Design with the other 90% : cities / Cynthia E. Smith ... [et. al.]

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TextPublication details: New York : Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 2011Description: 234 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans (some color) ; 28 cmISBN:

9780910503839

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Design with the other 90 percent
Design with the other ninety percent

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22 745.2

Summary: Through essays, interviews, and profiles of 60 examples of community-led design, this second book in an ongoing series examines the issues arising from unprecedented urban growth, primarily in the informal settlements of emerging and developing economies, as well as efforts in urban planning, sustainable design, affordable housing, entrepreneurship, nonformal education, communication, food, security, water and sanitation, and public health in these communities.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks	Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks	745.2 DES (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		3010031990
Book	Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks	Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks	745.2 DES (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available		3010033694

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"Published on the occasion of the exhibition ... organized by Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and presented at the United Nations, October 15, 2011-January 9, 2012"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-225) and index.

Through essays, interviews, and profiles of 60 examples of community-led design, this second book in an ongoing series examines the issues arising from unprecedented urban growth, primarily in the informal settlements of emerging and developing economies, as well as efforts in urban planning, sustainable design, affordable housing, entrepreneurship, nonformal education, communication, food, security, water and sanitation, and public health in these communities.

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