Urban communities books

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The Principles of Green Urbanism: Transforming the City for Sustainability

The Principles of Green Urbanism: Transforming the City...

Author: Steffen Lehmann
ISBN: 9781844078349
Format: Hardback
$288.00

How can we transform and future-proof the post-industrial city through strategies of architectural and urban design?...  Read More >>

Nairobi Today: The Paradox of a Fragmented City

Nairobi Today: The Paradox of a Fragmented City

Author: Helene Charton-Bigot ,  Deyssi Rodriguez-Torres
ISBN: 9789987080939
Format: Paperback
$110.75

Despite being a large capital city in Africa in terms of size and its regional role, Nairobi is an unrecognised...  Read More >>

Sehnsuchtsort New York: Die Megapolis in Der Literatur

Sehnsuchtsort New York: Die Megapolis in Der Literatur...

Author: Rita Fust
ISBN: 9783828824928
Format: Paperback
$100.32

Auf nach New York: Zwei deutsche Gegenwartsautorinnen schickten 2001 ihre Protagonistinnen nach Manhattan. Beide...  Read More >>

From Understanding to Action: Sustainable Urban Development in Medium-Sized Cities in Africa and Latin America

From Understanding to Action: Sustainable Urban Development...

Author: Marco Keiner ,  Christopher Zegras
ISBN: 9789048167371
Format: Paperback
$340.56

Hans van Ginkel Rector, United Nations University The challenges of the world's future are linked to the growing...  Read More >>

Asian Cities, Migrant Labor and Contested Spaces

Asian Cities, Migrant Labor and Contested Spaces

Author: Tai-Chee Wong (National Institute of Education, Singapore) ,  Tai-Chee Wong (National Institute of Education, Singapore)
ISBN: 9781282781078
Format: Electronic book text
$728.64

This book explores how migration plays a central role in the renewing and reworking of urban spaces in the rapidly...  Read More >>

Spatial Planning for a Sustainable Singapore

Spatial Planning for a Sustainable Singapore

Author: Tai-Chee Wong ,  Belinda Yuen
ISBN: 9789048176656
Format: Paperback
$340.56

Not enough people have recorded how we did it, or shared the expe- ence with people in other countries, or even...  Read More >>

Outdoor Lighting: Physics, Vision and Perception

Outdoor Lighting: Physics, Vision and Perception

Author: Duco Schreuder
ISBN: 9789048179305
Format: Paperback
$551.76

The present book is based on the experience of the author. The selection of subjects is based in part by the questions...  Read More >>

Cities and Citizenship at the U.S.-Mexico Border: The Paso del Norte Metropolitan Region

Cities and Citizenship at the U.S.-Mexico Border: The...

Author: K. Staudt ,  J. Fragoso
ISBN: 9780230100329
Format: Paperback
$84.99

The volume is a cutting-edge, interdisciplinary approach to analyzing an enormously significant region in ways that...  Read More >>

Noir Urbanisms: Dystopic Images of the Modern City

Noir Urbanisms: Dystopic Images of the Modern City

Author: Gyan Prakash
ISBN: 9780691146447
Format: Paperback
$54.99

Dystopic imagery has figured prominently in modern depictions of the urban landscape. The city is often portrayed...  Read More >>

Cities and Citizenship at the U.S.-Mexico Border: The Paso del Norte Metropolitan Region

Cities and Citizenship at the U.S.-Mexico Border: The...

Author: K. Staudt ,  J. Fragoso
ISBN: 9780230100312
Format: Hardback
$84.99

The volume is a cutting-edge, interdisciplinary approach to analyzing an enormously significant region in ways that...  Read More >>

Noir Urbanisms: Dystopic Images of the Modern City

Noir Urbanisms: Dystopic Images of the Modern City

Author: Gyan Prakash
ISBN: 9780691146430
Format: Hardback
$171.60

Dystopic imagery has figured prominently in modern depictions of the urban landscape. The city is often portrayed...  Read More >>

Dreams and Schemes: My Decade of Fun in the Sun

Dreams and Schemes: My Decade of Fun in the Sun

Author: Steve Lopez
ISBN: 9781933822310
Format: Paperback
$47.39

Author's columns originally published in the Los Angeles times.  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: 9781442206236
Format: Hardback
$173.95

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

Ed Koch and the Rebuilding of New York City

Ed Koch and the Rebuilding of New York City

Author: Jonathan Soffer
ISBN: 9780231150323
Format: Hardback
$57.95

"In 1978, Ed Koch assumed control of a city plagued by filth, crime, bankruptcy, and racial tensions. By the end...  Read More >>

Mumbai Fables

Mumbai Fables

Author: Gyan Prakash
ISBN: 9780691142845
Format: Hardback
$79.07

A place of spectacle and ruin, Mumbai exemplifies the cosmopolitan metropolis. It is not just a big city but also...  Read More >>

Dangerous or Endangered?: Race and the Politics of Youth in Urban America

Dangerous or Endangered?: Race and the Politics of Youth...

Author: Jennifer Tilton
ISBN: 9780814783122
Format: Paperback
$64.99

Explores the complex racial, class, and gender divides in contemporary American cities  Read More >>

Dangerous or Endangered?: Race and the Politics of Youth in Urban America

Dangerous or Endangered?: Race and the Politics of Youth...

Author: Jennifer Tilton
ISBN: 9780814783115
Format: Hardback
$184.00

Explores the complex racial, class, and gender divides in contemporary American cities  Read More >>

The Future Once Happened Here

The Future Once Happened Here

Author: Fred Siegel
ISBN: 9781459604117
Format: Paperback
$51.72

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Museums and Empire: Natural History, Human Cultures and Colonial Identities

Museums and Empire: Natural History, Human Cultures...

Author: John M. MacKenzie ,  Andrew Thompson
ISBN: 9780719083679
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Museums and Empire is the first book to examine the origins and development of museums in six major regions if the...  Read More >>

More Urban to Suburbia. St�dtebauliche Strategien zur Bek�mpfung von Sprawl in der Metropolenregion Toronto.

More Urban to Suburbia. St�dtebauliche Strategien zur...

Author: Harald Bodenschatz ,  Juliane Lorenz
ISBN: 9783838201412
Format: Paperback
$144.64

Kanada geht regionalplanerisch einen Weg, der nicht mit seinem gro�en Nachbarn USA und nicht mit Europa zu vergleichen...  Read More >>

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