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This book examines the economic reasons why people choose to live where they live and develops, through analysis of the bid rent function, a unified theory of urban land use and city size. The first part of the book explicates the basic theory of urban land use and optimal city …
This dynamic international collection provides a comprehensive overview of twin cities on administrative and international borders across the world. Drawing on contemporary and historical examples, it documents constant and changing features of twinned communities over time. The…
"Based on her extensive experience in the urban communities of Los Angeles, historian and architect Dolores Hayden proposes new perspectives on gender, race, and ethnicity to broaden the practice of public history and public art, enlarge urban preservation, and reorient the writ…
As a historian and architect, Dolores Hayden proposes new perspectives on gender and race to broaden the practice of public art, enlarge urban preservation initiatives and redirect the writing of urban history.
"Based on her extensive experience in the urban communities of Los Angeles, historian and architect Dolores Hayden proposes new perspectives on gender, race, and ethnicity to broaden the practice of public history and public art, enlarge urban preservation, and reorient the writ…
A companion volume to "Urban Design: Street and Square", this book focuses on decorating the city - how ornament has been used in the urban scene. It shows how the pattern and distribution of street and square in the city can be enhanced by the judicious use of decorative surfac…
Problems and planning in Third World cities
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Addresses the problems associated with the changing groundwater levels - frequent deterioration of water quality, reduced water abstraction, and flooding or uplift of basements. This work provides a coverage of background information, data interpretation, details of the rising a…