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Book Bulletin de L Institut International de Statistique

Download or read book Bulletin de L Institut International de Statistique written by International Statistical Institute and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the Compte rendu of the institute's sessions; no sessions held 1914-1922.

Book Actes de la Session

Download or read book Actes de la Session written by International Statistical Institute and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Social Project

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kenny Cupers
  • Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
  • Release : 2014-04-01
  • ISBN : 1452941068
  • Pages : 600 pages

Download or read book The Social Project written by Kenny Cupers and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2015 Abbott Lowell Cummings prize from the Vernacular Architecture Forum Winner of the 2015 Sprio Kostof Book Award from the Society of Architectural Historians Winner of the 2016 International Planning History Society Book Prize for European Planning History Honorable Mention: 2016 Wylie Prize in French Studies In the three decades following World War II, the French government engaged in one of the twentieth century’s greatest social and architectural experiments: transforming a mostly rural country into a modernized urban nation. Through the state-sanctioned construction of mass housing and development of towns on the outskirts of existing cities, a new world materialized where sixty years ago little more than cabbage and cottages existed. Known as the banlieue, the suburban landscapes that make up much of contemporary France are near-opposites of the historic cities they surround. Although these postwar environments of towers, slabs, and megastructures are often seen as a single utopian blueprint gone awry, Kenny Cupers demonstrates that their construction was instead driven by the intense aspirations and anxieties of a broad range of people. Narrating the complex interactions between architects, planners, policy makers, inhabitants, and social scientists, he shows how postwar dwelling was caught between the purview of the welfare state and the rise of mass consumerism. The Social Project unearths three decades of architectural and social experiments centered on the dwelling environment as it became an object of modernization, an everyday site of citizen participation, and a domain of social scientific expertise. Beyond state intervention, it was this new regime of knowledge production that made postwar modernism mainstream. The first comprehensive history of these wide-ranging urban projects, this book reveals how housing in postwar France shaped both contemporary urbanity and modern architecture.

Book The European Housing Situation

Download or read book The European Housing Situation written by United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New Publications in the United Nations Headquarters Library

Download or read book New Publications in the United Nations Headquarters Library written by United Nations Library (New York, N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Self help Housing  the Poor  and the State in the Caribbean

Download or read book Self help Housing the Poor and the State in the Caribbean written by Robert B. Potter and published by University of the West Indies Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays represents the first in-depth, scholarly treatment of housing policies and conditions throughout the Caribbean. The contributors consider both the performance of the state and the autonomous activities of the poor, making this volume an invaluable contribution to future planning and debate. The essays, each dealing with a specific island or group of islands, collectively address four main themes: the history of housing provision since colonization, current housing conditions, state policies toward housing provision, and the changing relationships between governments, international funding agencies, the private housing sector, and the peoples' responses. These investigations not only highlight the often alarming problems that Caribbean nations face in providing adequate housing for the poor but also implicate governments in past and present failures and poor performances. However, the essays are also filled with useful insights about the ways in which progressive housing policies can be formulated and implemented. For example, the volume suggests that the Caribbean's rich heritage of folk and vernacular architectural styles should be taken into serious account in future planning efforts. In a concluding synthesis chapter, the volume editors argue that a more progressive future is attainable if all parties exhibit the "political will" that the poor have already demonstrated.

Book Annual Bulletin of Housing and Building Statistics for Europe

Download or read book Annual Bulletin of Housing and Building Statistics for Europe written by Economic Commission for Europe and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Historical Dictionary of Morocco

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Morocco written by Thomas Kerlin Park and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by an expert on the peoples of Morocco, the dictionary is an essential reference to this vibrant North African country. Its concise dictionary entries describe the important people, places, events, and institutions of Morocco as well as its society, culture, economy, and religions.

