Rapid urbanization, higher density and more compact cities have brought about a new science of urban climatology. An understanding of the mapping of this phenomenon is crucial for urban planners. The book brings together experts in the field of Urban Climatic Mapping to provide the state of the art understanding on how urban climatic knowledge can be made available and utilized by urban planners. The book contains the technology, methodology, and various focuses and approaches of urban climatic map making. It illustrates this understanding with examples and case studies from around the world, and it explains how urban climatic information can be analysed, interpreted and applied in urban planning. The book attempts to bridge the gap between the science of urban climatology and the practice of urban planning. It provides a useful one-stop reference for postgraduates, academics and urban climatologists wishing to better understand the needs for urban climatic knowledge in city planning; and urban planners and policy makers interested in applying the knowledge to design future sustainable cities and quality urban spaces.

Learning the Ropes is a practical, street-smart guide for: -new grads lauching their careers. -gen-xers who never had a chance to learn work success strategies due to layoffs,and need techniques for carving out a career path. - boomers who are a bit tired of it all and want to infuse some much-needed new energy into their work lives. For a terrific career path, one needs to know the ROPES: -Resilience -Optimism -Productivity -Education -Skills This book will support you- no matter where you are in your career - in reaching goals and having fun while working.

The city of Detroit constitutes one of the great monuments to urban decay, an unmistakable sacrifice to the globalization of labor and capital and the nomadic behavior of economies, technologies, and industries. Yet this city forms a powerful ground upon which to critique the problems of the hyper economy of the suburban matrix, and to sow the seeds for new urban thoughts on a post-capitalist future. Urban Ecology: Detroit and Beyond, a compilation of projects and essays on Detroit and many other moving cities around the world, projects Detroit, and its issues, into existing or developing global contexts.