Urban communities books

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Murals and the City: Comparative Perspective on Practices, Policies, and Regulations

Murals and the City: Comparative Perspective on Practices,...

Author: Eynat Mendelson-Shwartz ,  Nir Mualam
ISBN: 9781032441986
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book provides a cross-urban account on murals, street art, and public art in cities around the globe.  Read More >>

The Building of a Modern Antiquity: Hymns and Laments for Athens

The Building of a Modern Antiquity: Hymns and Laments...

Author: Georgia Giannakopoulou (ACG-Deree, The American College of Greece)
ISBN: 9781032053936
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book considers post-19th-century Athens as a unique instance of a secret side of metropolitan capitalism.  Read More >>

White Bolts, Black Locks: Participation in the Inner City

White Bolts, Black Locks: Participation in the Inner...

Author: David N. Thomas
ISBN: 9781032903842
Format: Hardback
$189.00

Originally published in 1986, this book was a major contribution to the national debate about racism, racial justice...  Read More >>

Urban Artificial Intelligence: A Guidebook for Understanding Concepts and Technologies

Urban Artificial Intelligence: A Guidebook for Understanding...

Author: Tan Yigitcanlar (Queensland University of Technology)
ISBN: 9781032861340
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This volume delves into how AI-driven analytics and big data provide city planners with deeper insights, enabling...  Read More >>

Urban Artificial Intelligence: A Guidebook for Understanding Perceptions and Ethics

Urban Artificial Intelligence: A Guidebook for Understanding...

Author: Tan Yigitcanlar (Queensland University of Technology)
ISBN: 9781032861289
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This volume thoroughly explores the perceptions and ethical considerations surrounding urban AI. Yigitcanlar delves...  Read More >>

Affordable Housing in the United States

Affordable Housing in the United States

Author: Gregg Colburn ,  Rebecca J Walter
ISBN: 9781032411699
Format: Hardback
$242.00

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Rethinking the City: Reconfiguration and Fragmentation

Rethinking the City: Reconfiguration and Fragmentation...

Author: Maria Filomena Molder (NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal) ,  Nélio Conceição (NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal)
ISBN: 9781032590974
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Interdisciplinary in approach, this book employs the key concepts of fragmentation and reconfiguration to consider...  Read More >>

Mobilizing Food Vending: Gourmet Food Trucks in the American City

Mobilizing Food Vending: Gourmet Food Trucks in the...

Author: Ginette Wessel
ISBN: 9780367483807
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book investigates the gourmet food truck movement in the United States and provides a clearer understanding...  Read More >>

Data-Driven Smart Community Design: Strategies for Fostering Inclusive and Resilient Neighbourhoods

Data-Driven Smart Community Design: Strategies for Fostering...

Author: Keng Hua Chong (Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore)
ISBN: 9781032569222
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book couples data analytics with social behavioural studies and participatory design to derive deeper insights...  Read More >>

Effective Urban Densification: A Guide for Professionals and the Housing Industry

Effective Urban Densification: A Guide for Professionals...

Author: Barry Johns
ISBN: 9781032540252
Format: Hardback
$273.00

The housing crisis confronts two of North America’s contemporary urban challenges: affordability and the need to...  Read More >>

Smart Urban Safety and Security: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Smart Urban Safety and Security: Interdisciplinary Perspectives...

Author: Anniina Autero ,  Marcela de Moraes Batista Simao
ISBN: 9789819721955
Format: Hardback
$158.37

This open access book explores the use of technologies for urban safety and security. Interdisciplinary contributions...  Read More >>

Rebuilding the American Town: Design and Strategy at Small Scale

Rebuilding the American Town: Design and Strategy at...

Author: David Gamble (Harvard University, USA) ,  Patty Heyda
ISBN: 9780367258528
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book uncovers creative planning and design strategies of nine U.S. towns as they rebuild to remain vibrant,...  Read More >>

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Sustainable Development: Innovations, Challenges, and Applications

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Sustainable...

