Urban communities books

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Gangbusters: How a Street Tough, Elite Homicide Unit Took Down New York's Most Dangerous Gang

Gangbusters: How a Street Tough, Elite Homicide Unit...

Author: Dr Michael Stone (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
ISBN: 9781299007581
Format: Electronic book text
$118.40

An elite homicide investigation unit takes on one of the most savage and destructive gangs in New York City history...  Read More >>

8 Ball Chicks

8 Ball Chicks

Author: Gini Sikes
ISBN: 9781299111493
Format: Electronic book text
$134.24

Dismissed by the police as mere adjuncts to or gofers for male gangs, girl gang members are in fact often as emotionally...  Read More >>

In Search of Paradise

In Search of Paradise

Author: Li Zhang
ISBN: 9781322504650
Format: Electronic book text
$211.07

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Green Cities: An A-To-Z Guide

Green Cities: An A-To-Z Guide

Author: Nevin Cohen (The New School)
ISBN: 9781452266206
Format: Electronic book text
$364.32

Via 150 signed articles, Green Cities: An A-to-Z Guide provides an overview of the key concepts that urban planners,...  Read More >>

The Freedoms of Suburbia

The Freedoms of Suburbia

Author: Paul Barker (writer) ,  Philippa Lewis
ISBN: 9780711229785
Format: Hardback
$105.60

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Cities and Suburbs: New Metropolitan Realities in the US

Cities and Suburbs: New Metropolitan Realities in the...

Author: Bernadette Hanlon ,  John Rennie Short
ISBN: 9780415497312
Format: Paperback
$67.00

This book examines the changing nature of metropolitan areas through a comprehensive analysis of the historical,...  Read More >>

Cities and Suburbs: New Metropolitan Realities in the US

Cities and Suburbs: New Metropolitan Realities in the...

Author: Bernadette Hanlon ,  John Rennie Short
ISBN: 9780415497305
Format: Hardback
$252.00

This book examines the changing nature of metropolitan areas through a comprehensive analysis of the historical,...  Read More >>

Margins of Desire: The Suburbs in Fiction and Culture 1880–1925

Margins of Desire: The Suburbs in Fiction and Culture...

Author: Lynne Hapgood ,  Kim Latham
ISBN: 9780719059711
Format: Paperback
$40.99

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The Future of Local Economic Development

The Future of Local Economic Development

Author: Ines Newman (Principle Research Fellow, Warwick Business School, UK)
ISBN: 9780415551267
Format: Hardback
$224.00

This book analyses the debates and contradictions in the government’s sub-national policy for economic development...  Read More >>

El Monstruo: Dread and Redemption in Mexico City

El Monstruo: Dread and Redemption in Mexico City

Author: John Ross
ISBN: 9781568584249
Format: Hardback
$76.43

There are 23,000,000 stories in Mexico City, 22,999,997 busted dreams, and 2 or 3 tales of overweening ambition...  Read More >>

Theory and Society in India

Theory and Society in India

Author: Susan Visvanathan (, Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) ,  Sheena Jain (, Jamia Milia Islamia)
ISBN: 9780198062783
Format: Paperback
$73.79

This book examines some of the key theoretical and empirical debates in the fields of urbanization, industrialization...  Read More >>

Costs and Challenges of Local Urban Services: Evidence from India's Cities

Costs and Challenges of Local Urban Services: Evidence...

Author: Kala Seetharam Sridhar (Dr, Public Affairs Centre, Bangalore) ,  Om Prakash Mathur (Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, Delhi)
ISBN: 9780198060840
Format: Hardback
$105.47

This study examines the provision of infrastructure in India's urban areas by examining the costs of providing these...  Read More >>

Social Justice and the City

Social Justice and the City

Author: David Harvey
ISBN: 9780820334035
Format: Paperback
$71.15

A text in urban geography that includes the essay 'The Right to the City'. It analyzes core issues in city planning...  Read More >>

International Handbook of Urban Policy, Volume 2: Issues in the Developed World

International Handbook of Urban Policy, Volume 2: Issues...

Author: H. S. Geyer
ISBN: 9781847204592
Format: Hardback
$414.25

This book brings together a range of viewpoints on a number of the burning issues affecting urban sustainability...  Read More >>

Between Good and Ghetto: African American Girls and Inner City Violence

Between Good and Ghetto: African American Girls and...

Author: Nikki Jones ,  Myra Bluebond-Langner
ISBN: 9780813546148
Format: Hardback
$190.08

Shows the social world of inner city African American girls and how they manage threats of personal violence. This...  Read More >>

Memory Culture and the Contemporary City: Building Sites

Memory Culture and the Contemporary City: Building Sites...

Author: Uta Staiger ,  Henriette Steiner
ISBN: 9780230576650
Format: Hardback
$154.00

These essays by leading figures from academia, architecture and the arts consider how cultures of memory are constructed...  Read More >>

Capital: Melbourne When It Was the Capital City of Australia 1901-27

Capital: Melbourne When It Was the Capital City of Australia...

Author: Kristin Otto
ISBN: 9781921520778
Format: Paperback
$29.95

In 1901, the Australian colonies came together to form a new nation which, for the next 26 years, was governed from...  Read More >>

The Cities Book: A journey through the best cities in the world

The Cities Book: A journey through the best cities in...

Author: Lonely Planet
ISBN: 9781741798876
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Which will be the first city you turn to in this lucky dip of a book? Copenhagen? Buenos Aires? Shanghai? Or maybe...  Read More >>

Community Analysis & Planning Techniques Pack

Community Analysis & Planning Techniques Pack

Author: Multiple Authors
ISBN: 9781442215139
Format: Paperback
$67.95

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Urban Space in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age

Urban Space in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern...

Author: Albrecht Classen
ISBN: 9783110223897
Format: Hardback
$274.47

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Green Metropolis: What the City Can Teach the Country About True Sustainability

Green Metropolis: What the City Can Teach the Country...

Author: David Owen ,  Patrick Lawlor
ISBN: 9781400113712
Format: Audio
$92.37

In this remarkable challenge to conventional thinking about the environment, David Owen argues that the greenest...  Read More >>

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