Urban communities books

Book deals with issues of defining quality, public sector management, the use of indicators and the planning process....  Read More >>

Susanne Becker geht der Frage nach, wie Sprechweisen alltäglich bewertet werden und wie diese Bewertungen mit ökonomischen...  Read More >>

This publication is therefore a multi-authored attempt to present the scientific fraternity high quality resource...  Read More >>

New State of the Worlds Cities report from UN-Habitat suggests a fresh approach to prosperity beyond the economic...  Read More >>

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A hard-edged guide to New York City swindles, street life, and culture, through direct interviews with con artists...  Read More >>

This book offers a theoretical intervention into the normative ideals of public space that are deeply rooted in...  Read More >>

This urban ethnography examines the relationship between urban residence and endemic poverty and health inequalities....  Read More >>

Utilizing mixed research methods to probe downtown Phoenix’s political economy of development, this study illustrates...  Read More >>

Sixteen short essays on places as varied as Glasgow and Norwich, Llanidloes and Sheffield, by the finest English...  Read More >>

A timely indictment of the privatization - and profitability - of separate and unequal schools.  Read More >>

A timely indictment of the privatization - and profitability - of separate and unequal schools.  Read More >>

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This book reveals how the Aga Khan Development Network and its Historic Cities Programme transformed an area of...  Read More >>

"""The Straight Detroit: America's Premiere Legacy City gives readers a variety of in-depth perspectives on this...  Read More >>

Shaping Portland: Anatomy of a Healthy City examines how and why the public realm supports or obstructs the health-forward...  Read More >>

Making Prestigious Places investigates the spatial dimension of luxury, both as a sector involving activities, operators...  Read More >>

This study reconstitutes a tenement community living in Church Street in the heart of the worst slums in Dublin,...  Read More >>

Presents a major new interpretation of the Ashcan School of Art, arguing that these artists made the working class...  Read More >>

A manual that shows how to conceptualize, structure and facilitate the participation of young people in the community...  Read More >>

With a few notable exceptions, sociological studies of poor, native-born, non-ethnic whites in rural areas are rare...  Read More >>

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Following recent postcolonial calls towards a comparative urbanism which decouples the understanding of the modern...  Read More >>