A History of Interior Design
A History of Interior Design

Author: John F. Pile

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 1856694186

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Delivers the inside story on 6,000 years of personal and public space. John Pile acknowledges that interior design is a field with unclear boundaries, in which construction, architecture, the arts and crafts, technology and product design all overlap.

Villages in the Future
Villages in the Future

Author: Detlef Virchow

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-02-02

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 3642565751

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Life in rural communities is bound to change with historically unprecedented speed in the coming decades. How will this change be guided by local, national and global policies in order to enhance the livelihoods of rural inhabitants and to overcome the growing division of rural and urban areas? The contributions in this publication, ranging from scientific papers to short reports from practitioners, are grouped around 4 major themes: political and institutional frameworks to foster rural development; natural resources management; broadening the technological base of rural economies; and improved linkages between urban and rural areas. The overall message is unanimous: there is a promising future for the rural areas worldwide if adequate policies can be enforced and more efficient and fair institutions can be created.