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Leading scholars analyze how intellectual property and competition law can supply a robust institutional infrastructure for the growth and development of 5G-enabled technology and the Internet of Things that will transform business and consumer life.

Tag for this father and daughter is definitely more than just a game. An exciting story for children and adults alike, Tag You're It! explores life's ups and downs through a simple game that's been enjoyed through the ages. As father and daughter enjoy their nightly routine of playing tag, the conflict caused by ending the game each night, and the insight that can be gained, is celebrated in something as simple as a game of tag.

This book addresses a central urban design issue: how to bring an urban design from concept to reality. The book will interest community leaders, urban design professionals, and the students, instructors, and practitioners of urban design and city planning.

This book addresses a central urban design issue: how to bring an urban design from concept to reality. The book will interest community leaders, urban design professionals, and the students, instructors, and practitioners of urban design and city planning.

Natural disasters from heat waves to coastal and river flooding will inevitably become worse because of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere. Managing them is possible, but planners, designers, and policymakers need to advance adaptation and preventative measures now. Managing the Climate Crisis: Designing and Building for Floods, Heat, Drought and Wildfire by design and planning experts Jonathan Barnett and Matthijs Bouw is a practical ...

Alcasia has been a hunter since a very young age. She hunts the most dangerous animal in the Great Forest of Rhent. The huge beasts skin hardens into a substance called brontum which is necessary in this world where iron is very rare. When taxes are raised, she ventures further than any other hunter to try and keep her family secure. This is when she accidently runs across an invading foreign army clad in steel. After escaping from this force ...

Innovators, Firms, and Markets challenges the prevailing policy consensus that robustly enforced intellectual property rights suppress competition and innovation by protecting incumbents from entry threats. Jonathan M. Barnett argues that IP rights enhance competition and innovation by enabling entry by idea-rich but capital-poor firms that may otherwise be blocked from the market. The book moves from theory to empirics through an economic his...

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In Designing the Megaregion, planning and urban design expert Jonathan Barnett takes a fresh look at designing megaregions. Barnett argues that planning megaregions requires ecological literacy and a renewed commitment to social equity in order to address the increasing pressure that growth puts on natural, built, and human resources. If current trends continue, new construction in megaregions will put additional stress on natural resources, m...

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Targeted at architects, students, urban designers and planners, landscape architects, and city and regional officials, The Fractured Metropolis provides a thorough analysis of not only cities but also

Wir beschäftigen uns mehr denn je mit gesunder Ernährung und wissen um die Bedeutung von frischem Obst und Gemüse. Aber wer interessiert sich dafür, wie frische Lebensmittel vom Bauernhof auf unseren Tisch kommen. "Fair Food" zeigt den Kampf Arbeiter in der Landwirtschaft um bessere Arbeitsbedingungen gegen die milliardenschwere Supermarkt-Industrie. Der Film ruft die Zuschauer überzeugend zum Handeln auf - dazu, von den Einzelhändlern zu ford...

City Design describes the history and current practice of the four most widely accepted approaches to city design: Modernist, Traditional, Green city design, and Systems city design.

Seeks to demonstrate that a sustainable built and natural environment can be achieved through ecodesign, which integrates the practice of planning and urban design with environmental conservation, through normal business practices and the kinds of capital programmes and regulations already in use in most communities.

Jonathan Barnett and Larry Beasley seek to demonstrate that a sustainable built and natural environment can be achieved through ecodesign, which integrates the practice of planning and urban design with environmental conservation, through normal business practices and the kinds of capital programs and regulations already in use in most communities. In six comprehensively illustrated chapters, the authors explain ecodesign concepts, including t...

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City Design describes the history and current practice of the four most widely accepted approaches to city design: Modernist, Traditional, Green city design, and Systems city design.

Documents the United States' hidden growth crisis and shows how balanced transportation and natural resource preservation can put urban development on a sustainable path, as well as making it more efficient and equitable for consumers. This book features case studies on transportation and conservation in Florida and the Northeast.

This book is recommended reading for planners preparing to take the AICP exam. Too often, no one is happy with new development: Public officials must choose among unappealing alternatives, developers are frustrated and the public is angry. But growing political support for urban design, developers' interest in community building and successful examples of redesigned cities all over the U.S. are hopeful signs of change. Barnett explains how des...