Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: james simmie

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  • PLANNING LONDON
    JAMES SIMMIE
    An introduction to the problems and practices of planning in London. The authors address the question of what contributions the land-use planning system has made and could make to resolving decrepit public transport, congestion, noise, dirt, crime, poverty, begging, homelessness. They analyse these conflicts in terms of history, jobs, housing, transport and the quality of the e...

    $1,560.00

  • PATH DEPENDENCE AND NEW PATH CREATION IN RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
    JAMES SIMMIE
    Why are old technologies persisted with after better alternatives have been invented? This book examines this question, a central concern of evolutionary economics, specifically focusing on renewable energy technologies. The concept of path dependence is used to analyse why and how technological development can become locked-in to inefficient ways of doing things. This book sho...

    $1,160.00

  • PLANNING AT THE CROSSROADS
    JAMES SIMMIE
    Through a detailed analysis of studies of the effects of planning, comparing low levels of urban containment in California with much higher levels in the UK. Some comparative insights are also drawn from the (pre-conflict) Yugoslavian planning system. The analysis shows that many of the serious criticisms of planning are valid and leads to the conclusion that some sacred cows -...

    $780.00