Urban acupuncture / Jaime Lerner ; translated from the Portuguese by Mac Margolis, Peter Muello, and Ariadne Daher.
"As Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, architect and urbanist Jaime Lerner transformed his city into a global model of sustainability and livability. During more than forty years of innovation in cities, he has learned that changes do not need to be large-scale and expensive to transform -- one block,...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English Portuguese |
| Published: |
Washington [D.C.] ; Covelo ; London :
Island Press,
[2014]
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Springer eBooks Contributor biographical information |
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.