Author: Pawan Whig ,  Pavika Sharma
ISBN: 9781032778358
Format: Hardback
$252.00

AI and ML for Sustainable Development: Innovations, Challenges, and Applications is a comprehensive exploration...  Read More >>

The Role of Architects in Informal Settlements: Claiming the Right to the City

The Role of Architects in Informal Settlements: Claiming...

Author: Nastaran Sedehi ,  Seyed Hossein Iradj Moeini
ISBN: 9783031671241
Format: Hardback
$316.77

With over one billion people worldwide living in informal settlements and enduring substandard housing conditions,...  Read More >>

Urbanization, Population and Environment

Urbanization, Population and Environment

Author: Satish K. Sharma ,  Suman Lata Pathak
ISBN: 9789819760190
Format: Hardback
$369.57

The volume explores the intricate relationship between urbanization, population dynamics, and the environment in...  Read More >>

Sustainability in South Asian Cities

Sustainability in South Asian Cities

Author: Subhash Anand ,  Rituparna Bhattacharyya
ISBN: 9789819774548
Format: Hardback
$422.37

This book explores some of the common socio-economic and environmental challenges faced by the cities of South Asia,...  Read More >>

Inclusive Cities and Global Urban Transformation: Infrastructures, Intersectionalities,  and Sustainable Development

Inclusive Cities and Global Urban Transformation: Infrastructures,...

Author: Ajay Bailey ,  Kei Otsuki
ISBN: 9789819775200
Format: Hardback
$158.37

This open access book addresses the problem of global urban development that excludes various groups of people from...  Read More >>

Black America and Existential Incompatibility: Phenomenology, Ethics and the Problem That Is Race

Black America and Existential Incompatibility: Phenomenology,...

Author: Avery Merriel Smith
ISBN: 9789819776740
Format: Hardback
$316.77

Within the context of W.E.B. Du Bois’ question “How does it feel to be a problem?”, this volume examines the “problem”...  Read More >>

Ontario since Confederation: A Reader, Second Edition

Ontario since Confederation: A Reader, Second Edition...

Author: Lori Chambers ,  Edgar-Andre Montigny
ISBN: 9781487534011
Format: Hardback
$270.00

Essential reading for history students, this collection examines the evolution of Ontario since Confederation, demonstrating...  Read More >>

Chronicles of a Global City: Speculative Lives and Unsettled Futures in Bengaluru

Chronicles of a Global City: Speculative Lives and Unsettled...

Author: Vinay Gidwani ,  Michael Goldman
ISBN: 9781517917357
Format: Hardback
$270.00

Tracking Bengaluru's dramatic urban transformation through the entanglements of finance, land frenzy, real estate...  Read More >>

Forms of Dominance: On the Architecture and Urbanism of the Colonial Enterprise

Forms of Dominance: On the Architecture and Urbanism...

Author: Nezar AlSayyad
ISBN: 9781032841649
Format: Hardback
$221.00

Originally published in 1992, this title examines the complex experience of colonial domination, social reaction,...  Read More >>

Placemaking: Production of Built Environment in Two Cultures

Placemaking: Production of Built Environment in Two...

Author: David Stea ,  Mete Turan
ISBN: 9781032864341
Format: Hardback
$242.00

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Rhythms of Change: Reflections on the Regent Park Revitalization

Rhythms of Change: Reflections on the Regent Park Revitalization...

Author: Mitchell Cohen
ISBN: 9781774585054
Format: Hardback
$59.99

An engaging look at one of the largest and most ambitious urban renewal projects in North America, detailing a remarkable...  Read More >>

Urban Green Space Usage and Nature Satisfaction: Across Life Course Phases and Socio-Economic Classes

Urban Green Space Usage and Nature Satisfaction: Across...

Author: Tetiana Dovbischuk
ISBN: 9781032900988
Format: Hardback
$105.00

This book provides an analysis of nature satisfaction, nature relatedness, and the motivations for using urban green...  Read More >>

Imagine Lagos: Mapping History, Place, and Politics in a Nineteenth-Century African City

Imagine Lagos: Mapping History, Place, and Politics...

Author: Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi
ISBN: 9780821424889
Format: Hardback
$211.20

Combining archival research with a digital humanities–focused examination of cartography, Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi...  Read More >>

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