The Amazing City
Title | The Amazing City PDF eBook |
Author | John Frederick Macdonald |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 326 |
Release | 2023-09-28 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3387087047 |
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
The Amazing City
Title | The Amazing City PDF eBook |
Author | John Frederick Macdonald |
Publisher | |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 1918 |
Genre | Paris (France) |
ISBN |
What Makes a Great City
Title | What Makes a Great City PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Garvin |
Publisher | Island Press |
Pages | 342 |
Release | 2016-09-08 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1610917588 |
One of Planetizen's Top Planning Books for 2017 - San Francisco Chronicle's 2016 Holiday Books Gift Guide Pick What makes a great city? City planner and architect Alexander Garvin set out to answer this question by observing cities, largely in North America and Europe, with special attention to Paris, London, New York, and Vienna. For Garvin, greatness is about what people who shape cities can do to make a city great. A great city is a dynamic, constantly changing place that residents and their leaders can reshape to satisfy their demands. Most importantly, it is about the interplay between people and public realm, and how they have interacted throughout history to create great cities. What Makes a Great City will help readers understand that any city can be changed for the better and inspire entrepreneurs, public officials, and city residents to do it themselves.
Machu Picchu
Title | Machu Picchu PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Mann |
Publisher | Wonders of the World Book |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781931414104 |
Describes the history of the Inca civilization and the construction of the city of Machu Picchu in the Andes Mountains.
City Unseen
Title | City Unseen PDF eBook |
Author | Karen C. Seto |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 267 |
Release | 2018-09-18 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0300241089 |
Stunning satellite images of one hundred cities show our urbanizing planet in a new light to reveal the fragile relationship between humanity and Earth Seeing cities around the globe in their larger environmental contexts, we begin to understand how the world shapes urban landscapes and how urban landscapes shape the world. Authors Karen Seto and Meredith Reba provide these revealing views to enhance readers’ understanding of the shape, growth, and life of urban settlements of all sizes—from the remote town of Namche Bazaar in Nepal to the vast metropolitan prefecture of Tokyo, Japan. Using satellite data, the authors show urban landscapes in new perspectives. The book’s beautiful and surprising images pull back the veil on familiar scenes to highlight the growth of cities over time, the symbiosis between urban form and natural landscapes, and the vulnerabilities of cities to the effects of climate change. We see the growth of Las Vegas and Lagos, the importance of rivers to both connecting and dividing cities like Seoul and London, and the vulnerability of Fukushima and San Juan to floods from tsunami or hurricanes. The result is a compelling book that shows cities’ relationships with geography, food, and society.
In the City
Title | In the City PDF eBook |
Author | Don Kilby |
Publisher | Kids Can Press Ltd |
Pages | 28 |
Release | 2006-09 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781553379843 |
Describes different types of trucks and what they are used for in the city, such as garbage trucks, delivery trucks, and street sweepers.
Trustbuilding
Title | Trustbuilding PDF eBook |
Author | Rob Corcoran |
Publisher | University of Virginia Press |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2010-03-04 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0813928818 |
"Trustbuilding, using personal narrative and exhaustive reporting by Rob Corcoran, chronicles how Hope in the Cities has moved what looked like an immoveable barricade. The job is not done, but Hope in the Cities has provided a map for the future."—from the foreword by Governor Tim Kaine The national director of Initiatives of Change and founder of Hope in the Cities, Rob Corcoran has been involved in promoting dialogue and conflict reconciliation among diverse and polarized racial, ethnic, and religious groups in an array of locales in Europe, South Africa, India, and the United States for over thirty years. Trustbuilding is part historical narrative and part handbook for a model of dialogue and community change that has been adopted both nationally and internationally. At its center is the story of how Richmond, Virginia, a former slave market, capital of the Confederacy, and leading proponent of Massive Resistance, has become a seedbed for inter-racial dialogue and trustbuilding with national and international implications. In 1993, this conservative southern city caught the attention of the nation with a public acknowledgment of its painful history and a call for "an honest conversation on race, reconciliation, and responsibility." City and county residents of all backgrounds launched an unprecedented and sustained effort to address the "toxic issue of race." Known as Hope in the Cities, this endeavor is now in its second decade of work. Trustbuilding should extend its important mission by carrying Richmond’s story to communities everywhere.