http://www.lybrary.com/index.php?cPath=2073 Copyright © 2010 Lybrary.comhttp://www.lybrary.com/rethinking-meaning-place-conceiving-place-architectureurbanism-p-73143.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/rethinking-meaning-place-conceiving-place-architectureurbanism-p-73143.htmlSun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT Advances in Business and Management Forecasting is a blind refereed serial publication published on an annual basis. The objective of this research annual is to present state-of-the-art studies in the application of forecasting methodologies to such areas as sales, marketing, and strategic decision making. (An accurate, robust forecast is critical to effective decision making.) It is the hope and direction of the research annual to become an applications and practitioner-oriented publication. The topics will normally include sales and marketing, forecasting, new product forecasting, judgmentally-based forecasting, the application of surveys to forecasting, forecasting for strategic business decisions, improvements in forecasting accuracy, and sales response models. It is both the hope and direction of the editorial board to stimulate the interest of the practitioners of forecasting to methods and techniques that are relevant. In Volume 5, there are sections devoted to financial applications of forecasting, as well as demand forecasting. There is, also, a section on general business applications of forecasting, as well as one on forecasting methodologies.http://www.lybrary.com/advances-business-management-forecasting-volume-p-63537.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/advances-business-management-forecasting-volume-p-63537.htmlSun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT <p><B>Capitalize on a Comprehensive New Process for Planningand Designing Sustainable Green Communities</p></B><p>Written by internationally renowned architect Avi Friedman, <I>Sustainable Residential Development</I> equips you with a much-needed process and examples for planning and designing green communities. This landmark resource explains the principles of green building and how to apply them to residential development, presenting guidelines for creating communities that balance social, economic, and environmental needs.<p>Filled with plans, elevations, and vignettes, the book shows how to incorporate wind direction, sun exposure, tree preservation, topography, and public spaces into site plan. It also shows how to design high-density neighborhoods...apply green design and construction principles by using local materials and techniques, solar power, waste management, and water efficiency...as well as rehabilitate neighborhoods while respecting their heritage. <I>Sustainable Residential Development</I> features:<UL><LI>Expert guidelines for planning and designing communities that balance social, economic, and environmental needs<LI>A wealth of international and U.S. case studies and examples that illustrate the principles of sustainable community design<LI>Over 100 downloadable plans and elevations that offer a head start for planning and designing sustainable communities</UL><p><B>Inside this Green Planning and Design Guide:</p></B>• Defining and Applying Principles of Sustainability in Neighborhood Development • Learning Lessons from the Past: The Rise of Suburbia • Site Selection and Analysis • Strategies for High-Density Neighborhoods: The New Urbanism • Planning, Design, and Construction Principles for Sustainability • The Urban Renewal Process and Architectural Heritage • Balancing Environmental, Cultural, and Economic Needs: A Framework for Greener Neighborhoodshttp://www.lybrary.com/sustainable-residential-development-p-56733.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/sustainable-residential-development-p-56733.htmlSun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT Greenfield sites around towns and cities, and redevelopment infill sites in existing urban areas often become battlegrounds between the conflicting interests of developers and communities. In America, design charrettes (intensive design and planning workshttp://www.lybrary.com/designing-community-charrettes-masterplans-formbased-codes-p-56621.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/designing-community-charrettes-masterplans-formbased-codes-p-56621.htmlSun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT The importance of leisure and recreation in American cities changed during the last half century, particularly in the urbanizing Sunbelt. In the postwar West, suburbs sprawled and civic leaders struggled to provide adequate parks and recreation services. Inactive urban life created a growing need for physical fitness, while rapid economic growth increased disposable family income and leisure time. As a result, families began to look for neighborhoods with amenities such as parks, baseball fields and jogging tracks when considering where to purchase a home.