Urban communities books

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The Poorhouse: Subsidized Housing in Chicago

The Poorhouse: Subsidized Housing in Chicago

Author: Devereux Bowly, Jr.
ISBN: 9786613723093
Format: Electronic book text
$94.88

Rev. ed. of: The poorhouse: subsidized housing in Chicago, 1895-1976. c1978.  Read More >>

The Demigod's City: A Short History of Kassel

The Demigod's City: A Short History of Kassel

Author: Ralph P Guentzel
ISBN: 9783828829626
Format: Paperback
$35.97

In this fast-paced narrative, historian Ralph P. Guntzel explains how a settlement that started as a small royal...  Read More >>

Seeking Authenticity in Place, Culture, and the Self: The Great Urban Escape

Seeking Authenticity in Place, Culture, and the Self:...

Author: N. Osbaldiston
ISBN: 9781137007612
Format: Hardback
$84.99

In recent times, there has been a substantial push by people to escape the metropolis for lifestyles in small coastal,...  Read More >>

The Gentrification of Nightlife and the Right to the City: Regulating Spaces of Social Dancing in New York

The Gentrification of Nightlife and the Right to the...

Author: Laam Hae (York University, Canada)
ISBN: 9780415890359
Format: Hardback
$305.00

In this book, Hae explores how nightlife in NYC, long associated with various subcultures of social dancing, has...  Read More >>

Opportunities and Deprivation in the Urban South: Poverty, Segregation and Social Networks in São Paulo

Opportunities and Deprivation in the Urban South: Poverty,...

Author: Eduardo Cesar Leão Marques ,  Professor Chris Pickvance
ISBN: 9781409442707
Format: Hardback
$305.00

A rigorous examination of poverty in São Paulo, a contemporary megacity, Opportunities and Deprivation in the Urban...  Read More >>

Cracking Under Pressure: Narrating the Decline of the Amsterdam Squatters’ Movement

Cracking Under Pressure: Narrating the Decline of the...

Author: Lynn Owens (Middlebury College)
ISBN: 9780271034638
Format: Paperback
$72.99

An investigation of the squatters' movement in Amsterdam, which emerged in the late 1970s as a reaction to the housing...  Read More >>

Welcome to Wynott: Rethinking the Way We've Always Done Things

Welcome to Wynott: Rethinking the Way We've Always Done...

Author: Ray Harris ,  Lily Coyle
ISBN: 9781592984947
Format: Paperback
$39.47

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Anti-littering behavioral intention and related variables

Anti-littering behavioral intention and related variables...

Author: Kambiz Yousefi Talooki ,  Abdullah Bin Mohd
ISBN: 9783659123351
Format: Paperback
$161.67

This study was conducted to determine the relationship between three fundamental variables, which are attitude,...  Read More >>

Encyclopedia of Urban Studies

Encyclopedia of Urban Studies

Author: E. Ray Hutchison
ISBN: 9781452266138
Format: Electronic book text
$1188.00

Addresses the specific theories, key studies and important figures that have influenced not just the individual...  Read More >>

When The Sax Man Plays: His Return

When The Sax Man Plays: His Return

Author: Yvonne Marrs
ISBN: 9798215376973
Format: Paperback
$36.93

Bouncing back after further relapse, Jason is thrilled to find his fame still opens many doors for him when he is...  Read More >>

Urban Spaces in Japan: Cultural and Social Perspectives

Urban Spaces in Japan: Cultural and Social Perspectives...

Author: Christoph Brumann ,  Evelyn Schulz
ISBN: 9780415695459
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Urban Spaces in Japan explores the workings of power, money and the public interest in the planning and design of...  Read More >>

The New Century of the Metropolis: Urban Enclaves and Orientalism

The New Century of the Metropolis: Urban Enclaves and...

Author: Tom Angotti (Hunter College, City University of New York, USA)
ISBN: 9786613714442
Format: Electronic book text
$522.72

<p>The problems created by metropolitanization have become increasingly apparent. Attempts to limit growth, disperse...  Read More >>

Host Cities and the Olympics

Host Cities and the Olympics

Author: Harry H H Hiller
ISBN: 9786613714527
Format: Electronic book text
$427.68

<p>Rather than interpreting the Olympics as primarily a sporting event of international or national significance,...  Read More >>

American Sunshine: Diseases of Darkness and the Quest for Natural Light

American Sunshine: Diseases of Darkness and the Quest...

Author: Daniel Freund
ISBN: 9780226262819
Format: Hardback
$92.95

In the second half of the nineteenth century, American cities began to go dark. As hulking new buildings overspread...  Read More >>

Das Verhältnis zwischen Europa und der Türkei

Das Verhältnis zwischen Europa und der Türkei

Author: Carolin Kölbl
ISBN: 9783639410709
Format: Paperback
$105.23

"Inhaltlich unveränderte Neuauflage. Die Stimmung in der Europäischen Union, allen voran seit den letzten Wahlen...  Read More >>

Urban-Rural Interactions: Towns as Focus Points in Rural Development

Urban-Rural Interactions: Towns as Focus Points in Rural...

Author: Eveline van Leeuwen
ISBN: 9783790828177
Format: Paperback
$310.47

Develops a diversified rural economy, as well as the bottom-up approach and local focus of many rural policies,...  Read More >>

Building American Public Health: Urban Planning, Architecture, and the Quest for Better Health in the United States

Building American Public Health: Urban Planning, Architecture,...

Author: R. Lopez ,  Lopez, Barry
ISBN: 9781137002433
Format: Hardback
$84.99

This historical study looks at how reformers have used urban planning and architecture to improve the health of...  Read More >>

History of Urban Planning and Design

History of Urban Planning and Design

Author: Mirle Rabinowitz Bussell
ISBN: 9781621310525
Format: Paperback
$546.35

History of Urban Planning and Design is a comprehensive introduction to the historical evolution from antiquity...  Read More >>

The Culture and Politics of Contemporary Street Gang Memoirs

The Culture and Politics of Contemporary Street Gang...

Author: Josephine Metcalf
ISBN: 9786613692290
Format: Electronic book text
$174.24

A close examination of the emergence of three Los Angeles gangland autobiographies and their literary receptions...  Read More >>

Maritime Transport and the Climate Change Challenge

Maritime Transport and the Climate Change Challenge...

Author: Regina Asariotis ,  Hassiba Benamara
ISBN: 9781849712385
Format: Hardback
$183.00

Offers key information and analysis to those interested in learning more about the climate change challenge from...  Read More >>

Design Like You Give a Damn [2]: Building Change from the Ground Up

Design Like You Give a Damn [2]: Building Change from...

Author: Architecture for Humanity
ISBN: 9780810997028
Format: Paperback
$45.00

"Design Like You Give a Damn [2] is the indispensable handbook for anyone committed to building a more sustainable...  Read More >>

Unit� d'habitation Typ Berlin: Anspruch und Wirklichkeit einer Wohnmaschine.

Unit� d'habitation Typ Berlin: Anspruch und Wirklichkeit...

Author: Clara Franziska Maria Weber ,  Harald Bodenschatz
ISBN: 9783838202853
Format: Paperback
$165.34

"Als die Unit� d'habitation Typ Berlin im Rahmen der Internationalen Bauausstellung 1957 erbaut wurde, stand sie...  Read More >>

Cities: Unauthorized Resistances and Uncertain Sovereignty in the Urban World

Cities: Unauthorized Resistances and Uncertain Sovereignty...

Author: Raymond Joshua Scannell
ISBN: 9781594519819
Format: Paperback
$58.99

Examines the global economy during the latter half of the twentieth century and how it has restructured the city...  Read More >>

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