Urban communities books

Georg Simmel: Die Grossstadte und das Geistesleben Edition Holzinger. Taschenbuch Berliner Ausgabe,...  Read More >>

It's about life in a neighbourhood that has received a lot of media attention since the late 1960s. A lot of this...  Read More >>

A memoir, an ethnography of desire, an essay tracking a generation’s consciousness, a manifesto for a new city and...  Read More >>

"The Inka capital of Cusco is the oldest existing city in the Americas. Known as the """"navel of the world""""...  Read More >>

Exploring your hometown can be like a vacation in your backyard, and learning about someone else's city is a great...  Read More >>

"""Oral history of the development and progression of the Bronx borough in New York City by sixteen individuals;...  Read More >>

This is an elaborate study comparing the five large metropolitan regions of India - Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata,...  Read More >>

The emergence of a visible commodified leisure culture in the form of cafés, targeted at and appropriated by young...  Read More >>

This book is a contemporary history of environmental issues in Delhi. It traces the journey from the engagement...  Read More >>

Acknowledges the role of agglomeration externalities as the cornerstone of urban public policy in India. This book...  Read More >>

Illustrates specificity, context, agency, and networks of actors and actions in the re-making of the contemporary...  Read More >>

New Faces of Harbour Cities explores the changing so-called faces of harbour cities.  Read More >>

This edited volume addresses sustainability efforts in cities and metropolitan regions around the world; focusing...  Read More >>

Illustrates specificity, context, agency, and networks of actors and actions in the re-making of the contemporary...  Read More >>

Drawing from the latest theory pertaining to the field of urban landscape change, this book offers a series of detailed...  Read More >>

This book is about the transformation of the contemporary Peruvian middle class. Scholars interested in Latin American...  Read More >>

This work, first published in 1905, contains editions and discussion of three mid-fifteenth-century manuscript copies...  Read More >>

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

This engaging book argues that imaginative place-based leadership can enable citizens to shape the urban future...  Read More >>

Comprehensive and practical, this textbook enables students to connect academic study and professional know-how,...  Read More >>

India’s cities are in the midst of an unprecedented urban expansion. While India is acknowledged as a rising power,...  Read More >>

This engaging book argues that imaginative place-based leadership can enable citizens to shape the urban future...  Read More >>

Published for the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs (CUPPA), University of Illinois at Chicago.  Read More >>

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Reclaiming the legacy of the Paris Commune for the twenty-first century Kristin Ross s new work on the thought...  Read More >>