City on the Verge

Atlanta is on the verge of either tremendous rebirth or inexorable decline. The perfect storm for failed American urban policies, Atlanta has the highest income inequality in the entire country; urban...

Residential Development Handbook

This comprehensive reference describes how to develop condominiums, townhouses, single family homes, and neighborhoods.

Picturesque Garden In Europe

Traces the development throughout the 18th century the course of the 'picturesque' landscape, which seemed to the experienced viewer either composed after a painting or designed to be the subject of o...

Die Siedlung Römerstadt in Frankfurt a. M. von Ernst May

Inhaltsangabe: Einleitung: Die vorliegende Arbeit beschaftigt sich mit der 1927 und 1928 entstandenen Siedlung Romerstadt in Frankfurt am Main von Ernst May. Die Siedlung Romerstadt ist Teil des sozia...

Central Park An American Masterpiece

Every New York City tour bus stops at Strawberry Fields; countless movies have been filmed at Bethesda Terrace; and concerts from the Great Lawn are broadcast throughout the nation. These places are a...

River by Design

In perpetual motion

National Express Coaches

Although several coaching pools for express services were established in the late 1920s, it was not until 1972, three years after the formation of the National Bus Company, that a nationwide, fully co...

Research Design in Urban Planning

This excellent book fills a significant gap in the literature supporting planning education by providing clear, succinct advice on the design and implementation of small-scale student research project...

Urban Visions: From Planning Culture to Landscape Urbanism

This book is a useful reference in the field of urbanism. It explains how the contemporary city and landscape have been shaped by certain twentieth century visions that have carried over into the twen...

Managing Urban America

In Managing Urban America, Eighth Edition, the authors guide students through the politics of urban management-doing less with more while managing conflict, delivering goods and services, responding t...