In this classic book that records a moment in the history of urban planning, the architect and city planner Harvey H. Kaiser examines the city-building process from the time when a proposal for urban development is first conceived to the early stages of construction. To illuminate the factors that underlie acceptance or rejection of community development, Kaiser focuses on the proposals for three towns in upstate New York—Lysander (near Syracuse) and Gananda and Riverton (both near Rochester). These were brand-new developments and municipalities, and thus quite different from other trends of suburbanization that attached development onto existing municipalities. Step by step, he describes what happened in each of these communities during the presentation of the initial proposal, how parties interacted with each other, and how the climate of the community influenced the actions of the parties. Basing his work on hundreds of interviews, attendance at public meetings, and a review of many articles and documents, Kaiser shows that in each case the emergence of controversy and degree of acceptance was influenced by the developer’s leadership, the characteristics of the developer’s organization, and the method of presenting the proposal to the public. Kaiser brings to his comparative approach a background in the rough and tumble of day-to-day project management and the development of plans as well as their administration. First published in 1978, The Building of Cities remains an invaluable resource for developers, architects, public officials, and citizens involved in local government.
By examining the growth of legal institutions and concepts in Russia from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries, Daniel Kaiser shows how the process of legal change reflects a gradual transformation of the political life, social relations, and accepted values of a traditional society. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
The author does a thorough job in explaining the beginnings of rustic architecture and why it has a permanent place in the culture. The mix of social background and the history of the early Adirondack camps provides a designers guidebook.
In one accessible, engaging, and easy-to-use volume readers will find historical context, directions, factual information, and analytical architectural analysis for more than two hundred places of interest across the United States. The traveler (armchair, behind the wheel, or on foot), the researcher (seeking a comprehensive view of some of America's greatest ideas and accomplishments), and the architect and landscape architect (seeking sources of inspiration) will find a rewarding journey inside this book."--BOOK JACKET.
Seminar paper from the year 1997 in the subject Technology, grade: 1 (A), Loughborough University (Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering), language: English, abstract: Conventionally a signal is a physical variable that changes with time and contains information. The signal may be represented in analogue (continuos) or discrete (digital) form. The majority of the physical variables of interest for the engineer are of analogue form. However digital data acquisition equipment favour a digital representation of the analogue signal. The digital representation of a analogue signal will effect the characteristic of the signal. Thus an understanding of the underlying principles involved in signal processing is essential in order to retain the basic information of the original signal. The primary goal to use the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) is to approximate the Fourier Transform of a continuous time signal. The DFT is discrete in time and frequency domain and has two important properties: - the DFT is periodic with the sampling frequency - the DFT is symmetric about the Nyquist frequency Due to the limitations of the DFT there are three possible phenomena that could result in errors between computed and desired transform. - Aliasing - Picket Fence Effect - Leakage The DFT of a signal uses only a finite record length of the signal. Thus the input signal for the DFT can be considered as the result of multiplying the signal with a window function. Multiplication in the time domain results in convolution in the frequency domain, which will influence the spectral characteristic of the sampled signal. In the table below rectangular and Hanning window are compared: [...] Table The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) is a computationally efficient algorithm for evaluating the DFT of a signal. It is imported to appreciate the properties of the FFT if it is to be used effectively for the analysis of signals. In order to avoid aliasing and resulting misi
With poignancy and humor, Grace Kaiser details a part of rural America that few people ever see or understand; the life and land of the Amish and Mennonites of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where she spent 28 years as a family doctor.
Originally written by one of medicine's most distinguished OB-GYNs and now updated by a nationally prominent midwife and two renowned doctors, Dr. Guttmacher's Pregnancy, Birth & Family Planning is the complete source for anyone who's expecting - or expects to be expecting soon."--BOOK JACKET.
This report presents the results of a study of the condition of higher education facilities in the United States and offers recommendations to improve the deteriorating state of such facilities. The 1995 survey examined statistical, financial, and operational data gathered through mailed questionnaires returned by 400 institutions. The results indicated that there is an estimated $26 billion in total costs to eliminate accumulated deferred maintenance, of which $5.7 billion are urgent needs. While many campuses have made progress in reducing deferred maintenance, there was an overall increase nationally since the survey's baseline year of 1988. It was found that institutions typically had very little or very much accumulated deferred maintenance, and that public institutions usually had more deferred maintenance than private institutions. The report concludes that this large amount of deferred maintenance represents a threat to the ability of institutions of higher education to fulfill their missions, and that statewide agencies and individual institutions will have to make difficult choices for resource allocation. Three appendixes provide the survey research report, copies of the survey instruments, and a list of survey respondents. (MDM)
The problems of deferred maintenance and decaying campus infrastructure have troubled higher education for the past two decades. This book, designed to be a tool for facilities managers, describes a process for inspecting and reporting conditions of buildings and infrastructure. The audit process is meant to be a routine part of maintenance management so that application of the techniques described can be part of predictive methods of determining facilities management requirements and capital renewal and replacements programs. The first chapter introduces the facilities audit covering its purpose, structure, uses, users, how it relates to capital asset management, terminology, and how to adapt it for local needs. The process of preparing for an audit is described in chapter 2 including the program, the conditions inspection process, and use of functional performance evaluations. Chapter 3 discusses the design of the audit including determining its scope, selecting the audit team, planning the inspection, and information requirements. Data collection is covered in the fourth chapter which discusses conducting inspections and the inspection report forms. Chapter 5 is on summarizing inspection results including evaluating the inspection program, preparing summary reports, and planning future audits. The sixth chapter is on the final step of the audit process, presentation of the audit to management and others. Chapter 7 describes capital renewal: putting the audit to work (capital renewal planning, project priorization, resource allocation, and funding/planning). The appendixes comprising half of the document provide 24 sample inspection forms and checklists. (Contains 140 references.) (JLC)
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