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Books on: urban environments

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Urban Environments in Emerging Economies

Book by David L. McKee; Praeger Publishers, 1994

Subjects:

Cities And Towns--Developing Countries--Growth, City Planning--Developing Countries, Urban Ecology--Developing Countries, Urban Policy--Developing Countries, Urbanization--Developing Countries

Collections: Entire Library

Those concerned with growth and development at national or local levels must pay significantly more attention to the physical structure of urban settings which house many of the leading sectors of the economies of nations. These metropolitan areas must retain the flexibility necessary to meet the ...
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Those concerned with growth and development at national or local levels must pay significantly more attention to the physical structure of urban settings which house many of the leading sectors of the economies of nations. These metropolitan areas must retain the flexibility necessary to meet the needs of an ever-changing mix of activities. Structural, environmental, and economic concerns are brought together to help the reader better understand the problems and identify solutions. This work will be of interest to those economists, environmentalists, sociologists, and practitioners concerned with growth, change, and the environment in urban settings, as well as planning and development agencies in Third World settings.
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How Green Is the City? Sustainability Assessment and the Management of Urban Environments

Book by Dimitri Devuyst, Luc Hens, Walter De Lannoy; Columbia University Press, 2001

Subjects:

Sustainable Development, Urban Ecology, Urban Economics--Social Aspects

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Urban lifestyles characterized by high consumption levels, exuberant use of natural resources, excessive production of waste, a widening gap between rich and poor, and rapid growth of the global human population pose a major problem for the future survival of our species. Urban development must ...
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Urban lifestyles characterized by high consumption levels, exuberant use of natural resources, excessive production of waste, a widening gap between rich and poor, and rapid growth of the global human population pose a major problem for the future survival of our species. Urban development must therefore meet the needs of the present generations without compromising the needs of future generations. Putting this goal into practice remains a major challenge. This book introduces "sustainability assessment," a new concept that aims to help in steering societies in a more sustainable direction, and applies this concept to cities. It deals with practical ways to reach a more sustainable state in urban areas through such tools as strategic environmental assessment, sustainability assessment, direction analysis, baseline setting and progress measurement, sustainability targets, and ecological footprint analysis. With these tools, humans can maintain or improve the health, productivity, and quality of their lives in harmony with nature.
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Good Neighborhoods: A Study of In-Town & Suburban Residential Environments

Book by Sidney Brower; Praeger, 1996

Subjects:

City Planning, Neighborhood, Sociology, Urban

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What makes a "good neighborhood"? Can one neighborhood be good for all people? Brower's study examines the variable image of the ideal residential area in contemporary and earlier writings, from utopian visions and popular media to historical records and the findings of social science research ...
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What makes a "good neighborhood"? Can one neighborhood be good for all people? Brower's study examines the variable image of the ideal residential area in contemporary and earlier writings, from utopian visions and popular media to historical records and the findings of social science research. Brower identifies four common "ideal" neighborhood types, each providing a distinct and specific residential experience that suits a particular way of life. He details the characteristics of each of these "good neighborhoods," and argues that their coexistence in a single urban environment is not only possible, but desirable; it creates a healthy variety of residential areas that, together, suit the needs and desires of different urban dwellers. This absorbing and timely study will be of interest to scholars and professionals in urban studies, urban design and planning, environmental studies, environment psychology, and sociology.
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Urban Villages and the Making of Communities

Book by Peter Neal; Spon Press, 2003

Subjects:

City Planning, Community Development, Urban

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...successful streetscapes in urban environments and sets out 12 action points...these attractive and integrated urban environments do not simply happen by their...that is inherent within our urban environments-but where do the characteristics...
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Soldiers in Cities: Military Operations on Urban Terrain

Book by Michael C. Desch; Strategic Studies Institute, 2001

Subjects:

Street Fighting (Military Science), Urban Warfare, Urban Warfare--Case Studies

Collections: Entire Library

...3. Military Operations in Urban Environments: The Case of Lebanon, 1982...Army forces in all manner of urban environments. The site includes a wide...MILITARY OPERATIONS IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS: THE CASE OF LEBANON, 1982...

