Urban communities books

This book introduces readers to the anthropology of urban life in Africa, showing what ethnography can teach us...  Read More >>

With a special focus on the EU’s marginal regions, the book is a guide to understanding how EU policy has affected...  Read More >>

This book explores the link between the food-water-energy nexus and sustainability, and the extraordinary value...  Read More >>

Sandile Mbatha explores the concept of informality in relation to how such beneficiaries challenge predominant understandings...  Read More >>

A boy in his early 20s... who left his hometown to work on his dream of becoming an artist. One day, he decided...  Read More >>

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This book explores the link between the food-water-energy nexus and sustainability, and the extraordinary value...  Read More >>

Every year at least 20,000 people go missing in São Paulo, Brazil. Many will be found, sometimes in mundane mass...  Read More >>

In parts of Asia, citizens are increasingly involved in shaping their neighbourhoods and cities, representing a...  Read More >>

From the 1970s on, Los Angeles was transformed into a center for entertainment, consumption, and commerce for the...  Read More >>

This book provides theoretical and empirical perspectives on the urban impact of mega-events globally. It takes...  Read More >>

Every year at least 20,000 people go missing in São Paulo, Brazil. Many will be found, sometimes in mundane mass...  Read More >>

From the 1970s on, Los Angeles was transformed into a center for entertainment, consumption, and commerce for the...  Read More >>

Hilarious and unflinchingly honest, Careering takes a hard look at the often toxic relationship working women have...  Read More >>

CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN (CPTED) is a must read book for learners and professionals in the...  Read More >>

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A boy in his early 20s... who left his hometown to work on his dream of becoming an artist. One day, he decided...  Read More >>

John Julius Norwich presents a sweeping tour of forty great cities that shaped the ancient world and its civilizations--and...  Read More >>

John Julius Norwich presents a sweeping tour of forty great cities that shaped the ancient world and its civilizations--and...  Read More >>

Bridging housing studies and social policy, this book analyses competing interpretations of the role and value of...  Read More >>

Recounts the story of the Dozier School, a Florida reform school shut down in 2011 due to reports of cruelty, abuse,...  Read More >>

Lance Freeman traces the evolving role of predominantly black neighborhoods in northern cities from the late nineteenth...  Read More >>

Through a variety of empirical studies, this volume offers fresh insights into the means by which communicative...  Read More >>

Addressing fundamental questions surrounding the critical changes affecting China’s urban landscape, social organization...  Read More >>

Bridging housing studies and social policy, this book analyses competing interpretations of the role and value of...  Read More >>