Urban communities books

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Constructing Singapore Public Space

Constructing Singapore Public Space

Author: Limin Hee
ISBN: 9789811096020
Format: Paperback
$258.72

To situate these constructions of public space and its possible trajectories within the larger discourse on public...  Read More >>

Urban Centres in Asia and Latin America: Heritage and Identities in Changing Urban Landscapes

Urban Centres in Asia and Latin America: Heritage and...

Author: Simone Sandholz
ISBN: 9783319828978
Format: Paperback
$336.35

This book presents an overview of the challenges that cities in Latin America and Asia are facing regarding the...  Read More >>

Grassroots to Global: Broader Impacts of Civic Ecology

Grassroots to Global: Broader Impacts of Civic Ecology...

Author: Marianne E. Krasny ,  Keith G. Tidball
ISBN: 9781501721977
Format: Paperback
$72.42

Addressing participatory, transdisciplinary approaches to local stewardship of the environment, Grassroots to Global...  Read More >>

The Teahouse under Socialism: The Decline and Renewal of Public Life in Chengdu, 1950–2000

The Teahouse under Socialism: The Decline and Renewal...

Author: Di Wang
ISBN: 9781501715495
Format: Paperback
$75.01

To understand a city fully, writes Di Wang, we must observe its most basic units of social life. In The Teahouse...  Read More >>

Revitalizing Urban Waterway Communities: Streams of Environmental Justice

Revitalizing Urban Waterway Communities: Streams of...

Author: Richard Smardon (SUNY, USA) ,  Sharon Moran (SUNY, USA)
ISBN: 9781138698611
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book presents models and examples for organizing multiple stakeholders for purposes of waterway revitalization...  Read More >>

Kakuma Refugee Camp: Humanitarian Urbanism in Kenya's Accidental City

Kakuma Refugee Camp: Humanitarian Urbanism in Kenya's...

Author: Bram J. Jansen
ISBN: 9781786991898
Format: Hardback
$160.00

An extensive ethnographic analysis of one of the world's largest refugee camps, revealing a distinct form of urbanization...  Read More >>

Racialized Labour in Romania: Spaces of Marginality at the Periphery of Global Capitalism

Racialized Labour in Romania: Spaces of Marginality...

Author: Enikő Vincze ,  Norbert Petrovici
ISBN: 9783319762722
Format: Hardback
$232.85

Through their historical outlook on political economy and social policy, combined with media and discourse analysis,...  Read More >>

Rapid Urbanisation, Urban Food Deserts and Food Security in Africa

Rapid Urbanisation, Urban Food Deserts and Food Security...

Author: Jonathan Crush ,  Jane Battersby
ISBN: 9783319828572
Format: Paperback
$206.97

This book investigates food security and the implications of hyper-urbanisation and rapid growth of urban populations...  Read More >>

Confronting Gun Violence in America

Confronting Gun Violence in America

Author: Thomas Gabor
ISBN: 9783319815848
Format: Paperback
$85.36

This book critically examines the link between guns and violence. Confronting Gun Violence in America explores...  Read More >>

The Teahouse under Socialism: The Decline and Renewal of Public Life in Chengdu, 1950–2000

The Teahouse under Socialism: The Decline and Renewal...

Author: Di Wang
ISBN: 9781501715488
Format: Hardback
$279.45

To understand a city fully, writes Di Wang, we must observe its most basic units of social life. In The Teahouse...  Read More >>

Grassroots to Global: Broader Impacts of Civic Ecology

Grassroots to Global: Broader Impacts of Civic Ecology...

Author: Marianne E. Krasny ,  Keith G. Tidball
ISBN: 9781501714979
Format: Hardback
$279.45

Addressing participatory, transdisciplinary approaches to local stewardship of the environment, Grassroots to Global...  Read More >>

Liberal Child Welfare Policy and its Destruction of Black Lives

Liberal Child Welfare Policy and its Destruction of...

Author: James G. Dwyer
ISBN: 9780815363279
Format: Paperback
$90.99

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The Cities on the Hill: How Urban Insitutions Transform National Politics

The Cities on the Hill: How Urban Insitutions Transform...

