Byplanlægning og kommuneplanlægning

A critical examination of metropolitan planning in Paris--the "Grand Paris" initiative--and the building of today's networked global city.

Die Geschichte der Berliner Clubkultur ist nicht nur eine Abfolge von ausgelassenen Nächten, sondern auch ein Spiegelbild gesellschaftlicher Veränderungen. In den letzten Jahrzehnten hat die Gentrifizierung die Szene beeinflusst und dabei viele Veranstaltungsorte verdrängt. Tobias Allers beleuchtet unter anderem die Konflikte und Diskussionen rund um die Gentrifizierung und das Clubsterben und zeigt, wie sie das Nachtleben in Berlin geformt haben.

Understudied relative to other forms of intentional community, and under-recognized in policy-making circles, urban cohousing communities situate wellbeing as simultaneously social and subjective, while catering for groups of people so diverse in age. Collaborative Happiness looks at two such urban cohousing communities: Kankanmori, in Tokyo; and Quayside Village, in Vancouver. In expanding beyond mainstream approaches to happiness focused exclusively on the individual, Quayside Village and Kankanmori provide an alternative model for how to understand and practice the good life in an increasingly urbanized world marked by crisis of both social and environmental sustainability.

Southeast Asia is a diverse region, which hosts a broad range of political systems, ecosystems, economies, religions, ethnicities and languages. This diversity has resulted in the need for development, which coexists with urbanization. Southeast Asian countries have rapidly transitioned from a largely rural to a largely urban society, which has led to a rapid expansion in urban lands. These countries have the potential to change their economies by ensuring greater urbanization and joining the ranks of wealthier nations in terms of livability and prosperity. This book studies and analyses the impact of urban-rural development in Southeast Asia. It presents this complex subject in the most comprehensible and easy to understand language. This book will serve as a valuable source of reference for graduate and postgraduate students.

This book provides the reader with an understanding of the impact that different morphologies, construction materials and green coverage solutions, have on the urban microclimate, thus affecting the comfort conditions of urban inhabitants and the energy needs of buildings in urban areas.

Transforming Social Housing: International Perspectives explores the differences and similarities in housing policies and practices by focusing on social housing institutions and their ability to influence affordability and quality of housing.