Urban communities books

Presenting the latest thinking in the field, this book bridges a major gap in knowledge by considering both theoretical...  Read More >>

In this age of large cities, mass culture, and ever more massive events, people must struggle against an overwhelming...  Read More >>

The challenge of urban deprivation and exclusion in the urban South has given rise to varied and shifting policies...  Read More >>

This Policy Dialogue compares two very different conceptions of the informal economy that are prominent internationally:...  Read More >>

There is a close association between urban poverty and housing transitional societies. Along with job security,...  Read More >>

How neoliberal politics appropriates sports for its own ends  Read More >>

Mobile communications technologies and urban transportation and surveillance systems worldwide are evolving and...  Read More >>

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Nestled between Santa Monica and Marina del Rey, Venice is a Los Angeles community filled with apparent contradictions....  Read More >>

Aktual'nost' i vostrebovannost' sotsiogumanitarnykh issledovaniy regional'nykh prostranstv s kazhdym dnem vozrastaet....  Read More >>

Looks at the social transformation of inner city ghettos, offering an evaluation of the convergence of race and...  Read More >>

Nestled between Santa Monica and Marina del Rey, Venice is a Los Angeles community filled with apparent contradictions....  Read More >>

He asked for spare change; she kept walking. But something made her turn around and go back. They met nearly every...  Read More >>

<p>Remember when an unattended package was just that, an unattended package? Remember when the airport was a place...  Read More >>

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

Urban regions have come under increasing pressure to adapt to the imperatives of mobility, including greater freedom...  Read More >>

Beijing has debuted as the defining city of the now and foreseeable future, and China as the ascendant global power....  Read More >>

Tijuana Dreaming is an unprecedented introduction to the arts, culture, politics, and economics of contemporary...  Read More >>

<p>The formation of transnational urban spaces is a relevant and challenging field of interdisciplinary research,...  Read More >>

Using case studies from seven Asian countries, this volume examines why people move from rural to urban areas, how...  Read More >>

Das Buch bietet eine grundlegende Einf�hrung in den St�dtebau mit einem perspektivenreichen �berblick �ber die gestalterischen,...  Read More >>

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Using experiences of the white, English, working-classes in Manchester, this book explores the local frustrations...  Read More >>

Deals with the contentious thesis that race was becoming less of a deciding factor in the life chances of black...  Read More >>

Here for the first time is a thoroughly interdisciplinary and international examination of Jane Jacobs’s legacy....  Read More >>