The urban waterfront is widely regarded as a frontier of contemporary urban development, attracting both investment and publicity. This volume provides a detailed account of the redevelopment of urban waterfronts in nine cities around the world: London, Tokyo, Kobe, Osaka, Hong Kong, Sydney, Toronto, Dublin and Amsterdam. The case studies cover different frameworks for development in terms of the role of planning, approaches to financing, partnership agreements, state sponsorship and development profits. The analysis also demonstrates the effects of economic globalization, deregulation, the...
The urban waterfront is widely regarded as a frontier of contemporary urban development, attracting both investment and publicity. This volume provide...
During the brutal and destructive King Philip's War, the New England Indians combined new European weaponry with their traditional use of stealth, surprise, and mobility.
During the brutal and destructive King Philip's War, the New England Indians combined new European weaponry with their traditional use of stealth, sur...
In order to function, architectural theory and practice must be shaped to suit current cultural, economic, and political forces. Thus, architecture embodies reductive logic that conditions the treatment of human and social processes - which raises the question of how to define objectivity for architectural mentalities that must conform to a set of immediate conditions.
This book focuses on meaning, and on the physical and mental processes that define life in built environments. The potential to draw knowledge from aesthetics, psychology, political economy, philosophy, geography, and...
In order to function, architectural theory and practice must be shaped to suit current cultural, economic, and political forces. Thus, architecture...
