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New Towns for the Twenty-First Century
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ISBN: 0812297318 9780812297317 0812297318 Year: 2021 Publisher: Philadelphia

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New towns—large, comprehensively planned developments on newly urbanized land—boast a mix of spaces that, in their ideal form, provide opportunities for all of the activities of daily life. From garden cities to science cities, new capitals to large military facilities, hundreds were built in the twentieth century and their approaches to planning and development were influential far beyond the new towns themselves. Although new towns are notoriously difficult to execute and their popularity has waxed and waned, major new town initiatives are increasing around the globe, notably in East Asia, South Asia, and Africa.New Towns for the Twenty-First Century considers the ideals behind new-town development, the practice of building them, and their outcomes. A roster of international and interdisciplinary contributors examines their design, planning, finances, management, governance, quality of life, and sustainability. Case studies provide histories of new towns in the United States, Asia, Africa, and Europe and impart lessons learned from practitioners. The volume identifies opportunities afforded by new towns for confronting future challenges related to climate change, urban population growth, affordable housing, economic development, and quality of life.Featuring inventories of classic new towns, twentieth-century new towns with populations over 30,000, and twenty-first-century new towns, the volume is a valuable resource for governments, policy makers, and real estate developers as well as planners, designers, and educators.Contributors: Sandy Apgar, Sai Balakrishnan, JaapJan Berg, Paul Buckhurst, Felipe Correa, Carl Duke, Reid Ewing, Ann Forsyth, Robert Freestone, Shikyo Fu, Pascaline Gaborit, Elie Gamburg, Alexander Garvin, David R. Godschalk, Tony Green, ChengHe Guan, Rachel Keeton, Steven Kellenberg, Kyung-Min Kim, Gene Kohn, Todd Mansfield, Robert W. Marans, Robert Nelson, Pike Oliver, Richard Peiser, Michelle Provoost, Peter G. Rowe, Jongpil Ryu, Andrew Stokols, Adam Tanaka, Jamie von Klemperer, Fulong Wu, Ying Xu, Anthony Gar-On Yeh, Chaobin Zhou.


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Megaregions
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ISBN: 1610911369 9781610911368 9781597265850 1597265853 9781597265867 1597265861 Year: 2009 Publisher: Washington, DC Island Press

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Recently a great deal of attention has been focused on the emergence of the European Union and on European spatial planning, which has boosted the region's competitiveness. Megaregions applies these emerging concepts in an American context. It addresses critical questions for our future: What are the spatial implications of local, regional, national, and global trends within the context of sustainability, economic competitiveness, and social equity? Howcan we address housing, transportation, and infrastructure needs in growing megaregions? How can we develop and implement the policy changes necessary to make viable, livable megaregions?.


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Hope in Hard Times
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ISBN: 9780271078069 0271078065 9780271074665 0271074663 0271078049 9780271078045 Year: 2021 Publisher: University Park, PA

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"Explores the history of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, originally known as Westmoreland Homesteads, which was founded in 1934 as part of the New Deal homestead subsistence program"--Provided by publisher.

Neighbourhood regeneration: an international evaluation
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ISBN: 072012073X Year: 1991 Publisher: London Mansell

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Repairing the American metropolis
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ISBN: 9780295997513 0295997516 0295982306 9780295982304 0295982047 9780295982045 Year: 2002 Publisher: Seattle


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The green leap
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ISBN: 1280116501 9786613520791 0520951875 9780520951877 9781280116506 9780520271104 0520271106 9780520271111 0520271114 Year: 2012 Publisher: Berkeley University of California Press

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Written for anyone interested in green development-including policy makers, architects, developers, builders, and homeowners-this practical guide focuses on the central question of how to conserve biodiversity in neighborhoods and to minimize development impacts on surrounding habitats. The Green Leap specifically helps move green development beyond the design stage by thoroughly addressing construction and post-construction issues.Incorporating many real-world examples, Mark Hostetler explains key conservation concepts and techniques, with specific advice for a wide variety of stakeholders that are interested in creating and maintaining green developments. He outlines the key players and principles needed to establish biodiverse communities and illustrates eight key design and management strategies. The Green Leap not only offers essential information for constructing new developments but also helps existing communities retrofit homes, yards, and neighborhoods to better serve both people and nature.

