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Rio de Janeiro
Urban Expansion and the Environment
Av José L. S. Gámez, Zhongjie Lin m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1032 kr
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Using Rio de Janeiro as the case study city, this book highlights and examines issues surrounding the development of mega-cities in Latin America and beyond. Complex dynamics of urbanization such as mega-event-driven development, infrastructure investment, and informal urban expansion are …
Pemba
Spontaneous Living Spaces
Inbunden, 2020
1032 kr
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Pemba: Spontaneous Living Spaces looks at self-built dwellings and settlements in the case study city of Pemba in the Cabo Delgado region of Mozambique. Self-built houses born from need, in haste and with limited economical resources are often considered to be temporary structures but frequently …
Glasgow
High-Rise Homes, Estates and Communities in the Post-War Period
Av Lynn Abrams, Ade Kearns m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
384 kr
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In the wake of an unparalleled housing crisis at the end of the Second World War, Glasgow Corporation rehoused the tens of thousands of private tenants who were living in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions in unimproved Victorian slums. Adopting the designs, the materials and the technologies of …
Pemba
Spontaneous Living Spaces
Häftad, 2023
314 kr
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Pemba: Spontaneous Living Spaces looks at self-built dwellings and settlements in the case study city of Pemba in the Cabo Delgado region of Mozambique. Self-built houses born from need, in haste and with limited economical resources are often considered to be temporary structures but frequently …
Baghdad: An Urban History through the Lens of Literature
Häftad, 2020
399 kr
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In recent years, Baghdad has been viewed as a battleground for political conflicts; this interpretation has heavily influenced writings on the city. This book moves away from these perspectives to present an interdisciplinary exploration into the urban history of Baghdad through the lens of …
Vienna
Still a Just City?
Av Yuri Kazepov, Roland Verwiebe
Inbunden, 2021
1002 kr
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This book explores and debates the urban transformations that have taken place in Vienna over the past 30 years and their consequences in policy fields such as labour and housing, political and social participation and the environment. Historically, European cities have been characterised by a …
Vienna
Still a Just City?
Av Yuri Kazepov, Roland Verwiebe
Häftad, 2023
339 kr
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This book explores and debates the urban transformations that have taken place in Vienna over the past 30 years and their consequences in policy fields such as labour and housing, political and social participation and the environment. Historically, European cities have been characterised by a …
Tehran
From Sacred to Radical
Av Asma Mehan
Inbunden, 2022
1032 kr
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This book is an interdisciplinary research work designed to be of interest to a broad range of academics. The book examines the relationship between democracy and the (trans)formations of urban spaces through comparative perspective. It engages with the ideas of ‘modernity’ in architecture and …
Tehran
From Sacred to Radical
Av Asma Mehan
Häftad, 2024
339 kr
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This book is an interdisciplinary research work designed to be of interest to a broad range of academics. The book examines the relationship between democracy and the (trans)formations of urban spaces through comparative perspective. It engages with the ideas of ‘modernity’ in architecture and …
Havana
Mapping Lived Experiences of Urban Agriculture
Inbunden, 2022
1002 kr
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Following the crisis of the Special Period, Cuba promoted urban agriculture throughout its towns and cities to address food sovereignty and security. Through the adoption of state recommended design strategies, these gardens have become places of social and economic exchange throughout Cuba. This …
Havana
Mapping Lived Experiences of Urban Agriculture
Häftad, 2024
348 kr
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Following the crisis of the Special Period, Cuba promoted urban agriculture throughout its towns and cities to address food sovereignty and security. Through the adoption of state recommended design strategies, these gardens have become places of social and economic exchange throughout Cuba. This …
Detroit
A City Imagined in Film
Av Carmela Cucuzzella, Aristofanis Soulikias
Inbunden, 2025
1029 kr
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Detroit: A City Imagined in Film is a survey of prominent feature films depicting or referring to Detroit, and how they have captured and fed popular perceptions about the Motor City. Detroit, a magnifying glass, through which one sees an exaggerated portrait of America, has rendered itself to the …
Kuala Lumpur
Community, Infrastructure and Urban Inclusivity
Av Marek Kozlowski, Asma Mehan m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
373 kr
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Kuala Lumpur is a diverse city representing many different religions and nationalities. Recent government policy has actively promoted unity and cohesion throughout the city; and the country of Malaysia, with the implementation of a programme called 1Malaysia. In this book, the authors investigate …
Rio de Janeiro
Urban Expansion and the Environment
Av José L. S. Gámez, Zhongjie Lin m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
324 kr
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Using Rio de Janeiro as the case study city, this book highlights and examines issues surrounding the development of mega-cities in Latin America and beyond. Complex dynamics of urbanization such as mega-event-driven development, infrastructure investment, and informal urban expansion are …
Istanbul
Informal Settlements and Generative Urbanism
Av Noah Billig
Häftad, 2023
384 kr
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Istanbul: Informal Settlements and Generative Urbanism analyzes two informal housing settlements in Istanbul, Turkey – Karanfilköy and Fatih Sultan Mehmet – to examine how generatively built structures and neighbourhoods can be successfully realized in a modern, burgeoning urban context. Generative …
Milan: Productions, Spatial Patterns and Urban Change
Av Simonetta Armondi, Stefano Di Vita
Häftad, 2023
384 kr
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As a main urban centre of one of the most dynamic European regions, Milan is a key location from which to study narratives of innovations and contemporary productions – old and new manufacturing, tertiary and consumptive sectors, creative and cultural economy – and investigate their influence both …
Seville: Through the Urban Void
Häftad, 2023
384 kr
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Recent years have seen a growing interest in undetermined and unqualified urban spaces. Understanding cities as spaces for encounter, conflict and otherness, this book argues that this indeterminacy is not marginal but a key characteristic of urban space, and degrees of liberty foster change, …
Barcelona
Urban Commons and Local State Assemblages
Inbunden, 2025
863 kr
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This book explores the complex relationship between urban commons – understood as a repertoire of collective action that fosters a politics of antagonism – and the local state. It critiques the dominant neo-institutionalist and neo-Marxist perspectives for their deterministic and siloed views, as …
Athens
A Rapidly Changing Metropolis in the European South
Inbunden, 2024
897 kr
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This book looks at the current trends in Athens, the capital city of Greece, and focuses on the processes of globalization it has been undergoing during the last two decades. In this time the city has transformed from a low-key, petty bourgeois cohesive and rather isolated city in south-eastern …
Athens
A Rapidly Changing Metropolis in the European South
Häftad, 2026
373 kr
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This book looks at the current trends in Athens, the capital city of Greece, and focuses on the processes of globalization it has been undergoing during the last two decades. In this time the city has transformed from a low-key, petty bourgeois cohesive and rather isolated city in south-eastern …
Seoul
Of Islands and Megastructures
Av Rafael Luna
Inbunden, 2024
1032 kr
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This book focuses on understanding how a megacity like Seoul can be read as a formal architectural composition and not an endless urban sprawl.In a broader sense, the book discusses the dichotomy between city and urbanization: “city” being an architectural problem of bounded forms, while “urbanism” …
Seoul
Of Islands and Megastructures
Av Rafael Luna
Häftad, 2025
384 kr
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This book focuses on understanding how a megacity like Seoul can be read as a formal architectural composition and not an endless urban sprawl.In a broader sense, the book discusses the dichotomy between city and urbanization: “city” being an architectural problem of bounded forms, while “urbanism” …
Athens
Notes on Urban Immanence
Inbunden, 2025
888 kr
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Focusing on the city of Athens, this book examines architecture as something that produces culture and ideology — rather than the opposite. Therefore, this book aims to complement architectural and urban theories that are based only on historical overviews or typological assumptions; to do so, it …
Ansan
Urban Governance and the Politics of Making the Multicultural City
Av Jihyun Choi
Inbunden, 2027
988 kr
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How is a multicultural city made? This book examines how Ansan, South Korea, and its migrant-concentrated neighborhood of Wongok-dong have been made, governed, and experienced as multicultural places. It approaches multiculturalism as an urban project shaped by migration, economic restructuring, …
Kuala Lumpur
Community, Infrastructure and Urban Inclusivity
Av Marek Kozlowski, Asma Mehan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1032 kr
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Kuala Lumpur is a diverse city representing many different religions and nationalities. Recent government policy has actively promoted unity and cohesion throughout the city; and the country of Malaysia, with the implementation of a programme called 1Malaysia. In this book, the authors investigate …
Baltimore: Reinventing an Industrial Legacy City
Inbunden, 2017
1032 kr
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Baltimore: Reinventing an Industrial Legacy City is an exploration into the reinvention, self-reflection and boosterism of US legacy cities, taking Baltimore as the case study model to reveal the larger narrative. Author Klaus Philipsen investigates the modern urban condition and the systemic …
Istanbul
Informal Settlements and Generative Urbanism
Av Noah Billig
Inbunden, 2018
1032 kr
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Istanbul: Informal Settlements and Generative Urbanism analyzes two informal housing settlements in Istanbul, Turkey – Karanfilköy and Fatih Sultan Mehmet – to examine how generatively built structures and neighbourhoods can be successfully realized in a modern, burgeoning urban context. Generative …
Milan: Productions, Spatial Patterns and Urban Change
Productions, Spatial Patterns and Urban Change
Av Simonetta Armondi, Stefano Di Vita
Inbunden, 2017
1002 kr
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As a main urban centre of one of the most dynamic European regions, Milan is a key location from which to study narratives of innovations and contemporary productions – old and new manufacturing, tertiary and consumptive sectors, creative and cultural economy – and investigate their influence both …
Glasgow
High-Rise Homes, Estates and Communities in the Post-War Period
Av Lynn Abrams, Ade Kearns m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1032 kr
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In the wake of an unparalleled housing crisis at the end of the Second World War, Glasgow Corporation rehoused the tens of thousands of private tenants who were living in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions in unimproved Victorian slums. Adopting the designs, the materials and the technologies of …
Amman: Gulf Capital, Identity, and Contemporary Megaprojects
Av Majd Musa
Häftad, 2018
384 kr
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Gulf capital flows to Amman, Jordan, in the early twenty-first century and the investment of this capital in large-scale urban developments have significantly transformed the city’s built environment. Therefore, to understand urban transformation in Amman during this period it is important to …
