Books

The growth of cities in Europe has historically been driven by increasing urban populations. However, today, even where there is little or no population pressure, a variety of factors are still driving urban sprawl. These are rooted in the desire to realise new lifestyles in sub…

Footbridges: construction, design, history

by Schlaich, Mike, Baus, Ursula

0 Type: Book

Bridges have become a focus of increased attention and awareness in the last ten years as highly visible elements that define the urban and nonurban landscape. This book contains detailed presentations of some sixty-five bridges from ten European countries, with text, comprehens…

Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives

by Bruntlett, Melissa, Bruntlett, Chris

0 Type: Book

In 2019, mobility experts Melissa and Chris Bruntlett began a new adventure in Delft in the Netherlands. They had packed up their family in Vancouver, BC, and moved to Delft to experience the cycling city as residents rather than as visitors. A year earlier they had become unoff…

Routledge handbook of sport and legacy: meeting the challenge of major sports events

by Holt, Richard

0 Type: Book

What remains of a great sporting spectacle after the last race is run or the final match is played? How can the vast expense of mounting such events be justified? What if there is nothing left behind or what if the legacy is negative, a costly infrastructure which is unused or a…

White elephant or cash cow: Beijing story of Olympic venues

by Yu, Xiaowei

0 Type: Book

Whenever the Olympic Games complete, all the athletes and tourists leave, all the attention has gone, the Organizing Committees are dismantled usually half a year later, local residents in the host cities gradually go back to their routine lives. However, those sport venues do n…

Basics urban building blocks

by Bürklin, Thorsten, Peterek, Michael

fromBasics (Basel, Switzerland)

0 Type: Book

Study of city building blocks represents a first step toward understanding and successfully developing the built structure of the city as a physical and social habitat.

Adapting buildings and cities for climate change: a 21st Century Survival Guide

by Roaf, Sue, Crichton, David, Nicol, Fervus

0 Type: Book

From the bestselling author of Ecohouse, this fully revised edition of Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change provides unique insights into how we can protect our buildings, cities, infra-structures and lifestyles against risks associated with extreme weather and relat…

The game of urban regeneration: culture & community in London 2012 and Berlin's M…

by Weber-Newth, Francesca

0 Type: Book

Francesca Weber-Newth looks at two neighbourhoods that are adjacent to large-scale regeneration schemes: the 2012 Olympic park in London and the Mediaspree waterside development in Berlin. By analysing how urban regeneration is experienced on the ground, her study counters the n…

The game of urban regeneration: culture & community in London 2012 and Berlin's M…

by Weber-Newth, Francesca

0 Type: Book

Francesca Weber-Newth looks at two neighbourhoods that are adjacent to large-scale regeneration schemes: the 2012 Olympic park in London and the Mediaspree waterside development in Berlin. By analysing how urban regeneration is experienced on the ground, her study counters the n…