Urban communities books

Examining contestation and conflict management within holy cities, this book provides both an overview and a range...  Read More >>

The demise of community as a social construct is re-examined in this book using the lens of Ray Oldenburg’s concept...  Read More >>

It concludes by defining the area's artistic community as an artistic bohemian lifestyle community, and argues that...  Read More >>

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How are efforts at making cities more inclusive and equitable playing out across nations and societies, with different...  Read More >>

Widely recognized as a groundbreaking text, The New Urban Sociology...  Read More >>

Within the spatial design disciplines, research through design as a tool and practice has often been neglected....  Read More >>

The second edition of Cities and Cinema provides an updated survey of films about cities from their significance...  Read More >>

The second edition of Cities and Cinema provides an updated survey of films about cities from their significance...  Read More >>

This book re-evaluates the contribution of the urban park to our civic history and considers their impact on patterns...  Read More >>

Bringing together different philosophical, theoretical, and methodological approaches to the study of the city and...  Read More >>

Über dessen Mehrwert für gelingende Demokratie ist jedoch nur wenig bekannt: Während mit partizipativen Verfahren...  Read More >>

Approximately 2.4 million Black youth participate in after-school programs, which offer a range of support, including...  Read More >>

Approximately 2.4 million Black youth participate in after-school programs, which offer a range of support, including...  Read More >>

She's shattering the glass ceiling one building at a time Bridget Steele's father taught her two things: how to...  Read More >>

This book explores young people’s experiences of, and views on, dating, gender, sexuality, sexual hegemony and violence...  Read More >>

This book is an analysis of the competitive environment between the hotel industry and Airbnb, an Online Vacation...  Read More >>

This book analyses the ability of individuals to create meaning through communicative interaction and of what seems...  Read More >>

Includes Book club favorites reader's guide.  Read More >>

Combining chronological, thematic, and regional approaches, this book examines political, economic, and social developments...  Read More >>

This agenda-setting collection critically reflects upon a decade of contributions to the social scientific ‘mobilities...  Read More >>

Community Courts are designed to handle a city’s low-level offenses and quality-of-life crimes, such as littering,...  Read More >>

Committed carnivores and veggie lovers alike will more intimately understand and appreciate the locavore foodways...  Read More >>

Community activist Carolyn McLaughlin takes us on a journey of the South Bronx through the eyes of its community...  Read More >>

A breathtaking exploration of the lives of young black women in the early twentieth century.  Read More >>