Urban communities books

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The London Olympics and Urban Development: The Mega-Event City

The London Olympics and Urban Development: The Mega-Event...

Author: Gavin Poynter (University of East London, UK) ,  Valerie Viehoff (University of East London, UK)
ISBN: 9781138794948
Format: Hardback
$315.00

As London sought to use the Olympics to achieve an ambitious programme of urban renewal in the relatively socially...  Read More >>

Immigrant Pastoral: Midwestern Landscapes and Mexican-American Neighborhoods

Immigrant Pastoral: Midwestern Landscapes and Mexican-American...

Author: Susan Dieterlen
ISBN: 9780415723688
Format: Hardback
$252.00

Immigrant Pastoral examines the growth of new Mexican heritage communities in the Midwest through the physical form...  Read More >>

The 'Katrina Effect': On the Nature of Catastrophe

The 'Katrina Effect': On the Nature of Catastrophe

Author: William M. Taylor ,  Michael P. Levine
ISBN: 9781472595195
Format: Electronic book text
$253.44

On August 29th 2005, the headwaters of Hurricane Katrina's storm-surge arrived at New Orleans, the levees broke...  Read More >>

Facadism

Facadism

Author: Jonathan Richards
ISBN: 9780415756020
Format: Paperback
$92.99

Presents a critical analysis of a concept central to modern city development, examining the effects of architectural...  Read More >>

City Project and Public Space

City Project and Public Space

Author: Silvia Serreli
ISBN: 9789400793262
Format: Paperback
$284.60

Aiming to nurture reflection and apply methods for improving physical and social landscapes, this book examines...  Read More >>

Production and Use of Urban Knowledge: European Experiences

Production and Use of Urban Knowledge: European Experiences...

Author: Hans Thor Andersen ,  Robert Thomas Atkinson
ISBN: 9789400797208
Format: Paperback
$284.60

This book provides new insights on cities and the nature of urban development, and the role of knowledge management...  Read More >>

The New Urban Agenda: The Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area

The New Urban Agenda: The Greater Toronto and Hamilton...

Author: Bill Freeman ,  Christopher Hume
ISBN: 9781459731097
Format: Paperback
$38.79

Equal parts history, social science, and call to action, The New Urban Agenda focuses on fixing the major issues...  Read More >>

Barrio Rising: Urban Popular Politics and the Making of Modern Venezuela

Barrio Rising: Urban Popular Politics and the Making...

Author: Prof Alejandro Velasco
ISBN: 9780520959187
Format: Electronic book text
$55.41

Beginning in the late 1950s political leaders in Venezuela built what they celebrated as Latin America's most stable...  Read More >>

Global Cities, Local Streets: Everyday Diversity from New York to Shanghai

Global Cities, Local Streets: Everyday Diversity from...

Author: Sharon Zukin (Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center, USA) ,  Philip Kasinitz (CUNY Graduate Center, USA)
ISBN: 9781138023932
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Global Cities, Local Streets: Everyday Diversity from New York to Shanghai, a cutting-edge text/ethnography, reports...  Read More >>

The Social Evil in New York City: A Study of Law Enforcement

The Social Evil in New York City: A Study of Law Enforcement...

Author: The Research Committee
ISBN: 9781516879595
Format: Paperback
$31.65

From the Introduction. In approaching the subject of the social evil the distinction must be kept in mind between,...  Read More >>

Multiply/Divide: On the American Real and Surreal

Multiply/Divide: On the American Real and Surreal

Author: Wendy S Walters
ISBN: 9781941411049
Format: Paperback
$47.39

Literary essays explore psyches of American cities, race, and the shrinking space between safety and danger.  Read More >>

Public Space

Public Space

Author: Vikas Mehta
ISBN: 9781138785465
Format: Mixed media product
$2415.00

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Industrial Causes of Congetion of Population in New York City

Industrial Causes of Congetion of Population in New...

Author: Edward Ewing Pratt
ISBN: 9781516844685
Format: Paperback
$29.01

From the PREFACE The subject of congestion of population, especially in reference to New York City, has been widely...  Read More >>

The Ward: The Life and Loss of Toronto's First Immigrant Neighbourhood

The Ward: The Life and Loss of Toronto's First Immigrant...

Author: John Lorinc ,  Michael McClelland
ISBN: 9781552453117
Format: Paperback
$47.99

The story of the growth and destruction of Toronto's first 'priority neighbourhood.'  Read More >>

Urbanisation, Citizenship and Conflict in India: Ahmedabad 1900-2000

Urbanisation, Citizenship and Conflict in India: Ahmedabad...

Author: Tommaso Bobbio
ISBN: 9780415722445
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Urbanisation is rapidly changing the geographic and social landscape of India, and indeed Asia as a whole. Issues...  Read More >>

Walking Inside Out: Contemporary British Psychogeography

Walking Inside Out: Contemporary British Psychogeography...

Author: Tina Richardson
ISBN: 9781783480869
Format: Paperback
$121.00

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Frontiers of Land and Water Governance in Urban Areas

Frontiers of Land and Water Governance in Urban Areas...

Author: Thomas Hartmann (Utrecht University, Netherlands) ,  Tejo Spit (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
ISBN: 9781138911154
Format: Hardback
$183.00

At the physical boundaries between land and water in urban areas, frontiers of governance emerge. This publication...  Read More >>

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 39: Issue 1

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research,...

Author: IJURR ,  Wiley
ISBN: 9781119086000
Format: Paperback
$31.05

Since its foundation in 1977 IJURR has been at the cutting-edge of critical urban scholarship. IJURR is taking forward...  Read More >>

Demolition Means Progress: Flint, Michigan, and the Fate of the American Metropolis

Demolition Means Progress: Flint, Michigan, and the...

Author: Andrew R. Highsmith
ISBN: 9780226050058
Format: Hardback
$163.95

In 1997, after General Motors shuttered a massive complex of factories in the gritty industrial city of Flint, Michigan,...  Read More >>

Fresno Growing Up: A City Comes of Age: 1945-1985

Fresno Growing Up: A City Comes of Age: 1945-1985

Author: Stephen H Provost
ISBN: 9781610352505
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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Housing Features & principle from Islamic view point

Housing Features & principle from Islamic view point...

Author: Saremi Hamid Reza
ISBN: 9783659750212
Format: Paperback
$113.76

"Although, there are some articles published about Islamic architecture however, few of them are particularly focusing...  Read More >>

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