Book Heritage Sites of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy in the Context of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention

Download or read book Heritage Sites of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy in the Context of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention written by Clive L. N. Ruggles and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This joint venture between ICOMOS, the advisory body to UNESCO on cultural sites, and the International Astronomical Union is the second volume in an ongoing exploration of themes and issues relating to astronomical heritage in particular and to science and technology heritage in general. It examines a number of key questions relating to astronomical heritage sites and their potential recognition as World Heritage, attempting to identify what might constitute "outstanding universal value" in relation to astronomy. "Heritage Sites of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy--Volume 2" represents the culmination of several years' work to address some of the most challenging issues raised in the first ICOMOS-IAU Thematic Study, published in 2010. These include the recognition and preservation of the value of dark skies at both cultural and natural sites and landscapes; balancing archaeoastronomical considerations in the context of broader archaeological and cultural values; the potential for serial nominations; and management issues such as preserving the integrity of astronomical sightlines through the landscape.Its case studies are developed in greater depth than those in volume 1, and generally structured as segments of draft nomination dossiers. They include seven-stone antas (prehistoric dolmens) in Portugal and Spain, the thirteen towers of Chankillo in Peru, the astronomical timing of irrigation in Oman, Pic du Midi de Bigorre Observatory in France, Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and Aoraki-Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve in New Zealand. A case study on Stonehenge, already a World Heritage Site, focuses on preserving the integrity of the solstitial sightlines.As for the first ICOMOS-IAU Thematic Study, a international team of authors including historians, astronomers and heritage professionals is led by Professor Clive Ruggles for the IAU and Professor Michel Cotte for ICOMOS.

Book UIA  Revue de L Union Internationale Des Architectes

Download or read book UIA Revue de L Union Internationale Des Architectes written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 1108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Planning  Connecting  and Financing Cities     Now

Download or read book Planning Connecting and Financing Cities Now written by Somik V. Lall and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2013-01-21 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report was written by a team led by Somik V. Lall"--P. xi.

Book Documentation for Urban Management

    Book Details:
  • Author : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Publisher : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; [Washington, D.C. : sold by OECD Publications Center]
  • Release : 1977
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 192 pages

Download or read book Documentation for Urban Management written by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and published by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; [Washington, D.C. : sold by OECD Publications Center]. This book was released on 1977 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Habitations et Milieu de Vie

Download or read book Habitations et Milieu de Vie written by John Miron and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1994-04-12 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Les collaborateurs identifient certains critères importants pour l'évaluation de la situation actuelle et future dans le domaine du logement, précisent les questions et priorités de la recherche en matière de logement et signalent certaines questions de politique qui se dessinent. Les articles sont répartis en six sections: facteurs économiques, démographiques et institutionnels sous-jacents à la demande de logements au cours de la période de l'après-guerre; principaux aspects de l'offre de logements, et notamment financement, technologie et réglementation; croissance du parc immobilier et modifications de la qualité des logements; équilibre entre l'offre et la demande compte tenu de ce qui est suffisant, convenable et abordable; évolution de l'environnement des lieux habités; leçons, défis et questions pour l'avenir. L'ouvrage contient également certains résumés utiles des mesures prises entre 1945 et 1986 en matière de politiques de logement. Document de référence essentiel sur le logement urbain et le développement des villes au cours de la période d'après-guerre au Canada, Habitations et milieu de vie sera apprécié des universitaires, des planificateurs, des professionnels et des étudiants qui s'intéressent aux questions de logement.

Book Community Development

Download or read book Community Development written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book L Image de la France Dans L Angleterre Victorienne  1848 1900

Download or read book L Image de la France Dans L Angleterre Victorienne 1848 1900 written by Sylvaine Marandon and published by Paris, A. Colin. This book was released on 1967 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Architecture of Counterrevolution

Download or read book Architecture of Counterrevolution written by Samia Henni and published by GTA Verlag. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After over 120 years of French colonial rule in Algeria, the growing aspirations for independence culminated in the Algerian Revolution of 1954, which lasted until 1962. In order to combat the uprisings, the French civilian and military authorities reorganised the entire territory of the country, swiftly erected new infrastructures and pursued building policies that were ultimately intended to stabilize French dominance in Algeria.The study describes the architectural responses undertaken in the midst of this protracted and bloody armed conflict. It analyses their origins, evolutions and objectives, identifies the actors involved and reveals the underlying design methods.

Book Defining Environmental Justice

Download or read book Defining Environmental Justice written by David Schlosberg and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book uses both environmental movements and political theory to help define what is meant by environmental and ecological justice. It will be useful to anyone interested in environmental politics, environmental movements, and justice theory.