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Journal Articles on: urban environments

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Assessing the Solar Resource in Forested Urban Environments: Results from the Use of a Photographic-Computational Method

Journal article by M.A. Canton, A. Mesa, J.L. Cortegoso, C. De Rosa; Architectural Science Review, Vol. 46, 2003

Subjects:

City trees--Environmental aspects, Mendoza, Argentina--Environmental aspects, Plant canopies--Environmental aspects, Solar radiation--Research, Trees in cities--Environmental aspects, Urban ecology--Research

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...Solar Resource in Forested Urban Environments: Results from the Use of a...solar radiation in vegetated urban environments. The method evaluates the effect...method, in low and high density urban environments and for the different seasons...
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Towards Smart Growth? the Difficult Implementation of Alternatives to Urban Dispersion

Journal article by Pierre Filion; Canadian Journal of Urban Research, Vol. 12, 2003

Subjects:

Urban policy--Analysis

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...costs; (1) the high expense of providing and maintaining infrastructures in low-density and automobile-dependent urban environments; and the loss of abundant rural and natural land due to a rate of urban land consumption that is far in excess...
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New Fault Lines? Recent Trends in the Canadian Urban System and Their Implications for Planning and Public Policy

Journal article by Larry S. Bourne, Jim Simmons; Canadian Journal of Urban Research, Vol. 12, 2003

Subjects:

Urban policy--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...relatively slow-growth environments. Interestingly...decline. Of the 139 urban places identified...very different urban environments in the years to...fact, very few urban places or associated...in amenity-rich environments. The hardest hit...
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The Uncertain City: Making Space(s) for Difference

Journal article by Barbara Rahder, Richard Milgrom; Canadian Journal of Urban Research, Vol. 13, 2004

Subjects:

Canada--Domestic policy, Cities and towns--Social aspects, City planning, Urban planning

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...some of the broad range of perspectives present in urban environments. Friedmann (1973, 1987) suggested roles for planners...planners is to maintain an attitude of hope that urban environments can be made more liveable for everyone, and a willingness...
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Positive Behavior Support in Urban Schools: Can We Prevent the Escalation of Antisocial Behavior?

Journal article by Barry L. Mccurdy, Mark C. Mannella, Norris Eldridge; Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, Vol. 5, 2003

Subjects:

Antisocial behavior--Research, Urban schools--Social aspects

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...is particularly evident in urban environments where there is an exacerbating...worse, children in impoverished urban environments are exposed on a daily basis...1981). For many children in urban environments, these conditions exist prior...

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Magazine Articles on: urban environments

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Keeping It Informal: Charlie Furniss Visits Chimalhuacan, One of Mexico's More Deprived Districts, with Architect Jose Castillo and Hears How Informality Can Help Planners Create More Dynamic Urban Environments

Magazine article by Charlie Furniss; Geographical, Vol. 80, April 2008

Subjects:

Architects--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Castillo, Jose--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Cities and towns--Design and construction, Cities and towns--Social aspects, City planning--Social aspects, Metropolitan areas--Design and construction, Metropolitan areas--Social aspects, Urban planning--Social aspects

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...Informality Can Help Planners Create More Dynamic Urban Environments. by Charlie Furniss Urbanity is like...have to adapt our understanding of these kinds of urban environments and how poverty operates. Many people, he continues...
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On the Town with Georg Simmel: A Socio-Religious Understanding of Urban Interaction

Magazine article by Victoria Lee Erickson; Cross Currents, Vol. 51, Spring 2001

Subjects:

