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Productivity and Amenity Achieving a Social Balance

Productivity and Amenity Achieving a Social Balance

Productivity and Amenity (1974) considers social responsibility in business and the balance between the social requirements for enhancing productivity and amenity. It looks at the changing roles of government and business and the nature of modern capitalism; the criteria for social performance; the role of technological development; and the educational needs for responsible corporate leadership. | Productivity and Amenity Achieving a Social Balance

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Environmental Chemistry New Techniques and Data

Environmental Chemistry New Techniques and Data

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. Environmental chemistry is an interdisciplinary field of study that involves the science of ecology as well as chemistry. Environmental chemistry covers the basic chemistry and biochemistry that occur naturally in the world around us. It focuses on the air water and land. Environmental science normally begins by determining the chemical reactions that are occurring in the environment when all systems are in balance and then goes on the discover how chemistry has changed when there is an imbalance caused by stress or pollution. The field is constantly changing with new discoveries being made all the time. The availability of new and more sensitive instruments in analytical science is enabling the detection of smaller and smaller concentrations of pollutants in the environment. This new volume deals with a host of important topics in environmental chemistry such as pesticide-related illnesses in humans and plants the effects of litterfall in the soil of tropical forests toxicants in various bodies of water and much more. | Environmental Chemistry New Techniques and Data

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Fluid Balance Hydration and Athletic Performance

Fluid Balance Hydration and Athletic Performance

Fluid Balance Hydration and Athletic Performance presents a comprehensive review of aspects relating to body fluid balance rehydration sport and physical exercise. The content is scientifically supported practical and suitably written for a range of audiences including academics (professors and students) and sports and health professionals (coaches physical educators nutritionists and physicians) as well as athletes and individuals involved in physical activities. Compared to other books previously published in this area this book does not limit body hydration issues to the average or elite adult athlete. Rather it addresses aspects relevant to a range of individuals of different ages (adolescents and master athletes) competing in various sports. In recognition of the growing number of individuals with specific medical conditions who have been exercising more and even participating in competitive sports separate chapters on prevalent diseases or medical conditions associated with risks of body fluid homeostasis also are presented. To achieve such a complete and qualified publication the book is written by top experts and professionals experienced in their respective research areas. It presents the basics of fluid balance and provides updates on controversial fluid intake-related issues such as hyponatremia optimal recovery intermittent sports and perceptual responses.

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Thermal Engineering of Nuclear Power Stations Balance-of-Plant Systems

Thermal Engineering of Nuclear Power Stations Balance-of-Plant Systems

Thermal Engineering of Nuclear Power Stations: Balance-of-Plant Systems serves as a ready reference to better analyze common engineering challenges in the areas of turbine cycle analysis thermodynamics and heat transfer. The scope of the book is broad and comprehensive encompassing the mechanical aspects of the entire nuclear station balance of plant from the source of the motive steam to the discharge and/or utilization of waste heat and beyond. Written for engineers in the fields of nuclear plant and thermal engineering the book examines the daily practical problems encountered by mechanical design system and maintenance engineers. It provides clear examples and solutions drawn from numerous case studies in actual operating nuclear stations. | Thermal Engineering of Nuclear Power Stations Balance-of-Plant Systems

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New Perspectives on Sport Volunteerism

New Perspectives on Sport Volunteerism

The book highlights ‘new perspectives’ on volunteerism in sport covering frameworks methods context and variables on several levels from community sport clubs to international events. In analysing the processes of control within voluntary sport clubs a new theoretical framework – critical realism (CR) – challenges how we think about theory and how scientific inquiry should proceed. Further themes raised are: Should sports clubs be viewed as a crossing between a traditional volunteer culture dominated by collective solidarity and a modern volunteer culture focused on the individual benefits? Are former athletes a new group of possible volunteers? Can personal narratives of experiences of being a volunteer in a big international event provide us with new insight that has not previously been considered? Identity is suggested as a motive for understanding volunteers at sporting events. Two new theoretical models are presented one on the development of volunteer commitment and the other on a framework that incorporates both individual- and institutional-level variables. All chapters have recommendations for future research. The testing of these theories and influencing factors will provide new directions in the research of sport volunteerism. This book was originally published as a special issue of European Sport Management Quarterly. | New Perspectives on Sport Volunteerism

