Urban communities books

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Blueprint for Disaster: The Unraveling of Chicago Public Housing

Blueprint for Disaster: The Unraveling of Chicago Public...

Author: D. Bradford Hunt
ISBN: 9780226360867
Format: Paperback
$52.95

Traces public housing's history in Chicago from its New Deal roots through mayor Richard M Daley's Plan for Transformation....  Read More >>

Urban Infrastructure and Governance

Urban Infrastructure and Governance

Author: G Ramesh ,  Vishnu Prasad Nagadevara
ISBN: 9780415596213
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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Critical Urban Studies: New Directions

Critical Urban Studies: New Directions

Author: Jonathan S. Davies ,  David L. Imbroscio
ISBN: 9781438433059
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Features essays reevaluating and challenging the critiques of the urban studies field.  Read More >>

The Power of Urban Ethnic Places: Cultural Heritage and Community Life

The Power of Urban Ethnic Places: Cultural Heritage...

Author: Jan Lin (Occidental College, USA)
ISBN: 9780415879835
Format: Paperback
$56.00

Discusses the growing visibility of ethnic heritage places in US society. This book examines various case studies...  Read More >>

Bipedal, By Pedal: A History of Bicycle Activism in Portland, OR

Bipedal, By Pedal: A History of Bicycle Activism in...

Author: Joe Biel
ISBN: 9781934620342
Format: Pamphlet
$6.99

It's the second issue of the Expozine Award WinningBipedal, By Pedal. Last time around we got a social history and...  Read More >>

The Power of Urban Ethnic Places: Cultural Heritage and Community Life

The Power of Urban Ethnic Places: Cultural Heritage...

Author: Jan Lin (Occidental College, USA)
ISBN: 9780415879828
Format: Hardback
$224.00

Discusses the growing visibility of ethnic heritage places in US society. This book examines various case studies...  Read More >>

The City

The City

Author: Virginia Schomp ,  Virginia Schomp
ISBN: 9781608700295
Format: Hardback
$90.31

"""Describes daily life in the cities of England during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901), from the poor,...  Read More >>

Power at the Roots: Gentrification, Community Gardens, and the Puerto Ricans of the Lower East Side

Power at the Roots: Gentrification, Community Gardens,...

Author: Miranda J. Martinez
ISBN: 9780739146248
Format: Hardback
$158.40

Through direct engagement with gardeners, activists, and residents, Miranda Martinez shows the breadth and diversity...  Read More >>

Economics in Urban Conservation

Economics in Urban Conservation

Author: Nathaniel Lichfield
ISBN: 9780511759574
Format: Undefined
$435.60

Written in a highly accessible style, Economics in Urban Conservation makes a major contribution to an understanding...  Read More >>

New urban development: Looking back to see forward

New urban development: Looking back to see forward

Author: Claude Gruen
ISBN: 9780813547930
Format: Hardback
$113.39

The recent recession is one result of how local planning laws and practices have stifled competition, discouraged...  Read More >>

Creating Place: Remaking America Green

Creating Place: Remaking America Green

Author: Robert a Fielden Faia ,  Dr Robert a Fielden Faia
ISBN: 9781456304485
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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Who Is She And What Is She To You

Who Is She And What Is She To You

Author: Pretty Tony ,  Lamont Patterson
ISBN: 9780982876800
Format: Paperback
$34.29

'WHO IS SHE AND WHAT IS SHE TO YOU ' Is the final book of the 'PLAYA STEP YOUR GAME UP.' Trilogy by top selling...  Read More >>

Commodity Chains and World Cities

Commodity Chains and World Cities

Author: Ben Derudder (Ghent University, Belgium) ,  Frank Witlox (Ghent University, Belgium)
ISBN: 9781444335873
Format: Paperback
$42.95

* Transnational spatial relations offer a key point from which to study the geographies of contemporary globalization....  Read More >>

Simmel and 'the Social'

Simmel and 'the Social'

Author: O. Pyyhtinen
ISBN: 9781349314317
Format: Paperback
$169.00

This book argues for the centrality of Georg Simmel's social theory to the relational and processual emphases that...  Read More >>

Simmel and 'the Social'

Simmel and 'the Social'

Author: O. Pyyhtinen
ISBN: 9780230236172
Format: Hardback
$169.00

This book argues for the centrality of Georg Simmel's social theory to the relational and processual emphases that...  Read More >>

Triumph of Order: Democracy and Public Space in New York and London

Triumph of Order: Democracy and Public Space in New...

Author: Lisa Keller
ISBN: 9780231146739
Format: Paperback
$52.95

In an effort to create a secure urban environment in which residents can work, live, and prosper with minimal disruption,...  Read More >>

Sprawl Repair Manual

Sprawl Repair Manual

Author: Galina Tachieva
ISBN: 9781597267328
Format: Paperback
$115.00

Sprawl Repair Manual demonstrates a step-by-step design process for the re-balancing and re-urbanization of suburbia...  Read More >>

The Evolution of the Ancient City: Urban Theory and the Archaeology of the Fertile Crescent

The Evolution of the Ancient City: Urban Theory and...

Author: Alexander R. Thomas
ISBN: 9780739138694
Format: Hardback
$139.95

The Evolution of the Ancient City is an interdisciplinary look at how cities developed from Hunter-Gatherer societies...  Read More >>

Spaces for Consumption

Spaces for Consumption

Author: Steven Miles
ISBN: 9781412946667
Format: Paperback
$117.00

An engaging exploration of the social, economic and cultural processes that have resulted in our cities being defined...  Read More >>

The Pig Goes to Hog Heaven

The Pig Goes to Hog Heaven

Author: Joseph Caldwell
ISBN: 9781883285456
Format: Paperback
$36.93

"Caldwell and the infamous pig return for the closing chapter in the hilariousand touching trilogy that began with...  Read More >>

Sustaining Cape Town: Imagining a livable city

Sustaining Cape Town: Imagining a livable city

Author: Mark Swilling
ISBN: 9781920338305
Format: Paperback
$46.58

Although cities constitute the key contributors to unsustainable development, especially due to their ecological...  Read More >>

The Dallas Myth: The Making and Unmaking of an American City

The Dallas Myth: The Making and Unmaking of an American...

Author: Harvey J. Graff
ISBN: 9780816652709
Format: Paperback
$29.99

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Transforming Urban Waterfronts: Fixity and Flow

Transforming Urban Waterfronts: Fixity and Flow

Author: Gene Desfor (York University, Canada) ,  Jennefer Laidley (York University, Canada)
ISBN: 9780415874939
Format: Hardback
$135.00

The collection engages with major theoretical debates and empirical findings on how waterfronts transform and have...  Read More >>

Unhealthy Cities: Poverty, Race, and Place in America

Unhealthy Cities: Poverty, Race, and Place in America...

Author: Kevin Fitzpatrick ,  Mark LaGory
ISBN: 9780415805162
Format: Hardback
$347.00

Aims to show the important role that space and place plays in the health of urban residents, particularly those...  Read More >>

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