Yongian Li & Bin Liu 
Green Production Strategies for Sustainability [EPUB ebook] 

A Cultural History of Plants in the Modern Era covers the period from 1920 to today – a time when population growth, industrialization, global trade, and consumerism have fundamentally reshaped our r …

This title was first published in 2003. Seven years after Habitat II culminated with the Istanbul agreement on Sustainable Urban Development, this book brings together many of the world”s leading ex …

The 1960s and the 1970s marked a generational shift in architectural discourse at a time when the revolts inside universities condemned the academic institution as a major force behind the perpe …

Imagine living in a city where people could move freely and buildings could be replaced at minimal cost. Reality cannot be further from such. Despite this imperfect world in which we live, urban plan …

This book examines key themes for the management of historic urban centres within a representative sample of centres in different European countries. The twelve historic centres that have been chosen …

A detailed, practical guide (with the backing of the main UK authorities) to the construction and maintenance of sports grounds. …

Over the past fifty years professional understanding of planning has changed markedly. In the past, planning was primarily described as a technical activity involving data collection, analysis, and s …

How does one become a recognized architect? Where does the inspiration come from and how is it transformed into buildings, streets and cities? With his Architectural Journal Rob Krier takes the reade …

The new town of Milton Keynes was designated in 1967 with a bold, flexible social vision to impose ‘no fixed conception of how people ought to live.’ Despite this progressive social vision, and its l …

Rebuilding Afghanistan in Times of Crisis provides academics and researchers interested in planning, urbanism and conflict studies with a multidisciplinary, international assessment of the reconstruc …