city planning

Presents a framework for assessing American cities, looking at the factors that work to make neighborhoods safe or unsafe, impoverished or renewed; and discussing the role of funeral parlors and tenement windows, development money, and diversity.

"Urbanist Joel Kotkin challenges the conventional urban-planning wisdom that favors high-density strategies and instead advocates for 'smart suburbs' that take advantage of new technologies, family-friendly policies, and sustainable planning"--Provided by publisher.

Presents an account of the past, present, and future of transit in the United States.

Examines the impact that changes in technology and information systems have had on city planning and design.

"Step-by-step instructions show how to build detailed LEGO models of neighborhoods--complete with homes, stores, restaurants, barbershops, and more . . . In addition to creating entire buildings, . . . Brian and Jason Lyles also show readers how to create interesting architectural features like cornices, false fronts, porches, and detailed interiors and furniture . . ."--Publisher provided.

"More than half the world's population live in cities, and that number is rising. Find out how we can create buildings and cities without harming the environment in this informative title. The growth of cities can lead to overcrowding, pollution from transportation and factories, and the release of greenhouse gases from buildings. Case studies show how scientists, architects, and planners are investigating how to build more energy-efficient houses and more sustainable cities"--Provided by publisher.

"Dreamers and Schemers chronicles how Los Angeles's pursuit and staging of the 1932 Olympic Games during the depths of the Great Depression helped fuel the city's transformation from a seedy frontier village to a world-famous metropolis. Leading that pursuit was the "Prince of Realtors," William May (Billy) Garland, a prominent figure in early Los Angeles. In important respects, the story of Billy Garland is the story of Los Angeles. After arriving in Southern California in 1890, he helped drive much of the city's historic expansion in the first two decades of the twentieth century, and then, from 1920 to 1932, he directed the city's bid for the 1932 Olympic Games. Garland's quest to host the Olympics provides an unusually revealing window onto a particular time, place, and way of life. Reconstructing the narrative from Garland's visionary notion to its consequential aftermath, Barry Siegel shows how one man's grit and imagination made California history"--Provided by publisher.

Text and drawings describe the subways, sewers, building foundations, telephone and power systems, columns, cables, pipes, tunnels, and other underground elements of a large modern city.

Text and black and white illustrations show how the Romans planned and constructed their cities for the people who lived within them.

Ember, built as a last refuge for the human race, is running out of power two hundred years later, but twelve-year-old Lina thinks there may yet be hope when she finds part of an ancient message that may hold a key to getting out of the city.