A comprehensive examination of sustainable urbanism principles and practices and speculates about its future.
"In the first decade of this century, for the first time in history, the majority of the planet's population resided in cities. We are an urban planet. If ongoing changes in climate are to have an impact on the human species, most of these impacts will play out in cities. This f…
El autor explora "la difusión descentralizada de Silicon Valley de California, las atestadas calles de la ciudad de Nueva York barrio de Jackson Heights, el crecimiento controlado de Portland, Oregon, y las fachadas etapa-establecidos de la comunidad planificada de Disney, Celeb…
The City: A World History tells the story of the rise and development of urban centers from ancient times to the twenty-first century. It begins with the establishment of the first cities in the Near East in the fourth millennium BCE, and goes on to examine urban growth in the I…