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New Chinese Migrations Mobility Home and Inspirations

New Chinese Migrations Mobility Home and Inspirations

With the rapid economic development of China and the overall shift in the global political economy there is now the emergence of new Chinese on the move. These new Chinese migrants and diasporas are pioneers in the establishment of multiple homes in new geographical locations the development of new (global and hybrid) Chinese identities and the creation of new (political economic and social) inspirations through their mobile lives. This book identifies and examines new forms and paths of Chinese migration since the 1980s. It provides updated trends of migration movements of the Chinese including their emergent geographies. With chapters highlighting the diversities and complexities of these new waves of Chinese migration this volume offers novel insights to enrich our understanding of Asian mobility in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The book will be of interest to academics examining migration mobility diaspora Chinese identity overseas Chinese studies and Asian diaspora studies. | New Chinese Migrations Mobility Home and Inspirations

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New Design for Old Buildings

New Design for Old Buildings

This book is a celebration of good new design for old buildings and the SPAB philosophy that good new architecture can sit happily alongside old and is preferable to pastiche. Endorsing the value of architects who are engaged to work in the historic environment this book explores design materials and technical considerations in creating the best low energy ecological and sustainable retrofits. It has never been more important to understand how old buildings can be adapted to make them useful and sustainable in the future. Showcasing the best examples of imaginative design and best practice this book illustrates how old buildings can be made sustainable through the best new design and puts these design exemplars into a historical and philosophical context. With illustrative case studies and interviews throughout including formal buildings churches domestic buildings commercial industrial and agricultural from all periods in the UK New Design for Old Buildings provides essential guidance on good imaginative new design for old buildings.

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The New Urban Sociology

The New Urban Sociology

Widely recognized as a groundbreaking text The New Urban Sociology is a broad and expert introduction to urban sociology that is both relevant and accessible to students. Organized around an integrated paradigm the sociospatial perspective this text examines the role played by social factors such as race class gender lifestyle economics and culture on the development of metropolitan areas and integrates social ecological and political economy perspectives and research into this study. With its unique perspective concise history of urban life clear summary of urban social theory and attention to the impact of culture on urban development this book gives students a cohesive conceptual framework for understanding cities and urban life. The sixth edition of The New Urban Sociology is a major overhaul and expansion of the previous editions. This edition is packed with new material including an expansion of the sociospatial approach to include the primary importance of racism in the formation of the urban landscape the spatial aspects of urban social problems including the issues surrounding urban public health and affordable housing and a brand new chapter on urban social movements. There is also new material on the importance of space for social groups including immigrants and the LGBTQ community as well as the gendered meanings embedded in social space.

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Entrepreneurship Skills for New Ventures

Entrepreneurship Skills for New Ventures

As business schools expand their entrepreneurship programs and organizations seek people with entrepreneurial skills it has become clear that the skills and mindset of an entrepreneur are highly valued in all business contexts. This latest edition of Entrepreneurship Skills for New Ventures continues to focus on helping students develop entrepreneurial skills whether they seek to become entrepreneurs or employees. Focusing on the entrepreneurial start-up process the fourth edition of Entrepreneurship Skills for New Ventures takes the reader through the steps of selecting planning financing and controlling the new venture. The authors cover multiple forms of new ventures as well as ways to utilize entrepreneurial skills in other contexts encouraging students to engage with the material and apply it to their lives in ways that make sense for them. Skill development features include: New exercise on analyzing the lean entrepreneurship option Entrepreneurial profiles of small-business owners Personal applications for students to apply questions to their new venture or a current business Global and domestic cases Elevator pitch assignments that put students in the venture capitalist position Application exercises and situations covering specific text concepts Business plan prompts to help students construct a business plan over the course of a semester Featuring pedagogical tools like review questions and learning outcomes as well as online materials that expand upon skill development and offer instructor resources the fourth edition of Entrepreneurship Skills for New Ventures is the perfect resource for instructors and students of entrepreneurship.

