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Book Changing Places

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  • Author : John MacDonald
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2022-06-07
  • ISBN : 0691234434
  • Pages : 210 pages

Download or read book Changing Places written by John MacDonald and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the science of urban planning can make our cities healthier, safer, and more livable The design of every aspect of the urban landscape—from streets and sidewalks to green spaces, mass transit, and housing—fundamentally influences the health and safety of the communities who live there. It can affect people's stress levels and determine whether they walk or drive, the quality of the air they breathe, and how free they are from crime. Changing Places provides a compelling look at the new science and art of urban planning, showing how scientists, planners, and citizens can work together to reshape city life in measurably positive ways. Drawing on the latest research in city planning, economics, criminology, public health, and other fields, Changing Places demonstrates how well-designed changes to place can significantly improve the well-being of large groups of people. The book argues that there is a disconnect between those who implement place-based changes, such as planners and developers, and the urban scientists who are now able to rigorously evaluate these changes through testing and experimentation. This compelling book covers a broad range of structural interventions, such as building and housing, land and open space, transportation and street environments, and entertainment and recreation centers. Science shows we can enhance people's health and safety by changing neighborhoods block-by-block. Changing Places explains why planners and developers need to recognize the value of scientific testing, and why scientists need to embrace the indispensable know-how of planners and developers. This book reveals how these professionals, working together and with urban residents, can create place-based interventions that are simple, affordable, and scalable to entire cities.

Book Changing Places

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  • Author : David Lodge
  • Publisher : Random House
  • Release : 2012-02-29
  • ISBN : 1446496694
  • Pages : 243 pages

Download or read book Changing Places written by David Lodge and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Philip Swallow and Professor Morris Zapp participate in their universities' Anglo-American exchange scheme, the Fates play a hand, and each academic finds himself enmeshed in the life of his counterpart on the opposite side of the Atlantic. Nobody is immune to the exchange: students, colleagues, even wives are swapped as events spiral out of control. And soon both sundrenched Euphoric State university and rain-kissed university of Rummidge are a hotbed of intrigue, lawlessness and broken vows...

Book People Changing Places

Download or read book People Changing Places written by Isabelle Côté and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While migration and population settlement have always been an important feature of political life throughout the world, the dramatic changes in the pace, direction, and complexity of contemporary migration flows are undoubtedly unique. Despite the economic benefits often associated with global, regional, and internal migration, the arrival of large numbers of migrants can exacerbate tensions and give rise to violent clashes between local populations and recent arrivals. This volume takes stock of these trends by canvassing the globe to generate new conceptual, empirical, and theoretical contributions. The analyses ultimately reveal the critical role of the state as both an actor and arena in the migration-conflict nexus.

Book Changing Places

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  • Author : Richard Edwards
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2002-09-10
  • ISBN : 1134741618
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book Changing Places written by Richard Edwards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-10 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flexibility has become a central concept in much policy and academic debate. Individuals, organizations and societies are all required to become more flexible so that they can participate in the ongoing processes of change involved in lifelong learning. This book explores how the notion of a learning society has developed over recent years: the changes that have given rise to the requirement for flexibility, and the changed discourses and practices that have emerged in the education and training of adults. With the growth in interest in adults as learners, (primarily to support economic competitiveness), the closed field of adult education has now been displaced by a more open discourse of lifelong learning. This involves not only changing practices such as moving towards open and distance-based learning, but also changing workplace identities. Learning settings are therefore changing places in a number of senses: they are places in which people change; they are subject to change; and they are changing to include the home and workplace as well as more formal settings. This book takes an unusually critical standpoint: it challenges contemporary trends, explores the uncertainties and ambivalences of the processes of change, and is suggestive of different forms of engagement with them. It will prove an important text for policy makers, workplace trainers and those working in the field of adult, further and higher education. Richard Edwards is currently a Senior Lecturer in post compulsory education at the Open University.

