Search results for “[subject: urban-community]”

• Author(s): Marguerite S. Shaffer • Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press • BISAC: United States - 20th CenturyIn the United States today many people are as likely to identify themselve...

• Author(s): Satadal Dasgupta • Publisher: University Press of America • Publisher Imprint: University Press of America • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThis unique book gives readers fresh insight into the study of communities. It provides balance by...

• Author(s): Bilge Uyan-Atay • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban DevelopmentThere has been tremendous growth in Corporate Community Involvement (CCI) projects of all ...

• Author(s): Paul Oldfield • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Europe - ItalyThis pioneering study of urban society in twelfth-century mainland Norman Italy examines the self-governing ...

• Author(s): Eric S. Zeemering • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban DevelopmentBaltimore, like many other cities around the globe, is redesigning local government poli...

• Author(s): Moisés Kopper | Matthew A. Richmond • Publisher: Berghahn Books • Publisher Imprint: Berghahn Books • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanExtreme inequalities, uneven planning, and unruly environments have long shaped individual and collective s...

• Author(s): Robert Fisher | Joe Kling • Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc • Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications, Inc • BISAC: GeneralIn this age of global transition, contemporary grassroots mobilization is the dominant form of resistance again...

• Author(s): Paul Oldfield • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Europe - ItalyThis pioneering study of urban society in twelfth-century mainland Norman Italy examines the self-governing ...

• Author(s): Liam Cooper • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanFrom the Back CoverThis book offers one of the first detailed anthropological studies of emergent ecotopianism in urban contexts. Engaging dire...

• Author(s): Amrita Daniere • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Non-ClassifiableThis book explores how and why civic spaces are used by different communities in Asia and what role urban governance and public ...

• Author(s): Arthur E. Morgan • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanIn this age of large cities, mass culture, and ever more massive events, people must struggle against an overwhelming crowd o...

• Author(s): Malve Von Hassell • Publisher: Malve Von Hassell • Publisher Imprint: Malve Von Hassell • BISAC: GeneralThis paperback edition of the original hardcover (2002) is a portrayal of the political, economic, and cultural history of commun...

• Author(s): Suzanne Goldsmith • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban DevelopmentIn his inaugural address in 1993, President Clinton said: "I challenge a new generation ...

• Author(s): Jonas Joerin | Rajib Shaw | R. R. Krishnamurthy • Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Emerald Group Publishing • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster Relief"How do urban communities in Asian cities experience the impa...

• Author(s): Anton Nelessen • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Urban & Land Use PlanningCommunity Visioning for Place Making is a groundbreaking guide to engaging with communities in order to design bett...

• Author(s): Robert Fisher • Publisher: Greenwood Press • Publisher Imprint: Greenwood Press • BISAC: Sociology - Urban

• Author(s): Andrew Maclaran | Vanda Clayton | Paula Brudell • Publisher: Palala Press • Publisher Imprint: Palala Press • BISAC: GeneralThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of c...

• Author(s): June Manning Thomas | James Defilippis | Robert Fisher • Publisher: Lexington Books • Publisher Imprint: Lexington Books • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban DevelopmentUrban Spaces is an interdisciplinary reader focusi...

• Author(s): David M. Hummon • Publisher: State University of New York Press • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanThis book interprets popular American belief and sentiment about cities, suburbs, and s...

• Author(s): Burcu Şenturk • Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company • Publisher Imprint: I. B. Tauris & Company • BISAC: Islamic StudiesGecekondu settlements-or shanty towns-in large Turkish cities are mostly populated by low-income families, ...

• Author(s): Sarah Turner | Nguyen N. Binh | Abdellatif Qamhaieh • Publisher: Bristol University Press • Publisher Imprint: Bristol University Press • BISAC: Human GeographyOur experiences of the city are dependent on our gender, race, class, age...

• Author(s): Glen Coutts | Timo Jokela • Publisher: Intellect (UK) • Publisher Imprint: Intellect (UK) • BISAC: Teaching - Subjects - Arts & HumanitiesArt, Community and Environment investigates wide-ranging issues raised by the interaction b...

• Author(s): Leo Van Den Berg | Antonio Russo • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanStudent communities are without doubt a strategic resource for urban development and students are the citizens and the h...

• Author(s): Paul D. Numrich | Elfriede Wedam • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Sociology of ReligionReligion and Community in the New Urban America examines the interrelated tran...

• Author(s): Steve Clarke • Publisher: MIXPBS • Publisher Imprint: MIXPBS • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanThis book traces the history of community development and organizing as it evolved separately in Britain and...

• Author(s): Melvin Delgado • Publisher: Oxford Univ PR • Publisher Imprint: Oxford Univ PR • BISAC: Social WorkThere is no denying that friendship, however narrow or broad the definition, is dynamic and highly responsive to socio-cultural and en...

• Author(s): Aleksander Lupienko • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Europe - GermanyThis edited volume studies the logic of community formation and the common view of the past to show how various social bonds of commun...

• Author(s): Jenny Donovan • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Urban & Land Use PlanningThe experiences we enjoy, endure, or miss out on are influenced by what our surroundings allow and invite us to do. ...

• Author(s): Melvin Delgado • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: Social WorkThe future of social work rests on how well it can address urban issues, particularly the needs of urban communities...

• Author(s): Fritz Wagner • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanUsing a blend of theory and practice, the second edition of Community Livability addresses evidence from international, state and...

• Author(s): Brunna D´luise T. Lotti Alves • Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Our Knowledge Publishing • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyThe main aim of this work is to analyse how urban agriculture works, with an emphasi...

• Author(s): Melvin Delgado • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • BISAC: Health Care DeliveryThe subject of how best to address the current and future health needs of older adu...

• Author(s): Nels Anderson • Publisher: Tradd Street Press • Publisher Imprint: Tradd Street Press • BISAC: Sociology - Urban

• Author(s): Gerald A. Fisher • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban DevelopmentLocal Government Law provides a unique resource with concise, easy-to-understand explanat...

• Author(s): Wei Li • Publisher: University of Hawaii Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Hawaii Press • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanWinner of the 2009 Book Award in Social Sciences, Association for Asian American Studies This innovative work pr...

• Author(s): Melvin Delgado • Publisher: University of Toronto Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Toronto Press • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyCelebrating Urban Community Life is a comprehensive guide to understanding and enhancing comm...