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Explores the concept of land ownership and how it has shaped history, examining how people fight over, steward, and occasionally share land, and what humanity's proprietary relationship with land means for the future.
"Land examines in depth how we determine where the land lies, how we acquire it, how we steward it, how and why we fight over it, and, finally, how we can, and on occasion do, come to share it. Ultimately, Winchester confronts the...
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"A fascinating account of the growing "Yes in My Backyard" urban movement"--
"A fascinating account of the growing "Yes in My Backyard" urban movement The exorbitant costs of urban housing and the widening gap in income inequality are fueling a combative new movement in cities around the world. These influential activists aren't waiting for new public housing to be built. Instead, they're calling for more construction and denser cities in order to...
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The cattle town of Chugwater may not look like much to outsiders. But for Duff MacCallister and the determined settlers who've staked their futures here, it's a land of opportunity. That's why the whole town is fired up by the latest news. Young railroad developer Jacob Freemantle wants to run a rail line through Chugwater, making it easier to transport cattle. Everyone is on board with the plan, at first. Duff begins to suspect that Freemantle is...
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"An environmental tale of land evolving over the millennia up to present day environmental changes, as well as the role one can take in caring for it"--
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Today, we are at a turning point as we face ecological and political crises that are rooted in conflicts over the land itself. But these problems can be solved if we draw on elements of our tradition that move us toward a new commonwealth - a community founded on the well-being of all people and the natural world. In this brief, powerful, timely, and hopeful book, Jedediah Purdy, one of our finest writers and leading environmental thinkers, explores...
8) Rural places
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"Engage and delight emergent readers with the sights of the farm. This title features carefully leveled nonfiction text and full-color photographs. Pairs with the fiction title I Look Up"--
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"Scottish cattleman Duff MacCallister staked a claim for his life in America-and reserves a righteous anger for those who break the law in this smoking six-gun shootout from national bestselling authors William W. and J.A. Johnstone... Thanks to a new line, the railroad has come to Chugwater, Wyoming, bridging the gap between the small town and the larger city of Cheyenne. Now Duff MacCallister can transport his black angus cattle herd with ease by...
10) El desequilibrio procesal y probatorio del "opositor víctima o sujeto vulnerable" en el proceso d
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"Esta obra se enmarca en la Ley de Víctimas, Ley 1448 del año 2011, y aborda específicamente los casos en que se presenta oposición de una víctima o de un sujeto vulnerable de especial protección frente a la reclamación de restitución de un predio por una víctima. No aborda la generalidad de los casos de oposición. Se indaga la posición procesal y las capacidades probatorias del opositor víctima o sujeto vulnerable, para entrar a estudiar...
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The right to own and use private property is among the most essential human rights and the essential basis for economic growth. That's why America's Founders guaranteed it in the Constitution. Yet in today's America, government tramples on this right in countless ways. Regulations forbid people to use their property as they wish, bureaucrats extort enormous fees from developers in exchange for building permits, and police departments snatch personal...
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Since its emergence in the mid-nineteenth century as the nation's "metropolis," New York has faced the most challenging housing problems of any American city, but it has also led the nation in innovation and reform. The horrors of the tenement were perfected in New York at the same time that the very rich were building palaces along Fifth Avenue; public housing for the poor originated in New York, as did government subsidies for middle-class housing....
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The author is a well-known educator and planner who has written extensively about architecture and city planning in his 13 books and 90 professional and academic articles. He has practiced planning as a consultant, and was involved in several of the developments discussed in this book.
He believes that New Urbanism offers a family-centered, small town approach that ius an alternative to urban sprawl. He sees it as a lifestyle choice over central city...
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Given the rapid urbanization of the world's population, the converse phenomenon of shrinking cities is often overlooked and little understood. Yet with almost one in ten post-industrial US cities shrinking in recent years, efforts by government and anchor institutions to regenerate these cities is gaining policy urgency, with the availability and siting of affordable housing being a key concern. This is the first book to look at the reasons for the...
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La presente historiografía urbana de Bogotá se desarrolla en una secuencia que va desde 1538 hasta la primera década del 2000. La investigación examina el rol de la ciudad como punto primacial en una red nacional de ciudades que, además, conecta el país con América Latina y el mundo. El análisis de los procesos de cambio interno de la ciudad tiene un especial énfasis en el crecimiento urbano y en la cambiante morfología de la capital. Teórica...
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Places Women Make tells stories of women shaping the Australian city - its buildings, spaces, and social and political agendas.
Jane Jose takes a fresh look at city life, great places and the unsung urban heroines who made them. She explores the design of cities, the places we need and suggests urban life would be richer if women play more of a role in city design.
Places Women Make honours women place-makers from history, while speaking to a new...
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"Ciudades legibles: una mirada desde el diseño de información y su contribución para hacer mejores lugares es una obra en la que no solo se presentan los resultados de tres pasantías de investigación, sino también la descripción y recopilación de experiencias de ciudades legibles en todo el mundo a la luz de autores clave que han sentado las bases para estos ejercicios de diseño de la información a nivel urbano basados en el usuario.
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Problemas como la migración de poblaciones y de habitantes, y el crecimiento urbano acelerado de las capitales han promovido el debate alrededor de la suburbanización y el crecimiento periférico. Se ha hecho necesario ampliar el diseño urbano y las consideraciones de desarrollo más allá de los centros urbanos, con el propósito de analizar los esquemas de crecimiento y expansión urbana de forma racional e integrada a lo existente. En este libro...
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Food security and housing a nation with an expanding population should be key priorities for a small island like Britain. Yet both are being thwarted by record land prices. In the last 10 years, farm land has risen by almost 200% - with feeding the nation a secondary consideration to speculators buying up thousands of acres annually to avoid tax. If planning permission is given for new housing, prices can rise fifty-fold - making a vast profit for...
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