Search results for “[subject: urban]”

• Author(s): Susannah Hagan | Mark Hewitt • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Urban & Land Use PlanningWithin the concept of the 'sustainable city' nothing is fixed, mapped or agreed upon. To some, the term encompas...

• Author(s): Bennetta Jules-Rosette • Publisher: Ablex Publishing Corporation • Publisher Imprint: Ablex Publishing Corporation • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanBased on a four-year longitudinal study of urban adaptation in Lusaka, Zambia, this book off...

• Author(s): Richard E. Ocejo • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanThe only collection of its kind on the market, this reader gathers the work of some of the most esteemed urban ethnographers ...

• Author(s): Hossein Maghsoudi • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: Construction - GeneralStreets constitute the great part of public open space in citi...

• Author(s): Suzanne Hall • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanHow can we learn from a multicultural society if we don't know how to recognise it? The contemporary city is more than ever a spa...

• Author(s): Talja Blokland • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Polity Pr • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanAbout the Book Community is a central idea in urban studies but remains conceptually vague and empirical...

• Author(s): John Goddard • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Urban & RegionalUniversities are being seen as key urban institutions by researchers and policy makers around the world. They are global playe...

• Author(s): John Montgomery • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban DevelopmentOver the past two decades, city economies have restructured in response to the decline of ...

• Author(s): Göran Therborn • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Human GeographyWhat do cities tell us about power? How does power shape cities? These are the main questions answered by a multidisciplinary set...

• Author(s): Iain Borden | Tim Hall | Malcolm Miles • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanCities are products of culture and sites where culture is made. By presenting the best of classic and contemporary...

• Author(s): Ranabir Samaddar | Enrica Morlicchio | Sandro Mezzadra • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanThis innovative edited volume places global urbanism in the context of the phenomenal growth of ci...

• Author(s): Lawrence M. Schell | Malcolm Smith | Alan Bilsborough • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Health Risk AssessmentThis volume looks at the relationship between specific aspec...

• Author(s): Toby Lincoln • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Asia - GeneralIn this accessible new study, Toby Lincoln offers the first history of Chinese cities from their origins to t...

• Author(s): Hall Tim | Malcolm Miles • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralUrban Futures brings together commentaries from a wide range of contemporary disciplines and fields relevant to urban culture, form and so...

• Author(s): André Viljoen | Katrin Bohn • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Urban & Land Use Planning Winner of the 2015 RIBA President's Award for Outstanding University Located Research This book is the long awai...

• Author(s): Ian Thomas MacDonald • Publisher: ILR Press • Publisher Imprint: ILR Press • BISAC: Labor & Industrial RelationsLabor unions remain the largest membership-based organizations in major North American cities, even after years of de...

• Author(s): Scott McQuire • Publisher: Polity Press • Publisher Imprint: Polity Press • BISAC: Media StudiesGeomedia offers critical analysis of the new possibilities and power relations emerging in the public space of contemporary cities. As ub...

• Author(s): Neil Brenner • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Urban & Land Use PlanningThe worldwide financial crisis has sent shock-waves of accelerated economic restructuring, regulatory reorganization ...

• Author(s): Mark Deakin • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Urban & Land Use PlanningSmart city development has emerged a major issue over the past 5 years. Since the launch of IBM's Smart Planet and CIS...

• Author(s): George Martine | George Martine • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Development - Economic DevelopmentAlong with globalization, urban transitions have been central in the sou...

• Author(s): Emily Talen | Sungduck Lee • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Urban & Land Use PlanningThe most successful urban communities are very often those that ar...

• Author(s): Lauren Andres • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Urban & Land Use PlanningCities are typically thought of as permanent. Structures, streets, infrastructure, and other fe...

• Author(s): Melissa Kennedy | Andrew Butt | Marco Amati • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanIn an era of rapid urbanization, peri-urban areas are emerging as the fastest-growing regions in many countri...

• Author(s): K.R. Gupta | Intro. by Prasenjit Maiti • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: EconomicsThis collection of essays by academics and practitioners from around the world underscores issues and concerns of sustaina...

• Author(s): Gillian Evans • Publisher: Vernon Press • Publisher Imprint: Vernon Press • BISAC: Anthropology - GeneralThe United Nations predicts that by the year 2050 almost 70% of the planet's population will be living in cities. The onus on so...

• Author(s): Nicholas Wise • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: RoutledgeEconomic restructuring and demographic change have in recent years placed much strain on urban areas with the effects falling disproportionately on neighbo...

• Author(s): Tigran Haas | Hans Westlund • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Development - Business DevelopmentIn the last few decades, many global cities and towns have experienced unprecedented economic, social, and s...

• Author(s): Sandro Galea | Catherine K. Ettman | David Vlahov • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Health Risk AssessmentAn essential collection that advances our understanding of h...

• Author(s): Eamonn Canniffe • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanAlthough contemporary practice in urbanism has many sources of design guidelines, it lacks theory to provide a flexible approach to the c...

• Author(s): Misra • Publisher: Cambridge UP • Publisher Imprint: Foundation Books • Subject: Earth-Science/EnvironmentThe focus of the book is on mega cities, often called engines of economic growth. Mega cities constitute major assets of the co...

• Author(s): Paul L. Knox • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Design, Drafting, Drawing & PresentationCities, initially a product of the manufacturing era, have been thoroughly remade in the image of consumer societ...

• Author(s): Gillian Evans • Publisher: Vernon Press • Publisher Imprint: Vernon Press • BISAC: Anthropology - GeneralThe United Nations predicts that by the year 2050 almost 70% of the planet's population will be living in cities. The onus on so...

• Author(s): Ian Scargill • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyOriginally published in 1983, Urban France examines the rapid growth in French cities between 1950-1980, and the serious consequenc...

• Author(s): Peter J. M. Nas | Annemarie Samuels • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanFirst published in 2006. Cities are sites of multiple meanings and symbols, ranging from statues and street names to ...

• Author(s): Joseph Persky | Wim Wiewel • Publisher: Wayne State University Press • Publisher Imprint: Wayne State University Press • BISAC: Industries - GeneralNew suburban communities have sprung up all over America, while industrial plants and...

• Author(s): Roberto Rocco • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Urban & Land Use PlanningThe Routledge Handbook on Informal Urbanization investigates the mutual relationship between the struggle for politi...