Series of papers which describe approaches to cold climate habitability from various northern nations including examples from Canada, China, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Japan, Mongolia, Norway, Soviet Union, Sweden and the United States.
Collection of papers by Canadian experts concerning development policies, strategies, concepts and trends that will ameliorate important features of daily life in cities, with special emphasis on the winter season. Highlights critical issues related to cold climate urban environments.
The second in a series examining the special design and planning considerations needed to help make North American cities having dominant cold climates more liveable and enjoyable for their citizens. Discusses winter urban planning with reference to buildings and other physical features, management considerations, socio/cultural/economic considerations, with particular reference to Edmonton, Alberta. Includes appendix with map, list and brief descriptions of Major North American winter cities, photographs and drawings.
This book explores how the weather and city-form impact the mind, and how city-form and mind interact. It builds on Merleau-Ponty’s contention that mind, the human body and the environment are intertwined in a singular composite, and on Walter Benjamin’s suggestion that mind and city-form, in mutual interaction, through history, have set the course of civilization. Bringing together the fields of philosophy, urbanism, geography, history, and architecture, the book shows the association of existentialism with prevalence of mood disorder in Northern Europe at the close of Little Ice Age. It explains the implications of city-form and traces the role of the myths and allegories of urban design as well as the history of gender projection onto city-form. It shows how urbanization in Northern Europe provided easier access to shelter, yet resulted in sunlight deprivation, and yielded increasing incidence of depression and other mental disorder among the European middle-class. The book uses the examples of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky and Kafka, to show how walking through the streets, squares and other urban voids became the informal remedy to mood disorder, a prominent trait among founders of modern Existentialism. It concludes by describing how the connection of anguish and violence is relevant to winter depression in cities, in North America in particular.
Seasonal Sociology offers an engrossing and lively introduction to sociology through the seasons, examining the sociality of consumption practices, leisure activities, work, religious traditions, schooling, celebrations and holidays.
The classic work on the evaluation of city form. What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion—imageability—and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities. The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of city form. The architect, the planner, and certainly the city dweller will all want to read this book.
"Is the migration of jobs and people to the Sun Belt irreversible in our lifetime? This volume assesses the prospects for Snow Belt cities in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere in the world as the 21st century approaches. Topics covered include: - the revitalization of older industrial cities - the evolution of urban transactional activities - such as the interactions among finance, communication, and the arts - to the status of a major economic sector - the concept of "livable winter cities" In addition to extensive analyses of American northern cities, case studies on Sapporo, Helsinki, and Toronto are also presented. Discussions of such diverse issues as urban design, urban food policy, and the role of the arts contribute to the unique, interdisciplinary nature of this collection." --