Urban communities books

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Production and Use of Urban Knowledge: European Experiences

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

Author: Hans Thor Andersen ,  Robert Thomas Atkinson
ISBN: 9789048189359
Format: Hardback
$366.96

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

The Culture of Urban Control: Jail Overcrowding in the Crime Control Era

The Culture of Urban Control: Jail Overcrowding in the...

Author: John P. Walsh
ISBN: 9780739174647
Format: Hardback
$117.95

Through an analysis of a federal consent decree and media representation related to overcrowding within the largest...  Read More >>

Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future

Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter...

Author: Matthew Kahn
ISBN: 9780465063833
Format: Paperback
$36.99

"""Climatopolis documents the thinking of a first-rate economist on one of the most pressing issues of our time""-Nature"...  Read More >>

City, Street and Citizen: The Measure of the Ordinary

City, Street and Citizen: The Measure of the Ordinary...

Author: Suzanne Hall (London School of Economics, UK)
ISBN: 9780415528177
Format: Paperback
$79.99

This book offers a nuanced account of urban life, alongside the underlying economic and political structure of society...  Read More >>

The Lion and the Lamb: The Trayvon Martin Tragedy

The Lion and the Lamb: The Trayvon Martin Tragedy

Author: Eric Gerard Pearman
ISBN: 9780989558037
Format: Paperback
$52.67

In The Lion and The Lamb: The Trayvon Martin Tragedy, Dr. Eric Gerard Pearman uses metaphors to depict George...  Read More >>

Regenerating America′s Legacy Cities

Regenerating America′s Legacy Cities

Author: Alan Mallach ,  Lavea Brachman
ISBN: 9781558442795
Format: Paperback
$32.95

This report explores the challenges of regenerating America's legacy cities and suggests ways to overcome obstacles...  Read More >>

Questioning the 'Muslim Woman': Identity and Insecurity in an Urban Indian Locality

Questioning the 'Muslim Woman': Identity and Insecurity...

Author: Nida Kirmani (Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan.)
ISBN: 9780415707800
Format: Hardback
$273.00

The book examines Muslim women’s lives in India, in the context of their complex socio-religious identity and experiences...  Read More >>

The Lion and the Lamb: The Trayvon Martin Tragedy

The Lion and the Lamb: The Trayvon Martin Tragedy

Author: Eric Gerard Pearman
ISBN: 9780989558020
Format: Hardback
$79.07

In The Lion and The Lamb: The Trayvon Martin Tragedy, Dr. Eric Gerard Pearman uses metaphors to depict George Michael...  Read More >>

Auto-Organização, Atratividade Intra-Urbana e Transformação Espacial

Auto-Organização, Atratividade Intra-Urbana e Transformação...

Author: Palma Niara Clara
ISBN: 9783639896411
Format: Paperback
$62.44

Diariamente ocorrem modificações no espaço físico urbano que afetam tanto a paisagem construída quanto as relações...  Read More >>

Rethinking Global Urbanism: Comparative Insights from Secondary Cities

Rethinking Global Urbanism: Comparative Insights from...

Author: Xiangming Chen (Trinity College, USA) ,  Ahmed Kanna (University of the Pacific, USA)
ISBN: 9780415720304
Format: Paperback
$114.00

Arguing that the focus in global urban studies on cities such as New York, London, Tokyo in the global North, Mexico...  Read More >>

Shaping the City: Studies in History, Theory and Urban Design

Shaping the City: Studies in History, Theory and Urban...

Author: Rodolphe El-Khoury ,  Edwards Robbins
ISBN: 9780415584623
Format: Paperback
$124.00

Shaping the City takes on the key ideas facing the future of urban design.  Read More >>

Making Sense of Suburbia through Popular Culture

Making Sense of Suburbia through Popular Culture

Author: Dr Rupa Huq (Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Kingston University)
ISBN: 9781780932248
Format: Paperback
$56.99

The majority of us live in suburbia, yet there is no formal definition of the concept. By examining novels, cinema,...  Read More >>

Making Sense of Suburbia through Popular Culture

Making Sense of Suburbia through Popular Culture

Author: Dr Rupa Huq (Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Kingston University)
ISBN: 9781780932231
Format: Hardback
$280.00

The majority of us live in suburbia, yet there is no formal definition of the concept. By examining novels, cinema,...  Read More >>

One Out of Three: Immigrant New York in the Twenty-First Century

One Out of Three: Immigrant New York in the Twenty-First...

Author: Nancy Foner
ISBN: 9780231159371
Format: Paperback
$62.95

This absorbing anthology features in-depth portraits of diverse ethnic populations, revealing the surprising new...  Read More >>

One Out of Three: Immigrant New York in the Twenty-First Century

One Out of Three: Immigrant New York in the Twenty-First...

Author: Nancy Foner
ISBN: 9780231159364
Format: Hardback
$198.95

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The End the Suburbs: Where the American Dream Is Moving

The End the Suburbs: Where the American Dream Is Moving...

Author: Leigh Gallagher ,  Jessica Geffen
ISBN: 9798200559756
Format: Audio
$79.15

"""The government in the past created one American Dream at the expense of almost all others: the dream of a house,...  Read More >>

The End the Suburbs: Where the American Dream Is Moving

The End the Suburbs: Where the American Dream Is Moving...

Author: Leigh Gallagher ,  Jessica Geffen
ISBN: 9798200559763
Format: Audio
$79.15

"""The government in the past created one American Dream at the expense of almost all others: the dream of a house,...  Read More >>

The End the Suburbs Lib/E: Where the American Dream Is Moving

The End the Suburbs Lib/E: Where the American Dream...

Author: Leigh Gallagher ,  Jessica Geffen
ISBN: 9798200559749
Format: Audio
$79.15

"""The government in the past created one American Dream at the expense of almost all others: the dream of a house,...  Read More >>

Metropolitan Regions: Knowledge Infrastructures of the Global Economy

Metropolitan Regions: Knowledge Infrastructures of the...

Author: Johan Klaesson ,  Börje Johansson
ISBN: 9783642321405
Format: Hardback
$336.35

Metropolitan growth has been dramatic in the past several decades, and today metropolitan regions are recognized...  Read More >>

Charter of the New Urbanism

Charter of the New Urbanism

Author: Congress for the New Urbanism ,  Emily Talen
ISBN: 9780071806077
Format: Paperback
$122.95

This new edition re-introduces the principles of New Urbanism, now updated to reflect the realities of the 21st...  Read More >>

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