Urban communities books

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The New Science of Cities

The New Science of Cities

Author: Michael Batty (Bartlett Professor of Planning and Director of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), University College London)
ISBN: 9780262534567
Format: Paperback
$79.99

A proposal for a new way to understand cities and their design not as artifacts but as systems composed of flows...  Read More >>

Flaneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London

Flaneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo,...

Author: Lauren Elkin
ISBN: 9780099593379
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Flaneuse [flanne-euhze], noun, from French. Feminine form of flaneur [flanne-euhr], an idler. In this book, the...  Read More >>

How Progressive Cities Fight Innovation

How Progressive Cities Fight Innovation

Author: Jared Meyer
ISBN: 9781594039515
Format: Paperback
$9.99

Technology continues to unlock new ways for Americans to live and work. To illustrate these changes, this broadside...  Read More >>

Transdisciplinary Urbanism and Culture: From Pedagogy to Praxis

Transdisciplinary Urbanism and Culture: From Pedagogy...

Author: Quazi Mahtab Zaman ,  Igea Troiani
ISBN: 9783319558547
Format: Hardback
$310.47

This book presents a collection of critical, multi-disciplinary essays on urban research by established and early...  Read More >>

The Power of Proximity – Moving Beyond Awareness to Action

The Power of Proximity – Moving Beyond Awareness to...

Author: Michelle Ferrig Warren ,  Noel Castellanos
ISBN: 9780830843909
Format: Paperback
$44.88

"In an age of hashtag and armchair activism, merely raising awareness about injustice is not enough. Michelle Warren...  Read More >>

Deprivation, State Interventions and Urban Communities in Britain, 1968–79

Deprivation, State Interventions and Urban Communities...

Author: Peter Shapely
ISBN: 9781409451624
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Focusing on a series of policy initiatives from the late 1960s through to the end of the 1970s, this book looks...  Read More >>

Urban Planning Education: Beginnings, Global Movement and Future Prospects

Urban Planning Education: Beginnings, Global Movement...

Author: Andrea I. Frank ,  Christopher Silver
ISBN: 9783319559667
Format: Hardback
$336.35

This book examines planning education provision and approaches globally, through a comparative and longitudinal...  Read More >>

Making Prestigious Places: How Luxury Influences the Transformation of Cities

Making Prestigious Places: How Luxury Influences the...

Author: Mario Paris (Politecnico Di Milano Italy)
ISBN: 9781315312453
Format: Hardback
$145.07

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

Rural-Urban Dynamics in the East African Mountains

Rural-Urban Dynamics in the East African Mountains

Author: Fançois Bart ,  Bob R Nakileza
ISBN: 9789987753987
Format: Paperback
$98.32

Made from 12 contributions, this book focuses on a recent change in those mountains: a growing urbanization which...  Read More >>

Refugee Entrepreneurial Economies in Urban South Africa

Refugee Entrepreneurial Economies in Urban South Africa...

Author: Jonathan Crush (Wilfrid Laurier University Canada) ,  Godfrey Tawodzera
ISBN: 9781920596354
Format: Paperback
$46.58

One of the defining characteristics of many large cities in the rapidly urbanizing global South is the high degree...  Read More >>

Shifting Horizons: Urban Space and Social Difference in Contemporary Brazilian Documentary and Photography

Shifting Horizons: Urban Space and Social Difference...

Author: Alice Louisa Allen
ISBN: 9781119328551
Format: Paperback
$41.95

Drawing on the challenges of urban expansion and increasing population density facing contemporary Brazil, Shifting...  Read More >>

SmallTalk: In 10 Schritten SmallTalk Lernen

SmallTalk: In 10 Schritten SmallTalk Lernen

Author: Alex Siebert
ISBN: 9781974685592
Format: Paperback
$18.45

Smalltalk f llt dir schwer? M chtest du besser darin werden, mit Menschen, die du grade kennen lernst, zu reden?...  Read More >>

After American Studies: Rethinking the Legacies of Transnational Exceptionalism

After American Studies: Rethinking the Legacies of Transnational...

Author: Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera
ISBN: 9781138054059
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book is a timely critique of national and transnational approaches to community, and their forms of belonging...  Read More >>

(Re)Generating Inclusive Cities: Poverty and Planning in Urban North America

(Re)Generating Inclusive Cities: Poverty and Planning...

Author: Dan Zuberi ,  Ariel Judith Taylor
ISBN: 9781138206878
Format: Hardback
$105.00

(Re)Generating Inclusive Cities explores urban revitalization across North America, in cities including: San Francisco,...  Read More >>

Putting Tradition into Practice: Heritage, Place and Design: Proceedings of 5th INTBAU International Annual Event

Putting Tradition into Practice: Heritage, Place and...

Author: Giuseppe Amoruso
ISBN: 9783319579368
Format: Hardback
$569.22

The papers investigate methodologies of representation, communication and valorization of historic urban landscapes...  Read More >>

Our Two Societies

Our Two Societies

Author: Andre B Davis
ISBN: 9781521963296
Format: Paperback
$39.57

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Much Ado Over Coffee: Indian Coffee House Then And Now

Much Ado Over Coffee: Indian Coffee House Then And Now...

Author: Bhaswati Bhattacharya
ISBN: 9781138099470
Format: Hardback
$231.00

Based on oral history, fiction, fascinating intellectual gossip, and records of the Coffee Board of India, this...  Read More >>

Environmentally Friendly Cities: Proceedings of Plea 1998, Passive and Low Energy Architecture, 1998, Lisbon, Portugal, June 1998

Environmentally Friendly Cities: Proceedings of Plea...

Author: Eduardo Maldonado ,  Simos Yannas
ISBN: 9781138410770
Format: Hardback
$252.00

The 15th Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) conference considered the issues of sustainability and environmental...  Read More >>

European Directory of Sustainable and Energy Efficient Building 1999: Components, Services, Materials

European Directory of Sustainable and Energy Efficient...

Author: John Goulding
ISBN: 9781138422933
Format: Hardback
$378.00

A directory of sustainable and energy efficient buildings. It is suitable for energy-efficient building designers...  Read More >>

Focusing Partnerships: A Sourcebook for Municipal Capacity Building in Public-private Partnerships

Focusing Partnerships: A Sourcebook for Municipal Capacity...

Author: Janelle Plummer
ISBN: 9781138410800
Format: Hardback
$378.00

With illustrative material from Africa, Asia and Latin America, this book sets out a strategic framework for building...  Read More >>

Solar Air Systems - Built Examples

Solar Air Systems - Built Examples

Author: Robert Hastings
ISBN: 9781138409118
Format: Hardback
$114.00

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Mega-Events and Mega-Ambitions: South Korea’s Rise and the Strategic Use of the Big Four Events

Mega-Events and Mega-Ambitions: South Korea’s Rise and...

Author: Yu-Min Joo ,  Yooil Bae
ISBN: 9781137531124
Format: Hardback
$113.95

This book provides a holistic analysis of South Korea’s strategic use of mega-events in its modern development....  Read More >>

Landschaft und Wandel: Zur Veränderlichkeit von Wahrnehmungen

Landschaft und Wandel: Zur Veränderlichkeit von Wahrnehmungen...

Author: Olaf Kühne
ISBN: 9783658185336
Format: Paperback
$77.60

Seit rund eineinhalb Jahrzehnten setzt sich in der deutschen Landschaftsforschung mit zunehmender Intensität die...  Read More >>

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