02907nam a2200349Ia 4500003000600000005001700006008004100023010001700064020001800081040003400099050002100133082001800154100002500172245010200197264003900299300003800338336002600376337002800402338002700430500009400457500030400551505109100855520040101946546003602347650002502383650002502408650003902433650003002472700001802502700001902520700001802539pucpr20251219095701.0150422t20142014dcua 000 m eng d a 2014944763 a9781610915830 apucprbengcpucprdpucprerda00aHT170 L464b201404a307.3/4162231 aLerner, Jaimed1937-10aUrban Acupuncture :bcelebrating pinpricks of change that Enrich City Life. /cJaime Lerner.htxt aWashington :bIsland press,c2014. axvi, 143 p.bill. ;c22 cm.fbook 2rdacontentatextbtxt 2rdamediaaunmediadedbn 2rdacarrieravolumebnc aCollection of short essays and poems on different aspects of city life and city planning. a"This is not a technical or theoretical book; it is a book filled with poetry and magic that communicates the importance of dreaming and, at the same time, being pragmatic and making things happen; to always ask if we have the right solution or if there is a better, maybe a simpler way."--Foreword. aContents: Preface by Carol Coletta, Knight Foundation -- Foreword by Jan Gehl -- Introduction -- 24 Hour Shopkeepers in New York City -- The Old Cinema Novo -- Rescuing a River -- The Forbidden City -- Cali -- Do Nothing! Urgently -- Around the Clock or The 24 Hour City -- Urban Kindness -- Musical Acupuncture -- Continuity is Life -- Street Sounds, Colors and Scents -- Good Recycling -- People in the Streets -- Smart Car, Smart Bus -- Commitment to Solidarity -- Draw Your City -- Instructions for Performing Urban Acupuncture -- Creative Leisure vs. Insdustrious Mediocrity -- Self Esteem Is Good Acupuncture -- Light Is Good Acupuncture -- Aqua puncture -- The Mobility Card -- Eco clock -- Arborescence -- Produced Memory -- Of Parks, Squares and Monuments -- The One Page Guide -- Urban Cholesterol -- Buildings with Dignity -- Acupuncture of Silence -- Ramblas and Galleries -- A Pinprick Doesn’t Hurt -- Trompe L’oeil -- A Letter to Fellini -- How to Find Someone in a City -- The Presence of Genius -- Markets and Street Fairs -- The Bar Counter -- Love for the City --  a"As Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, architect and urbanist Jaime Lerner transformed his city into a global model of sustainability and livability. During more than forty years of innovation in cities, he has learned that changes do not need to be large-scale and expensive to transform -- one block, park, or person can have an outsized effect on life in the surrounding city."--Provided by publisher. aTranslated from the Portuguese. 0aUrban renewal2Local 0aCity planning2Local 0aCivic improvement.zBrazil.2Local 0aCivic improvement.2Local1 aMargolis, Mac1 aDaher, Ariadne1 aMuello, Peter