Urban communities books

18319 books were found.

Social Action, Advocacy and Agents of Change:: Howard University School of Social Work in the 1970s

Social Action, Advocacy and Agents of Change:: Howard...

Author: Ruby M Gourdine, Dsw ,  Annie W Brown, Dsw
ISBN: 9781580730556
Format: Paperback
$65.87

There are moments in time when the forces of society, government, and the individual converge to provide a window...  Read More >>

Urban History

Urban History

Author: Rosemary Sweet
ISBN: 9781138797956
Format: Mixed media product
$609.00

With over half the world's population now living in cities, urbanization is one of the defining features of the...  Read More >>

Cities in Transition: Social Innovation for Europe’s Urban Sustainability

Cities in Transition: Social Innovation for Europe’s...

Author: Thomas Sauer ,  Susanne Elsen
ISBN: 9781138923874
Format: Paperback
$116.00

 Read More >>

Job Skills and Minority Youth: New Program Directions

Job Skills and Minority Youth: New Program Directions...

Author: Barton J. Hirsch (Northwestern University, Illinois)
ISBN: 9781107427709
Format: Paperback
$90.54

This book uses a rigorous methodology to evaluate the effectiveness of recent initiatives that aim to improve minority...  Read More >>

Inter-group Relations and Migrant Integration in European Cities: Changing Neighbourhoods

Inter-group Relations and Migrant Integration in European...

Author: Ferruccio Pastore ,  Irene Ponzo
ISBN: 9783319230955
Format: Hardback
$116.41

Even though the relations between the majority and migrant minorities are a central topic, the volume also offers...  Read More >>

Urban Infrastructure Research: A Review of Ethiopian Cities

Urban Infrastructure Research: A Review of Ethiopian...

Author: Alok Tiwari
ISBN: 9783319304014
Format: Paperback
$129.35

This bookreviews contemporary research on urban infrastructure in 76 Ethiopian cities.  Read More >>

The City Since 9/11: Literature, Film, Television

The City Since 9/11: Literature, Film, Television

Author: Keith Wilhite ,  Eduardo Barros Grela
ISBN: 9781611477184
Format: Hardback
$212.00

This book analyzes post-9/11 literature, film, and television through an interdisciplinary lens, taking into account...  Read More >>

Energy, Cities and Sustainability: An historical approach

Energy, Cities and Sustainability: An historical approach...

Author: Harry Margalit
ISBN: 9781138852396
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book examines changing energy use across history, analysing the origin and significance of the industrial revolution...  Read More >>

The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America: The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in Postwar America

The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America: The Rise...

Author: Barry Latzer
ISBN: 9781594038358
Format: Hardback
$49.99

A compelling case can be made that violent crime, especially in the period after the late 1960s, was one of the...  Read More >>

China's Urbanization: Migration by the Millions - English Version

China's Urbanization: Migration by the Millions - English...

Author: Chuntao Xie
ISBN: 9781910334201
Format: Paperback
$102.93

 Read More >>

China's Urbanization: Migration by the Millions - Chinese edition

China's Urbanization: Migration by the Millions - Chinese...

Author: Chuntao Xie
ISBN: 9781910334218
Format: Paperback
$51.72

 Read More >>

Wilderburbs: Communities on Nature's Edge

Wilderburbs: Communities on Nature's Edge

Author: Lincoln Bramwell ,  William Cronon
ISBN: 9780295995632
Format: Paperback
$56.95

Introduces readers to developers, homeowners, and government regulators, all of whom have faced unexpected environmental...  Read More >>

Envisioning Critical Race Praxis in Higher Education Through Counter-Storytelling

Envisioning Critical Race Praxis in Higher Education...

Author: Natasha N. Croom ,  Tyson E.J Marsh
ISBN: 9781681234052
Format: Paperback
$146.89

While critical race theory is a framework employed by activists and scholars within and outside the confines of...  Read More >>

Great Expectations: What Kids Want From Our Urban Public Schools

Great Expectations: What Kids Want From Our Urban Public...

Author: Loyce Caruthers ,  Jennifer Friend
ISBN: 9781681234403
Format: Paperback
$146.89

This book explores meaningful and effective use of student voice in urban school renewal efforts through strategies...  Read More >>

Restoring Dignity in Public Schools: Human Rights Education in Action

Restoring Dignity in Public Schools: Human Rights Education...

Author: Maria Hantzopoulos
ISBN: 9780807757420
Format: Paperback
$100.19

For many students in urban public schools, the routines of standards-based instruction and frequent testing remove...  Read More >>

Technologies for Sustainable Urban Design and Bioregionalist Regeneration

Technologies for Sustainable Urban Design and Bioregionalist...

Author: Dora Francese
ISBN: 9781138999398
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This book explores the role of technology in ecological urban design and regeneration.  Read More >>

Immigration and America's Cities: A Handbook on Evolving Services

Immigration and America's Cities: A Handbook on Evolving...

Author: Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III ,  Roger L. Kemp
ISBN: 9780786496334
Format: Paperback
$105.47

Public officials and community-based organizations in cities, towns, counties, and other local jurisdictions, have...  Read More >>

Ethnography for Designers

Ethnography for Designers

Author: Galen Cranz (UC Berkeley, USA)
ISBN: 9781138121089
Format: Hardback
$378.00

This book is a practical guide for those teaching social factors and social research methods to designers and for...  Read More >>

Envisioning Critical Race Praxis in Higher Education Through Counter-Storytelling

Envisioning Critical Race Praxis in Higher Education...

Author: Natasha N. Croom ,  Tyson E.J Marsh
ISBN: 9781681234069
Format: Hardback
$263.31

While critical race theory is a framework employed by activists and scholars within and outside the confines of...  Read More >>

Great Expectations: What Kids Want From Our Urban Public Schools

Great Expectations: What Kids Want From Our Urban Public...

Author: Loyce Caruthers ,  Jennifer Friend
ISBN: 9781681234410
Format: Hardback
$263.31

This book explores meaningful and effective use of student voice in urban school renewal efforts through strategies...  Read More >>

A Century of Violence in a Red City: Popular Struggle, Counterinsurgency, and Human Rights in Colombia

A Century of Violence in a Red City: Popular Struggle,...

Author: Lesley Gill
ISBN: 9780822360605
Format: Paperback
$76.43

 Read More >>

Exploring the Production of Urban Space: Differential Space in Three Post-Industrial Cities

Exploring the Production of Urban Space: Differential...

Author: Michael Edema Leary-Owhin (Arts and Human Sciences, London South Bank University.)
ISBN: 9781447305743
Format: Hardback
$167.99

This important book engages critically with Lefebvre's spatial theories and challenges recent thinking about the...  Read More >>

Cities Interrupted: Visual Culture and Urban Space

Cities Interrupted: Visual Culture and Urban Space

Author: Shirley Jordan ,  Christoph Lindner (University College London, UK)
ISBN: 9781474224413
Format: Paperback
$52.99

Cities Interrupted explores the potential of visual culture – in the form of photography, film, performance, architecture,...  Read More >>

Ethnography for Designers

Ethnography for Designers

Author: Galen Cranz (UC Berkeley, USA)
ISBN: 9781138121096
Format: Paperback
$79.99

This book is a practical guide for those teaching social factors and social research methods to designers and for...  Read More >>

Latest Reading Guide

Aorrng

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List