Wimby

Author : Michelle Provoost
Publisher : Nai010 Publishers
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015051310319

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Wimby! by Michelle Provoost Pdf

"2001 marks the beginning of the International Building Exhibition (IBE) Rotterdam-Hoogvliet with the theme WiMBY! - Welcome into My Backyard!" "One of the biggest obstacles for contemporary urban planning and the urban environment is the NiMBY phenomenon - Not in My Backyard. This represents the personal fear of the urbanite for the implications of collectivism, for everything that is unusual or new. It also refers to the fear and unwillingness of large institutions, companies and governmental organizations to share their knowledge and coordinate their agendas in communal projects." "WiMBY! (Welcome into My Backyard!) is the motto for a new design and organizational culture in which complexity is deliberately confronted in order to discover and apply innovative and pioneering possibilities. It also signifies the application of an urban ethic in which the changes that overcome the urban dweller are seen as potential sources of enrichment for the resident of the collective city." "The objective of IBE Rotterdam-Hoogvliet, set to continue through 2010, is to heighten the profile of Rotterdam's urban planning and architecture and make a decision contribution to the repositioning of Hoogvliet as a sustainable and attractive place to live and work." "WiMBY! is first and foremost a voyage of discovery into the potential of all the New Towns, satellite towns, Trabantstadte, Garden Cities, Villes Nouvelles and other growth epicentres that were built in the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Kenny Cupers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134661664

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Use Matters by Kenny Cupers Pdf

From participatory architecture to interaction design, the question of how design accommodates use is driving inquiry in many creative fields. Expanding utility to embrace people’s everyday experience brings new promises for the social role of design. But this is nothing new. As the essays assembled in this collection show, interest in the elusive realm of the user was an essential part of architecture and design throughout the twentieth century. Use Matters is the first to assemble this alternative history, from the bathroom to the city, from ergonomics to cybernetics, and from Algeria to East Germany. It argues that the user is not a universal but a historically constructed category of twentieth-century modernity that continues to inform architectural practice and thinking in often unacknowledged ways.

Author : Fin J Ross
Publisher : Clan Destine Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780992329525

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A.K.A. Fudgepuddle by Fin J Ross Pdf

She's sassy and opinionated - but maybe not the sharpest feeli on four legs. When Megsy is checked in to the Lap of Luxury Cat Resort, she soon learns there's a lot she doesn't know, like: talent, pedigrees, surfing the Intercat, and where her kisskies went. But, with the help of her fellow feeli inmates - Raffles, Big Dan, Zsa Zsa, Hamish the Handsome, and The Colonel - she gets a new perspective on life; and new name from cattery owner, Miss Steph. A.K.A. Fudgepuddle is not a kids' book but is suitable for children - from 6 to 106. It's a book for Cat People - or deuxjambs, as the feelis call us - of all ages. Even Dog People (or quiffo-lovers) will enjoy it. With a grown-up sensibility - of ridiculous proportions - the adventures of Fudgepuddle and her feeli friends is a hilarious tour de fur!

Author : Gerald Robert Visgilio,Diana M. Whitelaw
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Law
ISBN : 0742523632

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Our Backyard by Gerald Robert Visgilio,Diana M. Whitelaw Pdf

This collection of essays by local activists and nationally recognized scholars deals with the history, status, and dilemmas of environmental justice. These essays provide a comprehensive overview of social and political aspects associated with environmental injustices in minority and poor communities. It will provide a solid platform for dialogue between activists and policymakers or between teachers and students.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Homing pigeons
ISBN : CORNELL:31924053902809

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Racing Pigeon Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : David Enrique Cuesta Camacho
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : 0822322420

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Environmental Injustices, Political Struggles by David Enrique Cuesta Camacho Pdf