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Sustainable Agriculture and New Biotechnologies

Sustainable Agriculture and New Biotechnologies

Taking a broad and innovative informational approach Sustainable Agriculture and New Biotechnologies is the first book to apply omic technologies to address issues related to understanding and improving agricultural sustainability in the food production process. The transformation from industrial to sustainable agriculture is discussed within the frameworks of new biotechnologies and global environmental changes. While considering this transformation the book covers:The use of new biotechnologies to help in the creation of more sustainable agricultural practices including methods in molecular biology genetic engineering and the new emerging technologies such as metabolomics metagenomics nutrigenomics and ionomicsThe path to reach the goal of the global sustainable agricultural and food production systems in a world of limited natural resources and growing environmental degradationPrinciples that regulate the new agricultural and food production systems including breeding programs for more sustainable crops soil management and environment preservation It is clear that biotechnological approaches will become increasingly important in the future and that a shift from industrial to a sustainable agriculture will be necessary. While many books tend to make a quick and easy link between these two different worlds Sustainable Agriculture and New Biotechnologies describes exactly how omics can contribute to greater food productivity and security and agricultural sustainability in the future.

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The Psychology of Entrepreneurship New Perspectives

The Psychology of Entrepreneurship New Perspectives

The Psychology of Entrepreneurship: New Perspectives is an update of the earlier landmark volume in the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Organizational Frontiers Series. This new book takes stock of the advances in the field of the psychology of entrepreneurship with all new chapters and presents the latest findings on traditional topics such as cognition motivation affect personality and action. The Psychology of Entrepreneurship: New Perspectives compiles research of the most prolific scholars in the field to produce an overview of the most important psychological topics relevant to entrepreneurship. It includes novel insights into topics such as entrepreneurial cognition intrapreneurship and innovation leadership entrepreneurial competencies action theory entrepreneurship training and the process of entrepreneurship. Additionally the updated volume presents new topics that have become more and more important in entrepreneurship research. These topics include affect clinical psychology and disorders biological correlates of entrepreneurship entrepreneurial teams culture identity starting capital failure and exit contextual factors age and demographic change evidence-based entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs’ well-being. With a collection of authors comprising experts who have developed the field over the last decade The Psychology of Entrepreneurship: New Perspectives is vital to all students scholars and instructors interested in staying abreast of the most current novel research and insights into the psychology of entrepreneurship. | The Psychology of Entrepreneurship New Perspectives

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Striking a Balance A Comprehensive Approach to Early Literacy

Striking a Balance A Comprehensive Approach to Early Literacy

Now in its sixth edition Striking a Balance clearly illustrates how to create a comprehensive early literacy program that places direct skills instruction within the context of rich and varied reading and writing experiences. Text discussions dynamic activities and valuable appendices provide a variety of effective instructional resources selected based on research and teacher testimonials. The sixth edition incorporates recent updates to national and state standards as well as expanded sections on working with English language learners and students with special needs while maintaining the book’s essential features: classroom vignettes discussion questions field-based activities a student website and study guide. An essential resource for early literacy instructors this textbook’s practical approach fundamentally demonstrates how children develop authentic literacy skills through a combination of direct strategy instruction and motivating contexts. | Striking a Balance A Comprehensive Approach to Early Literacy

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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang. Containing over 60 000 entries this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of the English-speaking world since 1945 and through the first decade of the new millennium with the same thorough intense and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge's own work. Unique exciting and at times hilariously shocking key features include: unprecedented coverage of World English with equal prominence given to American and British English slang and entries included from Australia New Zealand Canada India South Africa Ireland and the Caribbean emphasis on post-World War II slang and unconventional English published sources given for each entry often including an early or significant example of the term’s use in print. hundreds of thousands of citations from popular literature newspapers magazines movies and songs illustrating usage of the headwords dating information for each headword in the tradition of Partridge commentary on the term’s origins and meaning New to this edition: A new preface noting slang trends of the last five years Over 1 000 new entries from the US UK and Australia New terms from the language of social networking Many entries now revised to include new dating new citations from written sources and new glosses The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning – it’s rude it’s delightful and it’s a prize for anyone with a love of language.

