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This book is about a most important topic: the systematic evaluation of policies, plans, and programs before they are implemented.

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A summation and extension of Lynch's vision for the exploration of city form.

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An integrated, holistic model for infrastructure planning and design in developing countries.

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"Morning Edition" cohost Inskeep presents a riveting account of a single harrowing day in December 2009 that sheds light on the constant tensions in Karachi, Pakistan--when a bomb blast ripped through a religious procession.

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Effective use of microcomputers can greatly aid professional city planners and managers in the exacting duties they perform. The book's learn-by-example format will prove extremely useful to time-pressed practitioners and students in city planning and management, as well as students preparing to enter the field.

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Variations on the theme of the ornament in Kracauer's urban writings, suggesting ways in which the subjective can reappropraite urban life.

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Alternating discursive accounts with fictional vignettes that recreate time and place, this book skillfully integrates the history of French gardens with the modern history of ideas.

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Researching urban space and the built environment is a unique and accessible guide to the planning, researching and writing of spatial histories.

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The old master drew two lines and two arcs on a sheet of paper. Peering up at his young apprentice, he asked, "Can you make a city out of that"

Burke Isadore believed in the power of his word. But, when he said he would carry forth with the design, he didn't realize the forces he would unleash.

Some promises are best not made.

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In this first comprehensive look at the architectural and urban visions for a European capital, Hein examines how these visions compare to the reality of the three headquarter cities for the European Union: Strasbourg, Luxembourg, and Brussels.

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The Creation of Markets for Ecosystem Services in the United States provides an in-depth analysis of the most advanced efforts to create markets for ecosystem services in the United States. It explains why very few of these markets have succeeded even after close to twenty years of scholarly enthusiasm, federal funding and concerted efforts by NGOs, government agencies and businesses.

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This award-winning book by a Harvard landscape architect proves how important it is to understand the natural settings of cities, their air, water, geology, plant, and animal life, to create better, more habitable urban environments.

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The evolution of the Boston metropolitan area, from country villages and streetcar suburbs to exurban sprawl and "smart growth."

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This book explores the aspects of American history and the process of interpreting historical evidence. Professor Lubove discusses phases of urbanization in the progressive era, the attitude toward cities, the role of government, and public and private responsibility in shaping the urban physical environment.

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Planned with the same passion as a landscape garden, filled with monuments that represented the start of the art of craftsmanship in stone, and equipped with expensively constructed and fashionably designed gatehouses and chapels of rest, the Victorian cemetery was a matter of real civic pride. This illustrated study tells its fascinating story.

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What happens when you relocate to the perfect house, in the perfect village in Provence, and nearly ten years later the shine has gone Garden designer Alex Dingwall-Main is facing lavender fatigue, strife at home, neighbourly warfare and non-paying business clients.