Urban communities books

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Water and Asphalt – The Project of Isotrophy in the Metropolitan Area of Venice

Water and Asphalt – The Project of Isotrophy in the...

Author: Paola Vigano ,  Bernardo Secchi
ISBN: 9783906027715
Format: Paperback
$44.99

With contributions by international experts, this latest volume in the UFO: Explorations of Urbanism series focuses...  Read More >>

Public Space and Relational Perspectives: New Challenges for Architecture and Planning

Public Space and Relational Perspectives: New Challenges...

Author: Chiara Tornaghi (Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University) ,  Sabine Knierbein (Vienna University of Technology (Technische Universität Wien, TU Wien), Austria)
ISBN: 9781138216990
Format: Paperback
$114.00

The book presents conceptual, practical and research challenges and brings together findings from activists, practitioners...  Read More >>

Managing Urban America

Managing Urban America

Author: Robert E. England ,  John P. Pelissero
ISBN: 9781506310497
Format: Paperback
$230.50

Guides students through the politics of urban management—doing less with more while managing conflict, delivering...  Read More >>

The Urban Contract: Community, Governance and Capitalism

The Urban Contract: Community, Governance and Capitalism...

Author: Paolo Perulli (University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy)
ISBN: 9781472445902
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Through a diverse range of ten city case studies, The Urban Contract compares European, North-American and Asian...  Read More >>

Urban Subversion and the Creative City

Urban Subversion and the Creative City

Author: Oli Mould (Royal Holloway University of London, UK)
ISBN: 9781138693289
Format: Paperback
$101.00

Check out the author's video to find out more about the book: https://vimeo.com/124247409 This book provides a...  Read More >>

Hierarchy, Information and Power: Cities as Corporate Command and Control Centers

Hierarchy, Information and Power: Cities as Corporate...

Author: Hongmian Gong (Hunter College, City University of New York, USA)
ISBN: 9781138689961
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book is a collection of selected papers presented in the 2012 annual meeting of the Association of American...  Read More >>

In Harm's Way: The Dynamics of Urban Violence

In Harm's Way: The Dynamics of Urban Violence

Author: Javier Auyero ,  María Fernanda Berti
ISBN: 9780691173030
Format: Paperback
$44.99

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Social Work and the City: Urban Themes in 21st-Century Social Work

Social Work and the City: Urban Themes in 21st-Century...

Author: Charlotte Williams
ISBN: 9781137516220
Format: Hardback
$317.95

This book critically explores ways of thinking about the city and its relevance for the profession of social work....  Read More >>

New Mobilities and Social Changes in Russia's Arctic Regions

New Mobilities and Social Changes in Russia's Arctic...

Author: Marlene Laruelle
ISBN: 9781138191471
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book provides the first in-depth, multidisciplinary study of re-urbanization in Russia’s Arctic regions, with...  Read More >>

City Dreamers: The Urban Imagination in Australia

City Dreamers: The Urban Imagination in Australia

Author: Graeme Davison
ISBN: 9781742234694
Format: Paperback
$39.99

I became an urban historianbecause I believed that our cities deserved more of our curiosity and idealism.  Read More >>

Photovoltaics in the Urban Environment: Lessons Learnt from Large Scale Projects

Photovoltaics in the Urban Environment: Lessons Learnt...

Author: Bruno Gaiddon ,  Henk Kaan
ISBN: 9781138978447
Format: Paperback
$92.99

First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

A Century of Change: Beijing's Urban Structure in the 20th Century

A Century of Change: Beijing's Urban Structure in the...

Author: Yi Wang
ISBN: 9783319396323
Format: Hardback
$310.47

Focusing on the urban changes that took place under the market economy after 1978 and beyond, the book addresses...  Read More >>

'City of the Future': Built Space, Modernity and Urban Change in Astana

'City of the Future': Built Space, Modernity and Urban...

Author: Mateusz Laszczkowski
ISBN: 9781785332562
Format: Hardback
$256.16

The long-awaited comprehensive account of the rise of Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan, this book argues for...  Read More >>

Justice Restored: A Series of Writings and Poems from Incarcerated Youth

Justice Restored: A Series of Writings and Poems from...

Author: Davon Clark
ISBN: 9781943610044
Format: Paperback
$26.40

Justice Restored is an anthology of writings by incarcerated youth within the Camden County Juvenile Detention Center...  Read More >>

Untangling Urban Middle School Reform: Clashing Agendas for Literacy Standards and Student Success

Untangling Urban Middle School Reform: Clashing Agendas...

Author: Cynthia D. Urbanski ,  Elyse Eidman-Aadahl
ISBN: 9780807757710
Format: Paperback
$89.63

Examines the experience of one school’s resistance to the deficit model of education and how it represents the overall...  Read More >>

Envisioning a Critical Race Praxis in K-12 Leadership Through Counter-Storytelling

Envisioning a Critical Race Praxis in K-12 Leadership...

Author: Natasha N. Croom ,  Tyson E.J Marsh
ISBN: 9781681234083
Format: Paperback
$146.89

Draws on critical race counter-stories and praxis for the purpose of providing leaders in training and practicing...  Read More >>

Teach & Thrive: Wisdom from an Urban Teacher’s Career Narrative

Teach & Thrive: Wisdom from an Urban Teacher’s Career...

Author: Kristina Valtierra
ISBN: 9781681235813
Format: Paperback
$146.89

Teacher burn out contributes to the epidemic of early career exit. However, there are teachers who survive burn...  Read More >>

Realizing the Urban Potential in Georgia: National Urban Assessment

Realizing the Urban Potential in Georgia: National Urban...

Author: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9789292573522
Format: Paperback
$63.39

Georgia has a population of about 4.5 million with 53.7% classified as urban. Since the mid-1970s, Georgia’s population...  Read More >>

South Korean Civil Movement Organisations: Hope, Crisis and Pragmatism in Democratic Transition

South Korean Civil Movement Organisations: Hope, Crisis...

Author: Assistant Professor Amy Levine (Pusan National University)
ISBN: 9781526109613
Format: Undefined
$290.40

This highly engaging book invites the reader to learn about how South Korean activists, intellectuals and various...  Read More >>

Envisioning a Critical Race Praxis in K-12 Leadership Through Counter-Storytelling

Envisioning a Critical Race Praxis in K-12 Leadership...

Author: Natasha N. Croom ,  Tyson E.J Marsh
ISBN: 9781681234090
Format: Hardback
$263.31

Draws on critical race counter-stories and praxis for the purpose of providing leaders in training and practicing...  Read More >>

Teach & Thrive: Wisdom from an Urban Teacher’s Career Narrative

Teach & Thrive: Wisdom from an Urban Teacher’s Career...

Author: Kristina Valtierra
ISBN: 9781681235820
Format: Hardback
$263.31

Teacher burn out contributes to the epidemic of early career exit. However, there are teachers who survive burn...  Read More >>

Sustainable Housing: Principles and Practice

Sustainable Housing: Principles and Practice

Author: Brian Edwards (Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark) ,  David Turrent
ISBN: 9781138145221
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Written by experts using case studies of latest practice, Sustainable Housing brings new perspectives on residential...  Read More >>

The Great Cities in History

The Great Cities in History

Author: John Julius Norwich
ISBN: 9780500292518
Format: Paperback
$19.99

From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, great cities have marked the...  Read More >>

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