Urban communities books

American urbanites once lived alongside livestock and beasts of burden. But as cities grew, human–animal relationships...  Read More >>

"The idea of ""resilience"" has been a popular and optimistic policy response to the Great Recession. Resilience...  Read More >>

The challenges of intercultural relations in an increasingly globalised world, and the consequences this has for...  Read More >>

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Most developed economies, including single-industry and resource dependent rural or small town regions, are transforming...  Read More >>

This book seeks to rethink governance not as a particular state formation, but as the diverse policies emerging...  Read More >>

Using historical case studies on Germany and the USA, the book identifies three institutional domains on the supply-side...  Read More >>

This book tells the story of how urban transformation impacts on people’s lives and everyday interactions—to question...  Read More >>

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This book proposes a new and emerging field of interdisciplinary research and practice: ´mobilities design´. It...  Read More >>

The role secondary cities play in the global space economy and national urban hierarchies is increasingly receiving...  Read More >>

The editors of this volume draw together thinking from a range of disciplines and from a range of countries across...  Read More >>

Capital cities that are not the dominant economic centers of their nations – so-called ‘secondary capital cities’...  Read More >>

The varied and post-authoritarian aspects of the neoliberal turn in Chile serve as a cultural and political milieu....  Read More >>

Tourism has become one of the largest and fastest growing sectors in the world economy. Increasingly, research on...  Read More >>

The issue of Polish-Ukrainian relations at the international and trans-border level gained particular importance...  Read More >>

Jaguaribe’s book offers exciting and creative perspectives on the urban imaginaries and experiences of Rio de Janeiro....  Read More >>

Much recent research in Urban Studies has concentrated on the notion of the ‘global city’ but discussion has also...  Read More >>

The task of modelling the evolution of cities – the dynamics - is one of the major challenges of the social sciences....  Read More >>

This timely volume by a group of experienced researchers in the field of urban policy examines the impact of the...  Read More >>

This book investigates and reveals the interplay between smart technologies and cities, a topic that has gained...  Read More >>

Transport system improvements can have complex and unequal impacts on different sectors of society. Conventional...  Read More >>

Place branding is often a response to inter-place competition, developed in a vacuum, ignoring the needs of local...  Read More >>

The first book explore the contemporary challenges taking place in traditional retail spaces, drawing on international...  Read More >>

Smart Development in Smart Communities discusses the cross-fertilization between smart specialization and cities...  Read More >>