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FROM
THE SETTLEMENT TO PRESENT TIMES
By
Trausti Valsson
Published
in Desember 2003
by
the University of Iceland Press
This book gives an overview of
the development of settlements and urban areas in Iceland from its first
settlement in 874 to present times. Iceland, being an island with
well-documented history, can be seen as a laboratory on how human habitat
evolves and changes in an interplay with the forces of nature.
As Iceland is small and sparsely populated, it
fits well for the study on how aspects of society, nature and planning
interact. Until with this book the story of planning in Iceland has been
unknown to the world. Scholars and students may find the book a good base
for further study. The 1250 maps and pictures, and countless references,
make it highly useful for such purposes.
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The
New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community
by Peter
Katz, Vincent, Jr. Scully (Hardcover)
Book Description
The move to liveable communities--ideal ``small towns'' and neighborhoods
where people work, live, play, and walk from place to place--is on. Profit
from what a visionary group of architects leading this movement has learned
about designing new ``small towns'' in Peter Katz's The New Urbanism.
You'll discover the amazing potential for this kind of work as well as
case studies, site plans, project analyses, and 180 beautiful photographs.
This unique reference also tackles--and answers--the...
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How to design urban spaces in small communities, January 7, 1999
Reviewer: Vicente F. de Castro Neto from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A very good appraisal of
design examples of new communities with also a consistent theoretical
approach to New Urbanism concepts. This is a necessary reading to those
that want to be updated with the best design practices of integrated urban
spaces.
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The
Next American Metropolis : Ecology, Community, and the American Dream
by Peter
Calthorpe (Paperback - June 1993)
From Book News, Inc.
Advocates a fundamental change in patterns of building to respond to the
growth crisis in US metropolitan regions. Defines a new direction, and
provides guidelines--not an architectural manifesto or utopian proposal,
but the alternatives currently shaping debate regarding housing, traffic,
and environmental and social problems. Describes numerous real projects
from various regions. Abundantly illustrated. Annotation copyright Book
News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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A must read!, May 1, 2000
Reviewer: Andrew Hopewell from Irvine, CA
This work is terrific if
one is interested at all in the way in which cities could be developed.
The ideas which Calthorpe presents are revolutionary and instrumental
if one wishes to gain any sort of idea of the concepts and ideas proposed
by "New Urbanism". His explanation of his Transit Oriented Development
(TOD) is vital in understanding the difference between these developments
and traditional versions. His use of specific examples makes the work
that much better as it becomes more tangible and less simply theory. I
would highly recomend this book to anyone involved in any sort of urban
or city planning or simply interested in cities themselves.
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The
American City: What Works and What Doesn't
by Alexander
Garvin (Hardcover)
Midwest Book Review
What urban and suburban projects have succeeded in this country? Which have
failed and why? Garvin's title is technical but essential to any studying
city planning at the college level: chapters outline urban planning and
design practices, revealing changes in government policies and perspectives
and providing a comprehensive review of changing housing and environmental
concerns across the country.
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The
definitive work on urban planning for this generation, June 22, 1998
Reviewer: A reader from New York, NY
Alex Garvin has functioned
singlehandedly as the entire Urban Planning department at Yale University
for over twenty years, while serving at various times as the Director
of Comprehensive Planning for the City of New York, a member of the New
York City Planning Commission, an expert for the Urban Land Institute,
a real estate developer and the facilities analyst for New York's bid
for the Olympics. This book is his masterwork, providing an expanded version
of his Yale course illustrated with hundreds of examples drawn (and photographed)
from cities all over America.
Without
question, if you are going to get only one book dealing with the problems
and solutions of contemporary urban development, this MUST be it.
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