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Classic urban literature:- for discerning collectors, we have made a small but careful selection of second hand / out of print items available from Inch's Books, the specialist urban planning and design bookseller, including some from the collection of the late Gordon Cherry. More

Associated Book Suppliers: Still can't find the book you are looking for? Click here for sources of rare, out of print or semi-published titles.

PLACEmaking | 2008 | RUDI

Editor: Juliana O'Rourke

Description

A synthesis of professional practice and case studies about better living environments.

A review of the key issues and challenges placemaking professionals face at the beginning of 2008, with project examples showing how these have been innovatively approached.

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Peter Jones, Natalya Boujenko and Stephen Marshall | 2008 | Landor Publishing

Description

Streets are the lifeblood of our towns and cities. Street planning is about much more than just providing good transport infrastructure: it is also about quality place making, supporting liveability, urban vitality and sustainability. <more>

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Fabrizio Nevola | 2007 | Yale University Press

Description

Siena, one of the major artistic centres of medieval and Renaissance Italy, is renowned for its striking architecture and its beauty as a city. This book is the first to focus on Sienese architectural and urban history during the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. <more>

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Offer Price: £38.00 (RRP: £40.00)

Mikael Hard and Thomas Misa | 2008 | MIT Press

Description

"Urban Machinery" investigates the technological dimension of modern European cities, vividly describing the most dramatic changes in the urban environment over the last century and a half. <more>

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Offer Price: £28.45 (RRP: £29.95)

Christina Paredes | 2007 | Loft Publications

Description

Urban design involves the arrangement, appearance and functionality of towns and cities, with a particular focus on public spaces such as parks, squares and gardens as well as infrastructure and privately owned spaces. The design of these public spaces has become increasingly important to the long-term development and well-being of communities, and can provide towns and cities with a unique identity. <more>

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Offer Price: £17.19 (plus £0.63 sourcing fee)

Catherine Bull et al. | 2007 | Routledge

Description

Unprecedented in its scope, "Cross-Cultural Urban Design: Global or Local Practice?" explores how urban design has responded to recent trends towards global standardisation. Following analysis of its practice in the local domain, the book looks at how urban planning and design should be repositioned for the future. <more>

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Offer Price: £26.59 (RRP: £27.99)

Randall Thomas (Editor) | 2002 | Spon Press

Description

Our future is in Cities - by the end of the twenty-first century it is thought that three-quarters of the world's population will be urban. Making these cities healthy, vibrant and sustainable is an exceptional challenge which Sustainable Urban Design addresses. <more>

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Offer Price: £32.00 (RRP: £33.99)

American Planning Association | 2006 | John Wiley & Sons

Description

From the publishers of "Architectural Graphic Standards", this book, created under the auspices of The American Planning Association, is the most comprehensive reference book on urban planning, design, and development available today. <more>

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Offer Price: £105.00 (RRP: £69.30)

Eric Jenkins | 2007 | Routledge

Description
"To Scale "is a powerful reference for students, architects, urban designers and planners. It features one hundred famous urban plans all drawn to the same scale. <more>

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Offer Price: £24.99 (RRP: £27.50)