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Cities for People (Hardcover) [Buy it!] | Jan Gehl | USD 86.17 (Sun Jun 2 09:49:47 2024) | AbebooksAU | AussieBookSeller | ISBN10: 159726573X, ISBN13: 9781597265737, [publisher: Island Press, Washington] Hardcover Hardcover. Gehl is best known for his work revitalizing urban areas by making them pedestrian and bike friendly, and creating vibrant public spaces (something her refers to as 'urban realm enhancement'. He has worked with policymakers in Melbourne, London, Zurich, Stockholm, Riga, and is currently working in New York City (in the implementation of the biking/pedestrian portion of Bloombergs green plan), Seattle, Rotterdam, Amman and Sydney. For more than forty years Jan Gehl has helped to transform urban environments around the world based on his research into the ways people actually use—or could use—the spaces where they live and work. In" "this revolutionary book, Gehl presents his latest work creating (or recreating) cityscapes on a human scale. He clearly explains the methods and tools he uses to reconfigure unworkable cityscapes into the landscapes he believes they should be: cities for people. Taking into account changing demographics and changing lifestyles, Gehl explains how to develop cities that are lively, safe, sustainable, and healthy. The book is extensively illustrated with over 700 photos and drawings of examples from Gehl's work around the globe. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. [Truganina, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 2010] |
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers [Buy it!] | Tipler Paul Allen | USD 14.24 (Sun Jun 2 09:49:48 2024) | Biblio | ThriftBooks | Institute of Electrical & Electronics Enginee, Date: 1991. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1991. Institute of Electrical & Electronics Enginee ISBN 0879014342 9780879014346 [US] |