Vanessa Miriam Carlow Books

Urban and rural areas alike witness severe dynamics. Moreover, understandings of what constitutes the urban and the rural are changing, too. Metapolis conceptualizes the network of urban and rural settlements interconnected by flows of people, goods, and information. How can this Metapolis be understood and evolve in a more sustainable manner? By example of two study regions in Lower Saxony--a federal state of Germany consisting of few large cities, mostly mid-sized and small towns, suburbs, and villages--this volume presents an innovative analytical framework called Topoi, offering a new perspective on urban-rural development. Different scenarios explore innovative solutions for sustainable planning and design along the urban-rural gradient. With contributions by Vanessa Carlow, Grace Abou Jaoude, Chantal Karadag, Olaf Mumm, Marie Scheer, and Kristin Schoning

' Design a car that can carry farmers and eggs across a field, without breaking the eggs'That was the design brief from Citroen vice Presdent Pierre Boulanger, it was a huge task, a difficult brief but it was exactly what they managed to do.

The Morris Minor is an iconic British car. This book is a fascinating introduction to the development of this vehicle and how contemporary events affected the car design.

In late 1956 France & the U.K. failed in an attempt to take over the Suez canal. This led to fuel rationing, a new small car was vital.

This book is designed to support poor readers by giving them overtly adult material but where the language has been calculated using a reading age scale on a computer program.