Search Results: Urban Studies from Diatrope Books

Allegagne, 1978. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Booklet. Four-page essay in German. Color images throughout. 20p. Measures 8x8.25 inches. Tübingen is a city in southwest Germany and home to one of Europe’s oldest universities.

Area Development Committee of CED, 1959. Paperback. Good. Unmarked text. Note and date stamp on cover. Some age tanning on spine. Illustrated. Supplementary paper of the CED. 92p.

Harvard University Press, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked. Dust jacket with some edge wear (clipped) under clear mylar cover. Sticker on front end page. Black-and-white illustrations. Contributors include Evelyn Ackerman, Frederic Ballard, George de Menil, Elizabeth Fox, Stephanie Krebs, Roger Lewin, Jonathan Wylie, Lawrence Wylie, Thomas Yager, and others. Topics include history, farming, population, social organization, religion, politics, and more. Index. Notes. Maps. 383p. Measures 6.5x10.5 inches.

University of Virginia, Community Communications, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket with a bumped corner. Beautifully illustrated, with photographs by Philip Beaurline. 152p. Measures 9x12 inches. Charlottesville, Virginia, the University of Virginia, was designed by Thomas Jefferson. This volume presents a broader picture of the city.

Macmillan, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked text. Received stamp inside back cover. Unclipped dust jacket with edge wear under clear mylar cover. Includes articles on the Urban Environment, edited and with a Foreword by Walter McQuade. Sections on problems, plans, and issues. Contributors include Robert Gold, Roy Blumhorst, Gail Miller, Robert Starr, Christopher Alexander, Richard Weinstein, Mayer Spivack, and others.

Routledge, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Contributors include Philip Benedict, Robert Descimon, Frederick M. Irvine, James R. Farr, Claire Dolan, Robert A. Schneider, and Rene Favier. Index. Maps. Examines major changes experienced by France's cities over the period from the end of the middle ages to the eve of the Revolution

Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1996. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. French flaps. Some edge wear on back cover. In this classic volume, Hibbert reveals his impressions of the appearance and social life of 21 of the world's greatest cities at crucial moments in their development. 195 photographs, 35 in color. Cities include Thebes, Sydney, Rome, Moscow, and others. 256p. Measures 7.75x10.5 inches.

Routledge, 2009. Paperback. Good. Unmarked text. Black-and-white illustrations. Contributors include Sharon M. Meagher, Marcelo Lopes de Suza, William S. Logan, Emma Porio, John Walsh and Nittanna Southiseng, Donald M. Seekins, and others. 171p. Measures 7x10 inches.

Institute of Urban and Regional Planning (IURD), 2011. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. URD Working paper No. WP-2011-06. Illustrated with maps, color plates, and more. Topics of this long-term plan for the Nile waterfront in Cairo include background, data collection, current conditions, urban history, strategic plan, interventions, and conclusions. References. 100p. Measures 8.5x11 inches.

Thunder Bay Press, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good. Unmarked. Dust jacket under clear mylar cover. Beautifully illustrated. 144p. Measures 11.25x10 inches. Explore the eastern side of San Franciscos beautiful bay, from Fremont to Richmond. Traces the ensuing explosion of business and population through fascinating archival photographs placed side by side with matching contemporary views. Historic sites include the San Jose Mission, the San Leandro Courthouse, the Lake Merritt Boat House, and Berkeley City Hall.

Phaidon, 2010. Paperback. Very Good/very good. 8x1x9. Unmarked text. Knick on bottom of jacket over the large paperback. Illustrated throughout in black-and-white and color. Measures 8.5x9.75x2 inches. 512p. Taking 6 key cities as its focal point: New York, Shanghai, London, Mexico City, Johannesburg and Berlin, The Endless City discusses in depth not only the infrastructure and architectural expansion necessary for continuous urban growth, but also the social and economic factors that are critical to urban development in the 21st century.

Boston Redevelopment Authority, nd. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Good. Unmarked text. Soft corner crease on cover. Undated, after 1968. 12p. Measures 8.5 inches square. Map.

Boston 200 Corporation, 1976. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Good. Unmarked text. Sun-faded spine and some rubbing on cover. Previous owner's name on cover. Includes black-and-white illustrations. 32p. Measures 7.75 inches square. A short chronicle of this neighborhood's history.

Norton, 2021. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked. Dust jacket (unclipped) under clear mylar cover. Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient cities, each the center of a sophisticated civilization: the Neolithic site of

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Contributors include Kathellen Reich, Patti L. Culross, Lois A. Fingerut, Katherine Kaufer Christoffel, James Forman, Marjorie S. Hardy and others. Topics range from analysis and costs to urban case studies and advocacy on both sides. Bibliography. 176p. Illustrated.

David R. Godine, 2009. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Illustrated. Signed by Marjory Wunsch on title page. Winner of several awards. Written by two women who are also illustrators, this well-researched biography captures Jacobs and her world with drawings and period photos. Originally written for young people, adults will also find the book worthwhile. 128p. Bibliography. Chronology. Notes.

Univ of Washington Pr, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked text. Chipping on dust jacket. Notes. Index. 136p. Documents the development of a specific project to locate a computer center in North Philadelphia regarded and how this was a first step toward the revitalization of that economically deprived inner-city area.

University of California Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked text. Unclipped dust jacket. Maps and tables. 223p. Glossary. Notes. Appendix. Index. An account of the combined efforts of the British central government, various regional organizations and local government to cope with the varied problems of metropolitan London in the 1960s.

Netherlands Ministry of Housing and Physical Planning, 1976. Paperback. Good. Unmarked. 75p. Bumped edge. Charts and tables. Topics include housing as a starting point, building projects, national action and more.

US Government Printing Office, 1976. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Good. Unmarked. Some rubbing on cover. Report for the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Office of International Affairs. Illustrated. Topics include the colonies, the new nation, urbanism in the Republic, Rise of the Metropolis and transfer of ideas between the old and new worlds. Bibliography. 31p.