Urban communities books

How do we re-theorize tourism? By drawing less on the Foucauldian notion of 'tourism as gazing' and instead focusing...  Read More >>

The macro-region of South Asia - including Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka - today supports one...  Read More >>

This book is about the renaissance of cities in the twenty first century and their increasing role as centers of...  Read More >>

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Dramatic events, such as the earthquake that struck Chinas Sichuan Province in 2008 and the devastation caused by...  Read More >>

Outlines a conceptual framework for modelling and forecasting the dynamics of both growth-limited cities and megacities....  Read More >>

Analyses the economic development of cities from the 'cultural economy' and 'creative industry' perspectives, differentiating...  Read More >>

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Publics and the City investigates struggles over the making of urban publics, considering how the production, management...  Read More >>

First published in 1932, The Taxi-Dance Hall is Paul Goalby Cressey s fascinating study of Chicago s urban nightlife...  Read More >>

As anyone who has flown into Los Angeles at dusk or Houston at midday knows, urban areas today defy traditional...  Read More >>

If you are either learning Finnish, or learning English as a second language (ESL) as a Finnish speaker, this book...  Read More >>

If you are either learning Finnish, or learning English as a second language (ESL) as a Finnish speaker, this book...  Read More >>

New York is the city that never sleeps. This book reveals a hidden world populated by the thousands of women and...  Read More >>

This book introduces, synthesizes, and evaluates spatial planning for growth management in the contemporary USA....  Read More >>

During Prohibition, Harlem was the in place to go for music and booze, recalled the African American chanteuse Bricktop....  Read More >>

Restructuring the Philadelphia Region offers one of the most comprehensive and careful investigations written to...  Read More >>

People often bemoan the spread of malls, suburban strips, subdivisions, and other sprawling places in contemporary...  Read More >>

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The Railroad Age, The Depression, World War II, The Atomic Age, The Sixties these periods shaped and were in turn...  Read More >>

Employs an extended case study of the unique city of Santa Cruz, California, to critique three theories of urban...  Read More >>

If you are either learning Finnish, or learning English as a second language (ESL) as a Finnish speaker, this book...  Read More >>

Cop in the Hood is an explosive insider's story of what it is really like to be a police officer on the front lines...  Read More >>

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