Urban communities books

What made ancient cities successful? What are the similarities between modern cities and ancient ones? The Social...  Read More >>

Achieving urban sustainability is amongst the most pressing issues facing planners and governments. This book provides...  Read More >>

In 1517, the Ottoman Sultan Selim the Grim conquered Egypt and brought his empire for the first time in history...  Read More >>

Achieving urban sustainability is amongst the most pressing issues facing planners and governments. This book provides...  Read More >>

The book investigates the impact on the competitiveness of cities developing creative industries (arts, media, entertainment,...  Read More >>

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Must the strip mall and the eight-lane highway define 21st century American life? That is a central question posed...  Read More >>

Addressing how the integration of transportation systems could promote more sustainable travel, this book covers...  Read More >>

25th anniversary of the true story of neighborhood revitalization without gentrification and on its own terms.  Read More >>

Radical Sydney traces its development from The Rocks in the 1830s to the inner suburbs of the 1980s. It includes...  Read More >>

This book develops an academic understanding of space by pursuing the structural logic of the premodern Arab-Muslim...  Read More >>

With urbanism becoming the key driver of socio-economic change in China, this book provides much needed up-to-date...  Read More >>

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This classic text addresses one of the most important issues in modern social theory and policy; how social inequality...  Read More >>

In cities across the nation, communities of color find themselves resisting state disinvestment and the politics...  Read More >>

Provides an analytical and operational framework that offers strategic guidance to cities on sustainable and integrated...  Read More >>

In this international collection of essays, architects, urban planners, and scholars assess the legacy of Brazilian...  Read More >>

Looking at eight cities in six Latin American countries, this book uses a methodology that combines the hedonic...  Read More >>

This report is a city-level human development report, focusing on Mumbai. It analyses development indicators such...  Read More >>

Since the mid-1990s Ireland has experienced an extraordinary phase of economic and social development. Seeking to...  Read More >>

In cities across the nation, communities of color find themselves resisting state disinvestment and the politics...  Read More >>

What do community organisations and organisers do, and what should they do? For the past thirty years politicians,...  Read More >>

The rapid evolution of Charlotte, North Carolina, from regional backwater to globally ascendant city provides...  Read More >>

Whybrow's interdisciplinary collection of urban writings demonstrates how performance is 'at work' in the city....  Read More >>

Whybrow's interdisciplinary collection of urban writings demonstrates how performance is 'at work' in the city....  Read More >>