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This Must Be the Place: How Music Can Make Your City Better
ISBN: 9781915672056 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This Must Be the Place introduces and examines music's relationship to cities. Not the influence cities have on music, but the powerful impact music can have on how cities are developed, built, managed and governed. Told in an accessible way through personal stories from cities around the world - including London, Melbourne, Nashville, Austin and Zurich - This Must Be the Place takes a truly global perspective on the ways music is integral to everyday life but neglected in public policy. Arguing for the transformative role of artists and musicians in a post-pandemic world, This Must Be...
This Must Be the Place introduces and examines music's relationship to cities. Not the influence cities have on music, but the powerful impact music c...
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65,53 |
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Die Resiliente Stadt: Konzepte, Konflikte, Lösungen
ISBN: 9783662669150 / Niemiecki / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Resilienz ist das Konzept der Stunde. Die Coronakrise, die Flutkatastrophe im Ahrtal und die Energieknappheit haben Resilienz an die Spitze der politischen Agenda gesetzt. Auch für die Stadtentwicklung gilt Resilienz als Ziel. Doch was steckt hinter diesem relativ neuen Begriff?In diesem Open-Access Band erfahren die Leser*innen wie Städte auf Krisen und Katastrophen besser vorbereitet werden müssen, um diese gut zu überstehen und gestärkt aus ihnen hervorzugehen. Die Beiträge zeigen konkrete Beispiele, wie Städte resilienter gestaltet werden können.Welche Voraussetzungen müssen...
Resilienz ist das Konzept der Stunde. Die Coronakrise, die Flutkatastrophe im Ahrtal und die Energieknappheit haben Resilienz an die Spitze der politi...
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201,72 |
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The Cultural Infrastructure of Cities
ISBN: 9781788214926 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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153,67 |
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The Cultural Infrastructure of Cities
ISBN: 9781788214919 / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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435,54 |
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Lost Cities of the Ancient World
ISBN: 9780500025659 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A fascinating tour of cities that have been lost to history, from the Neolithic period up to the late Roman Empire, that offers a fresh new perspective on the roots of urban life. The ruins of ancient Athens, Luxor and Rome are familiar cornerstones of world history, visited by travellers from across the globe. But what about the cities that have dropped off the map – that have been submerged under water, or swallowed up by the sands of time? Where are they, and what can they tell us about our past? In this compendium of forgotten cities, Philip Matyszak explores the trials, tribulations...
A fascinating tour of cities that have been lost to history, from the Neolithic period up to the late Roman Empire, that offers a fresh new perspectiv...
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126,09 |
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Housebuilding, Planning and Community Action: The Production and Negotiation of the Built Environment
ISBN: 9780367772031 / Angielski / Miękka / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1986, Housebuilding, Planning and Community Action was written as an examination of the conflicts and tensions resulting from private sector housing growth in Central Berkshire.
First published in 1986, Housebuilding, Planning and Community Action was written as an examination of the conflicts and tensions resulting from priva...
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160,59 |
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Regional Policy in Britain: The North South Divide
ISBN: 9781032041605 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1990, this book examines the extent to which the ‘north-south divide’ in the UK has been a reality in recent years. It also reveals the degree to which the gap between the two parts of Britain has worsened.
Originally published in 1990, this book examines the extent to which the ‘north-south divide’ in the UK has been a reality in recent years. It als...
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155,73 |
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Postindustrial DIY: Recovering American Rust Belt Icons
ISBN: 9781531504687 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chronicles grassroots efforts to recover, rebuild, and enjoy architecturally iconic but economically obsolete places in the American Rust Belt. A pioneering Detroit automobile factory. A legendary iron mill at the edge of Pittsburgh. A campus of concrete grain elevators in Buffalo. Two monumental train stations, one in Buffalo, the other in Detroit. These once-noble sites have since fallen from their towering grace. As local elected leaders did everything they could to destroy what was left of these places, citizens saw beauty and utility in these industrial ruins and felt compelled to act....
Chronicles grassroots efforts to recover, rebuild, and enjoy architecturally iconic but economically obsolete places in the American Rust Belt. A pio...
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95,36 |
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Electrographic Architecture: New York Color, Las Vegas Light, and America's White Imaginary
ISBN: 9780520392601 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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126,09 |
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Electrographic Architecture: New York Color, Las Vegas Light, and America\'s White Imaginary
ISBN: 9780520392595 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bridging histories of technology, media studies, and aesthetics, Electrographic Architecture forges a critical narrative of the ways in which illuminated light and color have played key roles in the formation of America's white imaginary. Carolyn L. Kane charts the rise of the country's urban advertisements, light empires, and neoclassical buildings in the early twentieth century; the midcentury construction of polychromatic electrographic spectacles; and their eclipse by informatically intense, invisible algorithms at the dawn of the new millennium. Drawing on archival research, interviews,...
Bridging histories of technology, media studies, and aesthetics, Electrographic Architecture forges a critical narrative of the ways in which illumina...
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409,92 |
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Pedestrians, Urban Spaces and Health: Proceedings of the XXIV International Conference on Living and Walking in Cities (LWC, September 12-13, 2019, Brescia, Italy)
ISBN: 9780367687571 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pedestrians, Urban Spaces and Health discusses problems that affect the safety of pedestrians in the city, especially of children and persons with reduced mobility.
Pedestrians, Urban Spaces and Health discusses problems that affect the safety of pedestrians in the city, especially of children and persons with red...
