Urban communities books

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There Has to Be a Better Way: Lessons from Former Urban Teachers

There Has to Be a Better Way: Lessons from Former Urban...

Author: Lynnette Mawhinney ,  Carol R. Rinke
ISBN: 9780813595276
Format: Paperback
$94.91

Teacher attrition has long been a significant challenge within the field of education. It is a commonly-cited statistic...  Read More >>

Social Mobilisation in Post-Industrial China: The Case of Rural Urbanisation

Social Mobilisation in Post-Industrial China: The Case...

Author: Jia Gao ,  Yuanyuan Su
ISBN: 9781786432582
Format: Hardback
$245.81

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Bounce a Book Against Your Brain

Bounce a Book Against Your Brain

Author: Renay Intisar Jihad
ISBN: 9781797819594
Format: Paperback
$14.52

Bounce a Book Against Your Brain poetically uses the game of basketball's words, terms, and phrases to share an...  Read More >>

How to Leave: Quitting the City and Coping with a New Reality

How to Leave: Quitting the City and Coping with a New...

Author: Erin Clune ,  Erin Clune
ISBN: 9781978659803
Format: Audio
$39.57

"An uproarious memoir/tongue-in-cheek guide to leaving the cool city in which you ""found"" yourself and moving...  Read More >>

Smart Planning: Sustainability and Mobility in the Age of Change

Smart Planning: Sustainability and Mobility in the Age...

Author: Rocco Papa ,  Romano Fistola
ISBN: 9783030085124
Format: Paperback
$206.97

This book offers an overview of sustainability and urban mobility in the context of urban planning – topics that...  Read More >>

Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London: A Living Tapestry

Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London: A Living Tapestry...

Author: James Rosbrook-Thompson ,  Gary Armstrong
ISBN: 9783030090531
Format: Paperback
$206.97

This ethnographic study of a mixed-occupancy housing estate near the centre of London refocuses the scholarly conversation...  Read More >>

Chinatown Unbound: Trans-Asian Urbanism in the Age of China

Chinatown Unbound: Trans-Asian Urbanism in the Age of...

Author: Kay Anderson, Professorial Research Fel ,  Ien Ang
ISBN: 9781786608987
Format: Hardback
$314.00

This book will provide a timely and much-needed paradigm shift in our understanding of Chinatown, through an in-depth...  Read More >>

Street Teaching in the Tenderloin: Jumpin’ Down the Rabbit Hole

Street Teaching in the Tenderloin: Jumpin’ Down the...

Author: Don Stannard-Friel
ISBN: 9781349929573
Format: Paperback
$84.99

This book is an ethnographic account of San Francisco’s most inner city neighborhood, the Tenderloin. Using its...  Read More >>

There Has to Be a Better Way: Lessons from Former Urban Teachers

There Has to Be a Better Way: Lessons from Former Urban...

Author: Lynnette Mawhinney ,  Carol R. Rinke
ISBN: 9780813595283
Format: Hardback
$396.00

Explores the dynamics of teacher attrition from the perspective of the teachers themselves. Drawing on in-depth...  Read More >>

Socially Engaged Art and the Neoliberal City

Socially Engaged Art and the Neoliberal City

Author: Cecilie Sachs Olsen (Royal Holloway University of London,UK)
ISBN: 9781138343399
Format: Hardback
$284.00

What are the social functions of art in the age of neoliberal urbanism? This book discusses the potential of artistic...  Read More >>

Unterstützung in der Nachbarschaft: Struktur und Potenzial für gesellschaftliche Kohäsion

Unterstützung in der Nachbarschaft: Struktur und Potenzial...

Author: Sabine Fromm ,  Doris Rosenkranz
ISBN: 9783658223229
Format: Paperback
$85.36

Erstmals in Deutschland wird hier eine Studie vorgelegt, die Strukturen, Bedingungen und Potenziale informeller...  Read More >>

The Battle for the High Street: Retail Gentrification, Class and Disgust

The Battle for the High Street: Retail Gentrification,...