In the United States, few issues are more socially divisive than the location of hazardous waste facilities and other environmentally harmful enterprises. Do the negative impacts of such polluters fall disproportionately on African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asian Americans? Environmental Injustices, Political Struggles discusses how political, economic, social, and cultural factors contribute to local government officials' consistent location of hazardous and toxic waste facilities in low-income neighborhoods and how, as a result, low-income groups suffer disproportionately from the regressive impacts of environmental policy. David E. Camacho's collection of essays examines the value-laden choices behind the public policy that determines placement of commercial environmental hazards, points to the underrepresentation of people of color in the policymaking process, and discusses the lack of public advocates representing low-income neighborhoods and communities. This book combines empirical evidence and case studies--from the failure to provide basic services to the "colonias" in El Paso County, Texas, to the race for water in Nevada--and covers in great detail the environmental dangers posed to minority communities, including the largely unexamined communities of Native Americans. The contributors call for cooperation between national environmental interest groups and local grassroots activism, more effective incentives and disincentives for polluters, and the adoption by policymakers of an alternative, rather than privileged, perspective that is more sensitive to the causes and consequences of environmental inequities. Environmental Injustices, Political Struggles is a unique collection for those interested in the environment, public policy, and civil rights as well as for students and scholars of political science, race and ethnicity, and urban and regional planning. Contributors. C. Richard Bath, Kate A. Berry, John G. Bretting, David E. Camacho, Jeanne Nienaber Clarke, Andrea K. Gerlak, Peter I. Longo, Diane-Michele Prindeville, Linda Robyn, Stephen Sandweiss, Janet M. Tanski, Mary M. Timney, Roberto E. Villarreal, Harvey L. White

Author : Booth Tarkington
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781528791656

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The Gentleman From Indiana by Booth Tarkington Pdf

Newton Booth Tarkington (1869–1946) was an American dramatist and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. Among only three other novelists to have won the Pulitzer Prize more than once, Tarkington was one of the greatest authors of the 1910s and 1920s who helped usher in Indiana's Golden Age of literature. His books saw numerous reprintings and were often prize-winning bestsellers, with many being for film and other media. Originally published in 1899, “The Gentleman from Indiana” is Tarkington's first novel and explores the subject of corrupt law making, which he based on his personal experiences as a member of the legislature between 1902 and 1903. Other notable works by this author include: “Monsieur Beaucaire” (1900), “The Turmoil” (1915), and “The Magnificent Ambersons” (1918). Read & Co. Classics are republishing this novel now in a new edition complete with a biography of the author from “Encyclopædia Britannica” (1922).

Author : Errol A. Henderson
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1995-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39076001679450

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Afrocentrism and World Politics by Errol A. Henderson Pdf

This study presents a refined Afrocentric critique of world politics. Rejecting earlier wholesale condemnations of Eurocentrism, the author instead roots Afrocentrism in its capacity to offer itself as a worldview supportive of scientific paradigms suggesting social science theory. Arguing that African peoples—their history and humanity—are denigrated in many Eurocentric analyses, Henderson makes clear that Africans in particular, though not exclusively, must promote paradigms rooted in their own historical image and interests. The author offers kimira, an historical African-centered paradigm rooted in an analysis of cultural groups, as a distinct framework for explicating global political dynamics, and an appropriate starting point toward a new understanding of international affairs.

Author : Booth Tarkington
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 6723 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781786564078

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Delphi Complete Works of Booth Tarkington (Illustrated) by Booth Tarkington Pdf

Booth Tarkington, a leading American novelist of the Interwar period, was famous for his novels ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’ and ‘Alice Adams’. Although he was considered by many to be America's greatest living author in the 1910’s and 1920’s, being one of only three novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize multiple times, his works are sadly neglected today. This eBook presents Tarkington’s complete fictional works, featuring rare novels for the first time in digital publishing. As well as numerous illustrations and informative introductions, this edition offers readers the opportunity to rediscover this important American novelist. (Version 2) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Tarkington’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All 35 novels, with individual contents tables * Includes the complete Growth trilogy and the complete Penrod novels * Many rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works such as ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’ and ‘Penrod’ are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Rare story collections available in no other collection * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Rare plays – available in no other collection * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * Updated with 11 novels, 1 play and an autobiographical novel CONTENTS: The Growth Trilogy The Penrod Series The Novels The Gentleman from Indiana (1899) Monsieur Beaucaire (1900) Cherry (1901) The Two Vanrevels (1902) The Beautiful Lady (1905) The Conquest of Canaan (1905) The Guest of Quesnay (1907) His Own People (1907) The Flirt (1913) Penrod (1914) The Turmoil (1915) Penrod and Sam (1916) Seventeen (1916) The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) Ramsey Milholland (1919) Harlequin and Columbine (1921) Alice Adams (1921) Gentle Julia (1922) The Midlander (1924) Women (1925) The Plutocrat (1927) Claire Ambler (1928) Young Mrs. Greeley (1929) Mary’s Neck (1929) Penrod Jashber (1929) Mirthful Haven (1930) Wanton Mally (1932) Rumbin Galleries (1932) Presenting Lily Mars (1933) The Lorenzo Bunch (1935) The Fighting Littles (1941) The Heritage of Hatcher Ide (1941) Kate Fennigate (1943) Image of Josephine (1945) The Show Piece (1946) The Shorter Fiction In the Arena (1905) Beasley’s Christmas Party (1909) The Spring Concert (1916) Captain Schlotterwerz (1919) The Fascinating Stranger and Other Stories (1923) The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Plays The Man from Home (1908) Beauty and the Jacobin (1912) The Gibson Upright (1919) The Trysting Place (1923) The Non-Fiction The Rich Man’s War (1917) The Autobiography The World Does Move (1928)