Book A Life Spent Changing Places

Download or read book A Life Spent Changing Places written by Lawrence Halprin and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landscape architect, urban planner, teacher, and social visionary: over the course of a sixty-year career, Lawrence Halprin (1916-2009) reshaped the spaces we inhabit and our ways of moving through them. The New York Times called him "the tribal elder of American landscape architecture" and the critic Ada Louise Huxtable credited him with creating what "may be one of the most important urban spaces since the Renaissance." His bold use of abstract imagery could evoke the landscape of the American West in a sequence of city squares and fountains, while his plan for repurposing an abandoned factory near San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf showed how adaptive use of a historic structure could turn commercial development into urban theater. A man who deeply loved cities, he left as one of his most important legacies the five thousand acres of coastline, hedgerows, and meadows that became Sonoma County's environmentally sensitive and enormously influential Sea Ranch. Featuring more than ninety black-and-white and one hundred color reproductions of photographs, plans, and sketchbooks, A Life Spent Changing Places is Halprin's own account of how a young boy who listened to the fireside chats of FDR on the radio became the man who designed the memorial to that president in the nation's capital. It is a book about the invention and reinvention of an extraordinary man over the span of decades and how he helped to reframe the world around him.

Book Changing Places

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  • Author : Frank Eckhardt
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 9789085940371
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Changing Places written by Frank Eckhardt and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the process of change in European neighbourhoods over the last twenty years, both newly and purposely built neighbourhoods and redeveloped ones. It shows that change takes many varied and complex paths, rather than the mainstream simplified model of general urban evolution. Changing Places collects a series of case studies, and includes various European cities such as Marseille, Rome, Naples, Warsaw, Frankfurt, Athens, Copenhagen, Lisbon, and Ørestad, thus providing a broad European overview.

Book Changing Places

Download or read book Changing Places written by Pawson, Hal and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2003-03-19 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides the first detailed assessment of housing association allocations policies for over 10 years. Since 1992, when the last national study of this kind was published, the sector has changed out of all recognition. In particular, stock transfer has not only expanded, but also altered the character of this segment of the housing market in a fundamental way. Carried out in 2001-02, and funded by the Housing Corporation, the research focuses on the largest 250 'general needs' RSLs in England, nearly half of which are now transfer associations. It looks at the way that policies and practices on nominations and lettings are evolving in response to changing housing markets, legal and regulatory developments, and new thinking on social policy more broadly.

Book Changing Places

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  • Author : Kerry M. Abel
  • Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
  • Release : 2006-05-05
  • ISBN : 0773575987
  • Pages : 544 pages

Download or read book Changing Places written by Kerry M. Abel and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2006-05-05 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Changing Places examines the process by which a relatively coherent community emerged in the sub-region of Northern Ontario bounded by Timmins, Iroquois Falls, and Matheson. Using archival, oral, and newspaper sources, Kerry Abel offers the only comprehensive history of the area. She rejects traditional sociological and anthropological models about community and identity in favour of a more nuanced interpretation that takes historical process into account.

Book A level Geography Topic Master  Changing Places

Download or read book A level Geography Topic Master Changing Places written by Simon Oakes and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 2018-10-29 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exam board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC/Eduqas Level: A-level Subject: Geography First teaching: September 2016 First exams: Summer 2017 (AS); Summer 2018 (A-level) Master the in-depth knowledge and higher-level skills that A-level Geography students need to succeed; this focused topic book extends learning far beyond your course textbooks. Blending detailed content and case studies with questions, exemplars and guidance, this book: - Significantly improves students' knowledge and understanding of A-level content and concepts, providing more coverage of Changing Places than your existing resources - Strengthens students' analytical and interpretative skills through questions that involve a range of geographical data sources, with guidance on how to approach each task - Demonstrates how to evaluate issues, with a dedicated section in every chapter that shows how to think geographically, consider relevant evidence and structure a balanced essay - Equips students with everything they need to excel, from additional case studies and definitions of key terminology, to suggestions for further research and fieldwork ideas for the Independent Investigation - Helps students check, apply and consolidate their learning, using end-of-chapter refresher questions and discussion points, plus tailored advice for the AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC/Eduqas specifications - Offers trusted and reliable content, written by a team of highly experienced senior examiners and reviewed by academics with unparalleled knowledge of the latest geographical theories

