Urban communities books

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World Tourism Cities: Developing Tourism Off the Beaten Track

World Tourism Cities: Developing Tourism Off the Beaten...

Author: Robert Maitland ,  Peter Newman
ISBN: 9780415762038
Format: Paperback
$92.99

World Tourism Cities presents new research on the capacity of big cities to generate new tourism areas as visitors...  Read More >>

African American Intellectual-Activists: Legacies in the Struggle

African American Intellectual-Activists: Legacies in...

Author: Dia N.R. Sekayi
ISBN: 9781138001749
Format: Paperback
$51.72

This study examines the narrated life experiences of 11 African American intellectual-activists. The study explores...  Read More >>

Environment and the City

Environment and the City

Author: Joe Ravetz (University of Manchester, UK) ,  Clive George (Pavilion University of Manchester, UK University of Manchester, UK University of Manchester, UK University of Manchester, UK University of Manchester, UK University of Manchester, UK)
ISBN: 9781306851527
Format: Electronic book text
$522.72

For the first time at the beginning of thetwenty-first century, urban dwellers outnumber rural residents and this...  Read More >>

Urbanization and Socio-Economic Development in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

Urbanization and Socio-Economic Development in Africa:...

Author: Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa ,  Abebe Shimeles
ISBN: 9781138016811
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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

Cities as Engines of Sustainable Competitiveness: European Urban Policy in Practice

Cities as Engines of Sustainable Competitiveness: European...

Author: Leo van den Berg ,  Jan van der Meer
ISBN: 9781472427021
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Reflecting on two decades of 'competitiveness-oriented' urban policies in Europe this book investigates the current...  Read More >>

Community Matters: Service-Learning in Engaged Design and Planning

Community Matters: Service-Learning in Engaged Design...

Author: Mallika Bose (Penn State University, USA) ,  Paula Horrigan (Cornell University, USA)
ISBN: 9780415723879
Format: Hardback
$368.00

Shows how and why engaged research and participatory learning methods should be adpoted in design and planning education...  Read More >>

The Mamluk City in the Middle East: History, Culture, and the Urban Landscape

The Mamluk City in the Middle East: History, Culture,...

Author: Nimrod Luz
ISBN: 9781107048843
Format: Hardback
$150.08

The Mamluk City in the Middle East offers an interdisciplinary study of urban history, urban experience and the...  Read More >>

Making Ancient Cities: Space and Place in Early Urban Societies

Making Ancient Cities: Space and Place in Early Urban...

Author: Andrew T. Creekmore, III (University of Northern Colorado) ,  Kevin D. Fisher (University of British Columbia, Vancouver)
ISBN: 9781107046528
Format: Hardback
$271.69

This volume investigates how the structure and use of space developed and changed in cities, and examines the role...  Read More >>

The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit - Updated Edition

The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality...

Author: Thomas J. Sugrue ,  Thomas J. Sugrue
ISBN: 9780691162553
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Once America's ""arsenal of democracy,"" Detroit is now the symbol of the American urban crisis. In this reappraisal...  Read More >>

Walking in the European City: Quotidian Mobility and Urban Ethnography

Walking in the European City: Quotidian Mobility and...

Author: Timothy Shortell ,  Evrick Brown
ISBN: 9781472416162
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Sociologists have long noted that dynamism is an essential part of the urban way of life. However, walking as a...  Read More >>

Organic Gardening the Beginner's Guide: How to Start Your Own Natural & Healthy Garden

Organic Gardening the Beginner's Guide: How to Start...

Author:
ISBN: 9781499270037
Format: Paperback
$17.13

So you've never gardened, but you want to eat organic produce. Well, this is the book for you! Improve your health...  Read More >>

Healthy Cities: Public Health through Urban Planning

Healthy Cities: Public Health through Urban Planning...