</p>The city of Mesa, Arizona was a typical suburban boomtown in the postwar era. Rapid population growth occurred simultaneously with corporate expansion in this Phoenix suburb. The warm climate, cheap land and low taxes made Mesa an attractive place for businesses to expand. These factors, along with an increase of high tech jobs, attracted numerous new residents. The city's population grew even more rapidly than employment, however, and Mesa transformed into a bedroom community. By the late 1970's Mesa was struggling to expand its economy, to revitalize its downtown area, to provide city services, and to attract new residents. While the city succeeded in attracting profitable retail facilities, it faced difficulties in other respects. Neighboring cities such as Scottsdale and Tempe were far more successful developing downtown areas and attracting affluent residents. These cities marketed themselves as tourist destinations. Also, decades of rapid growth left Mesa officials unable to cope with soaring demands for various amenities, including parks and recreation services.</p>While the city stumbled in various areas, it had significant success with efforts to plan for recreation and parks. This eventually connected with efforts to solve larger problems in Mesa.http://www.lybrary.com/parks-recreation-city-planning-urban-development-southwest-suburb-p-51610.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/parks-recreation-city-planning-urban-development-southwest-suburb-p-51610.htmlSun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT In a world of increasing globalisation, where one high street becomes interchangeable with the next, Identity by Design addresses the idea of place-making and the concept of identity, looking at how these things can be considered as an integral part of thhttp://www.lybrary.com/identity-design-p-46986.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/identity-design-p-46986.htmlSun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/reshaping-cities-global-mobility-transforms-architecture-urban-form-p-45449.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/reshaping-cities-global-mobility-transforms-architecture-urban-form-p-45449.htmlSun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT While the potential of agency is most frequently taken to be the power and freedom to act for oneself, for the architectural community this also involves the power and responsibility to act as intermediaries on behalf of others. Presenting current thinking from practitioners and scholars from around the world, this book asks for a more active relationship between the humanities, the architectural profession, and society. Considering issues of architectural research as an agency of transformation, this book explores how humanities research can better contribute towards understanding current architectural needs.http://www.lybrary.com/agency-working-with-uncertain-architectures-p-44054.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/agency-working-with-uncertain-architectures-p-44054.htmlSun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT "Dolores Hayden is a unique urban pathfinder. She hunts down the relationships among popular aspirations, big urban players, and the everyday experience of domestic life. In this book she traces the history of our suburban metropolises, guiding the reader through seven easily recognized on-the-setreet patterns. The end of the history is the now when the government and private corporations anxously push to maintain our cities of consumption. And yes, she has found a way leading from this dead end."<br>--Sam Bass Warner, Jr., author of <i>Streetcar Suburbs<p></i>"<i>Building Suburbia </i>embraces the human desires that underlie two centuries of American suburban landscapes, even as it explains the myriad problems that ensued. It is only with this complex understanding that we, like Hayden herself, can imagine better patterns of suburban development, more equitable, sustainable, congenial, and beautiful."<br>--Gwendolyn Wright, author of <i>Building the Dream: A Social History of Housing in America<br></i><br>"We think of suburbs as standardized places. Dolores Hayden shows us, for the first time, the remarkable diversity of suburban environments that Americans have produced over two centuries. Lucid, original, and abundantly illustrated, <i>Building Suburbia</i> is that delightful rarity: a scholarly book with a critical perspective and wide appeal."<br>--Richard Harris, author of <i>Unplanned Suburbs: Toronto's American Tragedy, 1900-1950</i> <br><u><br></u>"<i>Building Suburbia</i> is compelling and beautifully written. It reads like a novel and at the same time offers an insightful social and political history of the rise of the suburbs in the United States. Hayden redefines the American Dream and critiques the rise of segregated housing and the isolated communities characteristic of the suburban landscape. There is no other book quite like this one because of its accessibility and breadth of scholarship. It will attract a wide audience as well as academic acclaim. Great work."<br>--Setha Low, author of <i>Behind the Gates: Life, Security, and the Pursuit of Hapiness in Fortress America</i><p>"Bringing together several decades of research on suburban development, including Hayden's own, <i>Building Suburbia</i> will become the standard work on the suburban landscape the United States. At a time when debates about suburbia are dominated by smart growth and new urbanism, Hayden's important book provides both a much needed historical perspective and a vision of a future in which the suburbs are reused and not abandoned."