Community Character

Author : Lane H. Kendig,Bret C. Keast
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-22
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781597269704

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Community Character by Lane H. Kendig,Bret C. Keast Pdf

Community Character provides a design-oriented system for planning and zoning communities but accounts for how people who participate in a community live, work, and shop there. The relationships that Lane Kendig defines here reflect the complexity of the interaction of the built environment with its social and economic uses, taking into account the diverse desires of municipalities and citizens. Among the many classifications for a community’s “character” are its relationship to other communities, its size and the resulting social and economic characteristics. According to Kendig, most comprehensive plans and zoning regulations are based entirely on density and land use, neither of which effectively or consistently measures character or quality of development. As Kendig shows, there is a wide range of measures that define character and these vary with the type of character a community desires to create. Taking a much more comprehensive view, this book offers “community character” as a real-world framework for planning for communities of all kinds and sizes. A companion book, A Practical Guide to Planning with Community Character, provides a detailed explanation of applying community character in a comprehensive plan, with chapters on designing urban, sub-urban, and rural character types, using character in comprehensive plans, and strategies for addressing characteristic challenges of planning and zoning in the 21st century.

Author : Lane H. Kendig
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781610910187

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A Guide to Planning for Community Character by Lane H. Kendig Pdf

A Guide to Planning for Community Character adds a wealth of practical applications to the framework that Lane Kendig describes in his previous book, Community Character. The purpose of the earlier book is to give citizens and planners a systematic way of thinking about the attributes of their communities and a common language to use for planning and zoning in a consistent and reliable way. This follow-up volume addresses actual design in the three general classes of communities in Kendig's framework-urban, suburban, and rural. The author's practical approaches enable designers to create communities "with the character that citizens actually want." Kendig also provides a guide for incorporating community character into a comprehensive plan. In addition, this book shows how to use community character in planning and zoning as a way of making communities more sustainable. All examples in the volume are designed to meet real-world challenges. They show how to design a community so that the desired character is actually achieved in the built result. The book also provides useful tools for analyzing or measuring relevant design features. Together, the books provide a comprehensive treatment of community character, offering both a tested theory of planning based on visual and physical character and practical ways to plan and measure communities. The strength of this comprehensive approach is that it is ultimately less rigid and more adaptable than many recent "flexible" zoning codes.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Community development
ISBN : PURD:32754070065556

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Community Character Act of 2002 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works Pdf

Author : Stanley Hauerwas
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1991-01-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780268076610

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A Community of Character by Stanley Hauerwas Pdf

Selected by Christianity Today as one of the 100 most important books on religion of the twentieth century. Leading theological ethicist Stanley Hauerwas shows how discussions of Christology and the authority of scripture involve questions about what kind of community the church must be to rightly tell the stories of God. He challenges the dominant assumption of contemporary Christian social ethics that there is a special relation between Christianity and some form of liberal democratic social system.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1248 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : UCAL:B3501221

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The Pacific Reporter by Anonim Pdf

Author : Christopher J. Duerksen,R. Matthew Goebel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015042852619

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Aesthetics, Community Character, and the Law by Christopher J. Duerksen,R. Matthew Goebel Pdf

Today's planners use myriad tools and techniques to identify and protect what is special about their communities: historic preservation ordinances, improved sign controls, computerized viewshed protection regulations, tree-planting and landscaping requirements, cell tower controls, and more. As the level of preservation activity has increased dramatically, so has the number of court cases challenging aesthetic-based regulation.

Author : Bruce Sklarew,Stuart W. Twemlow,Sallye M. Wilkinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317707080

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Analysts in the Trenches by Bruce Sklarew,Stuart W. Twemlow,Sallye M. Wilkinson Pdf

The horrific events of 9/11 and its sequelae have reinforced what thoughtful analysts have long known: that they have a responsibilty to respond to the complex social and emotional issues arising in their communities - to function, that is, as "community psychoanalysts." Analysts in the Trenches vividly illustrates what socially engaged analysts can offer to violent and disturbed communities. Contributors bring analytic expertise to bear on the emotional sequelae to violence, including sexual and physical abuse; to multiple and traumatic losses; and to learning inhibitions. Thay also explore and devise community responses to the scapegoating of classes and groups, to homelessness, and to variations in family structures. This volume provides heartening testimony to the relevance of psychodynamic thinking in the post-9/11 world and will spur professional readers to develop their own programs of community involvement.

