart of the design and...

(Sub)Urban Sexscapes brings together a collection of theoretically-informed and empirically rich case studies from internationally renowned and emerging scholars highlighting the contemporary and historical geographies and regulation of the commercial...

In a groundbreaking longitudinal study, researches studied seven similar social housing neighbourhoods in Ireland to determine what factors affected their liveability. In this collection of essays, the same researchers return to these neighbourhoods ten...

Current societies face unprecedented risks and challenges connected to climate change. Addressing them will require fundamental transformations in the infrastructures that sustain everyday life, such as energy, water, waste and mobility. A transition to...

In this unique book Scott A. Bollens combines personal narrative with academic analysis in telling the story of inflammatory nationalistic and ethnic conflict in nine cities - Jerusalem, Beirut, Belfast, Johannesburg, Nicosia, Sarajevo, Mostar, Bilbao,...

Sets out a roadmap to show how small changes can mean positive developments in urban transport for truly accessible cities.

Living in a contemporary developed society means having access to a myriad of ways to communicate. One can either use public or private transport to meet others and talk face to face, or use a variety of communication networks, like mobile or fixed...

More than two decades of mounting evidence confirms that the existing scale of the human enterprise has surpassed global ecological limits to growth. Based on such limits, The No-Growth Imperative discounts current efforts to maintain growth through...

Social housing appears to offer a solution for the housing of poor and disadvantaged people. The French "right to housing" offers poor and disadvantaged citizens priority in social housing allocation, and even a legal action against the State to obtain a...

This book explores what games and play can tell us about contemporary processes of urbanization and examines how the dynamics of gaming can help us understand the interurban competition that underpins the entrepreneurialism of the smart and creative city...

The ambition of the book is to investigate a possible transition in the markets for food in the Nordic countries. Six chapters from various disciplinary traditions study change and innovation within the food sectors in Denmark, Sweden and Norway; while...

This book explores incentives capable of enhancing the effectiveness of urban planning systems in Sub-Saharan Africa using economic theory as a framework. It argues that urban planning is fundamental to the achievement of sustainable and resilient...

Narratives, in the context of urban planning, matter profoundly. Planning theory and practice have taken an increasing interest in the role and power of narrative, and yet there is no comprehensive study of how narrative, and concepts from narrative and...

Bordered Cities and Divided Societies is a provocative, moving, and poetic encounter with the hearts and minds of individuals living in nine cities of conflict, violence, and healing-Jerusalem, Belfast, Johannesburg, Nicosia, Sarajevo, Mostar, Barcelona,...

""A Historical Guide to the City of Dublin"" is a book written by George Newenham Wright and published in 1825. The book provides a comprehensive guide to the city of Dublin, Ireland, and its rich history. It covers the city's origins, its growth and...

""A Historical Inquiry Into The True Principles Of Beauty In Art, Part 1: More Especially With Reference To Architecture"" is a book written by James Fergusson in 1849. The book provides an in-depth exploration of the principles of beauty in art, with a...

""An Elementary Treatise On The Construction Of Roofs Of Wood And Iron: Deduced Chiefly From The Works Of Robison, Tredgold, And Humber"" is a book written by Edward Wyndham Tarn in 1883. The book is a comprehensive guide to building roofs using wood and...

""Jenseits des Gotthard: Menschen, St�����dte und Landschaften in Ober- und Mittel-Italien"" ist ein Buch von Joseph Viktor Widmann aus dem Jahr 1888. Das Buch beschreibt die Erfahrungen des Autors auf einer Reise durch die Regionen Ober- und...

Le livre ""Inventaire Des Archives Des Chateaux Bretons V2-3 Archives Du Chateau De Penhoet, 1237-1800 (1895)"" �����crit par Le Marquis De L'estourbeillon est un recueil d'inventaires d'archives du ch�����teau de Penhoet en Bretagne. Le livre est...

Il libro ""Intorno Ad Alcuni Avanzi Di Opere Idrauliche Antiche Rinvenuti Nella Citta' Di Alatri: Memoria (1865)"" di Angelo Secchi ����� una memoria che descrive gli scavi archeologici effettuati nella citt������ di Alatri, in cui sono stati rinvenuti...

Il libro ""Il Sepolcreto Primitivo Di Baldaria: Presso Cologna Veneta (1897)"" di Gherardo Ghirardini ����� una pubblicazione storica che esplora il sepolcreto primitivo di Baldaria, situato presso Cologna Veneta. Il testo ����� stato pubblicato nel 1897...

Il libro ""Il Duomo di Orvieto"" (1866) di Lodovico Luzi ����� una descrizione dettagliata della cattedrale di Orvieto, situata in Umbria, Italia. L'autore esplora l'architettura, la storia e l'arte della cattedrale, fornendo informazioni sulle sue...

Das Buch ""Die Hausforschung Und Ihre Ergebnisse In Den Ostalpen"" von Gustav Bancalari wurde 1893 ver������ffentlicht und besch�����ftigt sich mit der Architektur und Bauweise von H�����usern in den Ostalpen. Der Autor untersucht verschiedene Aspekte...

Das Buch ""Haus und Hof in Rom: Im Spiegel griechischer Kultur"" von Guther Alexander Ernst Adolf Saalfeld wurde im Jahr 1884 ver������ffentlicht. Es besch�����ftigt sich mit der griechischen Kultur, die in Rom w�����hrend der Antike vorherrschte und...

Harfleur au XIVe si�����cle �����tait une ville portuaire florissante situ�����e en Normandie, en France. Dans ce livre, Sauvage, Eugene Paul Marie explore le commerce et l'industrie de la ville pendant cette p�����riode. Il examine les activit�����s...