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Construction Economics A New Approach

Construction Economics A New Approach

Construction Economics provides students with the principles underlying the relationship between economic theory and the construction industry. Its new approach specifically examines the problems of securing sustainable construction and this fifth edition broadens the message to address the immediacy of the problems relating to the carbon-based world that we have constructed. Embracing the whole process of the construction life cycle the new edition discusses the economic impact of the Covid pandemic on the industry and the broader implications of the promise to build back better. It also includes new coverage of the opportunities offered by technology the establishment of higher standards to achieve greater energy efficiency and wellbeing the adoption of the principles of a circular economy the retrofit of existing buildings and the recycling of materials. New sections also highlight the methodology of the subject to identify the boundaries of construction economics and clarify what to expect and what can be achieved. As with previous editions it retains a tried and tested format including: a clear and user-friendly style use of colour for emphasis regular summaries of key points a glossary of key terms extensive use of tables figures and data readings from Construction Management and Economics tutorial questions to review each section research guidance reviews of useful websites. This invaluable textbook is essential reading across a wide range of disciplines. It provides the economic context to the relevance of sustainability and debates about climate change highlighting the vital contributions that surveyors contractors project managers engineers architects and developers can offer to take it forward. | Construction Economics A New Approach

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China's Transition from Communism – New Perspectives

China's Transition from Communism – New Perspectives

As China moved from a planned to a market economy many people expected that China’s political system would similarly move from authoritarianism to democracy. It is now clear however that political liberalisation does not necessarily follow economic liberalisation. This book explores this apparent contradiction presenting many new perspectives and new thinking on the subject. It considers the path of transition in China historically makes comparisons with other countries and examines how political culture and the political outlook in China are developing at present. A key feature of the book is the fact that most of the contributors are China-born Western-trained scholars who bring deep knowledge and well informed views to the study. | China's Transition from Communism – New Perspectives

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A New Economic Anthropology

A New Economic Anthropology

Traditionally economic anthropology has been studied by sociologists anthropologists and philosophers seeking to highlight the social foundations of economic action. Meanwhile anthropological questions have remained largely untreated in economics despite the prominence given to the individual in microeconomics. And there is very little in the way of dialogue between the two sides. This book argues for a new economic anthropology which goes beyond the conflict of economics and anthropology to show the complementarity of the two approaches. Economics needs to go beyond the stage of homo oeconomicus and be open to broader ideas about the person. Equally anthropology can be enriched through the methods and models of economic theory. This new economic anthropology goes beyond a simple observation of societies. It is new because it introduces the responsible person with a wider range of characteristics in particular vulnerability and suffering as a subject of economics. It is a particular interpretation of economic anthropology calling for a broadening of the subject (moving from the individual to the person) range of values (admission of negative values for altruism social capital responsibility) and disciplinary references. Through this approach both economics and anthropology can be enriched. This book will be of great interest to those working in the fields of economics anthropology philosophy and development studies.

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The New Behaviorism Foundations of Behavioral Science

The New Behaviorism Foundations of Behavioral Science

This ground-breaking book presents a brief history of behaviorism along with a critical analysis of radical behaviorism its philosophy and its applications to social issues. This third edition is much expanded and includes a new chapter on experimental method as well as longer sections on the philosophy of behaviorism. It offers experimental and theoretical examples of a new approach to behavioral science. It provides an alternative philosophical and empirical foundation for a psychology that has rather lost its way. The mission of the book is to help steer experimental psychology away from its current undisciplined indulgence in mental life toward the core of science which is an economical description of nature: parsimony explain much with little. The elementary philosophical distinction between private and public events even biology evolution and animal psychology are all ignored by much contemporary cognitive psychology. The failings of radical behaviorism as well as a philosophically defective cognitive psychology point to the need for a new theoretical behaviorism which can deal with problems such as consciousness that have been either ignored evaded or muddled by existing approaches. This new behaviorism provides a unified framework for the science of behavior that can be applied both to the laboratory and to broader practical issues such as law and punishment the health-care system and teaching. | The New Behaviorism Foundations of Behavioral Science