Author : William Jeynes
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781119098379

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The Wiley Handbook of Christianity and Education by William Jeynes Pdf

A comprehensive source that demonstrates how 21st century Christianity can interrelate with current educational trends and aspirations The Wiley Handbook of Christianity and Education provides a resource for students and scholars interested in the most important issues, trends, and developments in the relationship between Christianity and education. It offers a historical understanding of these two intertwined subjects with a view to creating a context for the myriad issues that characterize—and challenge—the relationship between Christianity and education today. Presented in three parts, the book starts with thought-provoking essays covering major issues in Christian education such as the movement away from God in American education; the Christian paradigm based on love and character vs. academic industrial models of American education; why religion is good for society, offenders, and prisons; the resurgence of vocational exploration and its integrative potential for higher education; and more. It then looks at Christianity and education around the globe—faith-based schooling in a pluralistic democracy; religious expectations in the Latino home; church-based and community-centered higher education; etc. The third part examines how humanity is determining the relationship between Christianity and education with chapters covering the use of Christian paradigm of living and learning; enrollment, student demographic, and capacity trends in Christian schools after the introduction of private schools; empirical studies on the perceptions of intellectual diversity at elite universities in the US; and more. Provides the breadth and depth of knowledge necessary to gain a sophisticated and nuanced understanding of the complex relationship between Christianity and education and its place in contemporary society A long overdue assessment of the subject, one that takes into account the enormous changes in Christian education Presents a global consideration of the subject Examines Christian education across elementary, secondary, and post-secondary levels The Wiley Handbook of Christianity and Education will be of great interest to Christian educators in the academic world, the teaching profession, the ministry, and the college and graduate level student body.

Author : Lois Lowry
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780544340688

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The Giver by Lois Lowry Pdf

The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. This movie tie-in edition features cover art from the movie and exclusive Q&A with members of the cast, including Taylor Swift, Brenton Thwaites and Cameron Monaghan.

Author : Randall Arendt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-08
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781351178426

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Rural by Design by Randall Arendt Pdf

For America’s rural and suburban areas, new challenges demand new solutions. Author Randall Arendt meets them in an entirely new edition of Rural by Design. When this planning classic first appeared 20 years ago, it showed how creative, practical land-use planning can preserve open space and keep community character intact. The second edition shifts the focus toward infilling neighborhoods, strengthening town centers, and moving development closer to schools, shops, and jobs. New chapters cover form-based codes, visioning, sustainability, low-impact development, green infrastructure, and more, while 70 case studies show how these ideas play out in the real world. Readers —rural or not—will find practical advice about planning for the way we live now.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : City planning
ISBN : UOM:39015069155573

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Aspen Area Community Plan by Anonim Pdf

Author : Russell B. Connors,Patrick T. McCormick
Publisher : Editorial Edinumen
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0809138050

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Character, Choices & Community by Russell B. Connors,Patrick T. McCormick Pdf

Highlights the key elements of the Catholic moral tradition and lays the foundations for Christian ethics through experiential reflections of right action toward persons, communities and personal choices.

Author : Louisiana. Supreme Court
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1682 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : HARVARD:32044078679743

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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana by Louisiana. Supreme Court Pdf

Author : James Boyd White
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780226056043

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When Words Lose Their Meaning by James Boyd White Pdf

Through fresh readings of texts ranging from Homer's Iliad, Swift's Tale of a Tub, and Austen's Emma through the United States Constitution and McCulloch v. Maryland, James Boyd White examines the relationship between an individual mind and its language and culture as well as the "textual community" established between writer and audience. These striking textual analyses develop a rhetoric—a "way of reading" that can be brought to any text but that, in broader terms, becomes a way of learning that can shape the reader's life. "In this ambitious and demanding work of literary criticism, James Boyd White seeks to communicate 'a sense of reading in a new and different way.' . . . [White's] marriage of lawyerly acumen and classically trained literary sensibility—equally evident in his earlier work, The Legal Imagination—gives the best parts of When Words Lose Their Meaning a gravity and moral earnestness rare in the pages of contemporary literary criticism."—Roger Kimball, American Scholar "James Boyd White makes a state-of-the-art attempt to enrich legal theory with the insights of modern literary theory. Of its kind, it is a singular and standout achievement. . . . [White's] selections span the whole range of legal, literary, and political offerings, and his writing evidences a sustained and intimate experience with these texts. Writing with natural elegance, White manages to be insightful and inciteful. Throughout, his timely book is energized by an urgent love of literature and law and their liberating potential. His passion and sincerity are palpable."—Allan C. Hutchinson, Yale Law Journal "Undeniably a unique and significant work. . . . When Words Lose Their Meaning is a rewarding book by a distinguished legal scholar. It is a showcase for the most interesting sort of inter-disciplinary work: the kind that brings together from traditionally separate fields not so much information as ideas and approaches."—R. B. Kershner, Jr., Georgia Review

Author : Gordon G. Vessels
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1998-08-27
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015039043503

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Character and Community Development by Gordon G. Vessels Pdf

This book provides the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological foundation that teachers, principals, professors, and students preparing for teaching will need in order to be informed and effective planners and evaluators of character education programs and good character educators. Through its clear definition of terms, review of Constitutional and public support, comparative analysis of philosophical approaches, synthesis of many relevant theories of child development, K-12 core curriculum, description of many instructional strategies, and methodology for program evaluation, this handbook effectively prepares prospective program planners and character educators to create comprehensive programs that are developmentally appropriate, adapted to the unique needs and characteristics of school communities, and soundly evaluated. Dr. Vessels presents a wide range of options, developmental and practical guidelines for choosing from among these options, and a creative core curriculum and evaluation technology that he hopes school community members will find useful for their particular school or system.