Planning for tall buildings / Michael J. Short.

Author/creator Short, Michael J.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAbingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge,
Descriptionxii, 222 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Tall buildings--Social aspects.
City planning.

Contents Introduction -- The tall building typology -- The potential impacts of tall buildings -- The emergence of planning frameworks for tall buildings -- Tall buildings in Liverpool : "balancing conservation and change in the maritime mercantile city" -- Tall buildings in Manchester : "while Liverpool thinks, Manchester constructs" -- Tall buildings in Birmingham : "the new image of the city" -- Tall buildings in Oslo : "the blue, the green and city in between" -- Tall buildings in Dublin : property-led regeneration within an evolving conservation planning framework -- Tall buildings in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne : "reconciling the past with the present" -- Tall buildings in Vancouver : celebrating "the cult of the view" -- Conclusions.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011033725
ISBN9780415581073 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN0415581079 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN9780415581080 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0415581087 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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