Buscar

Results

1. Land Lines, October 2021

   Revista Land Lines
   Outubro 2021
   Edited by Katharine Wroth

   This issue explores the connections between climate change and infrastructure, the role of sustainability in the revitalization of smaller legacy cities, and more.

2. Valuing Density

   An Evaluation of the Extent to which American, Australian, and Canadian Cities Account for the Climate Benefits of Density through Environmental Review
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Janeiro 2022
   Katrina Wyman, Danielle Spiegel-Feld, Adalene Minelli, and Sara Savarani

   This study looks at the extent to which major cities in the United States, Australia, and Canada assess the climate impacts of densification through the environmental review process. Research...

3. The State of the Streets

   New Findings from the Atlas of Urban Expansion – 2016 Edition
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Novembro 2018
   Patrick Lamson-Hall, Shlomo Angel, and Yang Liu

   Relatively little is known about the spatial organization of streets and roads in the world’s cities, the differences that exist across cities, or the differences that have emerged within...

4. Urban Expansion in a Global Sample of Cities, 1990 – 2014

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Novembro 2018
   Alejandro M. Blei, Shlomo Angel, Daniel L. Civco, Nicolás Galarza, Achilles Kallergis, Patrick Lamson-Hall, Yang Liu, and Jason Parent

   Using a 200-city sample that was carefully selected to represent the universe of 4,231 cities in in 2010, we generated measures of cities’ areas and populations at three points in time over a...

5. Housing Affordability in a Global Perspective

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Novembro 2018
   Achilles Kallergis, Shlomo Angel, Yang Liu, Alejandro M. Blei, Nicolás Galarza, and Patrick Lamson-Hall

   This paper discusses housing affordability in cities the world over based on data from the Land and Housing Survey in a Global Sample of Cities. We report on the composition of the housing sector...

6. Making Room for a Planet of Cities

   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Janeiro 2011
   Shlomo Angel, with Jason Parent, Daniel L. Civco, and Alejandro M. Blei

   This report—the precursor to Planet of Cities—provides policy makers and planners with a conceptual framework for understanding urban expansion and provides research-based suggestions for...

7. Nature and Cities

   The Ecological Imperative in Urban Design and Planning
   Livros
   Novembro 2016
   Edited by Frederick R. Steiner, George F. Thompson, and Armando Carbonell

   Note: If you are ordering multiple copies of this book, please contact our warehouse by email at lincolnorders@pssc.com or by phone at 877-526-3257 for a shipping quote. “This book overflows...

8. Planeta de ciudades

   Livros
   Junho 2015
   Shlomo Angel

   This book develops a science of global cities to prepare for the coming expansion of the planet's population and questions the main tenets of the Containment Paradigm. It provides planners and...

9. Conservation Catalysts

   The Academy as Nature’s Agent
   Livros
   Novembro 2014
   Edited by James N. Levitt with a foreword by Stephen Woodley

   “We can gain encouragement from the coalition of groups that have rallied together to promote conservation and embrace connectivity: universities, environmental groups, land trusts, churches,...

10. Planet of Cities

    Livros
    Setembro 2012
    Shlomo Angel

    “Students and others looking for a place to start often ask, ‘If I could read just one book about xxxx, which would you suggest?’ When it comes to cities, I have a new favorite. It...