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Native to nowhere : sustaining home and community in a global age /
"In Native to Nowhere, renowned author Tim Beatley draws on extensive research and travel to communities across North America and Europe to offer a practical examination of the concepts of place and place-building in contemporary life. He reviews the many current challenges to place, considers...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC :
Island Press,
©2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Sustaining place in the global age
- Place basics : concepts, research, literature
- Place strengthening through history and heritage
- Tackling sprawl: community design, sustainablilty, and place
- Nature and place : the role of natural environments in strengthening commitment to place
- Pedestrian places
- Place building through art and celebration
- Learning by design : communities that teach
- Strengthening place through sharing institutions
- Multigenerational communities : places that sustain and cherish children, families and the elderly
- Energy and sustainable place making
- The new politics of place
- Renewing our place commitments.