city planning

Discusses various issues related to sustainable cities, covering unplanned growth, unequal access to resources, transportation problems, the environmental impacts of building, and relocation, and including two case studies for each as well as advice on what that reader can do to help.

Explores the vast array of interconnected systems that work together to run a city, taking care of the citizens' most basic needs and providing the building blocks of urban life.

Explores the design and building technology of ancient Rome, along with the political and economic significance of Roman city construction throughout the empire.

Shows how the Romans planned and constructed their cities for the people who lived within them and used these cities to link their vast empire into a commercial and political unit. Live-action segments visit historical sites and reveal how these structures were built and used. Animated segments tell the story of the construction and conflicts of a fictional Roman city in the newly conquered territory of Gaul.

In the city of Ember, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.

Contains nineteen essays in which the authors, a group of urbanists who live and work in New York City, speculate about the future of the city in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.

Describes the creation of the World Trade Center; the reception of the twin towers by the architecture world and by New Yorkers; the Center's symbolism of achievement and power; and a day in the life of the Center.

Presents the history of New York City's World Trade Center, examining its relation to twentieth-century economics, politics, and social issues, and discussing the acts of terrorism of which it has been the target.

Examines how living in urban areas can affect a person's happiness, either in a good way or bad. Discusses several different cities from around the world that are doing things differently in their inner cities to help make city living more happy.

Irva, a young recluse, and Alva, her adventurous twin sister, struggle with their opposing natures and difficulty living apart, eventually coping by constructing a miniature version of their fictional European hometown--a model that serves an unforeseen purpose when tragedy strikes.