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Found 4 from your keywords: subject="Regional planning"
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Modeling cities and regions as complex systems : from theory to planning appl…
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White, Roger,Engelen, Guy,Uljee, Inge,

"Cities and regions grow (or occasionally decline), and continuously transform themselves as they do so. This book describes the theory and practice of modeling the spatial dynamics of urban growth and transformation. As cities are complex, adaptive, self-organizing systems, the most appropriate modeling framework is one based on the theory of self-organizing systems -an approach already used i…

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9780262331388
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1 online resource (354 pages)
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The Working Landscape: Founding, Preservation, and the Politics of Place
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Peter F. Cannavò

In America today we see rampant development, unsustainable resource exploitation, and commodification ruin both natural and built landscapes, disconnecting us from our surroundings and threatening our fundamental sense of place. Meanwhile, preservationists often respond with a counterproductive stance that rejects virtually any change in the landscape. In The Working Landscape, Peter Cannavò i…

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The working landscape :founding, preservation, and the politics of place
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Cannav?o, Peter F.

Based on the author's Ph. D. thesis, Harvard University, 2000.In America today we see rampant development, unsustainable resource exploitation, and commodification ruin both natural and built landscapes, disconnecting us from our surroundings and threatening our fundamental sense of place. Meanwhile, preservationists often respond with a counterproductive stance that rejects virtually any chang…

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9780262269803
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1 online resource (xvi, 425 pages).
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Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs
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Jonathan BarnettLarry Beasley

In six comprehensively illustrated chapters, the authors explain ecodesign concepts, including the importance of preserving and restoring natural systems while also adapting to climate change; minimizing congestion on highways and at airports by making development more compact, and by making it easier to walk, cycle and take trains and mass transit; crafting and managing regulations to insure b…

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9781610914062
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307.12