Urban communities books

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The Unseen City: Anthropological Perspectives On Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

The Unseen City: Anthropological Perspectives On Port...

Author: M. Goddard
ISBN: 9781740761345
Format: Paperback
$73.92

Port Moresby has the reputation of being a town built for trouble. A different perspective emerges from an exploration...  Read More >>

The Urban Poor in Latin America

The Urban Poor in Latin America

Author: Marianne Fay
ISBN: 9780821360699
Format: Paperback
$66.00

Argues that the causes of poverty, the nature of deprivation, and the policy levers to fight poverty are largely...  Read More >>

A Handbook of Urbanization in India

A Handbook of Urbanization in India

Author: Amitabh Kundu
ISBN: 9780195672398
Format: Hardback
$55.00

Giving an analysis of the socio-economic and spatial characteristics of urbanization of India, this work assesses...  Read More >>

History of African Cities South of the Sahara

History of African Cities South of the Sahara

Author: Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch ,  Mary Baker
ISBN: 9781558763036
Format: Paperback
$133.98

Urban cities have existed in Africa since antiquity. Using archival records and field research, this text analyses...  Read More >>

America's Top-Rated Cities: A Statistical Handbook

America's Top-Rated Cities: A Statistical Handbook

Author:
ISBN: 9781592370764
Format: Hardback
$514.80

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Cityscapes: Cultural Readings in the Material and Symbolic City

Cityscapes: Cultural Readings in the Material and Symbolic...

Author: Ben Highmore
ISBN: 9780333929353
Format: Paperback
$102.96

Using a range of cultural forms Cityscapes spans the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, finding vivid examples...  Read More >>

The Leading Cities of the World and Their Competitive Advantages: The Perception of 'citymakers'

The Leading Cities of the World and Their Competitive...

Author: Harry Grosveld
ISBN: 9789090158044
Format: Hardback
$79.20

Discusses the perception of citymakers.  Read More >>

The Assassination of New York

The Assassination of New York

Author: Robert Fitch
ISBN: 9781859844014
Format: Paperback
$36.22

In this new edition, Fitch subjects the legacy of Rudolph Giuliani to a brutal revision. He argues that Giuliani...  Read More >>

Hatchet Men, the Story of the Tong Wars in San Francisco's Chinatown

Hatchet Men, the Story of the Tong Wars in San Francisco's...

Author: Richard H Dillon
ISBN: 9781885852397
Format: Paperback
$52.67

In this fast-paced narrative, the author tells the story of San Francisco's exotic pre-1906 Chinatown. This book...  Read More >>

Belltown Paradise / Making Their Own Plans

Belltown Paradise / Making Their Own Plans

Author: Brett Bloom ,  Ava Bromberg
ISBN: 9780945323051
Format: Paperback
$36.96

Examines the diverse ways in which artists, environmental activists, and citizens work to revitalize their urban...  Read More >>

The Colonial Spanish-American City: Urban Life in the Age of Atlantic Capitalism

The Colonial Spanish-American City: Urban Life in the...

Author: Jay Kinsbruner
ISBN: 9780292706682
Format: Paperback
$32.95

An authoritative history and analysis of the colonial Spanish-American city.  Read More >>

How East New York Became a Ghetto

How East New York Became a Ghetto

Author: Walter Thabit ,  Frances Fox Piven
ISBN: 9780814782675
Format: Paperback
$64.99

In response to the riots of the mid-1960s, Walter Thabit was hired to work with the community of East New York to...  Read More >>

Environmental Sociology: From Analysis to Action

Environmental Sociology: From Analysis to Action

Author: Leslie King
ISBN: 9780742535077
Format: Hardback
$300.96

Environmental Sociology, intended for use in Environmental Sociology courses, uses sociological methods and perspectives...  Read More >>

Urban Capitalists: Entrepreneurs and City Growth in Pennsylvania's Lackawanna and Lehigh Regions 1800-1920

Urban Capitalists: Entrepreneurs and City Growth in...

Author: Burton W Folsom Jr
ISBN: 9780940866942
Format: Paperback
$59.51

Burton W. Folsom, Jr. provides analysis of the role of entrepreneurs in the urban development of Pennsylvania's...  Read More >>

Redefining Urban and Suburban America: Evidence from Census 2000, Volume 2

Redefining Urban and Suburban America: Evidence from...

Author: Bruce Katz ,  Robert E. Lang
ISBN: 9780815748977
Format: Paperback
$52.99

Results from Census 2000 continue to reveal the striking changes taking place in the nation's cities and suburbs...  Read More >>

Planning for the Unplanned: Recovering from Crises in Megacities

Planning for the Unplanned: Recovering from Crises in...

Author: Aseem Inam
ISBN: 9780415951302
Format: Paperback
$67.00

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Redefining Urban and Suburban America: Evidence from Census 2000, Volume 2

Redefining Urban and Suburban America: Evidence from...

Author: Bruce Katz ,  Robert E. Lang
ISBN: 9780815748960
Format: Hardback
$158.27

Results from Census 2000 continue to reveal the striking changes taking place in the nation's cities and suburbs...  Read More >>

Planning for the Unplanned: Recovering from Crises in Megacities

Planning for the Unplanned: Recovering from Crises in...

Author: Aseem Inam
ISBN: 9780415951296
Format: Hardback
$216.00

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The Small Cities Book: On the Cultural Future of Small Cities

The Small Cities Book: On the Cultural Future of Small...

Author: W F Garrett-Petts
ISBN: 9781554200092
Format: Paperback
$92.40

When we think of Culture (with a capital C), big city life comes to mind. Yet as The Small Cities Book demonstrates,...  Read More >>

The Tale of a City: Re-Engineering the Urban Environment

The Tale of a City: Re-Engineering the Urban Environment...

Author: Tony O'Donohue
ISBN: 9781770701939
Format: Electronic book text
$65.97

In an age of blackouts and overburdened highways, this book helps us understand and improve our relationships with...  Read More >>

Thinking about Urban Form: Papers on Urban Morphology, 1932-1998

Thinking about Urban Form: Papers on Urban Morphology,...

Author: M R G Conzen ,  Michael P Conzen (University of Chicago USA)
ISBN: 9780820472034
Format: Hardback
$152.99

This book explores various ways of identifying and understanding the character of historic townscapes from a systematic...  Read More >>

China's Urban Transition

China's Urban Transition

Author: John Friedmann
ISBN: 9780816646159
Format: Paperback
$35.95

A timely and thorough analysis of the rapid urban growth in China.  Read More >>

Real Cities: Modernity, Space and the Phantasmagorias of City Life

Real Cities: Modernity, Space and the Phantasmagorias...

Author: Steve Pile
ISBN: 9780761970422
Format: Paperback
$146.00

Drawing inspiration from the work of Walter Benjamin, Sigmund Freud, Georg Simmel, this book explores the dream-like...  Read More >>

Environmental Sociology: From Analysis to Action

Environmental Sociology: From Analysis to Action

Author: Leslie King ,  Deborah McCarthy Auriffeille
ISBN: 9780742535084
Format: Paperback
$102.95

Environmental Sociology, intended for use in Environmental Sociology courses, uses sociological methods and perspectives...  Read More >>

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