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by Brook Muller
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
By including ecological concerns in the design process from the outset, architecture can enhance life. Author Brook Muller understands how a designer’s predispositions and poetic judgement in dealing with complex and dynamic ecological systems impact the "greenness" of built outcomes....
Housing and Social Policy
Contemporary Themes and Critical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2005
This topical book transforms the analysis of housing problems into a lively, interesting and contentious subject of social scientific study, addressing themes of residential experience, inclusion/empowerment, sustainability and professionalism/managerialism, which lie at the heart of the housing and...
How to Cheat at Gardening and Yard Work
Shameless Tricks for Growing Radically Simple Flowers, Veggies, Lawns, Landscaping, and More
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
Do you love the look of a stunning flowerbed or a nice expanse of lawn bordered by attractive shrubs, but don't have time to spend the whole weekend in your backyard? It's time to cheat—in a smart way. In How to Cheat at Gardening and Yard Work, you'll find hundreds of work-reducing, time-saving,...
Planning and the Heritage
Policy and procedures
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
This is a clear guide to heritage legislation in the UK. It is set out in plain, non-legal language and will guide the planner, developer, architect or conservationist through the legislation, explaining the policy and procedures which govern the protection of historic buildings as well as providing clear explanations of the issues involved, including listing, planning appeals and grants.
by Paul Stamets
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2011
After years of living in awe of the mysterious fungi known as mushrooms-chefs, health enthusiasts, and home cooks alike can't get enough of these rich, delicate morsels. With updated production techniques for home and commercial cultivation, detailed growth parameters for 31 mushroom species, a trouble-shooting...
A Future for Planning
Taking Responsibility for Twenty-First Century Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2019
As well as being spatial, planning is necessarily also about the future – and yet time has been relatively neglected in the academic, practice and policy literature on planning. Time, in particular the need for longer-term thinking, is critical to responding effectively to a range of pressing societal...
Planning and Transformation
Learning from the Post-Apartheid Experience
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2007
Planning and Transformation provides a comprehensive view of planning under political transition in South Africa, offering an accessible resource for both students and researchers in an international and a local audience.
In the years after the 1994 transition to democracy in South Africa,...
by Nick Devas
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Poverty and governance are both issues high on the agenda of international agencies and governments in the South. With urban areas accounting for a steadily growing share of the world's poor people, an international team of researchers focused their attention on the hitherto little-studied relationship...
Uniting a Divided City
Governance and Social Exclusion in Johannesburg
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
For many, Johannesburg resembles the imagined spectre of the urban future. Global anxieties about catastrophic urban explosion, social fracture, environmental degradation, escalating crime and violence, and rampant consumerism alongside grinding poverty, are projected onto this city as a microcosm...
Stones and Bones of New England
A Guide To Unusual, Historic, and Otherwise Notable Cemeteries
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
Whether it's for their solace and beauty or for the sense of history that seeps from the ground, cemeteries are fascinating places to visit, this guide shows where to find the most interesting and unusual ones in all of New England. Some have headstones that are fine art, others are associated with...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Cities for the New Millennium is the outcome of a joint conference held in Salford in July 2000 by the Royal Institute of British Architects and the University of Cambridge's Department of Architecture. It tackles these questions in the light of the Urban Task Force's report about the future of Britain's...
A Paradise Lost
The Imperial Garden Yuanming Yuan
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
This book is aimed at readers and researchers who are interested in Chinese garden architecture, the rise and fall of Yuanming Yuan and the history of the Qing dynasty. It is the first comprehensive study of the palatial garden complex in a Western language, and is amply illustrated with photographs...
by Gary Malloy
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Looking to give your property a durable driveway, a whimsical walkway, or a patio with pizazz? If you're reading this article, you're probably already on the right track. Concrete or brick paving stones can help any yard look its best. They're versatile, long-lasting, and you can customize your design...
by Graham Bell
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2005
Working entirely in harmony with nature, The Permaculture Garden shows you how to turn a bare plot into a beautiful and productive garden. Learn how to plan your garden for easy access and minimum labor; save time and effort digging and weeding; recycle materials to save money; plan crop successions...