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Author : Jan Gehl
Release : 2009
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Book Synopsis La humanización del espacio urbano by : Jan Gehl
Download or read book La humanización del espacio urbano written by Jan Gehl. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Baltasar Fernández Ramírez
Release : 2011-07-30
Genre : Architecture
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Book Synopsis Psicología de la ciudad by : Baltasar Fernández Ramírez
Download or read book Psicología de la ciudad written by Baltasar Fernández Ramírez. This book was released on 2011-07-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Este volumen refleja la pluralidad de los planteamientos actuales de la Psicología ambiental urbana, fruto de unas jornadas de debate en torno a la Psicología de la ciudad. La ciudad de los ciudadanos frente a la ciudad ?tematizada' para el turismo de masas, además de otras cuestiones de interés para la planificación y gestión de la ciudad.
Author : Valentina Svalova
Release : 2018-02-28
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis Risk Assessment by : Valentina Svalova
Download or read book Risk Assessment written by Valentina Svalova. This book was released on 2018-02-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risk assessment is one of the main parts of complex systematic research of natural and man-made hazards and risks together with the concepts of risk analysis, risk management, acceptable risk, and risk reduction. It is considered as the process of making a recommendation on whether existing risks are acceptable and present risk control measures are adequate, and if they are not, whether alternative risk control measures are justified or will be implemented. Risk assessment incorporates the risk analysis and risk evaluation phases. Risk management is considered as the complete process of risk assessment, risk control, and risk reduction. The book reflects on the state-of-the-art problems and addresses the risk assessment to establish the criteria for ranking risk posed by different types of natural or man-made hazards and disasters, to quantify the impact that hazardous event or process has on population and structures, and to enhance the strategies for risk reduction and avoiding.
Author : Luis Hermida González
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Book Synopsis Graphic Horizons by : Luis Hermida González
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Author : Jacob Lederman
Release : 2020-07-14
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Chasing World-Class Urbanism by : Jacob Lederman
Download or read book Chasing World-Class Urbanism written by Jacob Lederman. This book was released on 2020-07-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions increasingly dominant urban planning orthodoxies and whether they truly serve everyday city dwellers What makes some cities world class? Increasingly, that designation reflects the use of a toolkit of urban planning practices and policies that circulates around the globe. These strategies—establishing creative districts dedicated to technology and design, “greening” the streets, reinventing historic districts as tourist draws—were deployed to build a globally competitive Buenos Aires after its devastating 2001 economic crisis. In this richly drawn account, Jacob Lederman explores what those efforts teach us about fast-evolving changes in city planning practices and why so many local officials chase a nearly identical vision of world-class urbanism. Lederman explores the influence of Northern nongovernmental organizations and multilateral agencies on a prominent city of the global South. Using empirical data, keen observations, and interviews with people ranging from urban planners to street vendors he explores how transnational best practices actually affect the lives of city dwellers. His research also documents the forms of resistance enacted by everyday residents and the tendency of local institutions and social relations to undermine the top-down plans of officials. Most important, Lederman highlights the paradoxes of world-class urbanism: for instance, while the priorities identified by international agencies are expressed through nonmarket values such as sustainability, inclusion, and livability, local officials often use market-centric solutions to pursue them. Further, despite the progressive rhetoric used to describe urban planning goals, in most cases their result has been greater social, economic, and geographic stratification. Chasing World-Class Urbanism is a much-needed guide to the intersections of culture, ideology, and the realities of twenty-first-century life in a major Latin American city, one that illuminates the tension between technocratic aspirations and lived experience.
