Urban communities books

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Geosimulation: Automata-Based Modeling of Urban Phenomena

Geosimulation: Automata-Based Modeling of Urban Phenomena...

Author: P Torrens
ISBN: 9786610554317
Format: Electronic book text
$686.40

Geosimulation is hailed as 'the next big thing' in geographic modelling for urban studies. This book presents readers...  Read More >>

Villa Victoria: The Transformation of Social Capital in a Boston Barrio

Villa Victoria: The Transformation of Social Capital...

Author: Mario Luis Small
ISBN: 9780226762913
Format: Hardback
$163.95

Villa Victoria is a neglected Puerto Rican enclave in Boston and provides the focus for this study of social capital....  Read More >>

Love Your Neighborhood

Love Your Neighborhood

Author: Albert L Crawford ,  John R West
ISBN: 9781594574689
Format: Paperback
$26.37

Love Your Neighborhood is a story which shares actual experiences in citizen involvement in the community. It tells...  Read More >>

My Town

My Town

Author: Pam Robson
ISBN: 9781932799491
Format: Undefined
$71.54

Introduces young readers to major art eras and the artists who contributed to their development  Read More >>

American Dream Towns 2004: One Town at a Time

American Dream Towns 2004: One Town at a Time

Author: Ingrid H. Lemme
ISBN: 9781418429386
Format: Paperback
$108.90

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Nigerian Cities

Nigerian Cities

Author: Toyin Falola ,  Steven J. Salm
ISBN: 9781592211692
Format: Paperback
$69.84

The growth of Nigeria's urban population has been phenomenal, with Lagos being one of the fastest growing cities...  Read More >>

The Irish in New Jersey: Four Centuries of American Life

The Irish in New Jersey: Four Centuries of American...

Author: Dermot Quinn
ISBN: 9780813534213
Format: Hardback
$71.15

In this history, Dermot Quinn uncovers the story of how the Irish of New Jersey maintained their proud heritage...  Read More >>

Italian Cityscapes: Culture and Urban Change in Italy from the 1950s to the Present

Italian Cityscapes: Culture and Urban Change in Italy...

Author: Robert Lumley ,  John Foot
ISBN: 9780859897365
Format: Hardback
$194.06

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Global Metropolitan: Globalizing Cities in a Capitalist World

Global Metropolitan: Globalizing Cities in a Capitalist...

Author: John Rennie-Short
ISBN: 9780415305419
Format: Hardback
$252.00

This book explains the economic and social changes cities experience as they compete in a global world and explores...  Read More >>

Social Exclusion and Inner City Europe: Regulating Urban Regeneration

Social Exclusion and Inner City Europe: Regulating Urban...

Author: S. Mangen
ISBN: 9781403905673
Format: Hardback
$190.00

The searches by European Union major states for 'joined up' approaches to inner city regeneration are examined thematically...  Read More >>

Still Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion

Still Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic...

Author: Anthony Downs
ISBN: 9780815719298
Format: Paperback
$55.99

In this revised and expanded edition of his landmark work Stuck in Traffic, Anthony Downs examines the benefits...  Read More >>

City matters: Competitiveness, cohesion and urban governance

City matters: Competitiveness, cohesion and urban governance...

Author: Martin Boddy ,  Michael Parkinson
ISBN: 9781861344441
Format: Paperback
$67.99

This book provides a review of the findings of the largest ever programme of cities research in the UK, the 'Cities:...  Read More >>

How the Other Half Lives

How the Other Half Lives

Author: Jacob A. Riis
ISBN: 9781419124761
Format: Paperback
$57.95

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City matters: Competitiveness, cohesion and urban governance

City matters: Competitiveness, cohesion and urban governance...

Author: Martin Boddy ,  Michael Parkinson
ISBN: 9781861344458
Format: Hardback
$174.99

This book provides a review of the findings of the largest ever programme of cities research in the UK, the 'Cities:...  Read More >>

Race, Class and Power in the Building of Richmond, 1870-1920

Race, Class and Power in the Building of Richmond, 1870-1920...

Author: Steven J. Hoffman
ISBN: 9780786416165
Format: Paperback
$43.95

Using post-Civil War Richmond, Virginia, as a case study, this book explores the role of race and class in the city...  Read More >>

The Natural Step for Communities: How Cities and Towns can Change to Sustainable Practices

The Natural Step for Communities: How Cities and Towns...

Author: Sarah James ,  Torbjoern Lahti
ISBN: 9780865714915
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Countless inspiring examples of the successful ecological transformation of cities in Sweden and North America....  Read More >>

Die Villgrater Kulturwiese: "Von der Schwierigkeit des ""Anderssein-Wollens"" im Dorf"

Die Villgrater Kulturwiese: "Von der Schwierigkeit des...

Author: Johannes Eder
ISBN: 9783631526446
Format: Paperback
$84.09

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Twelve Cities: A Personal Memoir

Twelve Cities: A Personal Memoir

Author: Roy Jenkins
ISBN: 9780330493338
Format: Paperback
$38.79

A mosaic of places, incidents and anecdotes, and of amiable digressions' - George Walden, Sunday Telegraph  Read More >>

Italian Cityscapes: Culture and Urban Change in Italy from the 1950s to the Present

Italian Cityscapes: Culture and Urban Change in Italy...

Author: Robert Lumley ,  John Foot
ISBN: 9780859897372
Format: Paperback
$51.75

This book examines the transformation of the Italian city from the 1950s to the present with particular attention...  Read More >>

Memories of My Town: The Identities of Town Dwellers and Their Places in Three Finnish Towns

Memories of My Town: The Identities of Town Dwellers...

Author: Anna-Maria Astrom
ISBN: 9789517464338
Format: Paperback
$118.80

This is an exploration into how town dwellers experience their environment in a complicated way. As people in urban...  Read More >>

Urban Environment and Infrastructure: Toward Livable Cities

Urban Environment and Infrastructure: Toward Livable...

Author: Anthony G. Bigio ,  Bharat Dahiya
ISBN: 9780821357965
Format: Paperback
$66.00

A review of the World Bank's activities to improve urban environmental quality, this text sets out the it's expanded...  Read More >>

Transitions in Domestic Consumption and Family Life in the Modern Middle East: Houses in Motion

Transitions in Domestic Consumption and Family Life...

Author: R. Shechter
ISBN: 9781349526666
Format: Paperback
$84.99

The volume focuses on three countries - Egypt, Israel, and Turkey (earlier the Ottoman Empire) - in the period between...  Read More >>

Race, Class, and the Postindustrial City: William Julius Wilson and the Promise of Sociology

Race, Class, and the Postindustrial City: William Julius...

Author: Frank Harold Wilson
ISBN: 9780791460160
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Exploring the scholarship of William Julius Wilson and the controversies surrounding his work, the author shows...  Read More >>

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