Urban communities books

Jumped In tells the story of the gangs of Los Angeles in the words of the gang members themselves as well as the...  Read More >>

Suitable for students and scholars of anthropology, geography, sociology, planning, and urban studies, and globalisation...  Read More >>

Most Native Americans in the United States live in cities, where many find themselves caught in a bind, neither...  Read More >>

Offers a perspective on Mexico City based on the hazard it poses to health and the reasons to embrace that.  Read More >>

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This volume presents an ethnographic study of Dominicans in New York City through their participation in small businesses....  Read More >>

At the end of the sixteenth century and the turn of the first Islamic millennium, the powerful Mughal emperor Akbar...  Read More >>

Traces the history of graffiti in New York City against the backdrop of the struggle that developed between the...  Read More >>

Resilience and Urban Risk Management presents the latest progress made in designing resilient towns, and identifies...  Read More >>

Derived from a collection of handouts, these easy to read essays are solutions and commentaries for urban issues....  Read More >>

"Wie wurde und wird das Thema ""Stasi-Unterlagen-Gesetz"" in der deutschen Politik diskutiert? Der vorliegende Quellenband...  Read More >>

"En ""De barrios y vecinos"" los autores, formados en disciplinas tan diversas como la Arquitectura, la Comunicación...  Read More >>

How the relief and rebuilding efforts after the 1906 disaster reproduced the class and racial divisions of pre-quake...  Read More >>

Since the late eighteenth century academic engagement with political, economic, social, cultural, and spatial changes...  Read More >>

A unique textbook on urban geography, taking a global perspective with a through theoretical grounding and an extensive...  Read More >>

How the relief and rebuilding efforts after the 1906 disaster reproduced the class and racial divisions of pre-quake...  Read More >>

"The conference ""Everyday Life in the Segmented City"", held in July 2010, Florence, gathered a multiplicity of...  Read More >>

Recognising that creativity is a major driving force in the post-industrial economy, the Chinese government has...  Read More >>

Since the late eighteenth century academic engagement with political, economic, social, cultural, and spatial changes...  Read More >>

La prostitución es una actividad económica que ha aparecido a lo largo de la historia urbana de Bogotá, localizándose...  Read More >>

This volume explores sporting mega-events, their social, political, and cultural characters, the value systems that...  Read More >>

This book offers a uniquely international perspective on the central debates concerning the social composition of...  Read More >>

This book covers a range of recent approaches to urban ecology. It bridges the gap between theory and practice and...  Read More >>

Cutting edge update of Sasia Sassen′s popular exploration of how rapid and wide-spread developments in the areas...  Read More >>

Painting a vivid picture of children and youths in the city, the authors analyze theoretical arguments and international...  Read More >>