Urban communities books

18319 books were found.

The Roots of Urban Renaissance: Gentrification and the Struggle over Harlem

The Roots of Urban Renaissance: Gentrification and the...

Author: Brian D. Goldstein
ISBN: 9780674971509
Format: Hardback
$55.95

In charting the growth of gleaming shopping centers and refurbished brownstones in Harlem, Brian Goldstein shows...  Read More >>

Hard Work Is Not Enough: Gender and Racial Inequality in an Urban Workspace

Hard Work Is Not Enough: Gender and Racial Inequality...

Author: Katrinell M. Davis
ISBN: 9781469630489
Format: Paperback
$85.80

Providing a comprehensive account of how political, social, and economic factors work together to shape the culture...  Read More >>

Metropolitan Planning in Britain: A Comparative Study

Metropolitan Planning in Britain: A Comparative Study...

Author: Peter Roberts ,  Kevin Thomas
ISBN: 9781138164130
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book is the first comparative analysis and assessment of metropolitan areas and their strategic planning for...  Read More >>

After Katrina: Race, Neoliberalism, and the End of the American Century

After Katrina: Race, Neoliberalism, and the End of the...

Author: Anna Hartnell
ISBN: 9781438464176
Format: Hardback
$261.36

Argues that post-Katrina New Orleans is a key site for exploring competing narratives of American decline and renewal...  Read More >>

Hard Work Is Not Enough: Gender and Racial Inequality in an Urban Workspace

Hard Work Is Not Enough: Gender and Racial Inequality...

Author: Katrinell M. Davis
ISBN: 9781469630472
Format: Hardback
$261.36

Providing a comprehensive account of how political, social, and economic factors work together to shape the culture...  Read More >>

Explorations in Urban Theory

Explorations in Urban Theory

Author: Michael Peter Smith
ISBN: 9781412864251
Format: Hardback
$284.00

For over three decades, urban theorist Michael Peter Smith has engaged in constructing innovative theories on central...  Read More >>

St. Louis Then and Now®

St. Louis Then and Now®

Author: Elizabeth McNulty ,  Elizabeth McNulty
ISBN: 9781911216452
Format: Hardback
$51.75

St. Louis Then and Now is a captivating chronicle of history and change.  Read More >>

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Author: Matthew Desmond
ISBN: 9780553447453
Format: Paperback
$50.13

Arleen spends nearly all her money on rent but is kicked out with her kids in Milwaukee's coldest winter for years....  Read More >>

Government Intervention and Suburban Sprawl: The Case for Market Urbanism

Government Intervention and Suburban Sprawl: The Case...

Author: Michael Lewyn
ISBN: 9781349951482
Format: Hardback
$106.95

This book shows how suburban sprawl is at least partially a consequence of government spending and regulation, and...  Read More >>

Cities in Global Capitalism

Cities in Global Capitalism

Author: Ugo Rossi
ISBN: 9780745689678
Format: Paperback
$32.95

In what ways are cities central to the evolution of contemporary global capitalism? And in what ways is global capitalism...  Read More >>

Urban Planning and Everyday Urbanisation: A Case Study on Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Urban Planning and Everyday Urbanisation: A Case Study...

Author: Nadine Appelhans
ISBN: 9783837637151
Format: Paperback
$82.95

 Read More >>

Cities in Global Capitalism

Cities in Global Capitalism

Author: Ugo Rossi
ISBN: 9780745689661
Format: Hardback
$103.95

 Read More >>

Industrialization and Development: An Introduction

Industrialization and Development: An Introduction

Author: Ray Kiely
ISBN: 9781138180864
Format: Hardback
$183.00

 Read More >>

Against the Machine: An Educator's Memoir

Against the Machine: An Educator's Memoir

Author: Andrea L Sutton
ISBN: 9780998749211
Format: Paperback
$39.60

Against the Machine is a reflective account of an educator's journey to understanding the harsh realities of our...  Read More >>

Recombinant Ecology - A Hybrid Future?

Recombinant Ecology - A Hybrid Future?

Author: Ian D. Rotherham
ISBN: 9783319497969
Format: Paperback
$129.35

This is a challenging new approach to understanding ecological systems especially in urban and urbanised areas....  Read More >>

Hope: A School, a Team, a Dream

Hope: A School, a Team, a Dream

Author: Bill Reynolds
ISBN: 9781250118288
Format: Paperback
$50.13

"""This gut-wrenching and inspirational tale of the hoops team at Hope High in Providence is about much more than...  Read More >>

Post-Metropolitan Territories: Looking for a New Urbanity

Post-Metropolitan Territories: Looking for a New Urbanity...

Author: Alessandro Balducci (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) ,  Valeria Fedeli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
ISBN: 9781138650480
Format: Hardback
$315.00

"Processes of multi-scalar regional urbanization are occurring worldwide. Such processes are clearly distinguishable...  Read More >>

Encounters in Planning Thought: 16 Autobiographical Essays from Key Thinkers in Spatial Planning

Encounters in Planning Thought: 16 Autobiographical...

Author: Beatrix Haselsberger
ISBN: 9781138640870
Format: Paperback
$116.00

 Read More >>

Encounters in Planning Thought: 16 Autobiographical Essays from Key Thinkers in Spatial Planning

Encounters in Planning Thought: 16 Autobiographical...

Author: Beatrix Haselsberger
ISBN: 9781138640863
Format: Hardback
$368.00

Encounters in Planning Thought builds on the intellectual legacy of spatial planning through essays by leading scholars...  Read More >>

Margins of Citizenship: Muslim Experiences in Urban India

Margins of Citizenship: Muslim Experiences in Urban...

Author: Anasua Chatterjee ,  Surinder S. Jodhka
ISBN: 9781138697492
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book is an ethnographic study of marginality of Muslims in urban India. It explores the realities and consequences...  Read More >>

Amman: Gulf Capital, Identity, and Contemporary Megaprojects

Amman: Gulf Capital, Identity, and Contemporary Megaprojects...

Author: Majd Musa
ISBN: 9781138679078
Format: Hardback
$88.99

This book investigates the influences of petrodollar flows from the Gulf states to Amman on the city’s built environment...  Read More >>

The New Brooklyn: What It Takes to Bring a City Back

The New Brooklyn: What It Takes to Bring a City Back...

Author: Kay S. Hymowitz
ISBN: 9781442266575
Format: Hardback
$54.99

In The New Brooklyn, Kay Hymowitz chronicles the policies and events that transformed Brooklyn so dramatically in...  Read More >>

Latest Reading Guide

Aorrng

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List