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Author: Peter Barber
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 0802714749
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChronicles the historical development of maps and mapping from the Bronze Age to the present, collecting some 175 maps spanning ten millennia that represent the progress of civilization and technology, from military plans that depict enemy positions, to the famed London Underground layout, to the digitally enhanced renderings of today.
Author: Chuck Davis
Publisher: Surrey, B.C. : Linkman Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 924
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCovers the city of Vancouver and the surrounding metropolitan area primarily located in the Greater Vancouver Regional District.
Author: Carlo Morselli
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-08
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1134643322
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis innovative collection of original essays showcases the use of social networks in the analysis and understanding of various forms of crime. More than any other past research endeavor, the seventeen chapters in this book apply to criminology the many conceptual and methodological options from social network analysis. Crime and Networks is the only book of its kind that looks at the use of networks in understanding crime, and can be used for advanced undergraduate and beginner’s graduate level courses in criminal justice and criminology.
Author: Nicholas Low
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0415529034
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work confronts head-on the dilemma faced by a world wedded to mobility: the danger of continuing along the fossil-fuelled path and the real paucity of viable technological alternatives which can be deployed in time.
Author: Louis Albrechts
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-07-22
Total Pages: 431
ISBN-13: 1317393422
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAll over the world societies are facing a number of major problems. New developments, challenges and opportunities cause these issues and yet cases tell us that traditional spatial planning responses and tools are often insufficient to tackle these problems and challenges. Situated Practices of Strategic Planning draws together examples from across the globe – from France to Australia; from Nigeria to the United States, as it observes international comparisons of the strategic planning process. Many approaches and policies used today fail to capture the dynamics of urban/regional transformation and are more concerned with maintaining an existing social order than challenging and transforming it. Stewarded by a team of highly regarded and experienced researchers, this book gives a synthetic view of the process of change and frames future directions of development. It is unique for its combination of analysis of international case studies and reflection on critical nodes and features in strategic planning. This volume will be of interest to students who study regional planning, academics, professional planners, and policy makers.
Author: United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
Publisher: Washington : Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 148
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gillian Laura Creese
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2011-01-01
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1442642955
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe New African Diaspora in Vancouver documents the experiences of immigrants from countries in sub-Saharan Africa on Canada's west coast. Despite their individual national origins, many adopt new identities as 'African' and are actively engaged in creating a new, place-based 'African community.' In this study, Gillian Creese analyzes interviews with sixty-one women and men from twenty-one African countries to document the gendered and racialized processes of community-building that occur in the contexts of marginalization and exclusion as they exist in Vancouver. Creese reveals that the routine discounting of previous education by potential employers, the demeaning of African accents and bodies by society at large, cultural pressures to reshape gender relations and parenting practices, and the absence of extended families often contribute to downward mobility for immigrants. The New African Diaspora in Vancouver maps out how African immigrants negotiate these multiple dimensions of local exclusion while at the same time creating new spaces of belonging and emerging collective identity.
Author: Mike Jenks
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-12-02
Total Pages: 547
ISBN-13: 1317796845
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents new research and theory at the regional scale showing the forms metropolitan regions might take to achieve sustainability. At the city scale the book presents case studies based on the latest research and practice from Europe, Asia and North America, showing how both planning and flagship design can propel cities into world class status, and also improve sustainability. The contributors explore the tension between polycentric and potentially sustainable development, and urban fragmentation in a physical context, but also in a wider cultural, social and economic context.
Author: Donna Erickson
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2012-09-26
Total Pages: 345
ISBN-13: 1597266124
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn metropolitan areas across the country, you can hear the laments over the loss of green space to new subdivisions and strip malls. But some city residents have taken unprecedented measures to protect their open land, and a growing movement seeks not only to preserve these lands but to link them in green corridors. Many land-use and urban planning professionals, along with landscape architects and environmental advocates, have joined in efforts to preserve natural areas. MetroGreen answers their call for a deeper exploration of the latest thinking and newest practices in this growing conservation field. In ten case studies of U.S. and Canadian cities paired for comparative analysis-Toronto and Chicago, Calgary and Denver, and Vancouver and Portland among them-Erickson looks closely at the motivations and objectives for connecting open spaces across metropolitan areas. She documents how open-space networks have been successfully created and protected, while also highlighting the critical human and ecological benefits of connectivity. MetroGreen's unique focus on several cities rather than a single urban area offers a perspective on the political, economic, cultural, and environmental conditions that affect open-space planning and the outcomes of its implementation.
Author: Tony Rogers
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 0750657472
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten in an accessible way, this book explores the conference and conventions industry. Aimed at HND and undergraduate degree students on event management and hospitality management courses, as well as practioners and event managers, it includes a global range of case studies from Great Britain, Dubai, Thaliand, Canada and Australia, amongst others. Questions and practical assignments at the end of each chapter encourage the reader to test their knowledge and consider issues raised.
