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1. Design with Nature Now

   Livros
   Outubro 2019
   Edited by Frederick Steiner, Richard Weller, Karen M’Closkey, and Billy Fleming

   “I highly encourage students, faculty, and practitioners to read this book and distill for themselves the overarching lessons. Design With Nature Now is timely because it reintroduces us to an...

2. After Great Disasters

   An In-Depth Analysis of How Six Countries Managed Community Recovery
   Livros
   Junho 2017
   Laurie A. Johnson and Robert B. Olshansky

   “The book is an important contribution to the practice of recovery and reconstruction. The lessons emerging from these case studies bring clarity to the complex recovery processes and provide...

3. Nature and Cities

   The Ecological Imperative in Urban Design and Planning
   Livros
   Novembro 2016
   Edited by Frederick R. Steiner, George F. Thompson, and Armando Carbonell

   Note: If you are ordering multiple copies of this book, please contact our warehouse by email at lincolnorders@pssc.com or by phone at 877-526-3257 for a shipping quote. “This book overflows...

4. After Great Disasters

   How Six Countries Managed Community Recovery
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Julho 2016
   Laurie A. Johnson and Robert B. Olshansky

   “After Great Disasters offers one of the most well-researched accounts of large-scale, post-disaster recovery programs in several countries. The case studies highlight the common strands of...

5. Land and the City

   Livros
   Janeiro 2016
   Edited by George W. McCarthy, Gregory K. Ingram, and Samuel A. Moody

   This book from the Lincoln Institute's 2014 Land Policy Conference examines issues of land use policies and their impact on sustainable urbanization. By 1960, one-third of the world’s...

6. Planeta de ciudades

   Livros
   Junho 2015
   Shlomo Angel

   This book develops a science of global cities to prepare for the coming expansion of the planet's population and questions the main tenets of the Containment Paradigm. It provides planners and...

7. Governing and Financing Cities in the Developing World

   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Maio 2014
   Roy W. Bahl and Johannes F. Linn

   The economic activity that drives growth in developing countries is heavily concentrated in urban areas. Big cities generate the most dynamic economic development, the strongest links to the global...

8. Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries

   Livros
   Abril 2013
   Edited by Roy W. Bahl, Johannes F. Linn, and Deborah L. Wetzel

   This work uses case studies of urban financing mechanisms in China, India, and Brazil to help decision makers in developing countries address the challenges of rapid metropolitan growth. The report...

9. China’s Environmental Policy and Urban Development

   Livros
   Fevereiro 2013
   Edited by Joyce Yanyun Man

   “It is well known that rapid urbanization and industrialization in China have had serious consequences for China's environment. Far less recognized are the wide ranging efforts undertaken...

10. Planet of Cities

    Livros
    Setembro 2012
    Shlomo Angel

    “Students and others looking for a place to start often ask, ‘If I could read just one book about xxxx, which would you suggest?’ When it comes to cities, I have a new favorite. It...