Johnstone Country. Shoot Straight or Die. Scottish cattleman Duff MacCallister staked a claim for his life in America-and reserves a righteous anger for those who break the law in this smoking six-gun shootout from National Bestselling Authors William W. and J.A. Johnstone ... Thanks to a new line, the railroad has come to Chugwater, Wyoming, bridging the gap between the small town and the larger city of Cheyenne. Now Duff MacCallister can transport...

Peritos ambientales es una obra inédita en su tipo que define conceptos y situaciones que exige el cuidado del ambiente y ofrece herramientas y elementos de consulta necesarios para el desempeño eficiente del rol desde un abordaje integral, adecuado a la problemática actual en esta línea. El material que se presenta, elaborado por renombrados profesionales del ámbito, es producto del curso para peritos ambientales que la Asociación de Ingeniería...

This New York Times Critics' Pick follows the story of reluctant activist Daniel Goldstein as he struggles to save his home and community from being demolished to make way for a professional basketball arena and the densest real estate development in U.S. history. Along the way, he falls in love, gets married and starts a family while living in a vacated building located at the heart of the project site.Over the course of seven years, Daniel spearheads...

Since its emergence in the mid-nineteenth century as the nation's "metropolis," New York has faced the most challenging housing problems of any American city, but it has also led the nation in innovation and reform. The horrors of the tenement were perfected in New York at the same time that the very rich were building palaces along Fifth Avenue; public housing for the poor originated in New York, as did government subsidies for middle-class housing....

En 1994, María Mercedes Carranza planteó una pregunta sobre el desarrollo urbano disímil en el centro de la ciudad: "Bueno sería saber qué fue aquello que preservó de perecer a La Candelaria que no pudo evitar, por ejemplo, el arrasamiento reciente de Santa Bárbara, hermoso barrio colonial del Centro Histórico de Bogotá". Esta pregunta de la escritora colombiana remite al proceso de construcción de la zona patrimonial de los años ochenta,...

Axé sur les enjeux sociaux, économiques et politiques de notre temps, cet ouvrage est une réflexion sans complaisance sur le vieillissement. Il met en lumière les savoirs actuels sur les habitats et leur aménagement au regard de la demande implicite de la société qui vise à ce que les gens vieillissent chez eux, dans leur communauté. O en est la recherche à ce sujet au Québec et dans les collectivités francophones ? Quelles sont les politiques...

Con el propósito de aportar al uso racional y sostenible del territorio, este libro aborda la confrontación del interés público y privado en la construcción de ciudad, desde enfoques teóricos y profesionales. A partir de una visión multidisciplinar, y con base en el análisis de casos de estudio españoles y costarricenses, la obra contribuye a la reflexión del problema mediante la aportación de 15 autores participantes, quienes suman a la...

El presente libro aborda una serie de obras de la literatura contemporánea de la Ciudad de México, en particular —aunque no exclusivamente— de los escritores José Emilio Pacheco, Juan Villoro y Fabrizio Mejía Madrid desde el punto de vista de la geocrítica y de la imaginería de la Ciudad de México ligada a los cuatro elementos. En este sentido, pretende demostrar que, a través de las sustancias primordiales y de las figuras míticas y...

The author is a well-known educator and planner who has written extensively about architecture and city planning in his 13 books and 90 professional and academic articles. He has practiced planning as a consultant, and was involved in several of the developments discussed in this book. He believes that New Urbanism offers a family-centered, small town approach that ius an alternative to urban sprawl. He sees it as a lifestyle choice over central city...

Uses the interdisciplinary approach of evolutionary economics to explore the history of land domestication in the United States. On July 9, 1920, William Krall, a coal miner in Wyoming, was shot by his neighbor in a dispute over water as he attempted to "prove up" and gain title to his homestead. Attempting to understand her grandfather's passion and determination for making his own 160 acres of land in dry, sagebrush country led Professor Lisi Krall...