Urban communities books

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Children and the Geography of Violence: Why Space and Place Matter

Children and the Geography of Violence: Why Space and...

Author: Sheridan Bartlett
ISBN: 9781138040878
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book argues that it is impossible to understand children’s experience of violence without considering how embedded...  Read More >>

Children and the Geography of Violence: Why Space and Place Matter

Children and the Geography of Violence: Why Space and...

Author: Sheridan Bartlett
ISBN: 9781138040854
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book argues that it is impossible to understand children’s experience of violence without considering how embedded...  Read More >>

Leader Communities: The Consecration of Elites in Djursholm

Leader Communities: The Consecration of Elites in Djursholm...

Author: Mikael Holmqvist
ISBN: 9780231184274
Format: Paperback
$52.95

Leader Communities is a study of Stockholm's suburb Djursholm and other similar places: privileged communities where...  Read More >>

A Shot Story: From Juvie to Ph.D.

A Shot Story: From Juvie to Ph.D.

Author: David Borkowski
ISBN: 9780823278749
Format: Paperback
$45.95

David Borkowski was nearly shot to death during a botched robbery when he was 15. Soon before turning 40, he obtained...  Read More >>

Down and Out in New Orleans: Transgressive Living in the Informal Economy

Down and Out in New Orleans: Transgressive Living in...

Author: Peter J. Marina
ISBN: 9780231178525
Format: Hardback
$61.95

In the years since Hurricane Katrina, modern-day bohemians have flocked to New Orleans but often find themselves...  Read More >>

Leader Communities: The Consecration of Elites in Djursholm

Leader Communities: The Consecration of Elites in Djursholm...

Author: Mikael Holmqvist
ISBN: 9780231184267
Format: Hardback
$173.95

Leader Communities is a study of Stockholm's suburb Djursholm and other similar places: privileged communities where...  Read More >>

Teacher Tales

Teacher Tales

Author: Richard Adelman, PhD (University of Dundee) ,  Wyatt Doyle (New Texture the Stanley J Zappa Quartet Kendra Steiner Editions League of)
ISBN: 9781943444021
Format: Hardback
$61.97

For 40 years, Mr. Kessler has taught English in the Philadelphia school system the way he knows best: Keeping his...  Read More >>

Ciudad viva: Disputas por la producción sociocultural del espacio urbano en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires

Ciudad viva: Disputas por la producción sociocultural...

Author: Juliana Marcús
ISBN: 9789877231427
Format: Paperback
$90.42

Los trabajos reunidos en este libro analizan las dinámicas de producción sociocultural del espacio en la Ciudad...  Read More >>

Two Closes and a Referendum

Two Closes and a Referendum

Author: Mary McCabe
ISBN: 9781901514483
Format: Paperback
$25.85

An engaging tale of ordinary people in an extraordinary time, capturing the growing excitement and fervour of the...  Read More >>

Another City is Possible: Alternatives to the City as Commodity: Participatory Budgeting

Another City is Possible: Alternatives to the City as...

Author: Yves Cabannes ,  Cecilia Delgado
ISBN: 9781551646404
Format: Paperback
$51.72

Written in an accessible style, providing up-to-date resources across multiple languages and animated throughout...  Read More >>

Smart Cities: Technologies, Challenges & Future Prospects

Smart Cities: Technologies, Challenges & Future Prospects...

Author: Alfredo Barton ,  Raymond Manning
ISBN: 9781536124040
Format: Paperback
$204.39

There are several different definitions of smart cities based on the various characteristics related to the adjective...  Read More >>

The Civic City In A Nomadic World (Paperback)

The Civic City In A Nomadic World (Paperback)

Author: Charles Landry
ISBN: 9789462083882
Format: Paperback
$93.15

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What a City Is For: Remaking the Politics of Displacement

What a City Is For: Remaking the Politics of Displacement...

Author: Matt Hern
ISBN: 9780262534420
Format: Paperback
$39.99

An investigation into gentrification and displacement, focusing on the case of Portland, Oregon's systematic dispersal...  Read More >>

Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest

Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest

Author: Linda Carlson ,  Linda Carlson
ISBN: 9780295742915
Format: Paperback
$47.95

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The Civic City In A Nomadic World (Hardback)

The Civic City In A Nomadic World (Hardback)

Author: Charles Landry
ISBN: 9789462083721
Format: Hardback
$129.38

"Rapid technological change is altering how we interact with space, place and time. Vast flows make the new norm...  Read More >>

Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest

Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest

Author: Linda Carlson ,  Linda Carlson
ISBN: 9780295742908
Format: Hardback
$198.95

Looks at towns in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, considering who planned the towns and designed the buildings. This...  Read More >>

Urban Sociolinguistics: The City as a Linguistic Process and Experience

Urban Sociolinguistics: The City as a Linguistic Process...

Author: Dick Smakman (Ca’ Foscari University, Italy) ,  Patrick Heinrich (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
ISBN: 9781138200364
Format: Hardback
$284.00

From Los Angeles to Tokyo, Urban Sociolinguistics is a sociolinguistic study of twelve urban settings around the...  Read More >>

Local Action on Climate Change: Opportunities and Constraints

Local Action on Climate Change: Opportunities and Constraints...

Author: Susie Moloney (RMIT University, Australia) ,  Hartmut Fünfgeld
ISBN: 9781138681521
Format: Hardback
$231.00

This book examines how collaborative climate change responses are emerging, being operationalized and evaluated...  Read More >>

The African Metropolis: Struggles over Urban Space, Citizenship, and Rights to the City

The African Metropolis: Struggles over Urban Space,...

Author: Toyin Falola (University of Texas at Austin, USA) ,  Bisola Falola (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
ISBN: 9781138069152
Format: Hardback
$252.00

This volume integrates geographical and historical perspectives to examine how processes of segregation, marginalization,...  Read More >>

O Campo na Cidade

O Campo na Cidade

Author: José Aparicio Da Silva
ISBN: 9786202408660
Format: Paperback
$152.48

"...trata de um processo de desapropriação de um grupo de camponeses da região de Itaiacoca, distrito rural de Ponta...  Read More >>

Regional Economic Development and Policy: Theory and Practice in the European Community

Regional Economic Development and Policy: Theory and...

Author: David Pinder (University of Plymouth, UK)
ISBN: 9781138101982
Format: Hardback
$147.00

Originally published in 1983, when Europe’s economies were facing the worst recession since the 1930s, this book...  Read More >>

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