Introduction -- Chapter 1.Territorial Context -- Chapter 2. Regional Analysis and Diagnosis -- Chapter 3. Territorial Objectives and Strategies.The book presents a unique example of integral planning at different scales and across different types of landscapes found on the outskirts of metropolitan areas. It features a sustainability-based plan to improve the evolution of the south-central area…
Finding Landscape -- Imagining Landscape -- Drawing Landscape -- Composing Landscape -- Landscape and Matter -- Landscape and Spaces -- Landscape and Resources. .This book explores the relationship between the sciences of representation and the strategy of landscape valorisation. The topic is connected to the theme of the image of the city, which is extended to the territory scale and applied …
Part I: Introduction -- Nature-based solutions in flood risk management -- Nature-based solutions & issues of scale -- Part II: small scale property solutions -- Small retention programme in the Polish forests -- Privately funded natural water retention measures in the Czech Republic -- Experimenting with re-parcelling by means of land swop -- Part III: Medium sized infrastructure solutions -- …
Urbanisation and Urban Planning in Turkey -- Part I: Contemporary Issues of Urban and Regional Planning -- A New Route for Regional Planning in Turkey: Recent Developments -- The Role of the Planner in the Shaping of Urban Form in Turkish Cities -- An Analysis of the Framework of Urban Public Policy for Effective City Centre -- Development: The Planning Issues and Challenges for Turkish City Ce…
Part 1. An Overview -- Part 2. Geology and Geodynamics -- Part 3. Water Resources -- Part 4. Forest Resources and Biodiversity -- Part 5. Agriculture -- Part 6. Urban Environment -- Part 7. Geospatial Data, Web services and Analysis Tools.Himalaya, one of the global biodiversity hotspots, is the abode of a variety of flora and fauna. The Himalayan ecosystems have immense ecological, socioeconom…
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- What is Downtown?- Where is Downtown?- How and Why Downtown America is Changing -- People Who Are Changing Downtown -- Organizations that are Changing Downtown -- Lessons for Any Downtown -- Emerging 21st Century Downtowns -- Creating Vibrant Downtowns for a New Generation -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index."Alex Garvin looks at cities with a clearer eye than any other…
Preface -- Climate Action Planning -- Creating a Framework for Community Action -- Community Engagement and Collaboration -- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting -- Strategies for Creating Low-Carbon Communities -- Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment -- Strategies for Resilient Communities -- Pathways to Successful Implementation -- Communities Leading the Way -- Time to Take Action -- Appen…
This book highlights the new urban–rural relationship that has emerged under the influence of e-commerce in China. In this regard, it presents case studies on the Suichang rural e-commerce model and Alibaba’s rural strategy, together with analyses of online service in China. Furthermore, by means of a brief review of the urban–rural relationship throughout China’s history, and of academ…
Introduction -- Landscape And Land-Use Plan -- Natural Environment Plan -- Game Management Plan -- Agriculture Plan -- Livestock Farming Plan -- Urban And Well-Being Plan -- Cultural Heritage Plan -- Tourism And Public Use Plan -- Socioeconomic Development And Sustainability Plan -- Governance And Implementation Plan -- Public Participation Plan (Phase 3): Sectoral Plans And Pilot Projects -- C…
Foreword -- Introduction: The Clock Tower -- PART I Working on the African city -- The lost cities of Africa -- The modern African city -- The other side of Zanzibar -- Popular housing in Ouagadougou -- The contemporary African city -- PART II Building in Africa -- Farewell to the African Archadia -- The Faculty of Engineering in Dar es Salaam -- A field office in Wagadogo -- Inno-native Africa…