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243,34 |
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The Paradox of Paradise: Creative Destruction and the Rise of Urban Coastal Tourism in Contemporary Spanish Culture
ISBN: 9780826506214 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Paradox of Paradise focuses on the trajectory of urban coastal tourism in Spain from the late Franco years to the present through the lens of Spanish cultural production. “Sun‑and‑fun” destinations like Torremolinos (located in the Costa del Sol) and Benidorm (located in the Costa Blanca) established a model for urban renewal that literally built the coasts to accommodate and expand foreign tourism as the driving force of the so‑called Spanish Economic Miracle. In addition to inserting the coasts into the scope of Iberian urban studies (typically dominated by studies of Madrid...
The Paradox of Paradise focuses on the trajectory of urban coastal tourism in Spain from the late Franco years to the present through the lens of Span...
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193,32 |
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The Paradox of Paradise: Creative Destruction and the Rise of Urban Coastal Tourism in Contemporary Spanish Culture
ISBN: 9780826506221 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Paradox of Paradise focuses on the trajectory of urban coastal tourism in Spain from the late Franco years to the present through the lens of Spanish cultural production. “Sun‑and‑fun” destinations like Torremolinos (located in the Costa del Sol) and Benidorm (located in the Costa Blanca) established a model for urban renewal that literally built the coasts to accommodate and expand foreign tourism as the driving force of the so‑called Spanish Economic Miracle. In addition to inserting the coasts into the scope of Iberian urban studies (typically dominated by studies of Madrid...
The Paradox of Paradise focuses on the trajectory of urban coastal tourism in Spain from the late Franco years to the present through the lens of Span...
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541,12 |
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The London Object: Writing London at the End of Capitalism
ISBN: 9781032006178 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book argues that certain works by Michael Moorcock, Iain Sinclair, Penelope Lively, Peter Ackroyd, and J.G. Ballard constitute the coordinates of an altermodernity that might bring to an end the most deleterious effects and affects of today’s hyper-aggressive strain of capitalism.
This book argues that certain works by Michael Moorcock, Iain Sinclair, Penelope Lively, Peter Ackroyd, and J.G. Ballard constitute the coordinates of...
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194,66 |
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Aesthetic Perceptions of Urban Environments
ISBN: 9781032060651 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book approaches experiences of urban aesthetics not as an established framework, defined by imposed norms or legislations, but as the result of a continuous reflexive and proactive gaze, a complex and deep engagement of the mind, body and sensibilities. It uses empirical studies ranging from China, India to Western Europe.
This book approaches experiences of urban aesthetics not as an established framework, defined by imposed norms or legislations, but as the result of a...
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204,40 |
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Christians in the City of Hong Kong: Chinese Christianity in Asia\'s World City
ISBN: 9781350269088 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Christians in the City of Hong Kong tells the story of a multi-faceted, constantly evolving Christianity in a vibrant metropolis that has always been China’s gateway to the wider world. Having served in Hong Kong for over 25 years in contexts from prison ministry to theological education, Tobias Brandner offers an interplay of local and global perspectives assessing the growth, variation, and present course of Hong Kong’s diverse Christian communities. These range from spiritually progressive Christians to conservative evangelicals and Pentecostals; Christians at the grassroots and at the...
Christians in the City of Hong Kong tells the story of a multi-faceted, constantly evolving Christianity in a vibrant metropolis that has always been ...
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97,30 |
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Christians in the City of Hong Kong: Chinese Christianity in Asia\'s World City
ISBN: 9781350269095 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Christians in the City of Hong Kong tells the story of a multi-faceted, constantly evolving Christianity in a vibrant metropolis that has always been China’s gateway to the wider world. Having served in Hong Kong for over 25 years in contexts from prison ministry to theological education, Tobias Brandner offers an interplay of local and global perspectives assessing the growth, variation, and present course of Hong Kong’s diverse Christian communities. These range from spiritually progressive Christians to conservative evangelicals and Pentecostals; Christians at the grassroots and at the...
Christians in the City of Hong Kong tells the story of a multi-faceted, constantly evolving Christianity in a vibrant metropolis that has always been ...
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316,41 |
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The House of Hemp and Butter: A History of Old Riga
ISBN: 9781501772429 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Founded as an ecclesiastical center, trading hub, and intended capital of a feudal state, Riga was Old Livonia's greatest city and its indispensable port. Because the city was situated in what was initially remote and inhospitable territory, surrounded by pagans and coveted by regional powers like Poland, Sweden, and Muscovy, it was also a fortress encased by a wall. The House of Hemp and Butter begins in the twelfth century with the arrival to the eastern Baltic of German priests, traders, and knights, who conquered and converted the indigenous tribes and assumed mastery over their lands....
Founded as an ecclesiastical center, trading hub, and intended capital of a feudal state, Riga was Old Livonia's greatest city and its indispensable p...
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116,78 |
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Considering Space: A Critical Concept for the Social Sciences
ISBN: 9781032420882 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Showing how society can and should be perceived as spatial, this book demonstrates what has changed in the perception of space within the social sciences and how useful – indeed indispensable – concepts of space and spatial concepts remain today.
Showing how society can and should be perceived as spatial, this book demonstrates what has changed in the perception of space within the social scien...
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705,83 |
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Handbook of Township Management: The Singapore Model
ISBN: 9789811274077 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Handbook of Township Management is a practice guide which highlights the key professional practices of township management in Singapore. It provides a comprehensive coverage of the purpose, set up, objectives, scope of work, processes and toolkits of town councils in Singapore, including case studies and approaches to resolution of complex problems faced by town councils. Based on the collective experiences of the town councils, various best practices are highlighted to facilitate sharing among town councils to provide better services to serve Housing and Development Board (HDB) residents and...
Handbook of Township Management is a practice guide which highlights the key professional practices of township management in Singapore. It provides a...
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340,75 |
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