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

• Author(s): David Nichols | Robert Freestone • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: LandscapeNeighbourhood open space ranks highly as a key component in suburban liveability assessments. This book uniquely connects the pa...

• Author(s): Zlatan Krajina • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanThe Routledge Companion to Urban Media and Communication traces central debates within the burgeoning interdisciplinary researc...

• Author(s): Ritanjan Das • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: World - AsianThis book explores the relationship between the production of new urban spaces and illiberal community-making in contemporary India. ...

• Author(s): Manuel Conrad Elmer • Publisher: Wentworth Press • Publisher Imprint: Wentworth Press • BISAC: GeneralThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know...

• Author(s): Baby Professor • Publisher: Baby Professor • Publisher Imprint: Baby Professor • BISAC: Lifestyles - City & Town LifeThere are three types of communities. Do you know what they are? Don't worry if you don't because this book will...

• Author(s): Bin Jiang | Lan Luo | Xueming Liu • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanThis book responds to the need for a comprehensive and detailed theoretical framework and systemic design guidelines to...

• Author(s): Laura Lawson • Publisher: University of California Press • Publisher Imprint: University of California Press • BISAC: GeneralSince the 1890s, providing places for people to garden has been an inventive strategy to improve American ur...

• Author(s): Montserr Pareja-Eastaway • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban DevelopmentSince the start of the twenty-first century, urban communities have faced increas...

• Author(s): Sandria B. Freitag • Publisher: University of California Press • Publisher Imprint: University of California Press • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: HistoryThis collection of ten essays on Banaras, one of the largest urb...

• Author(s): J. Pierson • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanOur poorest urban neighbourhoods experience economic and social difficulties that uniquely affect the lives of those who live there. T...

• Author(s): Jan Lin • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanThe Power of Ethnic Places discusses the growing visibility of ethnic heritage places in U.S. society. The book examines a spectrum of...

• Author(s): Bharati Mohapatra • Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Emerald Group Publishing • BISAC: Urban & RegionalDr. Bharati Mohapatra examines the social, functional, physical and emotional aspects of neighborhood ...

• Author(s): Louise Simmons • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Urban & Land Use PlanningFacing economic upheaval and growing inequality, people in local communities are fighting for economic justice. Coa...

• Author(s): Helen Traill • Publisher: Bristol University Press • Publisher Imprint: Bristol University Press • BISAC: Human GeographyEscape is an enticing idea in contemporary cities across the world. Austerity, climate breakdown and spatial sti...

• Author(s): Fabian Kümmeler | Judit Majorossy | Eirik Hovden • Publisher: Brill • Publisher Imprint: Brill • BISAC: Asia - GeneralThis volume explores social practices of framing, building and enacting community in urban-rural relations across m...

• Author(s): Choon-Piew Pow • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Anthropology - GeneralMoving beyond conventional accounts of gated communities and housing segregation, this book interrogates the moral politics of urban ...

• Author(s): Jeremy Brent • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanAt a time when politicians place increasing importance on the role of 'community' in overcoming social problems, 'Searching for commun...

• Author(s): Jenny Donovan • Publisher: Routledge • 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. Just like o...

• Author(s): Daniel Skinner | Jonathan R. Wynn | Berkeley Franz • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanA surprising look at how hospitals affect and are affected by thei...

• Author(s): John Newson • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: ReferenceAlthough psychologists by training, John and Elizabeth Newson have more aptly been described as pioneers in social ecology; they work from...

• Author(s): Robert F. Pecorella • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: American Government - StateThis book represents the culmination of several years of research on community politics in New York City.

• Author(s): Sara Stoutland • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - General

• Author(s): Edward J. Blakely | Mary Gail Snyder • Publisher: Brookings Institution Press • Publisher Imprint: Brookings Institution Press • BISAC: Sociology - Urban"Gated communities are a new ""hot button"" in many North American cities. From ...

• Author(s): Megan E. Heim Lafrombois | Jay Mittal • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban DevelopmentThis handbook explores two guiding questions - how can university-community par...

• Author(s): Jiquan Xiang • Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company • Publisher Imprint: World Scientific Publishing Company • BISAC: Sociology - RuralRural community construction is an important topic of study in China. This book examines...

• Author(s): Paul J. Maginn • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyThe concepts of community consultation and participation have come to dominate academic and policy debate about urban regeneratio...

• Author(s): Michael A. Von Hausen • Publisher: iUniverse • Publisher Imprint: iUniverse • BISAC: Design, Drafting, Drawing & PresentationAdvance Praise for Dynamic Urban Design "Finally, in one book a complete guide to the theory, practice, ...

• Author(s): Jutta Gutberlet • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Development - Business DevelopmentSolid waste is a major urban challenge worldwide and decisions over which technologies or methods to apply can have bene...

• Author(s): Mark Scott • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban DevelopmentIreland is now an urban society, and both parts of the island have experienced rapid urban-gene...

• Author(s): Peter Dirksmeier | Angelina Göb | Liza Griffin • Publisher: Bristol University Press • Publisher Imprint: Bristol University Press • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban DevelopmentFrom parks and libraries to pubs and sch...

• Author(s): Debapriya Chakrabarti • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Industries - Hospitality, Travel & TourismThis book emphasises the need to empower marginalised communities to contribute to decision...

• Author(s): Carolin Mees • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Agriculture - GeneralFrom the Back CoverThe book investigates the development of community gardens with self-built structures, which have existed as a shared p...

• Author(s): Julius Margoli • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Environmental EconomicsOriginally published in 1965, this collection covers issues such as criteria for decision-making in urban public spending...

• Author(s): James G. Banks | Peter Banks • Publisher: University Press of America • Publisher Imprint: University Press of America • BISAC: Sociology - UrbanThe Unintended Consequences describes the tremendous impact of housing policy, which oft...

• Author(s): James Defilippis | Robert Fisher | Eric Shragge • Publisher: Rutgers University Press • Publisher Imprint: Rutgers University Press • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban DevelopmentWhat do community organizations and org...

• Author(s): Shigeru Satoh • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: LandscapeOver the past few decades, Japan has faced severe earthquake disasters, an increasing aging population, declining birth rates, and widening social ...