Urban communities books

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The Place of Home: English domestic environments, 1914-2000

The Place of Home: English domestic environments, 1914-2000...

Author: Alison Ravetz ,  Professor Alison Ravetz
ISBN: 9780415514262
Format: Paperback
$92.99

This is a comprehensive and in-depth history of the 20th century English home, how it has been created, and how...  Read More >>

The Urban Experience: A People-Environment Perspective

The Urban Experience: A People-Environment Perspective...

Author: F.E. Brown ,  S.J. Neary
ISBN: 9780415514378
Format: Paperback
$92.99

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The Ever-Changing American City: 1945-Present

The Ever-Changing American City: 1945-Present

Author: John F. Bauman ,  Roger Biles
ISBN: 9781442201828
Format: Paperback
$94.95

The Ever-Changing American City seeks to help readers understand the marked changes since 1945 in what constitutes...  Read More >>

Five Miles Away, A World Apart: One City, Two Schools, and the Story of Educational Opportunity in Modern America

Five Miles Away, A World Apart: One City, Two Schools,...

Author: James E. Ryan (Distinguished Professor of Law, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA)
ISBN: 9780199836857
Format: Paperback
$59.95

How is it that, half a century after Brown v. Board of Education, educational opportunities remain so unequal for...  Read More >>

Urban Ecology: Patterns, Processes, and Applications

Urban Ecology: Patterns, Processes, and Applications...

Author: Jari Niemelä (, Professor of Urban Ecology, University of Helsinki, Finland) ,  Jürgen H. Breuste (, University of Salzburg, Austria)
ISBN: 9780199643950
Format: Paperback
$94.95

Brings together an international team of leading scientists to discuss our current understanding of all aspects...  Read More >>

Environment, Development and Change in Rural Asia-Pacific: Between Local and Global

Environment, Development and Change in Rural Asia-Pacific:...

Author: John Connell (University of Sydney, Australia) ,  Eric Waddell
ISBN: 9780415512572
Format: Paperback
$114.00

Bringing together case studies from across mainland Southeast Asia and the Island Pacific, this volume examines...  Read More >>

Urbanizing Citizenship: Contested Spaces in Indian Cities

Urbanizing Citizenship: Contested Spaces in Indian Cities...

Author: Renu Desai ,  Romola Sanyal
ISBN: 9788132107309
Format: Hardback
$145.20

Examines processes of urbanization in contemporary Indian cities through the lens of urban citizenship. This title...  Read More >>

The Store in the Hood: A Century of Ethnic Business and Conflict

The Store in the Hood: A Century of Ethnic Business...

Author: Steven J. Gold
ISBN: 9781442206243
Format: Paperback
$58.95

The Store in the Hood is a comprehensive study of conflicts between immigrant merchants and customers throughout...  Read More >>

Risk Habitat Megacity

Risk Habitat Megacity

Author: Dirk Heinrichs ,  Kerstin Krellenberg
ISBN: 9786613368508
Format: Electronic book text
$598.75

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Social Mix and the City: Challenging the Mixed Communities Consensus in Housing and Urban Planning Policies

Social Mix and the City: Challenging the Mixed Communities...

Author: Kathy Arthurson
ISBN: 9786613436948
Format: Electronic book text
$174.24

Critically appraises how 'social mix' has been constructed historically in urban planning and housing policy.  Read More >>

Living Faith: Everyday Religion and Mothers in Poverty

Living Faith: Everyday Religion and Mothers in Poverty...

Author: Susan Crawford Sullivan
ISBN: 9786613436832
Format: Electronic book text
$266.11

Scholars have made urban mothers living in poverty a focus of their research for decades. Offering an analysis of...  Read More >>

Cities, Regions and Flows

Cities, Regions and Flows

Author: Peter V Hall (Simon Fraser University, Canada) ,  Markus Hesse (University of Luxembourg)
ISBN: 9781283606134
Format: Electronic book text
$396.00

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

New Global Frontier, The: Urbanization, Poverty and Environment in the 21st Century

New Global Frontier, The: Urbanization, Poverty and...

Author: George Martine (Dhemos Consulting, Brazil) ,  Gordon McGranahan (International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED), UK)
ISBN: 9781281827418
Format: Electronic book text
$475.20

The world's developing countries will be experiencing massive increases in their urban populations over the 21st...  Read More >>

Politics of Proximity

Politics of Proximity

Author: Giuseppina Pellegrino
ISBN: 9781283047449
Format: Undefined
$329.87

This book analyses patterns of mobility in relation to new possibilities of organizing space, time, and proximity...  Read More >>

Iron Curtains

Iron Curtains

Author: Sonia A Hirt (Virginia Tech, USA)
ISBN: 9781280599101
Format: Electronic book text
$237.47

Utilizing research conducted primarily with residents of Sofia, Bulgaria, Iron Curtains: Gates, Suburbs, and Privatization...  Read More >>

Aim High, Achieve More: How to Transform Urban Schools Through Fearless Leadership

Aim High, Achieve More: How to Transform Urban Schools...

Author: Yvette Jackson ,  Veronica McDermott
ISBN: 9781283575294
Format: Electronic book text
$65.87

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Designing Safe Road Systems

Designing Safe Road Systems

Author: Jan Theeuwes ,  Maria Kuiken
ISBN: 9781280877056
Format: Undefined
$303.47

The central theme of this book is how design principles can reduce the probability of an error while driving. The...  Read More >>

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