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1158 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015084508442

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Instructor by Anonim Pdf

Author : Booth Tarkington
Publisher : eBookIt.com
Page : 3950 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781456614119

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The Essential Booth Tarkington Collection by Booth Tarkington Pdf

Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by Booth Tarkington Alice Adams Beasley's Christmas Party The Beautiful Lady The Conquest of Canaan The Flirt Gentle Julia The Gentleman From Indiana The Gibson Upright The Guest of Quesnay Harlequin and Columbine His Own People In the Arena The Magnificent Ambersons The Man from Home Monsieur Beaucaire Penrod Penrod and Sam Ramsey Milholland Seventeen The Turmoil The Two Vanrevels

Author : Njoki N. Wane,Kimberly L. Todd,Coly Chau,Heather Watts
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781839824708

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Decolonizing and Indigenizing Visions of Educational Leadership by Njoki N. Wane,Kimberly L. Todd,Coly Chau,Heather Watts Pdf

This edited collection centres the reclamation of global counter and Indigenous knowledges, epistemologies, ontologies, axiologies, and cosmovisions that have the capacity to create new educational leadership frameworks that chart courses to visions beyond the current oppressive systems of education.

Author : S.A. Raffa
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781664192119

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“Adam Resurrected” by S.A. Raffa Pdf

Out of Profound disappointment came the Almighty's decree to resurrect the biblical Adam into a contemporary self. For the plan was a celestial quest to collaborate with the reincarnated First Man to help eliminate much of mankind's wicked and wanton ways, adjudged on the brink of self-destruction. And Adam's help was essential also to lead the way in restoring the Almighty's one pristine planet. Angels are dispatched to rain a bevy of whimsical phantasms on Adam to wheedle him into willingly joining their mission. Eventually, the Angel Amos appears, telling Adam of their goals and requirements he must meet. But Adam scoffs at making a contrite repentance for his prior disobedience in the Garden of Eden-complicating heaven's designs. Although the tale often flows surreal and adventuresome, the perceptive reader is apt to capture meanings aloft, and intellectualize on individualism, free will and defense of humanness, interwoven in the fabric of this spiritual fantasy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ScholarlyEditions
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781464967276

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Issues in Urban Policy and Planning: 2011 Edition by Anonim Pdf

Issues in Urban Policy and Planning / 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Urban Policy and Planning. The editors have built Issues in Urban Policy and Planning: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Urban Policy and Planning in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Urban Policy and Planning: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Author : Glenn Usry,Craig S. Keener
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830874577

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Black Man's Religion by Glenn Usry,Craig S. Keener Pdf

Some say Christianity is white man's religion. . . . And it is true that there is a long and ugly history of abuse of African-Americans at the hands of Anglo Christians. Afrocentric interpretations of history often point to slavery, lynchings and the like as proof that Christianity is inherently antiblack. But Craig Keener and Glen Usry contend that Christianity can be Afrocentric. In this massively researched book, they show that racism is not unique to Christianity. More important, they show how "world history is also our history and the Bible is also our book." Black Man's Religion is one of the first of its kind, a pro-Christian reading of religion and history from a black perspective. Fascinating and compelling, it is must reading for all concerned for African-American culture and issues of faith.