Urban communities books

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Food Security in Africa's Secondary cities: no. 1. Mzuzu, Malawi

Food Security in Africa's Secondary cities: no. 1. Mzuzu,...

Author: Liam Riley ,  Emmanuel Chilanga
ISBN: 9781920597337
Format: Paperback
$46.58

This report marks the first stage of AFSUN's goal of expanding knowledge about urban food systems and experiences...  Read More >>

Livable Cities from a Global Perspective

Livable Cities from a Global Perspective

Author: Roger Caves ,  Fritz Wagner
ISBN: 9781138696747
Format: Hardback
$284.00

"Livable Cities from a Global Perspective offers case studies from around the world on how cities approach livability....  Read More >>

Cities in the Urban Age: A Dissent

Cities in the Urban Age: A Dissent

Author: Robert A. Beauregard
ISBN: 9780226535241
Format: Hardback
$237.60

A case for and against cities: they’re the best thing we have going (environmentally, socially, in terms of tolerance)...  Read More >>

The Polemics of C.L.R. James and Contemporary Black Activism

The Polemics of C.L.R. James and Contemporary Black...

Author: Ornette D. Clennon
ISBN: 9783319837659
Format: Paperback
$129.35

This book draws on case examples of contemporary black activism in South Manchester and contrasts them with events...  Read More >>

Smart Growth and Sustainable Development: Selected Papers from the 9th International Association for China Planning Conference, Chongqing, China, June 19 - 21, 2015

Smart Growth and Sustainable Development: Selected Papers...

Author: Qisheng Pan ,  Weifeng Li
ISBN: 9783319839080
Format: Paperback
$232.85

The work encompasses themes of environmental planning, community development, cultural heritage preservation, land...  Read More >>

Other Paradises: Poetic approaches to thinking in a technological age

Other Paradises: Poetic approaches to thinking in a...

Author: Jessica Sequeira
ISBN: 9781785355851
Format: Paperback
$25.85

A collection of essays exploring imaginative responses to science and technology.  Read More >>

Introduction to Cities: How Place and Space Shape Human Experience

Introduction to Cities: How Place and Space Shape Human...

Author: Xiangming Chen (University of Illinois Chicago) ,  Anthony M. Orum (University of Illinois Chicago)
ISBN: 9781119167716
Format: Paperback
$65.95

The revised and updated second edition of Introduction to Cities explores why cities are such a vital part of the...  Read More >>

A City on a Lake: Urban Political Ecology and the Growth of Mexico City

A City on a Lake: Urban Political Ecology and the Growth...

Author: Matthew Vitz
ISBN: 9780822370406
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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Design for Social Diversity

Design for Social Diversity

Author: Emily Talen ,  Sungduck Lee
ISBN: 9781138216136
Format: Paperback
$105.00

This new edition addresses the physical requirements of socially diverse neighborhoods. The authors investigate...  Read More >>

Gentrifizierung: Forschung und Politik zu städtischen Verdrängungsprozessen

Gentrifizierung: Forschung und Politik zu städtischen...

Author: Frank Eckardt
ISBN: 9783658217136
Format: Paperback
$25.85

Dieses essential stellt in komprimierter Form den Stand der Stadtforschung zum Thema Gentrifizierung dar. Dabei...  Read More >>

Handbook of Gentrification Studies

Handbook of Gentrification Studies

Author: Loretta Lees ,  Martin Phillips
ISBN: 9781785361739
Format: Hardback
$556.75

It is now over 50 years since the term ‘gentrification’ was first coined by the British urbanist Ruth Glass in 1964,...  Read More >>

A City on a Lake: Urban Political Ecology and the Growth of Mexico City

A City on a Lake: Urban Political Ecology and the Growth...

Author: Matthew Vitz
ISBN: 9780822370291
Format: Hardback
$284.99

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Globalisation and the Challenges of Development in Contemporary India

Globalisation and the Challenges of Development in Contemporary...

Author: Sita Venkateswar ,  Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
ISBN: 9789811091667
Format: Paperback
$284.60

This volume brings together multidisciplinary, situated and nuanced analyses of contingent issues framing a rapidly...  Read More >>

Design for Social Diversity

Design for Social Diversity

Author: Emily Talen ,  Sungduck Lee
ISBN: 9781138216099
Format: Hardback
$347.00

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The City in Russian Culture

The City in Russian Culture

Author: Pavel Lyssakov ,  Stephen Norris
ISBN: 9781138310230
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Cities are constructed and organized by people, and in turn become an important factor in the organization of human...  Read More >>

The Opening of the Cybernetic Frontier: Cities of the Prairie

The Opening of the Cybernetic Frontier: Cities of the...

Author: Daniel Elazar ,  Daniel Elazar
ISBN: 9781138516533
Format: Paperback
$79.99

The Opening of the Cybernetic Frontier is the third in-J  Read More >>

Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions: Results of SSPCR 2017

Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions:...

Author: Adriano Bisello ,  Daniele Vettorato
ISBN: 9783319757735
Format: Hardback
$517.47

This book comprises a selection of the top contributions presented at the second international conference “Smart...  Read More >>

The Fluid City Paradigm: Waterfront Regeneration as an Urban Renewal Strategy

The Fluid City Paradigm: Waterfront Regeneration as...

Author: Maurizio Carta ,  Daniele Ronsivalle
ISBN: 9783319802558
Format: Paperback
$284.60

This book presents a new paradigm of knowledge and action withrespect to urban waterfronts and the “fluid city paradigm,”explaining...  Read More >>

Emergent Nested Systems: A Theory of Understanding and Influencing Complex Systems as well as Case Studies in Urban Systems

Emergent Nested Systems: A Theory of Understanding and...

Author: Christian Walloth
ISBN: 9783319801674
Format: Paperback
$284.60

This book presents a theory as well as methods to understand and to purposively influence complex systems. It suggests...  Read More >>

Resilience by Design

Resilience by Design

Author: Alexandra Jayeun Lee
ISBN: 9783319808574
Format: Paperback
$168.16

This book discusses that disasters, whether natural or man-made, are essentially a human phenomenon. When a city...  Read More >>

Urban Morphology: An Introduction to the Study of the Physical Form of Cities

Urban Morphology: An Introduction to the Study of the...

Author: Vítor Oliveira
ISBN: 9783319811925
Format: Paperback
$336.35

This is a book about cities or, more precisely, about the physical form of cities.  Read More >>

Soziale Innovationen lokal gestalten

Soziale Innovationen lokal gestalten

Author: Hans-Werner Franz ,  Christoph Kaletka
ISBN: 9783658185312
Format: Paperback
$142.29

Dieser Band macht konkrete soziale Innovationen zum Gegenstand. Der Schwerpunkt liegt bei den Kommunen von Stadt...  Read More >>

Urban Sustainability: Policy and Praxis

Urban Sustainability: Policy and Praxis

Author: Jay D. Gatrell ,  Ryan R. Jensen
ISBN: 9783319799087
Format: Paperback
$310.47

This book explores the environmental, economic, and socio-political dynamics of sustainability from a geographic...  Read More >>

Black Teens Can Write Too: (Classroom Journals for Black Teenagers)

Black Teens Can Write Too: (Classroom Journals for Black...

Author: Ari Christine
ISBN: 9781718680517
Format: Paperback
$31.68

BLACK TEENS CAN WRITE TOO is complete with writing prompts and journal topics, specifically catered to black teenagers....  Read More >>

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