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Local Authorities and New Technologies The European Dimension

Local Authorities and New Technologies The European Dimension

First published in 1988 Local Authorities and New Technologies seeks to address some of the key issues facing local government in the related areas of economic rejuvenation new technology and European Community support. It considers what local authorities can learn from experience of technology promotion elsewhere in Western Europe it considers which developments at European Community level are more relevant to technology promotion at the local level and discusses the role of European Community funding in the development of local initiatives in Britain. This book will be of interest to students of political science European studies and geography. | Local Authorities and New Technologies The European Dimension

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Lawfare New Trajectories in Law

Lawfare New Trajectories in Law

This book develops a new conceptualisation of lawfare that recognises the polysemantic nature of the term. Drawing on theoretical developments from legal anthropology international relations and social theory the book scrutinises the multiple dimensions of this phenomenon. It illustrates the multifaceted character of lawfare with a wide range of historical and contemporary cases from across the globe and analyses the implications of actors pursuing political objectives through legal means. This includes the use of lawfare by states as a legal instrument to accomplish geopolitical objectives domestic lawfare or the use of legal instruments to undermine internal opposition and state lawfare used by governments to ‘protect’ the state from internal territorial-secessionist challenges. Finally the book shows that lawfare is not exclusively a tool for hegemonic actors as it can also be used by civil society actors that aim to uphold their rights through legal instruments in asymmetric lawfare. This book contributes to new developments in lawfare without shying away from controversy acknowledging its sometimes-brutal efficacy as well as its potential pitfalls. The book will appeal to scholars and students of law international relations political science anthropology and sociology. | Lawfare New Trajectories in Law

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Legal Ethics for Lawyers A New Model

Legal Ethics for Lawyers A New Model

This book proposes a new model of professional ethics enabling lawyers to advise clients upon both the law and ethics. This will better protect clients and society and enhance lawyers’ professional obligations. The current model of legal ethics developed in the 19th century specified that the role of lawyers was only to interpret the law not also to give ethical advice. This was acceptable to lawyers clients and society at that time. However this is not the case now and legal ethics no longer reflects the needs of modern legal practice. This book draws on moral philosophy to present a new model of legal ethics that explains the analytical process to include ethical advice. It analyses the potential harm of the present model to the legal profession who have duties to the law and justice that may compete with demands by clients to serve them. Further lawyers’ duty to clients to act in their best interests is sometimes not adequately fulfilled as legal ethics does not permit lawyers to give ethical advice even if it may be in clients’ best interests to do so. The work includes a detailed case study of corporate law practice to show why a new legal ethics is required. Other case examples are provided to demonstrate that lawyers practicing in all areas of law encounter ethical issues and they too will benefit from a new legal ethics. The book will be essential reading for students academics lawyers and professional bodies. | Legal Ethics for Lawyers A New Model

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Introducing the New Sexuality Studies Original Essays

Introducing the New Sexuality Studies Original Essays

Introducing the New Sexuality Studies: Original Essays is an innovative reader-friendly collection of essays that introduces the field of sexuality studies to undergraduate students. Examining the social cultural and historical dimensions of sexuality this collection is designed to serve as a comprehensive yet accessible textbook for sexuality courses at the undergraduate level. The fourth edition adds 51 new essays whilst retaining 33 of the most popular essays from previous editions. It features perspectives that are intersectional transnational sex positive and attentive to historically marginalized groups along multiple axes of inequality including gender race class ability body size religious identity age and of course sexuality. Essays explore how a wide variety of social institutions including medicine religion the state and education shape sexual desires behaviors and identities. Sources of and empirical research on oppression are discussed along with modes of resistance activism and policy change. The fourth edition also adds new user-friendly features for students and instructors. Keywords are italicized and defined and each chapter concludes with review questions to help students ascertain their comprehension of key points. There is also an online annotated table of contents to help readers identify key ideas and concepts at a glance for each chapter. | Introducing the New Sexuality Studies Original Essays

