Understanding the City: Contemporary and Future Perspectives (Repost)

Understanding the City: Contemporary and Future Perspectives
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell | ISBN: 0631224068 | edition 2002 | PDF | 448 pages | 11,3 mb

Many anthologies on the city exist, but only a few contain both cutting-edge theoretical essays and rich empirical studies. The latter focus on cities outside the Western urban canon and will make Understanding the City even more attractive to urban scholars.

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The Social Logic of Space

Bill Hillier, Julienne Hanson, "The Social Logic of Space"
Cambridge University Press | 1984-07-27 | ISBN: 0521233658 | 293 pages | PDF | 16 MB

Based on a new way of describing and analyzing the kinds of spatial patterns produced by buildings and towns, this study presents a new theory of space: how and why it is a vital component of how societies work. The authors examine what it is about different types of societies that leads them to adopt different spatial forms and from this general theory they outline a "pathology of modern urbanism" in today's social context.

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Structural Analysis of Historic Construction

Dina D'Ayala, Enrico Fodde, "Structural Analysis of Historic Construction"
CRC Press | 2008-07-01 | ISBN: 0415468728 | 1588 pages | PDF | 52 MB

The successful preservation of an historic building, complex or city depends on the continued use and daily care that come with it. The possibility of continued use depends on the adaptation of the building to modern standards and practice of living, requiring changes in constructional or structural features. Conservation engineering is the process of understanding, interpreting and managing the architectural heritage to safely deliver it to posterity, enhancing private or public utility vis a vis minimum loss of fabric and significance. These two objectives are sometimes conflicting. With increasing global interest in conservation engineering it is essential to open the debate on more inclusive definitions of significance and on more articulated concepts of safety by use of acceptable and reliable technologies, integrating further the activity of all the professions involved in conservation.

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