Book Changing Places

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  • Author : Caitlin Murdock
  • Publisher : University of Michigan Press
  • Release : 2010-04-20
  • ISBN : 047211722X
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Changing Places written by Caitlin Murdock and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-04-20 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intriguing study of a fluid cross-border area over several decades

Book CHANGING PLACES  WE BOTH READ

Download or read book CHANGING PLACES WE BOTH READ written by and published by We Both Read Level 1-2. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this very funny story, Mike has invented a machine that will let him instantly change places with someone else. Unfortunately, he hasn't worked out all the bugs yet, and when the machine doesn't work quite right, Mike and his sister find themselves transformed into a dog and a cat! His sister loves being a cat, but Mike just hopes he can get everything back to normal before his parents see what has happened.

Book WJEC Eduqas AS A level Geography Student Guide 1  Changing places

Download or read book WJEC Eduqas AS A level Geography Student Guide 1 Changing places written by Kevin Davis and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reinforce geographical understanding throughout the course with clear topic summaries and sample questions and answers to help your students target higher grades. Written by teachers with extensive examining experience and fully updated for 2020 by experienced teacher and author Kevin Davies, this Student Guide covers: - Eduqas A-level Component 1: Changing landscapes and changing places, Section B Changing places - WJEC AS Unit 2 Changing places Our Student Guides are divided into two key sections Content Guidance and Questions and Answers. Content Guidance will help your students to: - Identify key content for the exams with our concise coverage of topics - Reinforce your learning with bullet-list summaries at the end of each section - Test your knowledge with rapid-fire knowledge check questions and answers Questions and Answers will help your students to: - Build understanding of the different question types - Find out what examiners are looking for with sample answers and commentary explaining why marks have been awarded

Book WJEC Eduqas AS A level Geography Student Guide 1  Changing Places

Download or read book WJEC Eduqas AS A level Geography Student Guide 1 Changing Places written by David Burtenshaw and published by Philip Allan. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exam Board: WJEC/Eduqas Level: AS/A-level Subject: Geography First Teaching: September 2016 First Exam: Summer 2017 Reinforce students' geographical understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers help students improve their exam technique and achieve their best. Written by a teacher with extensive examining experience, this guide: - Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level - Consolidates understanding through assessment tips and knowledge-check questions - Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample graded answers to exam-style questions - Develops independent learning and research skills - Provides the content students need to produce their own revision notes

Book Changing Places

Download or read book Changing Places written by David Franzetta and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You've built your company up and made it a success. How can you be sure that the next generation of company leadership will sustain your success? What role will you play in that evolution? And where can you, the small business owner, look for help with succession planning, when most of the literature on the subject is aimed at the HR departments of Fortune 500 companies? Changing Places is written for you, filling that gap by preparing you to deal with the complex web of emotionally charged situations that arise from conflicting personal, family and business goals. Throughout the book, Dave Franzetta and Moss Jackson emphasize the importance of managing not only the structural changes that you set in place, but also the personal, transitional challenges that arise from changing circumstances. They take you through all the important components of planning your exit and managing the transitions, beginning with preparing for your own, personal transition by creating your personal succession planning roadmap and building a transition advisory team. Other chapters are devoted to critical topics, such as hiring, leader selection and leadership development for smaller firms, leading to a discussion of options for changeover and buyout funding, concluding with advice on preparing your company for sale to outsiders when that is your best option. Whether you are ready to step down soon, or ten years down the road, Changing Places is your essential guide. Every topic is thoroughly informed by the authors decades of experience. Their stories bring to life the potential problems faced by business owners, and the practical solutions others have adopted. Thought provoking questions at the end of each chapter will launch and direct your own succession and transition plans. Start your leadership transition journey now. Changing Places will help you keep the success in succession planning.

Book Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition

Download or read book Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition written by Charles Wilkes and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: