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13 produkter
Neighborhood and Life Chances
How Place Matters in Modern America
Av Harriet B. Newburger, Eugenie L. Birch m. fl.
E-bok, 2011
554 kr
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Does the place where you lived as a child affect your health as an adult? To what degree does your neighbor's success influence your own potential? The importance of place is increasingly recognized in urban research as an important variable in understanding individual and household outcomes. Place …
Growing Greener Cities
Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century
Av Eugenie L. Birch, Susan M. Wachter
E-bok, 2011
688 kr
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Nineteenth-century landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted described his most famous project, the design of New York's Central Park, as "a democratic development of highest significance." Over the years, the significance of green in civic life has grown. In twenty-first-century America, not only …
Global Urbanization
Av Eugenie L. Birch, Susan M. Wachter
E-bok, 2011
1132 kr
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For the first time in history, the majority of the world's population lives in urban areas. Much of this urbanization has been fueled by the rapidly growing cities of the developing world, exemplified most dramatically by booming megacities such as Lagos, Karachi, and Mumbai. In the coming years, …
Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster
Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
Av Eugenie L. Birch, Susan M. Wachter
E-bok, 2013
1027 kr
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Disasters-natural ones, such as hurricanes, floods, or earthquakes, and unnatural ones such as terrorist attacks-are part of the American experience in the twenty-first century. The challenges of preparing for these events, withstanding their impact, and rebuilding communities afterward require …
Women's Health and the World's Cities
Av Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, Eugenie L. Birch m. fl.
E-bok, 2011
554 kr
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Growing urbanization affects women and men in fundamentally different ways, but the relationship between gender and city environments has been ignored or misunderstood. Women and men play different roles, frequent different public areas, and face different health risks. Women suffer …
Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster
Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
Av Eugenie L. Birch, Susan M. Wachter
Häftad, 2006
805 kr
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Disasters-natural ones, such as hurricanes, floods, or earthquakes, and unnatural ones such as terrorist attacks-are part of the American experience in the twenty-first century. The challenges of preparing for these events, withstanding their impact, and rebuilding communities afterward require …
Growing Greener Cities
Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century
Av Eugenie L. Birch, Susan M. Wachter
Häftad, 2008
514 kr
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Nineteenth-century landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted described his most famous project, the design of New York's Central Park, as "a democratic development of highest significance." Over the years, the significance of green in civic life has grown. In twenty-first-century America, not only …
Women's Health and the World's Cities
Av Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, Eugenie L. Birch m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
445 kr
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Growing urbanization affects women and men in fundamentally different ways, but the relationship between gender and city environments has been ignored or misunderstood. Women and men play different roles, frequent different public areas, and face different health risks. Women suffer …
Neighborhood and Life Chances
How Place Matters in Modern America
Av Harriet B. Newburger, Eugenie L. Birch m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
445 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Does the place where you lived as a child affect your health as an adult? To what degree does your neighbor's success influence your own potential? The importance of place is increasingly recognized in urban research as an important variable in understanding individual and household outcomes. Place …
Global Urbanization
Av Eugenie L. Birch, Susan M. Wachter
Inbunden, 2011
968 kr
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For the first time in history, the majority of the world's population lives in urban areas. Much of this urbanization has been fueled by the rapidly growing cities of the developing world, exemplified most dramatically by booming megacities such as Lagos, Karachi, and Mumbai. In the coming years, …
Slums
How Informal Real Estate Markets Work
Av Eugenie L. Birch, Shahana Chattaraj m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
742 kr
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Large numbers of people in urbanizing regions in the developing world live and work in unplanned settlements that grow through incremental processes of squatting and self-building. Slums: How Informal Real Estate Markets Work shows that unauthorized settlements in rapidly growing cities are not …
Slums
How Informal Real Estate Markets Work
Av Eugenie L. Birch, Shahana Chattaraj m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
893 kr
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Large numbers of people in urbanizing regions in the developing world live and work in unplanned settlements that grow through incremental processes of squatting and self-building. Slums: How Informal Real Estate Markets Work shows that unauthorized settlements in rapidly growing cities are not …
The Shape of the New American City
Av Eugenie Ladner Birch, Susan Wachter m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
1115 kr
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What does the future hold for America's cities and metropolitan areas? This special volume of The ANNALS analyzes demographic trends, housing preferences, crime patterns, economic indicators, and infrastructure investments to examine emerging patterns in the nation's cities. Drawing on research by …