Author: Thomas K. Ogorzalek (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University)
ISBN: 9780190668877
Format: Hardback
$339.00

In The Cities on the Hill, Thomas Ogorzalek argues that the answer lies not in the sectional divide, but in the...  Read More >>

New Cities and Community Extensions in Egypt and the Middle East: Visions and Challenges

New Cities and Community Extensions in Egypt and the...

Author: Sahar Attia ,  Zeinab Shafik
ISBN: 9783319778747
Format: Hardback
$336.35

This book seeks to push forward the boundaries of current practices and knowledge to embrace innovative solutions,...  Read More >>

Liberal Child Welfare Policy and its Destruction of Black Lives

Liberal Child Welfare Policy and its Destruction of...

Author: James G. Dwyer
ISBN: 9780815363262
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book provides a child-centered perspective on the inter-generational cycle of poverty and dysfunction in urban...  Read More >>

Urban Resilience: A Transformative Approach

Urban Resilience: A Transformative Approach

Author: Yoshiki Yamagata ,  Hiroshi Maruyama
ISBN: 9783319819723
Format: Paperback
$413.97

The book systematically deals with the core aspects of urban resilience: systems, management issues and populations.The...  Read More >>

Borders in Central Europe After the Schengen Agreement

Borders in Central Europe After the Schengen Agreement...

Author: Tomáš Havlíček ,  Milan Jeřábek
ISBN: 9783319874548
Format: Paperback
$232.85

This book is the result of research into the considerable impacts the signing of the Schengen Agreement has had...  Read More >>

Intercultural Cities: Policy and Practice for a New Era

Intercultural Cities: Policy and Practice for a New...

Author: Bob W. White
ISBN: 9783319873510
Format: Paperback
$284.60

This book sets out to explore the political and social potential of intercultural policy for cities by bringing...  Read More >>

Social Innovation in Urban and Regional Development: Perspectives on an Emerging Field in Planning and Urban Studies

Social Innovation in Urban and Regional Development:...

Author: Hans-Heinrich Blotevobel ,  Rainer Danielzyk
ISBN: 9783700183334
Format: Paperback
$79.20

This policy handbook discusses the policy-relevant results of the JPI Urban Europe project Interethnic Coexistence...  Read More >>

Governance for the Sustainable Development Goals: Exploring an Integrative Framework of Theories, Tools, and Competencies

Governance for the Sustainable Development Goals: Exploring...

Author: Joachim Monkelbaan
ISBN: 9789811304743
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book provides a detailed overview of governance for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Adopting a unique...  Read More >>

Fathering from the Margins: An Intimate Examination of Black Fatherhood

Fathering from the Margins: An Intimate Examination...

Author: Aasha M. Abdill
ISBN: 9780231180023
Format: Hardback
$107.95

Aasha M. Abdill draws on fieldwork in Bedford-Stuyvesant to dispel stereotypes of black men as deadbeat dads. She...  Read More >>

Societies under Construction: Geographies, Sociologies and Histories of Building

Societies under Construction: Geographies, Sociologies...

Author: Daniel J. Sage ,  Chloé Vitry
ISBN: 9783319739953
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This edited collection explores building construction as an inspiring, yet often overlooked, place to develop new...  Read More >>

Sustainable Lina: Lina Bo Bardi's Adaptive Reuse Projects

Sustainable Lina: Lina Bo Bardi's Adaptive Reuse Projects...

Author: Annette Condello ,  Steffen Lehmann
ISBN: 9783319814155
Format: Paperback
$475.17

This essential book unravels the link between regional cultures, adaptive reuse of existing buildings and sustainability....  Read More >>

24 Hours a Day in My Life Journal

24 Hours a Day in My Life Journal

Author: Wild Pages Press
ISBN: 9781722871598
Format: Paperback
$18.45

Journal Large Size 8.5 x 11 Ruled 150 Pages  Read More >>

Holmes' Own Story: Confessed 27 Murders - Lied Then Died (87 Historical Illustrations)

Holmes' Own Story: Confessed 27 Murders - Lied Then...

Author: Jd Crighton ,  Herman W Mudgett, MD
ISBN: 9781946100061
Format: Paperback
$26.91

"Large Print format. A fascinating look into the mind of one of America's first serial killers! Who was H. H. Holmes,...  Read More >>

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