German Sociological Association--Officials and employees, Philosophy and religion--Analysis, Religion and civilization--Analysis, Simmel, Georg--Conduct of life, Social interaction--Research, Sociology, Urban--Research, University of Chicago--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and physical environments. He searched the urban landscape for...just be that urban ministry is the...and physical environments reflect each...of less dense environments. What is everybodys...noticed that the urban eye must see...
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Urban Deans Network Meeting Envisions Updated Preparation for Urban Educators

Magazine article; Reading Today, Vol. 21, August 2003

Subjects:

Education, Urban--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Lyon, Reid--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Teacher education, Teachers--Training, Urban education--Conferences, meetings and seminars

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...evolve accordingly. Today urban educators need to be mindful...responsive to the different environments children are in and resourceful...children in those different environments. Educators must also be responsible...critical issues affecting urban literacy. Then Eric J. Cooper...
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The Seeds of Urban Revival

Magazine article by Mitchell Sviridoff; Public Interest, Winter 1994

Subjects:

City planning--Social policy, Inner cities--Social policy, Urban renewal--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...critical people problems of urban places. EZs may offer tax...productive assets, nor chaotic environments into profitable industrial...little in the disciplines of urban economics or social planning...against success in such troubled environments are formidable. Yet thousands...
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Living in the Ruins of Apartheid: The Apartheid Regime Gave Brutal Shape to the Urban and Social Dynamics of South African Cities, but Now That Such Proscriptions No Longer Apply, What Comes Next in the Quest for a Responsive, Inclusive and Multi-Layered Urbanism?

Magazine article by Lindsay Bremner; The Architectural Review, Vol. 221, June 2007

Subjects:

Apartheid--History, City planning--History, Historic sites--Evaluation, Urban planning--History

Collections: Entire Library

...structures, or in makeshift urban infrastructures built as ruins...inefficient or non-existent. In such environments, where the only dependable...through which people in such environments survive. Apartheids cities...however fragilely, new modes of urban life and living to emerge...

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Newspaper Articles on: urban environments

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Environment's All Right in 'Green' Houses

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 16, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Environments all right in green houses. Byline...building methods to curb pollution and urban sprawl. As evidence that the industry...environment and policy management for the Urban Land Institute, co-sponsor of the annual...and industrial development for the Urban Land Institute. Ms. Frej is also spearheading...
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Architect Targets D.C. for Urban Revitalization

Newspaper article by Julie Hyman; The Washington Times, December 21, 1998

Subjects:

Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut and Kuhn

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...to be. "I have a real love for urban environments," Mr. Powe said. Three months...focus on projects which foster urban revitalization. The firm will...at a couple of possibilities for urban entertainment and retail centers...
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Death of the Dawn Chorus; Songbirds Are Silenced by Urban Noise Pollution

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 25, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...fact that the birds are adapting successfully to their urban environments scientists warn that changing their sleeping patterns...December last year Dutch researchers discovered that urban birds had changed the type of sound they make. City...
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CULTURE: Designing Good Behaviour; Terry Grimley Reports on a Debate on Which Approach to Urban Design Is Most Effectve at Discouraging Bad Behaviour

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 2, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...among architects and urban designers of designingout...the poor public environments created in the postwar...creating more civilised environments might be expected...conference, The design of urban space and anti-social...that until recently urban planners have been...more interesting environments. People were taught...
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Teachers Take Culture Lessons; Program Aims to Empower Urban Students

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 21, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...counterparts in the suburbs, program officials said. One seminar focused on creating successful literacy environments in school. The regions urban literacy programs need much improvement, said Jennifer Turner, assistant professor of education at...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: urban environments

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National Parks and Monuments

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...York City. One of the first two national urban recreation areas. Gauley River RA...Island. One of the first two national urban recreation areas. Lake Chelan RA N...710) Wooded preserve, one of the largest urban parks in the nation. Santa Fe HT Mo...
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Pollution

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...sulfur gases, and other wastes had become too great for local environments like those of London and Pittsburgh to disperse rapidly. Similarly...including drinking supplies. Automobile emissions choked urban and suburban communities. Pesticides and PCBs poisoned fish...

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