Urban communities books

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Street Practice: Changing the Lens on Poverty and Public Assistance

Street Practice: Changing the Lens on Poverty and Public...

Author: Lori McNeil
ISBN: 9781138268609
Format: Paperback
$114.00

Presenting recent studies of non-profit organizations involved in poverty relief services in New York City in comparison...  Read More >>

Prospects for Resilience: Insight from New York City's Jamaica Bay

Prospects for Resilience: Insight from New York City's...

Author: Eric W. Sanderson ,  William D. Solecki
ISBN: 9781610917339
Format: Paperback
$97.99

This book sets out a process of grappling with holistic resilience from multiple perspectives, drawing on the insights...  Read More >>

The Ancient City

The Ancient City

Author: Arjan Zuiderhoek (Universiteit Gent, Belgium)
ISBN: 9780521198356
Format: Hardback
$194.04

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Urban Complexity and Planning: Theories and Computer Simulations

Urban Complexity and Planning: Theories and Computer...

Author: Shih-Kung Lai ,  Haoying Han
ISBN: 9781138278592
Format: Paperback
$105.00

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Simulierte Landschaften in der Postmoderne: Reflexionen und Befunde zu Disneyland, Wolfersheim und GTA V

Simulierte Landschaften in der Postmoderne: Reflexionen...

Author: Dominique Fontaine
ISBN: 9783658164454
Format: Paperback
$98.30

Dominique Fontaine befasst sich vor dem Hintergrund postmoderner Raumverständnisse mit Landschaft und deren Simulation....  Read More >>

The Radicals' City: Urban Environment, Polarisation, Cohesion

The Radicals' City: Urban Environment, Polarisation,...

Author: Ralf Brand ,  Sara Fregonese
ISBN: 9781138279568
Format: Paperback
$105.00

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Public Spaces: Times of Crisis and Change

Public Spaces: Times of Crisis and Change

Author: Joao Teixeira Lopes (University of Porto, Portugal) ,  Ray Hutchison (University of Wisconsin Green Bay, USA)
ISBN: 9781786354648
Format: Hardback
$207.00

This volume is about the plurality and complexity of modern urban public spaces. The authors move far beyond the...  Read More >>

Sanctuaries of the City: Lessons from Tokyo

Sanctuaries of the City: Lessons from Tokyo

Author: Anni Greve
ISBN: 9781138278554
Format: Paperback
$105.00

Proposes that we can learn from Tokyo about the intrinsic importance of in-between realms to an international culture:...  Read More >>

Global Cities and Climate Change: The Translocal Relations of Environmental Governance

Global Cities and Climate Change: The Translocal Relations...

Author: Taedong Lee (Yonsei University, Korea)
ISBN: 9781138286207
Format: Paperback
$77.99

Cities have led the way to combat climate change by planning and implementing climate mitigation and adaptation...  Read More >>

Ineffably Urban: Imaging Buffalo

Ineffably Urban: Imaging Buffalo

Author: Miriam Paeslack
ISBN: 9781138271920
Format: Paperback
$105.00

While illustrated by Buffalo in particular, this book examines a broader phenomenon: the identity of those cities...  Read More >>

Living the Revolution: Urban Communes & Soviet Socialism, 1917-1932

Living the Revolution: Urban Communes & Soviet Socialism,...

Author: Andy Willimott (Lecturer in Modern Russian/Soviet History, n Lecturer in Modern Russian and /Soviet History, University of Fellow of the Institute for Humanites and Social Sciences)
ISBN: 9780198725824
Format: Hardback
$253.95

A pioneering insight into the world of the early Soviet activist in the wake of the October Revolution, exploring...  Read More >>

Crisis as a Platform for Social Change from Strawberry Mansion to Silicon Valley

Crisis as a Platform for Social Change from Strawberry...

Author: Dr Shelton J Goode
ISBN: 9781478782155
Format: Paperback
$46.45

"If you could read only one book about diversity this is it! Dr. Shelton Goode answers a collective hunger for a...  Read More >>

Urban Issues: Selections from CQ Researcher

Urban Issues: Selections from CQ Researcher

Author: CQ Researcher
ISBN: 9781506343617
Format: Paperback
$141.00

This collection of nonpartisan and thoroughly researched reports looks at 12 hot-button issues focused on urban...  Read More >>

From the Ground Up: Community Gardens in New York City and the Politics of Spatial Transformation

From the Ground Up: Community Gardens in New York City...

Author: Efrat Eizenberg
ISBN: 9781138261457
Format: Paperback
$114.00

Some 650 community gardens dot the city of New York. These gardens are attended by some of the least advantaged...  Read More >>

City Making and Urban Governance in the Americas: Curitiba and Portland

City Making and Urban Governance in the Americas: Curitiba...

Author: Clara Irazábal
ISBN: 9781138266650
Format: Paperback
$105.00

Curitiba in Brazil and Portland in Oregon, US are cities that have achieved recognition for exemplary urban planning...  Read More >>

Disposable Cities: Garbage, Governance and Sustainable Development in Urban Africa

Disposable Cities: Garbage, Governance and Sustainable...

Author: Garth Andrew Myers
ISBN: 9781138266766
Format: Paperback
$105.00

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Steering Sustainability in an Urbanising World: Policy, Practice and Performance

Steering Sustainability in an Urbanising World: Policy,...

Author: Anitra Nelson
ISBN: 9781138262355
Format: Paperback
$105.00

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Reclaiming Brownfields: A Comparative Analysis of Adaptive Reuse of Contaminated Properties

Reclaiming Brownfields: A Comparative Analysis of Adaptive...

Author: Richard C. Hula ,  Laura A. Reese
ISBN: 9781138267060
Format: Paperback
$114.00

The environmental legacy of past industrial and agricultural development can simultaneously pose serious threats...  Read More >>

Crisis as a Platform for Social Change from Strawberry Mansion to Silicon Valley

Crisis as a Platform for Social Change from Strawberry...

Author: Dr Shelton J Goode
ISBN: 9781478782445
Format: Hardback
$77.50

"If you could read only one book about diversity this is it! Dr. Shelton Goode answers a collective hunger for a...  Read More >>

Empowering Metropolitan Regions Through New Forms of Cooperation

Empowering Metropolitan Regions Through New Forms of...

Author: Alexander Otgaar ,  Leo van den Berg
ISBN: 9781138262423
Format: Paperback
$105.00

This insightful book analyzes the development of cross-border and cross-sector partnerships in a number of European...  Read More >>

People Cities: The Life and Legacy of Jan Gehl

People Cities: The Life and Legacy of Jan Gehl

Author: Annie Matan ,  Peter Newman
ISBN: 9781610917148
Format: Hardback
$89.99

An inspirational look at the creation of Jan Gehl's urban design movement.  Read More >>

Philadelphia Then and Now®

Philadelphia Then and Now®

Author: Ed Mauger ,  Bob Skiba
ISBN: 9781909815568
Format: Hardback
$51.75

This book pairs rare old archive images with modern views to show how the city has fared since the 19th and 20th...  Read More >>

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