Comparative Urban Studies – serie
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7 produkter
Secondary Cities and Urban Networking in the Indian Ocean Realm, c. 1400-1800
Häftad, 2008
735 kr
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With the closure of the overland Silk Road in the fourteenth century following the collapse of the Mongol empire, the Indian Ocean provided the remaining vital link for wider cultural, political, and societal integrations prior to the Western colonial presence. Collectively, these studies explore …
Evolution of the Ancient City
Urban Theory and the Archaeology of the Fertile Crescent
Inbunden, 2010
1462 kr
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Urban theory and archaeology merge to create a readable discussion of how ancient cities came to be. Although many consider our modern social ills to be the consequence of Capitalism, many urban problems are traceable to pre-Capitalist times and thus are more related to Urbanization. Ancient cities …
Evolution of the Ancient City
Urban Theory and the Archaeology of the Fertile Crescent
Häftad, 2012
633 kr
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Urban theory and archaeology merge to create a readable discussion of how ancient cities came to be. Although many consider our modern social ills to be the consequence of Capitalism, many urban problems are traceable to pre-Capitalist times and thus are more related to Urbanization. Ancient cities …
After the Factory
Reinventing America's Industrial Small Cities
Inbunden, 2010
1420 kr
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The most pressing question facing the small and mid-sized cities of America's industrial heartland is how to reinvent themselves. Once-thriving communities in the Northeastern and Midwestern U. S. have decayed sharply as the high-wage manufacturing jobs that provided the foundation for their …
After the Factory
Reinventing America's Industrial Small Cities
Häftad, 2012
662 kr
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The most pressing question facing the small and mid-sized cities of America's industrial heartland is how to reinvent themselves. Once-thriving communities in the Northeastern and Midwestern U. S. have decayed sharply as the high-wage manufacturing jobs that provided the foundation for their …
Growth of Non-Western Cities
Primary and Secondary Urban Networking, c. 900–1900
Häftad, 2011
735 kr
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These interdisciplinary studies address pre-1900 non-Western urban growth in the African Sudan, Mexico, the Ottoman Middle East, and South, Southeast, and East Asia. Therein, primary and secondary cities served as functional societal agents that were viable and potentially powerful alternatives to …
Bootstrap New Urbanism
Design, Race, and Redevelopment in Milwaukee
Inbunden, 2014
1608 kr
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Joseph A. Rodriguez critically examines the urban design and revitalization initiatives undertaken by both the government and the people of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the 1990s, New Urbanists followed a city tradition of using urban design to solve problems while seeking to elevate the city’s …
