Author: Richard Johnson (of Hereford, Eng.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Customary law
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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City at the Centre
Author: Kerry Taylor
Publisher: Massey University
ISBN: 9780995113527
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A RICHLY ILLUSTRATED HISTORY CELEBRATING 150 YEARS. City at the Centre tells the story of a small town carved out of the bush that once cloaked the Manawatu plains, whose growth was driven by the railway that runs through it, by farming, by defence and by Massey University. From Maori history and early settlement to business and sport, the arts and the environment, this engaging history, written by leading historians, is supported by over 150 outstanding photographs. The thematic approach draws on multiple views of Palmerston Norths past to provide a fresh look at an ambitious city at the centre of its region.
Publisher: Massey University
ISBN: 9780995113527
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A RICHLY ILLUSTRATED HISTORY CELEBRATING 150 YEARS. City at the Centre tells the story of a small town carved out of the bush that once cloaked the Manawatu plains, whose growth was driven by the railway that runs through it, by farming, by defence and by Massey University. From Maori history and early settlement to business and sport, the arts and the environment, this engaging history, written by leading historians, is supported by over 150 outstanding photographs. The thematic approach draws on multiple views of Palmerston Norths past to provide a fresh look at an ambitious city at the centre of its region.
City
Author: William H. Whyte
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 081220834X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Named by Newsweek magazine to its list of "Fifty Books for Our Time." For sixteen years William Whyte walked the streets of New York and other major cities. With a group of young observers, camera and notebook in hand, he conducted pioneering studies of street life, pedestrian behavior, and city dynamics. City: Rediscovering the Center is the result of that research, a humane, often amusing view of what is staggeringly obvious about the urban environment but seemingly invisible to those responsible for planning it. Whyte uses time-lapse photography to chart the anatomy of metropolitan congestion. Why is traffic so badly distributed on city streets? Why do New Yorkers walk so fast—and jaywalk so incorrigibly? Why aren't there more collisions on the busiest walkways? Why do people who stop to talk gravitate to the center of the pedestrian traffic stream? Why do places designed primarily for security actually worsen it? Why are public restrooms disappearing? "The city is full of vexations," Whyte avers: "Steps too steep; doors too tough to open; ledges you cannot sit on. . . . It is difficult to design an urban space so maladroitly that people will not use it, but there are many such spaces." Yet Whyte finds encouragement in the widespread rediscovery of the city center. The future is not in the suburbs, he believes, but in that center. Like a Greek agora, the city must reassert its most ancient function as a place where people come together face-to-face.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 081220834X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Named by Newsweek magazine to its list of "Fifty Books for Our Time." For sixteen years William Whyte walked the streets of New York and other major cities. With a group of young observers, camera and notebook in hand, he conducted pioneering studies of street life, pedestrian behavior, and city dynamics. City: Rediscovering the Center is the result of that research, a humane, often amusing view of what is staggeringly obvious about the urban environment but seemingly invisible to those responsible for planning it. Whyte uses time-lapse photography to chart the anatomy of metropolitan congestion. Why is traffic so badly distributed on city streets? Why do New Yorkers walk so fast—and jaywalk so incorrigibly? Why aren't there more collisions on the busiest walkways? Why do people who stop to talk gravitate to the center of the pedestrian traffic stream? Why do places designed primarily for security actually worsen it? Why are public restrooms disappearing? "The city is full of vexations," Whyte avers: "Steps too steep; doors too tough to open; ledges you cannot sit on. . . . It is difficult to design an urban space so maladroitly that people will not use it, but there are many such spaces." Yet Whyte finds encouragement in the widespread rediscovery of the city center. The future is not in the suburbs, he believes, but in that center. Like a Greek agora, the city must reassert its most ancient function as a place where people come together face-to-face.
The Ancient Customs of the City of Hereford
Author: Richard Johnson (of Hereford, Eng.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Customary law
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Customary law
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Engineering
Author:
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
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Publisher:
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
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A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon
Author: John Murray (Firm)
Publisher:
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Category : Burma
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Burma
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
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The Municipal Handbook of New Zealand
Author: New Zealand. Census and Statistics Department
Publisher:
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Category : Municipal government
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Municipal government
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Marina-Columbia Residential Development
Author:
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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Navy Broadway Complex Redevelopment, San Diego
Author:
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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East Urban Corridor San Diego Region, California
Author:
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Category : Street-railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 802
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Street-railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 802
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San Diego Trolley
Author: San Diego Association of Governments
Publisher:
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Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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