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Experiencing Cities
Av Mark Hutter
Inbunden, 2020
2910 kr
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The fourth edition of Mark Hutter’s Experiencing Cities examines cities and larger metropolitan areas within a truly global framework, lending readers much to understand and appreciate about the variety of urban structures and processes and their effect on the everyday lives of people residing in …
Experiencing Cities
Av Mark Hutter
Häftad, 2020
1386 kr
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The fourth edition of Mark Hutter’s Experiencing Cities examines cities and larger metropolitan areas within a truly global framework, lending readers much to understand and appreciate about the variety of urban structures and processes and their effect on the everyday lives of people residing in …
Public Space/Contested Space
Imagination and Occupation
Av Kevin Murphy, Sally O'Driscoll
Häftad, 2021
762 kr
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It is not possible to be alive today in the United States without feeling the influence of the political climate on the spaces where people live, work, and form communities. Public Space/Contested Space illustrates the ways in which creative interventions in public space have constituted a …
Public Space/Contested Space
Imagination and Occupation
Av Kevin Murphy, Sally O'Driscoll
Inbunden, 2021
2504 kr
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It is not possible to be alive today in the United States without feeling the influence of the political climate on the spaces where people live, work, and form communities. Public Space/Contested Space illustrates the ways in which creative interventions in public space have constituted a …
Urban Tourism and Urban Change
Cities in a Global Economy
Inbunden, 2010
2736 kr
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Urban Tourism and Urban Change: Cities in a Global Economy provides both a sociological / cultural analysis of change that has taken place in many of the world's cities. This focused treatment of urban tourism examines the implications of these changes for urban management and planning sense, for …
Urban Tourism and Urban Change
Cities in a Global Economy
Häftad, 2010
747 kr
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Urban Tourism and Urban Change: Cities in a Global Economy provides both a sociological / cultural analysis of change that has taken place in many of the world's cities. This focused treatment of urban tourism examines the implications of these changes for urban management and planning sense, for …
Gentrification Debates
A Reader
Inbunden, 2010
3055 kr
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Uniquely well suited for teaching, this innovative text-reader strengthens students’ critical thinking skills, sparks classroom discussion, and also provides a comprehensive and accessible understanding of gentrification.
Gentrification Debates
A Reader
Häftad, 2010
909 kr
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Uniquely well suited for teaching, this innovative text-reader strengthens students’ critical thinking skills, sparks classroom discussion, and also provides a comprehensive and accessible understanding of gentrification.
Ethnography and the City
Readings on Doing Urban Fieldwork
Inbunden, 2012
3055 kr
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The only collection of its kind on the market, this reader gathers the work of some of the most esteemed urban ethnographers in sociology and anthropology. Broken down into sections that cover key aspects of ethnographic research, Ethnography and the City will expose readers to important works in …
Ethnography and the City
Readings on Doing Urban Fieldwork
Häftad, 2012
1038 kr
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The only collection of its kind on the market, this reader gathers the work of some of the most esteemed urban ethnographers in sociology and anthropology. Broken down into sections that cover key aspects of ethnographic research, Ethnography and the City will expose readers to important works in …
Power of Urban Ethnic Places
Cultural Heritage and Community Life
Av Jan Lin
Inbunden, 2010
3055 kr
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The Power of Ethnic Places discusses the growing visibility of ethnic heritage places in U.S. society. The book examines a spectrum of case studies of Chinese, Latino and African American communities in the U.S., disagreeing with any perceptions that the rise of ethnic enclaves and heritage places …
Power of Urban Ethnic Places
Cultural Heritage and Community Life
Av Jan Lin
Häftad, 2010
747 kr
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The Power of Ethnic Places discusses the growing visibility of ethnic heritage places in U.S. society. The book examines a spectrum of case studies of Chinese, Latino and African American communities in the U.S., disagreeing with any perceptions that the rise of ethnic enclaves and heritage places …
Connected City
How Networks are Shaping the Modern Metropolis
Inbunden, 2012
2736 kr
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The Connected City explores how thinking about networks helps make sense of modern cities: what they are, how they work, and where they are headed. Cities and urban life can be examined as networks, and these urban networks can be examined at many different levels.The book focuses on three levels …
Connected City
How Networks are Shaping the Modern Metropolis
Häftad, 2012
907 kr
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The Connected City explores how thinking about networks helps make sense of modern cities: what they are, how they work, and where they are headed. Cities and urban life can be examined as networks, and these urban networks can be examined at many different levels.The book focuses on three levels …
World's Cities
Contrasting Regional, National, and Global Perspectives
Av A.J. Jacobs
Inbunden, 2012
3055 kr
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The World’s Cities offers instructors and students in higher education an accessible introduction to the three major perspectives influencing city-regions worldwide: City-Regions in a World System; Nested City-Regions; and The City-Region as the Engine of Economic Activity/Growth.The book provides …
Common Ground?
