Urban category: 4425 books
Taming the Disorderly City
The Spatial Landscape of Johannesburg after Apartheid
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
In postapartheid Johannesburg, tensions of race and class manifest themselves starkly in struggles over "rights to the city." Real-estate developers and the very poor fight for control of space as the municipal administration steps aside, almost powerless to shape the direction of change. Having ceded...
The City Below The Hill
The Slums of Montreal, 1897
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1972
The city below the hill is a detailed investigation of social conditions in a working class quarter of Montreal during the 1890s. Based on a house-to-house survey of the neighbourhood, this study catalogues and analyses the life of working people after the first years of rapid industrialization.
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Popular Culture in the Age of White Flight
Fear and Fantasy in Suburban Los Angeles
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2004
Los Angeles pulsed with economic vitality and demographic growth in the decades following World War II. This vividly detailed cultural history of L.A. from 1940 to 1970 traces the rise of a new suburban consciousness adopted by a generation of migrants who abandoned older American cities for Southern...
by Robert E. Park, Ernest W. Burgess
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
First published in 1925, The City is a trailblazing text in urban history, urban sociology, and urban studies. Its innovative combination of ethnographic observation and social science theory epitomized the Chicago school of sociology. Robert E. Park, Ernest W. Burgess, and their collaborators were...
Complexity, Cognition, Urban Planning and Design
Post-Proceedings of the 2nd Delft International Conference
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
This book, which resulted from an intensive discourse between experts from several disciplines – complexity theorists, cognitive scientists, philosophers, urban planners and urban designers, as well as a zoologist and a physiologist – addresses various issues regarding cities. It is a first step...
Urban Ecology
A Natural Way to Transform Kids, Parks, Cities, and the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
Known business model in the Urban Ecology Center
proven method
Ken and the Urban Ecology Center have been featured in local and national media outlets, including The New York Times, Milwaukee Magazine, Orion Magazine, Milwaukee Public Television, and in Richard Louv’s best-selling book, The Last Child in the Woods.
Confronting Urban Legacy
Rediscovering Hartford and New England's Forgotten Cities
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
In a field over-saturated with research on global cities and megacities, this is the first academic book to analyze specifically small cities and regions in New England. Focusing on the dynamic urban/global legacy of Hartford, Connecticut, the volume is bolstered by comparative chapters on Portland,...
Megacities
Our Global Urban Future
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2013
As urbanization continues, and even accelerates, scientists estimate that by 2015 the world will have up to 60 ‘megacities’ – urban areas with more than five million inhabitants. With the irresistible economic attractions of urban centers, particularly in developing countries, making the influx...
Knowledge and the City
Concepts, Applications and Trends of Knowledge-Based Urban Development
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
This book underlines the growing importance of knowledge for the competitiveness of cities and their regions. Examining the role of knowledge - in its economic, socio-cultural, spatial and institutional forms - for urban and regional development, identifying the preconditions for innovative use of...
by Jaime Luque
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2015
This book covers the main aspects of regional and urban economics and presents state-of-the-art theories in a comprehensive and concise way. The book will be of interest to undergraduates in business and economics and covers specific areas such as real estate, urban and regional planning and geography and development studies.
Policy, Planning, and People
Promoting Justice in Urban Development
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
The contributors of Policy, Planning, and People argue for the promotion of social equity and quality of life by designing and evaluating urban policies and plans. Edited by Naomi Carmon and Susan S. Fainstein, the volume features original essays by leading authorities in the field of urban planning...
Concrete Jungles
Urban Pollution and the Politics of Difference in the Caribbean
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
In the popular imagination, the Caribbean islands represent tropical paradise. This image, which draws millions of tourists to the region annually, underlies the efforts of many environmentalists to protect Caribbean coral reefs, mangroves, and rainforests. However, a dark side to Caribbean environmentalism...
East Asia and Pacific Cities
Expanding Opportunities for the Urban Poor
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
Urbanization in East Asia and the Pacific has created enormous opportunity for many. Yet the rapid growth of cities can also create challenges as national and local governments try to keep up with the needs of their growing populations. Among these challenges is a lack of affordable housing, resulting...
Reconstructing Urban Economics
Towards a Political Economy of the Built Environment
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Neoclassical economics, the intellectual bedrock of modern capitalism, faces growing criticisms, as many of its key assumptions and policy prescriptions are systematically challenged. Yet, there remains one field of economics where these limitations continue virtually unchallenged: the study of cities...