Author: Chinmoy Sarkar ,  Chris Webster
ISBN: 9781781955710
Format: Hardback
$334.50

In this book, the authors conceptualize the `urban health niche’ as a novel approach to public health and healthy-city...  Read More >>

Community Development Approaches to Improving Public Health

Community Development Approaches to Improving Public...

Author: Robert Ogilvie
ISBN: 9780415754750
Format: Paperback
$92.99

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After Sustainable Cities?

After Sustainable Cities?

Author: Mike Hodson ,  Simon Marvin (Durham University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415659871
Format: Paperback
$101.00

A sustainable city has been defined in many ways. Yet, the most common understanding is a vision of the city that...  Read More >>

From Intelligent to Smart Cities

From Intelligent to Smart Cities

Author: Mark Deakin (Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK) ,  Husam Al Waer
ISBN: 9780415754897
Format: Paperback
$101.00

This book discusses the definitional components, critical insights and institutional means by which urban planners...  Read More >>

Cities Are Good for You: The Genius of the Metropolis

Cities Are Good for You: The Genius of the Metropolis...

Author: Leo Hollis
ISBN: 9781408843482
Format: Paperback
$19.99

Fascinating, entertaining, radical and impassioned, Cities Are Good for You is a rallying cry for 21st-Century living...  Read More >>

Marxism and Urban Culture

Marxism and Urban Culture

Author: Benjamin Fraser ,  Les Roberts
ISBN: 9780739191576
Format: Hardback
$246.00

Marxism and Urban Culture takes a broad view of Marx's legacy and applies it to cultural practices and products...  Read More >>

After Sustainable Cities?

After Sustainable Cities?

Author: Mike Hodson ,  Simon Marvin (Durham University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415659864
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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Transnationalism and the German City

Transnationalism and the German City

Author: J. Diefendorf ,  J. Ward
ISBN: 9781137390165
Format: Hardback
$191.95

Too often, scholars treat transnationalism as a conflict in which the local, regional, and national give way to...  Read More >>

Crucibles of Black Empowerment: Chicago's Neighborhood Politics from the New Deal to Harold Washington

Crucibles of Black Empowerment: Chicago's Neighborhood...

Author: Jeffrey Helgeson
ISBN: 9780226130699
Format: Hardback
$67.95

"The term ""community organizer"" was deployed repeatedly against Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign...  Read More >>

Governing Urban Economies: Innovation and Inclusion in Canadian City Regions

Governing Urban Economies: Innovation and Inclusion...

Author: Neil Bradford ,  Allison Bramwell
ISBN: 9781442648562
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Featuring an inter-disciplinary group of established and up-and-coming scholars, this collection breaks new ground...  Read More >>

Afrocentric Education And Its Importance In African American Children And Youth Development and Academic Excellence: A Comprehensive Analysis

Afrocentric Education And Its Importance In African...

Author: Cynthia Diana Cornelius
ISBN: 9781499634792
Format: Paperback
$66.00

This book consists of a comprehensive analysis of Afrocentricity and (Afrocentric) African Centered Education and...  Read More >>

Governing Metropolitan Areas: Growth and Change in a Networked Age

Governing Metropolitan Areas: Growth and Change in a...

Author: David K. Hamilton (Texas Tech University, USA)
ISBN: 9780415899352
Format: Paperback
$124.00

Interest and research on regionalism has soared in the last decade. Local governments in metropolitan areas and...  Read More >>

A Century of Negro Migration: The Black Exodus

A Century of Negro Migration: The Black Exodus

Author: Carter G Woodson
ISBN: 9781499618129
Format: Paperback
$28.91

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Urban Growth and Spatial Transition in Nepal: An Initial Assessment

Urban Growth and Spatial Transition in Nepal: An Initial...

Author: Elisa Muzzini ,  Gabriela Aparicio
ISBN: 9780821396612
Format: Electronic book text
$52.77

Nepal: Urban Growth and Spatial Transition carries out an initial assessment of NepalOCOs urban growth and spatial...  Read More >>

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