Urban Acupuncture
During his three terms as mayor of Curitiba, Brazil in the 1970s and ‘80s, architect and urbanist Jaime Lerner transformed his city into a global model of the sustainable and livable community. Through his pioneering work, Lerner has learned that changes to a community don’t need to be large-scale a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
Island Press/Center for Resource Economics
2014, 2014
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 24-Hour Shopkeepers in New York City
- The Old Cinema Novo
- Rescuing a River
- The Forbidden City
- Cali
- Do Nothing! Urgently
- Around the Clock, or The 24-Hour City
- Urban Kindness
- Musical Acupuncture
- Continuity is Life
- Street Sounds, Colors, and Scents
- Good Recycling
- People in the Streets
- Smart Car, Smart Bus
- Commitment to Solidarity
- Draw Your City
- Instructions for Performing Urban Acupuncture
- Creative Leisure vs. Industrious Mediocrity
- Self-Esteem Is Good Acupuncture
- Light Is Good Acupuncture
- Aqua-puncture
- The Mobility Card
- Eco-clock
- Arborescence
- Produced Memory
- Of Parks, Squares, and Monuments
- The One-Page Guide
- Urban Cholesterol
- Buildings with Dignity
- Acupuncture of Silence
- Ramblas and Galleries
- A Pinprick Doesn’t Hurt
- Trompe L’ oeil
- A Letter to Fellini
- How to Find Someone in a City
- The Presence of Genius
- Markets and Street Fairs
- The Bar Counter
- Love for the City