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• Author(s): Theresa Enright • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanFrom the Back CoverThis book examines the political and economic trajectories of cities following the 2008 financial crisis. The ...

• Author(s): Vinay Lal (Ed.) • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralThe city has had a long history in India, from the urban civilization of the Indus Valley in 2...

• Author(s): Simon Gunn • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Europe - GeneralUrban power and politics are topics of abiding interest for students of the city. This exciting collection of essays explores how Eu...

• Author(s): Pádraig Carmody • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanIlluminates the path to more generative urban transitions in Africa's cities and developing rural areas Afri...

• Author(s): Nancy Kleniewski • Publisher: Cengage • Publisher Imprint: Wadsworth • Subject: EconomicsAbout the Book CITIES, CHANGE, AND CONFLICT - A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF URBAN LIFE discusses the importance of cities for the economic, cultural, a...

• Author(s): B. K. Pattanaik • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGETexts • Subject: Architecture & Interior Designs • BISAC: GeneralComprehensive textbook on issues and challenges of urban administration, development, govern...

• Author(s): Madsen Peter • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Taylor & Francis Ltd • BISAC: Urban & Land Use PlanningUrban conditions are crucial to our experience of modernity, and, as reflected by art, literature ...

• Author(s): Nick Buck • Publisher: Palgrave • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanA new conventional wisdom, spanning academic and policy communities, sees a combination of economic competitiveness, social cohesion and responsi...

• Author(s): China City Development Academy • Publisher: Paths Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Paths Publishing Group • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban DevelopmentThis book offers a comprehensive evaluation of the developme...

• Author(s): Arundhati Virmani • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban DevelopmentTo what extent do urban dwellers relate to their lived and imagined environment through ...

• Author(s): J. Bellush | Dick Netzer • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Political Process - GeneralIn many respects, New York City is an unnatural wonder, quite unlike any other American city and also unlike megacitie...

• Author(s): Julie Ren • Publisher: Bristol University Press • Publisher Imprint: Bristol University Press • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanJulie Ren investigates the motivations and practices of making art spaces in Beijing and Berlin to engage with co...

• Author(s): Ameel | Lieven • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: GeneralOver the past decades, the growing interest in the study of literature of the city has led to the developme...

• Author(s): Ese Anders | Kristin Ese • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Urban & Land Use PlanningThe City Makers of Nairobi re-examines the history of the urban development of Nairobi in the colonial period. Altho...

• Author(s): Jonathan Rokem • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyIn the last decade a new wave of urban research has emerged, putting comparative perspectives back on the urban studie...

• Author(s): Edgar Pieterse • Publisher: Zed Books • Publisher Imprint: Zed Books • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanCities are the future. In the past two decades, a global urban revolution has taken place, mainly in the South. The 'mega-cities' of the d...

• Author(s): Keitaro Ito • Publisher: Springer Verlag • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Life Sciences - EcologyFrom the Back CoverThis book highlights various designs for urban green spaces and their functions. It provides an interesting mee...

• Author(s): Edgar Pieterse • Publisher: Zed Books • Publisher Imprint: Zed Books • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanCities are the future. In the past two decades, a global urban revolution has taken place, mainly in the South. The 'mega-cities' of the d...

• Author(s): Michael A. Burayidi • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefThis volume provides a comprehensive discussion and overview of urban resilience, including socio-ecological...

• Author(s): Lucia Capanema Alvares • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Human GeographyFrom the Back CoverThis book is about understanding, contextualizing and carrying out critical analyzes of the policies intended and/o...

• Author(s): Rubén Camilo Lois González | Luis Alfonso Escudero Gómez | Daniel Barreiro Quintáns • Publisher: Mdpi AG • Publisher Imprint: Mdpi AG • BISAC: Teaching - Subjects - Arts & HumanitiesThis reprint of The Study of Urban Geography an...

• Author(s): Paul Bairoch | Christopher Braider • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanWhen and how were cities born? Does urbanization foster innovation and economic de...

• Author(s): Chantelle Bayes • Publisher: Liverpool University Press • Publisher Imprint: Liverpool University Press • BISAC: Subjects & Themes - NatureAn Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website...

• Author(s): United Nations • Publisher: United Nations • Publisher Imprint: United Nations • BISAC: International Relations - General

• Author(s): Vinit Mukhija | Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Urban & Land Use PlanningAn examination of informal urban activities--including street vending, garage sales, and unpermit...

• Author(s): Keitaro Ito • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Life Sciences - EcologyFrom the Back CoverThis book highlights various designs for urban green spaces and their functions. It provides an interesting meeting po...

• Author(s): Burry | Jane • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: Architecture & Interior Designs • BISAC: History - GeneralFrom the Back CoverGuest-edited by Marcus White and Jane Burry Cities are facing several coinciding g...

• Author(s): Alessandro Balducci | Valeria Fedeli | Francesco Curci • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Development - Business DevelopmentProcesses of multi-scalar regional urbanization are occurring worldwide. Such pro...

• Author(s): Anne Lorentzen • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanThe volume highlights ongoing changes in the political economy of small cities in relation to the field of culture and leisure....

• Author(s): Mattius Rischard • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: American - African American & BlackComprehensive and comparative, this volume investigates African American street novelists since the Chi...

• Author(s): Lowell W. Adams • Publisher: University of Minnesota Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Minnesota Press • BISAC: WildlifeUrban Wildlife Habitats was first published in 1994. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to...

• Author(s): Elisabeth Hodges • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: European - FrenchThe 'city view' forms the jumping off point for this innovative study, which explores how the concept of the city relates to the idea of...

• Author(s): Pithamber R. Polsani | Pithamber R Polsani • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGEYODAPress • Subject: General Books • BISAC: Urban & RegionalIn the next few decades a billion people will be urbanised. There will...

• Author(s): Edward Glaeser • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanWe live in the 'urban century'. Cities all over the world - in both developing and developed countries - display complex evolut...

• Author(s): Brian T. Robson • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Reference Do large cities grow more or less rapidly than small ones? Why should the relationship between city size and population growth va...

• Author(s): Pádraig Carmody • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanIlluminates the path to more generative urban transitions in Africa's cities and developing rural areas Africa is the world's most rapidly urbani...