This section is devoted to books and publications received by Planum.
Each book is described by some simple data (author or editor, title, year, number of pages, buying information when available, etc.) and by a book presentation or a book review. The presentations are abstracts directly taken from the books' introductions while the reviews are original texts edited by experts.
The section Bookreviews, edited by Giovanni Ginocchini, is usually updated twice a year. For further information or books' submissions please contact staff@planum.net
   
 

--------------------------------------------------------------------- Books 2002 ---

 
 
Some books received by Planum during the year 2002
 
 

Creating better cities with Children and youth - A manual for participation
by David Driskell
Book presentation

Growing up in an Urbanising world
edited by Louise Chawla
Book presentation

Grans Aglomeracions Metropolitanes Europees
by Institut d'Estudis Regionals i Metropolitans de Barcelona
Book presentation

Scenari per l'Europa delle città
by Elio Piroddi, Laura Brunori, Carlo Di Berardino
Book review by Patrizia Gabellini

 
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Un mondo di città
by Giorgio Piccinato
Book review by Giovanni Caudo and Marco Cremaschi

Interpretazioni di paesaggio
edited by Alberto Clementi
Book review by Patrizia Gabellini

La Réhabilitation Urbaine
by Centre de documentation de l'urbanisme (CDU): Catherine Foret, Françoise Porchet
Book presentation

Le financement du logement en France/ The funding of housing in France
by Direction Général de l'Urbanisme, de l'Habitat et de la Construction, CDU

Book presentation
 
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Good neighbors: affordable family housing
by Tom Jones, William Pettus, Mike Pyatok
Book review by Lorenzo Venturini
Offene Räume - Spazi Aperti (Open Spaces). Planning of Open Spaces in Italy and Germany
by Antonio Longo, Ursula von Petz, Petra Potz, Klaus Selle (Eds.)
Book presentation
Scenari di progetto identitario. Il caso di Lucca.
by Franca Balletti, Michelangelo Caponetto e Anna L. Palazzo
Book presentation
Urbanistica - Teorie e Storia
by Giuseppe Fera
Book review by Marina A. Arena
 
 
-------------------------------------------------------------- Books' selections ---
   
 

Some books related to arguments recently stressed by Planum: the "East Enlargement of the European Union" and the urban projects related to "Football Stadiums in Europe".

.. Topics / E.U. East Enlargement

.. Best Sites / Football Stadiums
   
 
------------------------------------------------------- Previous book reviews ---
   
 
Books about European Spatial Planning , Projects for Public Spaces, Global City and Immigration, The Urban Project , The Town Planners' Cinema, and more ...
     
  Books previously received and reviewed by Planum