<br>--Ann Forsyth, author of <i>Constructing Suburbs: Competing Voices in a Debate Over Urban Growth<p></i>"With its wealth of illustrations and combined scholarly and anecdotal writing, Dolores Hayden's <i>Building Suburbia</i> not only provides a brilliant a new understanding of suburban form--past, present and future--but also treats the reader to a delightfully opinionated assessment of today's housing arrangements. Hayden's persuasive plea for preserving and improving existing suburbs is right on target for the 21st century "<br>--Eugenie L. Birch, Dept. of City and Regional Planning, Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylnavia<p>"Whereas most successful guides make the foreign more familiar, Dolores Hayden tours us through the familiar landscape of Amehttp://www.lybrary.com/building-suburbia-p-39285.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/building-suburbia-p-39285.htmlSun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT This book offers practical solutions to achieving sustainable urban design and development, and helps designers communicate these solutions effectively to planners, developers and policy makers.<p>Addressing sustainability issues in relation to the design and planning of the urban environment is a complex, multi-disciplinary issue and solutions never arrive from a single perspective. The authors use design as a facilitating factor to consider when and by whom decisions that contribute to sustainability are made, and through three major city-centre case studies - London, Manchester and Sheffield - they consider social, environmental and economic factors and examine their relationship to the decision-making process.<p><i>Designing Sustainable Cities</i> begins by identifying the key processes and lead decision-makers. The following chapters develop an understanding of the dimensions of sustainability, presenting the tools by which the dimensions can be analysed. Later chapters illustrate the trade-offs and the relationships between the dimensions of sustainability - with case study examples - as well as the use of IT in making design decisions. Finally, the book makes recommendations for future approaches to the design, development and on-going management of urban environments.<p><i>Designing Sustainable Cities</i> covers:<ul><li>latest research data on the urban environment and the interaction between social, economic and environmental issues<li>methods of understanding the context in which urban design takes place<li>guidance on the codes of practice<li>process maps to help understand the context, make trade-offs and develop design solutions that allow for change<li>methods for testing the consequences of design proposals and monitoring outcomes.</ul>http://www.lybrary.com/designing-sustainable-cities-p-38707.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/designing-sustainable-cities-p-38707.htmlSun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT http://www.lybrary.com/place-reinvention-northern-perspectives-p-27666.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/place-reinvention-northern-perspectives-p-27666.htmlSun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT "<b>Wrestling with Moses</b> is an epic tale filled with nuanced lessons. Flint is passionate in supporting Jacobs's once radical but now commonly shared views, yet he deftly leaves room for Moses. This is an indispensable read for anyone interested in the shaping of cities."—Alex Krieger, professor of urban design, Harvard University<p>"In this gripping and inspiring story of one woman who galvanized her community against powerful, destructive forces, Anthony Flint gets to the heart of what makes neighborhoods–and cities–thrive."—Richard Florida, author of<i> The Rise of the Creative Class</i> and <i>Who's Your City?<br></i><br>"Jane Jacobs, the crownless queen of cities, defended New York against the assault that would have destroyed its pattern of the daily life.<i> </i><b>Wrestling with Moses</b> is a masterly tale of how her mandate endures."—Jane Holtz Kay, architecture critic for<i> The Nation </i>and author of<i> Asphalt Nation<br></i><br>"Anthony Flint has written a riveting account of a struggle between opposites that forever redefined the American city. With no formal training in urban planning, Jane Jacobs had the audacity to take on Robert Moses and the passion to save old New York from the wrecking ball."—James L. Swanson, Edgar Award—winning author of<i> Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer<p></i>"Beautifully written, <b>Wrestling with Moses</b> is a step back in time to the bohemia of Greenwich Village in the 1960s, when Bob Dylan's music filled the streets and revolution was in the air. As a woman standing up to power, Jane Jacobs blazed a trail. This is a remarkable book."—Brad Matsen, author of<i> Titanic's Last Secrets<p></i>"Anthony Flint has not only captured the life and times of the remarkable Jane Jacobs but, more important, he has delineated the amazing cast of characters–politicians, design professionals, neighbors, and citizens–that populated her life and her city. <b>Wrestling with Moses </b>will soon become classic, essential reading for anyone concerned with cities, past, present, and future."—Eugenie L. Birch, Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research and Education, University of Pennsylvania<p>"Reporter Flint offers a fascinating history of the two combatants as well as an architectural history of New York City."—<i>Booklist</i><p>http://www.lybrary.com/wrestling-with-moses-p-22982.