This section is devoted to books and publications received by Planum.
edited by Giovanni Ginocchini and Giulia Fini

Each book is presented with its bibliographic information (author or editor, title, year, number of pages, buying information when available, etc.). Book reviews are original texts edited by Planum's research network. Presentations are taken from publishing house summaries.
This section is updated on a regular basis.

   
 

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Books received and selected by Planum during the year 2008
 
 
The Endless City
edited by Richard Burdett and Deyan Sudjic
Book presentation
Città latenti. Un progetto per l'Italia abusiva
Federico Zanfi

Book presentation
Il Mercato: una storia di rigenerazione urbana a Bologna
edited by Giovanni Ginocchini and Cristina Tartari
Book presentation
Scenari strategici. Visioni identitarie per il progetto di territorio
edited by Alberto Magnaghi
Book presentation
 
Innovation in planning. Italian experiences
Pier Carlo Palermo
Book presentation
Environmental ethics and international policy
edited by Henk A.M.J. ten Have
Book presentation
The intercultural city. Planning for diversity advantage
Phil Wood and Charles Landry
Book presentation
2002-2007: cinque anni di lavoro per la Jesi futura
Comune di Jesi

Book presentation
 
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Cambiare i tempi di Cremona per stare bene in città
edited by Marco Mareggi
Book presentation
Piani Urbanistici in Italia. Catalogo e documenti dell'archivio RAPu
edited by
Patrizia Gabellini, Bertrando Bonfantini and Gloria Paoluzzi
Book presentation
Contesti. Città, territori, progetti
1/2007 Luoghi contesi: la riconquista dello spazio pubblico, ed. Daniela Poli
2/2007 Piano e buongoverno della città
, ed. Marco Massa
Review presentation
 
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  Books received by Planum during the year 2007
    Books about: The polycentric metropolis. Learning from mega-city regions in Europe by Peter Hall and Kathy Pain, How the world will change with global warning by Trausti Valsson, Territorial cohesion and the European model of society edited by Andreas Faludi, Urban design and traffic. A selection from Bach's toolbook by Boudewyn Bach, Urban Complexity and Spatial Strategies by Patsy Healy, and others ...
 
  Books received by Planum during the year 2006
   

Books about: Milano. La grande trasformazione urbana by Corinna Morandi, Di che cosa parliamo quando parliamo di urbanistica? edited di Maria Chiara Tosi, The process of territorial cohesion in Europe edited by Luisa Pedrazzini, New City Spaces by Jan Gehl, Lars Gemzøe, The Urban village. A charter for democracy and local self-sustainable development edited by Alberto Magnaghi, and others ...

 
  Books received by Planum during the year 2005
   

Books about: Ecosystems and sustainable development V edited by E. Tiezzi, C.A. Brebbia,S.E. Jongersen and D. Almorza Gomar, L'Europa delle città
by Marco Cremaschi, Emerging land and housing markets in China
edited by Chengri Ding and Yan Song ,
Campagnes urbaines by Pierre Donadieu, The Green City by Nicholas Low, Brendan Gleeson, Ray Green, Darko Radovic, Utopie realizzabili by Yona Friedman, and others ...

 
  Books received by Planum during the year 2004
   

Books about: Urban Planning in a Changing World : The Twentieth Century Experience by Robert Freestone, Planning by Consent: Then Origins and Natiure of British Development Control by Philip Booth, Cities without cities: An Interpretation of the Zwischenstadt by Thomas Sieverts, Crisi urbana e politiche di piano by Simona Boselli, Stefano Sampaolo, Giovanni Soda, Urban Open Spaces by Helen Woolley, Planning by Consent: Then Origins and Natiure of British Development Control by Philip Booth and others ...

 
  Books received by Planum during the year 2003
    Books about: Unequal City: London in the global arena, Leasing public land. Policy Debates and International Experiences, Territori d'Europa, and others ...
     
  Books received by Planum during the year 2002
    Books about: Large European Urban Agglomerations, planning with Children and youth, housing in France, landscape projects, affordable housing in USA, and others...
     
  Books previously received and reviewed by Planum
    Books about: European Spatial Planning, Projects for Public Spaces, Global City and Immigration, The Urban Project, The Town Planners' Cinema, and others ...
 

 

 

 

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