Urban communities books

Urban sustainability has become integral to urban planning and policy making globally, but we know little about...  Read More >>

To benefit from the transformation that has accompanied urbanization in many regions of the world, African policymakers...  Read More >>

This book examines the theory and practice of justice in and of the city through a multi-disciplinary collaboration,...  Read More >>

Internationally recognized urbanist Joel Kotkin challenges the conventional urban-planning wisdom that favors high-density,...  Read More >>

This book examines the theory and practice of justice in and of the city through a multi-disciplinary collaboration,...  Read More >>

In this intelligent and highly important narrative, Chicago-native Natalie Moore shines a light on contemporary...  Read More >>

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In this intelligent and highly important narrative, Chicago-native Natalie Moore shines a light on contemporary...  Read More >>

Concrete Jungles explores the hidden geographies of injustice in the Caribbean islands, demonstrating how mainstream...  Read More >>

Examines urban spaces as locations of moral transgression, the use of schemes that impose power structures on residents...  Read More >>

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Much recent research in Urban Studies has concentrated on the notion of the ‘global city’ but discussion has also...  Read More >>

This book brings together examples of research at the cutting edge of urban landscape ecology across multiple contexts...  Read More >>

First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

This collection of critical essays considers the criminalisation of squatting from a range of different theoretical,...  Read More >>

Once considered the antithesis of a verdant and vibrant ecosystem, cities are now being hailed as highly efficient...  Read More >>

This book explores the relationship between urban form and greenhouse gas emissions in China, providing new insights...  Read More >>

Writing the Global City explores the imperial and colonial origin of contemporary world and global cities and addresses...  Read More >>

For he looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven the Lord viewed the earth, to hear the groaning...  Read More >>

This book is the first comprehensive, in-depth systematic analysis of the meaning, nature, and effects of ‘urban...  Read More >>

Roaring Metropolis reconstructs the ideas and activism of urban capitalists in the early twentieth century as they...  Read More >>

Writing the Global City explores the imperial and colonial origin of contemporary world and global cities and addresses...  Read More >>

Protecting Suburban America explores the dynamics and conflicts inherent in preserving historic twentieth-century...  Read More >>

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