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Cities and Sustainability A new approach

Cities and Sustainability A new approach

Cities are the most likely actors to design and bring about lasting sustainability. An agreement among the world’s larger cities is possible and likely a necessary but insufficient condition to achieve sustainable development. Cities and Sustainability explores the ways in which cities are both the biggest threat to sustainability and the most powerful tool to get us to sustainable development. Employing an innovative methodology to a complex issue the book proposes new metrics and approaches that assume cities as fundamental in the search for sustainability. Providing population projections for the world’s larger cities and a hierarchy of sustainable cities the author develops two new tools: (i) a cities approach to physical and socio-economic boundaries and (ii) sustainability costs curves. These tools are designed to be implemented in a multi-stakeholder integrated partnership that truly maximizes the benefits of cities in the quest for sustainability. Applying the tools outlined in the book to case studies from Dakar Mumbai Sao Paulo Shanghai and Toronto this volume will be of great relevance to students scholars and practitioners with an interest in urban and city management climate change and environment and sustainability more broadly. | Cities and Sustainability A new approach

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Cartographies of Exile A New Spatial Literacy

Cartographies of Exile A New Spatial Literacy

This book proposes a fundamental relationship between exile and mapping. It seeks to understand the cartographic imperative inherent in the exilic condition the exilic impulses fundamental to mapping and the varied forms of description proper to both. The vital intimacy of the relationship between exile and mapping compels a new spatial literacy that requires the cultivation of localized dynamic reading practices attuned to the complexities of understanding space as text and texts as spatial artifacts. The collection asks: what kinds of maps do exiles make? How are they conceived drawn read? Are they private maps or can they be shaped collectively? What is their relationship to memory and history? How do maps provide for new ways of imagining the fractured experience of exile and offer up both new strategies for reading displacement and new displaced reading strategies? Where does exilic mapping fit into a history of cartography particularly within the twentieth-century spatial turn? The original work that makes up this interdisciplinary collection presents a varied look at cartographic strategies employed in writing art and film from the pre-Contact Americas to the Renaissance to late postmodernism; the effects of exile in its many manifestations on cartographic textual systems ways of seeing and forms of reading; the challenges of traversing and mapping unstable landscapes and restrictive social and political networks; and the felicities and difficulties of both giving into the map and attempting to escape the map that provides for exile in the first place. Cartographies of Exile will be of interest to students and scholars working in literary and cultural studies; gender sexuality and race studies; anthropology; art history and architecture; film performance visual studies; and the fine arts. | Cartographies of Exile A New Spatial Literacy

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The New Tenement Residences in the Inner City Since 1970

The New Tenement Residences in the Inner City Since 1970

This book examines new tenements—dense medium-rise multi-storey residences that have been the backbone of European inner-city regeneration since the 1970s and came with a new positive view on urban living. Focusing principally on Berlin Copenhagen Glasgow Rotterdam and Vienna it relates architectural design to an evolving intellectual framework that mixed anti-modernist criticism with nostalgic images and strategic goals and absorbed ideas about the city as a generator of creativity locale of democratic debate and object of personal identification. This book analyses new tenements in the context of the post-functionalist city and its mixed-use neighbourhoods redeveloped industrial sites and regenerated waterfronts. It demonstrates that these buildings are both generators and outcome of an urban environment characterised by information exchange rather than industrial production individual expression rather than mass culture visible history rather than comprehensive renewal and conspicuous difference rather than egalitarianism. It also shows that new tenements evolved under a welfare state that all over Europe has come under pressure but still to a certain degree balances and controls heterogeneity and economic disparities. | The New Tenement Residences in the Inner City Since 1970

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