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Biodiversity conservation. --- New towns - Environmental aspects. --- New towns -- Environmental aspects. --- Planned communities - Environmental aspects. --- Planned communities -- Environmental aspects. --- Urban ecology (Biology). --- Planned communities --- New towns --- Urban ecology (Biology) --- Biodiversity conservation --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Communities - Urban Groups --- Biodiversity --- Biological diversity conservation --- Conservation of biodiversity --- Diversity conservation, Biological --- Gender mainstreaming in biodiversity conservation --- Maintenance of biological diversity --- Preservation of biological diversity --- Conservation of natural resources --- Ecosystem management --- Cities and towns --- City ecology (Biology) --- Ecology --- New communities --- Satellite cities --- Housing estates --- Residential developments --- City planning --- Environmental aspects --- Conservation --- biodiversity conservation. --- biodiversity. --- biology of wildlife. --- climate activism. --- climate change. --- conserve biodiversity. --- ecology protection. --- environment and policy. --- environment conservation. --- environment protection. --- environmentalism. --- global warming. --- going green. --- green architecture. --- green builders. --- green building. --- green development. --- green developments. --- green living. --- green neighborhoods. --- green policy making. --- nature and architecture. --- residential development and wildlife. --- sociology of urban areas.


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Die Suche nach einer neuen Wohnform: Siedlungen der zwanziger Jahre damals und heute
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ISBN: 3421028044 Year: 1983 Publisher: Stuttgart Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt

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In den Wohnsiedlungen der zwanziger Jahre sind die künstlerischen, städtebaulichen, technischen und sozialen Ideen verwirklicht worden, welche die Avantgarde der Architekten damals als die wesentliche Komponente für die Aufgaben und Ziele ihrer Tätigkeit erkannt hatte. In diesem Band sind 21 der wichtigsten Wohnanlagen aus jener Zeit in zum Teil nicht mehr zugänglichen Dokumenten abgebildet und erläutert. Diesen gegunübergestellt werden Informationen und Aufnahmen aus den letzten Jahren, die den heutigen Stand der Wohngebiete und den anhaltenden Wohnwert der Siedlungen zeigen.


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Ghost cities of China
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ISBN: 1783602228 178360218X 9781783602209 1783602201 9781783602216 178360221X 9781783602223 1783602198 9781783602193 9781783602186 9781783602193 9781783602186 1350220388 9781350220386 Year: 2015 Publisher: London

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Featuring everything from sports stadiums to shopping malls, hundreds of new cities in China stand empty, with hundreds more set to be built by 2030. Between now and then, the country's urban population will leap to over one billion, as the central government kicks its urbanization initiative into overdrive. In the process, traditional social structures are being torn apart, and a rootless, semi-displaced, consumption orientated culture rapidly taking their place. Ghost Cities of China is an enthralling dialogue-driven, on-location search for an understanding of China's new cities and the reas.


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The structure, size and costs of urban settlements
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ISBN: 0521203090 9780521203098 Year: 1973 Volume: 28 Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge university press,


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Net zero energy buildings: international projects of carbon neutrality in buildings
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ISBN: 9783034607803 3034607806 Year: 2011 Publisher: Basel Birkhäuser

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Net-zero energy buildings, equilibrium buildings, or carbon-neutral citiesdepending on location and underlying agenda, the statistics vary. The variety of terms in use indicates that a scientific method is still lackingwhich poses a problem not just in regard to international communication, but also with respect to planning processes as a response to energy challenges. The clarification and meaning of the most important terms in use is extremely important for their implementation. Since October 2008 a panel of experts from an international energy agency has concerned itself with these topics as part of a project entitled Toward Net Zero Energy Solar Buildings. The objective is to analyze exemplary buildings that are near a zero-energy balance in order to develop methods and tools for the planning, design, and operation of such buildings. The results are documented in this publication. More than just a showcase presentation of select projects, the focus of this publication is on relaying knowledge and experience gained by planners and builders. Even if many questions remain unanswered, project examples that have already been implemented prove on a practical basis that the objective of a zero-energy balance is already attainable today.

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