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/wrestling-with-moses-p-22982.htmlSun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT Urban freight transport has become an important issue in urban planning. There are many challenges and problems relating to increasing levels of traffic congestion, environmental impacts and energy consumption. City logistics schemes are relatively new cohttp://www.lybrary.com/logistics-systems-sustainable-cities-proceedings-international-conference-city-logistics-madeira-portugal-p-19780.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/logistics-systems-sustainable-cities-proceedings-international-conference-city-logistics-madeira-portugal-p-19780.htmlSun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT "Introduction to Residential Design" is ideal for students and practitioners of urban design, planning, engineering, architecture and landscape seeking a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of designing and laying out residential areas. Mike Bihttp://www.lybrary.com/introduction-residential-layout-p-19720.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/introduction-residential-layout-p-19720.htmlSun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT <p><b>Help the Environment While Increasing Sales</p></b><p>Bestselling author R. Dodge Woodson brings the growing number of options available for developing land without doing harm to natural areas. In this comprehensive guide, he explains how such building techniques will increase sales, improve the bottom line, and help sustain the environment.<p><i>Be a Successful Green Land Developer</i> addresses all the practical issues that arise when embarking upon green building projects. It explains every aspect of the subject, from getting started in the green building business to mastering green terminology to making money with green methods. Learn how to understand zoning requirements, covenants, and restrictions...write winning proposals...and expand business. The book also examines 20 common mistakes and how to avoid them.<p>Green construction is here to stay. Use <i>Be a Successful Green Land Developer</i> as a roadmap to profits and growth in this exciting new realm of business.<p>This practical, plain-English guide to green land development includes:<ul><li>Valuable tips on preparing winning bids<li>Step-by-step advice on expanding a green building business<li>Important insight into the costs associated with earth-friendly land development<li>Sample contracts, zoning forms, and development/broker forms</ul><b><p>Develop a lucrative green development enterprise with valuable lessons on...</b><br>Using Green to Make Big Bucks • Building a Strong Development Team • Working with Real Estate Brokers • Setting Up Your Lenders and Investors • Finding Suitable Development Property • What Makes a Project Viable? • Looking for Land in All the Right Places • Initial Investigations • Drainage Factors • Soil Considerations • Calculating Land Losses for Roads and Green Space • Water Requirements • And Morehttp://www.lybrary.com/successful-green-land-developer-p-16025.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/successful-green-land-developer-p-16025.htmlSun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT <p><b>Get Proven Solutions to the Unique Problems of Construction Management in Urban Environments</p></b><p>Filled with hands-on advice from two seasoned project management experts, <i>Urban Construction Project Management</i> provides a wealth of proven solutions to the common problems of construction management in urban environments. The book includes cutting-edge information about working on small sites, public safety, the permit process, coordinating with utility companies, dealing with adjacent properties, and many other topics.<p>This indispensable construction management tool uses numerous illustrations, photographs, charts, tables, and diagrams to clarify the critical issues involved in today's urban construction projects. The authors present timely guidance on testing...safety...logistics...building code compliance... scheduling and procurement...subcontractors and the bidding process... insurance and bonds...renovation and demolition...costs...claims...design-build...green construction...and more. <i>Urban Construction Project Management</i> features:<ul><li>Practical, step-by-step methods for meeting the unique challenges of today's complex urban construction projects<li>Checklists and forms-such as Request for Information (RFI) logs, meeting minutes, and contact lists-that enable readers to put information into practice quickly and easily<li>A wide range of visual materials, including illustrations, photographs, schedules, charts, tables, and diagrams</ul><p><b>Successfully Manage Every Aspect of Urban Construction Projects</p></b>• Project Organization • Problem Solving • Testing • Permits • Utilities • Safety • Logistics • Layouts • Drawings • Contracts • Insurance and Bonds • Underpinning • Security • Building Codes • Renovation and Demolition • Communications • Meetings • Logs and Reports • Schedules • Subcontractors and the Bidding Process • Costs • Claims • Design-Build • Requisitions • Punch List • Close-Outs • Technology • Green Constructionhttp://www.lybrary.com/urban-construction-project-management-mcgrawhill-construction-series-p-15707.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/urban-construction-project-management-mcgrawhill-construction-series-p-15707.htmlSun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT