Author: Karsten Pålsson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783869226781
Category : Architecture
Languages : es
Pages : 272

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Author: Andrés Martínez
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788486828912
Category : City planning
Languages : es
Pages : 100

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El Colegio Territorial de Arquitectos de Valencia publica una colección denominada 'Manuales de Urbanismoö (lo cual en estos tiempos que corren es bastante meritorio) que cuenta con algunos títulos interesantes y que deberían tener una difusión más importante que la puramente local entre sus colegiados. A pesar de que el urbanismo y el planeamiento urbanístico han ido tomando derroteros aparentemente divergentes en las distintas comunidades autónomas por los avatares propios de nuestra Constitución, y que pudiera parecer que lo aplicable en este ámbito en Valencia no lo es en Extremadura, sin embargo existen temas que sobrepasan las fronteras, no sólo entre Comunidades sino entre países o, incluso, entre continentes. Es comprensible que títulos como Guía básica para la redacción de estudios de detalle en el ámbito local de la Comunidad Valenciana o Guía básica para la redacción y gestión del proyecto de reparcelación (dos de los últimos publicados) no pretendan una difusión muy amplia ya que tratan temas locales. Aún así tienen bastante interés para los profesionales y, sobre todo los estudiosos, de otros sitios. Sin embargo, el libro que comento hoy, Guía básica para el diseño de espacios públicos urbanos. Criterios y recomendaciones, de Andrés Martínez, entiendo que tiene un interés que rebasa el ámbito del Colegio Territorial de Arquitectos de Valencia.Para aquellos que estamos en este mundo del urbanismo es de sobra conocida la publicación titulada Guía de diseño urbano de la que son autores Martínez Sarandeses, Herrero y Medina, publicada por el Ministerio de Fomento en el año 1999 y que sirvió de manual de diseño urbano en diferentes escuelas de arquitectura españolas (por cierto, heredera de otra publicada por el MOPU en 1990). Pudiera parecer que esta otra Guía de Andrés Martínez iba a ser una especie de revival de la anterior. Nada más lejos de la realidad. Por supuesto que le debe muchas cosas (al fin y al cabo Andrés Martínez no sólo es hijo sino también discípulo de José Martínez Sarandeses) pero se diferencia de forma bastante notoria. El propio Andrés lo explica en la 'Introducciónö cuando habla de que la situación en estos últimos diez años ha cambiado de forma notable y ha establecido nuevos retos y prioridades. En concreto habla de dos. La primera es la del funcionamiento en red de los espacios libres, singularmente de los llamados 'verdesö, y la segunda la consideración disciplinar del proyecto del espacio público como un elemento singular y diferenciado. Aunque la segunda podría ser discutible, por lo menos su novedad o su consideración prioritaria, la primera es bastante clara. Y no afecta sólo a este país sino que, en general, es un clamor europeo (en estos momentos estoy codirigiendo con un profesor de la universidad de Palermo un tesis doctoral que trata precisamente de este tema en Italia y España en el contexto de la Unión Europea).La Guía tiene una estructura clara y práctica.

Author: Jan Gehl
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789879393802
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 260

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Author: Nora Clichevsky
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781558441491
Category : Land use, Urban
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Vacant urban land--the product of land market activity, the actions of private agents, and the policies of public agents--is an important challenge for policy makers. Vacant lots on the urban fringe and in central and interstitial areas have affected growth patterns in Latin America. Contributors to this book analyze the problems and opportunities related to vacant urban land in five cities: Buenos Aires, Argentina; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Quito, Ecuador; Lima, Perú; and San Salvador, El Salvador.

Author: Karsten Pålsson
Publisher: Dom Publishers
ISBN: 9783869226132
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 271

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Taking examples from major European cities, 'Public Spaces and Urbanity' is a practical guide demonstrating what urban development with a human face might look like. This involves renewing and enhancing humane cities using architecture on a human scale while taking their history into account. Thus the book follows the tradition established by Jan Gehl that regards urban space as a framework for people to live in and socialise. The European tradition of the dense classical city marks the point of departure for this book. Special emphasis is placed on physical and spatial parameters, on development patterns and building types, on the guiding principles governing access, and on interconnections with public roads and pathways --all of which form the foundations of urban life as well as cities that provide safety and security. The book is divided into ten thematic chapters, each providing a definition and general outline of core challenges together with proposals for meeting them. An historical outline of urban development and the practically organised thematic structure underlying concepts discussed allow the examples given to greatly broaden the field of understanding around this topic.