Author: Phil Hubbard
ISBN: 9781349705528
Format: Paperback
$99.00

This book analyses the social and cultural status of high streets in the age of recession and austerity.  Read More >>

Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change

Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life...

Author: Ashley Dawson
ISBN: 9781784780395
Format: Paperback
$32.99

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A Companion to Medieval and Early Modern Confraternities

A Companion to Medieval and Early Modern Confraternities...

Author: Konrad Eisenbichler
ISBN: 9789004343665
Format: Hardback
$744.48

A Companion to Medieval and Early Modern Confraternities presents confraternities as fundamentally important venues...  Read More >>

Designing the Global City: Design Excellence, Competitions and the Remaking of Central Sydney

Designing the Global City: Design Excellence, Competitions...

Author: Robert Freestone ,  Gethin Davison
ISBN: 9789811320552
Format: Hardback
$232.85

This text explores how architectural and urban design values have been co-opted by global cities to enhance their...  Read More >>

Bodega Dreams

Bodega Dreams

Author: Ernesto Qui�onez ,  Angelo Di Loreto
ISBN: 9798200363476
Format: Audio
$52.77

In a stunning narrative combining the gritty rhythms of Junot Diaz with the noir genius of Walter Mosley, Bodega...  Read More >>

Bodega Dreams

Bodega Dreams

Author: Ernesto Quiñonez ,  Angelo Di Loreto
ISBN: 9798200363490
Format: Audio
$52.77

In a stunning narrative combining the gritty rhythms of Junot Diaz with the noir genius of Walter Mosley, Bodega...  Read More >>

Bodega Dreams

Bodega Dreams

Author: Ernesto Quiñonez ,  Angelo Di Loreto
ISBN: 9798200363483
Format: Audio
$52.77

In a stunning narrative combining the gritty rhythms of Junot Diaz with the noir genius of Walter Mosley, Bodega...  Read More >>

Turning Halls of Yearning Into Halls of Learning: Inspirational poetic commentary about teaching and learning in an urban school setting.

Turning Halls of Yearning Into Halls of Learning: Inspirational...

Author: Renay Intisar Jihad
ISBN: 9781797578620
Format: Paperback
$14.52

Teaching is a challenging and rewarding profession. These well-crafted poems describe why love is a powerful incentive....  Read More >>

Intelligent City Evaluation System

Intelligent City Evaluation System

Author: Zhiqiang Wu
ISBN: 9789811338656
Format: Paperback
$284.60

This book assesses various intelligent-city evaluation systems around the globe, and subsequently combines that...  Read More >>

The Internet of Things for Smart Urban Ecosystems

The Internet of Things for Smart Urban Ecosystems

Author: Franco Cicirelli ,  Antonio Guerrieri
ISBN: 9783030072124
Format: Paperback
$336.35

The main objective of this book is to provide a multidisciplinary overview of methodological approaches, architectures,...  Read More >>

China's Urban Pattern

China's Urban Pattern

Author: Chuanglin Fang ,  Danlin Yu
ISBN: 9789811339790
Format: Paperback
$258.72

The book embarks on the tasks to systematically analyze the macro background of the spatial patterns of China’s...  Read More >>

Power, Glamour and Angst: Inside Australia's Elite Neighbourhoods

Power, Glamour and Angst: Inside Australia's Elite Neighbourhoods...

Author: Ilan Wiesel
ISBN: 9789811346200
Format: Paperback
$232.85

Power, Glamour and Angst is about the social and cultural life of three Australian neighbourhoods – Toorak (Melbourne),...  Read More >>

The Chef

The Chef

Author: James Patterson ,  Max DiLallo
ISBN: 9780316532327
Format: Paperback
$79.17

In the Carnival days leading up Mardi Gras, Caleb Rooney comes under investigation for a murder he is accused of...  Read More >>

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