Urban communities books

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European Cities

European Cities

Author: Patrick Le Gales
ISBN: 9786610907557
Format: Electronic book text
$156.60

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Queer Sites

Queer Sites

Author: Professor David Higgs
ISBN: 9781280332494
Format: Electronic book text
$316.80

There are areas which can be described as gay space in that they have many lesbians and gays in the population....  Read More >>

City as Subject

City as Subject

Author: Jeffrey E Hanes
ISBN: 9781282356313
Format: Electronic book text
$166.32

In exploring the career of Seki Hajime (1873-1935), who served as mayor of Japan's second-largest city, Osaka, Jeffrey...  Read More >>

Everyday Lives in the Global City

Everyday Lives in the Global City

Author: Jorg Durrschmidt
ISBN: 9781280402012
Format: Electronic book text
$617.76

Rejecting simplifying notions of globalisation as a macro-economic force, this book provides a grounded picture...  Read More >>

The Dynamics of Cities: Ecological Determinism, Dualism and Chaos

The Dynamics of Cities: Ecological Determinism, Dualism...

Author: Dimitrios Dendrinos
ISBN: 9781280321207
Format: Electronic book text
$755.04

Dimitrios Dendrinos, an expert in the application of non-linear dynamics and chaos theory to the subject of urban...  Read More >>

The City in Late Antiquity

The City in Late Antiquity

Author: Dr John Rich ,  John Rich
ISBN: 9781280329296
Format: Electronic book text
$221.63

Rich examines the changes undergone by Roman cities in the Late Roman empire and seeks to explain why urban life...  Read More >>

Cities in the Pacific Rim

Cities in the Pacific Rim

Author: James Berry ,  Stanley McGreal
ISBN: 9781280405211
Format: Electronic book text
$528.00

This book considers the interactive relationships between the operation of planning system and the role and performance...  Read More >>

Urban and Regional Change in Southern Africa

Urban and Regional Change in Southern Africa

Author: D W Drakakis- Smith ,  David W Smith, Prof (University of California - Irvine, USA)
ISBN: 9781280322372
Format: Electronic book text
$601.92

Why is Southern Africa more volatile than other developing regions? This book sets urban change in South Africa...  Read More >>

Housing: The Essential Foundations

Housing: The Essential Foundations

Author: Dr Paul Balchin (University of Greenwich, UK) ,  Paul Balchin (University of Greenwich, UK)
ISBN: 9781280195037
Format: Electronic book text
$644.16

In introducing the many diverse aspects of housing, this book provides a foundation for the study of this multi-disciplinary...  Read More >>

Urban World/Global City

Urban World/Global City

Author: David Clark
ISBN: 9781280319860
Format: Electronic book text
$475.20

This book identifies and accounts for the characteristics of the contemporary city and of urban society. The latest...  Read More >>

Remaking the Modern

Remaking the Modern

Author: Farha Ghannam
ISBN: 9781282762558
Format: Electronic book text
$81.71

In an effort to restyle Cairo into a global capital that would meet the demands of tourists and investors and to...  Read More >>

Livable Cities?

Livable Cities?

Author: Peter Evans
ISBN: 9781282359512
Format: Electronic book text
$84.35

The sprawling cities of the developing world are vibrant hubs of economic growth, but they are also increasingly...  Read More >>

Land That I Will Show You

Land That I Will Show You

Author: Varese Layzer ,  J Andrew Dearman
ISBN: 9781281841872
Format: Electronic book text
$356.40

A collection of seventeen articles by colleagues and former students of Professor J. Maxwell Miller who taught at...  Read More >>

Early Urbanizations in the Levant

Early Urbanizations in the Levant

Author: Raphael Greenberg (Tel-Aviv University)
ISBN: 9781283192620
Format: Electronic book text
$1272.48

Early Urbanizations in the Levant examines the first cycle of urbanization, collapse and reurbanization in the 4th-2nd...  Read More >>

Urban Futures: Critical Commentaries on Shaping the City

Urban Futures: Critical Commentaries on Shaping the...

Author: Malcolm Miles (University of Plymouth, UK) ,  Tim Hall, Mrc (University of Gloucestershire, UK)
ISBN: 9781280063626
Format: Electronic book text
$380.16

Urban Futures brings together commentaries from a wide range of contemporary disciplines and fields relevant to...  Read More >>

Shanghai in Transition: Changing Perspectives and Social Contours of a Chinese Metropolis

Shanghai in Transition: Changing Perspectives and Social...

Author: Gamble Jos
ISBN: 9781280141751
Format: Electronic book text
$514.80

When the Communist Party took control of Shanghai in 1949, the city was one of the world's most cosmopolitan, modern...  Read More >>

Grit Beneath the Glitter

Grit Beneath the Glitter

Author: Hal Rothman ,  Hal Rothman
ISBN: 9781282762411
Format: Electronic book text
$89.63

The Grit Beneath the Glitter is the first real look at the new Las Vegas from the inside. In it, long-time residents...  Read More >>

Urban Affairs: Back on the Policy Agenda

Urban Affairs: Back on the Policy Agenda

Author: Caroline Andrew (University of Ottowa, Canada) ,  Katherine A H Graham
ISBN: 9781282860391
Format: Electronic book text
$250.80

Issues of urban policy are increasingly complex and important. Whether considered from a social, demographic, or...  Read More >>

The New Chinese City: Globalization and Market Reform

The New Chinese City: Globalization and Market Reform...

Author: John Logan (Brown University, USA)
ISBN: 9780631229483
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Urbanization and urban development are the focus of this account which introduces readers to the changes now taking...  Read More >>

The New Chinese City: Globalization and Market Reform

The New Chinese City: Globalization and Market Reform...

Author: John Logan (Brown University, USA)
ISBN: 9780631229476
Format: Hardback
$139.95

Urbanization and urban development are the focus of this account which introduces readers to the changes now taking...  Read More >>

The Castells Reader on Cities and Social Theory

The Castells Reader on Cities and Social Theory

Author: Ida Susser (Hunter College)
ISBN: 9780631219330
Format: Paperback
$93.95

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Planning Futures: New Directions for Planning Theory

Planning Futures: New Directions for Planning Theory...

Author: Philip Allmendinger ,  Mark Tewdwr-Jones
ISBN: 9780415270045
Format: Paperback
$92.00

"""Planning Futures"" is an up-to-date reader on planning theory, but seeks to add something more to the subject...  Read More >>

The Castells Reader on Cities and Social Theory

The Castells Reader on Cities and Social Theory

Author: Ida Susser (Hunter College)
ISBN: 9780631219323
Format: Hardback
$255.95

Manuel Castells' work represents a revolutionary rethinking of the processes of advanced capitalism and the generation...  Read More >>

Cityscapes of Modernity: Critical Explorations

Cityscapes of Modernity: Critical Explorations

Author: David Frisby (Glasgow University)
ISBN: 9780745626253
Format: Paperback
$51.95

* A sophisticated account of the work of key German thinkers, including Benjamin and Simmel, and their writings...  Read More >>

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