Readings and Reflections on Public Space
Av Anthony M. Orum, Zachary Neal
Inbunden, 2009
2736 kr
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Public spaces have long been the focus of urban social activity, but investigations of how public space works often adopt only one of several possible perspectives, which restricts the questions that can be asked and the answers that can be considered. In this volume, Anthony Orum and Zachary Neal …
Common Ground?
Readings and Reflections on Public Space
Av Anthony M. Orum, Zachary Neal
Häftad, 2009
747 kr
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Public spaces have long been the focus of urban social activity, but investigations of how public space works often adopt only one of several possible perspectives, which restricts the questions that can be asked and the answers that can be considered. In this volume, Anthony Orum and Zachary Neal …
Handbook of Global Urban Health
Av Igor Vojnovic, Amber Pearson m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
740 kr
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Through interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives, and with an emphasis on exploring patterns as well as distinct and unique conditions across the globe, this collection examines advanced and cutting-edge theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the health of urban …
Handbook of Global Urban Health
Av Igor Vojnovic, Amber Pearson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
3894 kr
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Through interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives, and with an emphasis on exploring patterns as well as distinct and unique conditions across the globe, this collection examines advanced and cutting-edge theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the health of urban …
Urban Empires
Cities as Global Rulers in the New Urban World
Av Edward Glaeser, Karima Kourtit m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2736 kr
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We live in the ‘urban century’. Cities all over the world – in both developing and developed countries – display complex evolutionary patterns. Urban Empires charts the backgrounds, mechanisms, drivers, and consequences of these radical changes in our contemporary systems from a global perspective …
Urban Empires
Cities as Global Rulers in the New Urban World
Av Edward Glaeser, Karima Kourtit m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
1183 kr
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We live in the ‘urban century’. Cities all over the world – in both developing and developed countries – display complex evolutionary patterns. Urban Empires charts the backgrounds, mechanisms, drivers, and consequences of these radical changes in our contemporary systems from a global perspective …
Growth, Decline, and Regeneration in Large Cities
A Case Study Approach
Av Steven G. Koven, Andrea C. Koven
Inbunden, 2018
2504 kr
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Growth, Decline, and Regeneration in Large Cities sheds light on why some cities prosper, others implode, and still others are able to reverse their downward trajectories. The book focuses on four major case studies of American metropolitan areas: Detroit, Boston, Minneapolis, and Austin. It …
Growth, Decline, and Regeneration in Large Cities
A Case Study Approach
Av Steven G. Koven, Andrea C. Koven
Häftad, 2018
631 kr
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Growth, Decline, and Regeneration in Large Cities sheds light on why some cities prosper, others implode, and still others are able to reverse their downward trajectories. The book focuses on four major case studies of American metropolitan areas: Detroit, Boston, Minneapolis, and Austin. It …
Race, Space, and Exclusion
Segregation and Beyond in Metropolitan America
Av Christopher Mele, Robert Adelman
Inbunden, 2014
2504 kr
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This collection of original essays takes a new look at race in urban spaces by highlighting the intersection of the physical separation of minority groups and the social processes of their marginalization. Race, Space, and Exclusion provides a dynamic and productive dialogue among scholars of …
Race, Space, and Exclusion
Segregation and Beyond in Metropolitan America
Av Christopher Mele, Robert Adelman
Häftad, 2014
747 kr
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This collection of original essays takes a new look at race in urban spaces by highlighting the intersection of the physical separation of minority groups and the social processes of their marginalization. Race, Space, and Exclusion provides a dynamic and productive dialogue among scholars of …
Housing America
Issues and Debates
Inbunden, 2017
2504 kr
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In an effort to explain why housing remains among the United States’ most enduring social problems, Housing America explores five of the U.S.’s most fundamental, recurrent issues in housing its population: affordability of housing, homelessness, segregation and discrimination in the housing market, …
Housing America
Issues and Debates
Häftad, 2017
617 kr
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In an effort to explain why housing remains among the United States’ most enduring social problems, Housing America explores five of the U.S.’s most fundamental, recurrent issues in housing its population: affordability of housing, homelessness, segregation and discrimination in the housing market, …
World's Cities
Contrasting Regional, National, and Global Perspectives
Av A.J. Jacobs
Häftad, 2012
1023 kr
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The World’s Cities offers instructors and students in higher education an accessible introduction to the three major perspectives influencing city-regions worldwide: City-Regions in a World System; Nested City-Regions; and The City-Region as the Engine of Economic Activity/Growth.The book provides …
