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Selected Works of Ajla Akšamija
Contribution to Book
Urban Infrastructure and Services: Livable Cities in Balance
The Skyscraper and the City: Design, Technology and Innovation (2007)
  • Ajla Aksamija, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
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Abstract
This chapter discusses relationships between cities and tall buildings, characteristics of livable cities, infrastructure and services that cities must provide to encourage construction of tall buildings (economic factors, social and environmental factors, transportation, infrastructure and urban services).
Keywords
  • tall building design,
  • cities and skyscrapers,
  • technology,
  • innovation
Disciplines
Publication Date
2007
Editor
Lynn S. Beedle, Mir M. Ali and Paul J. Armstrong
Publisher
Edwin Mellen Press
Citation Information
Ajla Aksamija. "Urban Infrastructure and Services: Livable Cities in Balance" LewistonThe Skyscraper and the City: Design, Technology and Innovation Vol. 2 (2007)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ajla_aksamija/7/