TY  - BOOK
AU  - Charlesworth,Esther Ruth
TI  - Cityedge: case studies in contemporary urbanism 
SN  - 0080455875
AV  - HT166 .C494 2005eb
U1  - 307.1/216 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Oxford, Burlington, MA
PB  - Architectural Press
KW  - City planning
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Land use, Urban
KW  - Utilisation urbaine du sol
KW  - Études de cas
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - Regional Planning
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Planejamento territorial urbano
KW  - larpcal
KW  - Áreas metropolitanas
KW  - Desenvolvimento sustentável
KW  - Uso do solo
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; City edges; Esther Charlesworth --; Remaking Beirut; Angus Gavin --; Barcelona revisited : transforming the city within the city; Joan Busquets --; Melbourne : back from the edge; Rob Adams --; Jerusalem : lessons from a shared city; Arie Rahamimoff --; Dublin, Sheffield, Manchester and Adelaide : cultural quarters as mechanisms for urban regeneration; John Montgomery --; From centre to periphery : the aesthetics of mobility; Francine Houben --; Rebuilding Kabul; Ajmal Maiwandi and Anthony Fontenot --; Belgrade : de(con)structing urbanity; Darko Radovic --; Reframing Johannesburg; Graeme Reid --; Megacities and the urban century : shrinking world, growing cities; Janice Perlman --; From Eastgate to CH2 : building on the energy watershed; Mick Pearce --; Curitiba and sustainability; Cassio Taniguchi --; Sustainability and metropolitan planning : Melbourne 2030 : a case study in governance and the mechanics of change; Stuart Niven and Cathy Wilkinson --; From New York to Darwinism : formulary for a sustainable urbanism; Michael Sorkin --; Beyond the city edge; John Fien
N2  - This series of essays outlines a number of case studies from Europe, North America, Australia and Asia and provides first hand accounts of the experiences that planners, architects and politicians have had in reshaping cities. These insights provide a pragmatic assessment of the challenges and constraints posed by changing patterns of urban growth in a broad spectrum of urban environments. The reader will discover, through these multiple voices and views, the diverse forms of global cities, and will have a grasp of where the debate on urban design stands today, and where it may be going in the
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