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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 3426

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Author: Peter Hall
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9780631199434
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 502

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Cities of Tomorrow is a critical history of planning in theory and practice in the twentieth century, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. Trenchant, perceptive, global in coverage, this book is an unrivalled account of its crucial subject. The third edition of Cities of Tomorrow is comprehensively revised to take account of abundant new literature published since its original appearance, and to view the 1990s in historical perspective. This is the definitive edition, reviewing the development of the modern planning movement over the entire span of the twentieth century.

Author: Michel Hermelin Arbaux
Publisher: Universidad EAFIT
ISBN: 9587201140
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 381

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In recent times what has become known as "the case of Medellín " has generated a growing interest in the international community. These urban transformation that Medellín has experimented have become a focus of attention and reference for experts in many fields, around the world. The book ́Medellin: Environment, Urbanism and Society ́, that now published the Center for Urban and Environmental Studies, Urbam, of EAFIT University is a testimony of the value given by our culture to the accomplishments of the city, to the idea of the public sphere and the growing relationship between the technical sphere and the political sphere, understood in the broad sense as a form of disciplinary knowledge and construction of civil society. This book brings together a knowledge of the city from multiple perspectives; knowledge that is, without any doubt, impressive for its extension and profoundity, as well as for its capacity to combine objective data with conceptual reflections about the scope and impact of the different perspectives concerning the theme of urban transformation and the different actors that have participated in such processes. The book weaves a broad net over the city, its history and development, adopting a multidisciplinary vision. I think that this will be the first step in creating a speech that might finally liberate itself from the strict disciplinary boundaries, building a trans-disciplinary perspective that can amplify the urban dimension of the city. This is the beginning of a profound and complex reflection that is, at the same time, a project of knowledge and an instrument of action and participation.

Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468

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This edition of the World Bank has been revised and expanded by the Terminology Unit in the Languages Services Division of the World Bank in collaboration with the English, Spanish, and French Translation Sections. The Glossary is intended to assist the Bank's translators and interpreters, other Bank staff using French and Spanish in their work, and free-lance translator's and interpreters employed by the Bank. For this reason, the Glossary contains not only financial and economic terminology and terms relating to the Bank's procedures and practices, but also terms that frequently occur in Bank documents, and others for which the Bank has a preferred equivalent. Although many of these terms, relating to such fields as agriculture, education, energy, housing, law, technology, and transportation, could be found in other sources, they have been assembled here for ease of reference. A list of acronyms occurring frequently in Bank texts (the terms to which they refer being found in the Glossary) and a list of international, regional, and national organizations will be found at the end of the Glossary.

Author: Andres Duany
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071433449
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Everyone is calling for smart growth...but what exactly is it? In The Smart Growth Manual, two leading city planners provide a thorough answer. From the expanse of the metropolis to the detail of the window box, they address the pressing challenges of urban development with easy-to-follow advice and broad array of best practices. With their landmark book Suburban Nation, Andres Duany and Jeff Speck "set forth more clearly than anyone has done in our time the elements of good town planning" (The New Yorker). With this long-awaited companion volume, the authors have organized the latest contributions of new urbanism, green design, and healthy communities into a comprehensive handbook, fully illustrated with the built work of the nation's leading practitioners. "The Smart Growth Manual is an indispensable guide to city planning. This kind of progressive development is the only way to fully restore our economic strength and create new jobs, new industries, and a renewed ability to compete in the first rank of world economies." -- Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco "Authors Andres Duany, Jeff Speck, and Mike Lydon have created The Smart Growth Manual, a resource which not only explains the overarching ideals of smart growth, but a manual that takes the time to show smart growth principles at each geographic scale (region, neighborhood, street, building). I highly recommend [it] as a part of any community participant’s or urban planner’s desktop references." -- LocalPlan.org Planetizen Top 10 Books – 2010 On the ninth annual list of the ten best books in urban planning, design and development: "The goal of The Smart Growth Manual is clear from page 1: to create a guidebook for smart growth following the pattern of the Charter for New Urbanism. Duany, Speck and Lydon have achieved that in spades (the Charter is included in the appendix, in case we missed the connection). It even clears up some of the architectural arguments that attach themselves to New Urbanists, such as this segment of Section 14.1, Regional Design; 'While new buildings should not be compelled to mimic their historic predecessors, designers should pay attention to local practices regarding materials and colors, roof pitches, eave lengths, window-to-wall ratios, and the socially significant relationship of buildings to their site and the street; these have usually evolved in intelligent response to local conditions.' In addition to making the old 'traditional vs. modern' argument irrelevant, Duany, Speck and Lydon have truly managed to boil down the best parts of current practices into a highly readable, portable book."