Urban Futures – serie
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22 produkter
Pandemic Urbanism
Infectious Diseases on a Planet of Cities
Av S. Harris Ali, Creighton Connolly m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
258 kr
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Emerging infectious disease outbreaks have transformed the very nature of urban life worldwide, even as the extent and experience of pandemics are shaped by the planetary urban condition. Pandemic Urbanism critically investigates these relationships in a world faced with its first pandemic on a …
Resilience and Southern Urbanism
Towards a New Paradigm
Inbunden, 2022
1027 kr
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This volume studies the urbanisation trends of medium-sized cities of India to develop a typology of urban resilience. It looks at historic second-tier cities like Nashik, Bhopal, Kolkata and Agra, which are laboratories of smart experiments and are subject to technological ubiquity, with rampant …
Planetary Gentrification
Av Loretta Lees, Hyun Bang Shin m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
751 kr
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This is the first book in Polity's new 'Urban Futures' series.At the beginning of the twenty-first century, proclamations rang out that gentrification had gone global. But what do we mean by 'gentrification' today? How can we compare 'gentrification' in New York and London with that in Shanghai, …
Planetary Gentrification
Av Loretta Lees, Hyun Bang Shin m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
273 kr
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This is the first book in Polity's new 'Urban Futures' series.At the beginning of the twenty-first century, proclamations rang out that gentrification had gone global. But what do we mean by 'gentrification' today? How can we compare 'gentrification' in New York and London with that in Shanghai, …
Suburban Planet
Making the World Urban from the Outside In
Av Roger Keil
Inbunden, 2017
697 kr
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The urban century manifests itself at the peripheries. While the massive wave of present urbanization is often referred to as an 'urban revolution', most of this startling urban growth worldwide is happening at the margins of cities. This book is about the process that creates the global urban …
Suburban Planet
Making the World Urban from the Outside In
Av Roger Keil
Häftad, 2017
273 kr
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The urban century manifests itself at the peripheries. While the massive wave of present urbanization is often referred to as an 'urban revolution', most of this startling urban growth worldwide is happening at the margins of cities. This book is about the process that creates the global urban …
Global Urban Politics
Informalization of the State
Inbunden, 2016
697 kr
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Global Urban Politics: Informalization of the StateIn what ways has global urbanization affected the political process? This book offers a reflection on the transformations of urban politics worldwide in the past four decades, from interpersonal street-level politics to transnational governing …
Global Urban Politics
Informalization of the State
Häftad, 2016
231 kr
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Global Urban Politics: Informalization of the StateIn what ways has global urbanization affected the political process? This book offers a reflection on the transformations of urban politics worldwide in the past four decades, from interpersonal street-level politics to transnational governing …
Culture, Spaces, and People
Urban Dynamics in Contemporary India
Av Daksh Jain
Inbunden, 2023
2512 kr
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This volume discusses the nuances of cultural phenomena in the transforming urban landscape of Indian cities. It focuses on the role of globalization, transitioning economic patterns, and national urban policies in changing their urban landscape. The volume argues that culture is an important …
Emerging Work Trends in Urban India
COVID-19 and Beyond
Av Nidhi Tandon, Pratyusha Basu m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
2586 kr
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This book offers an overview of India’s emerging digital economy and the resulting challenges and opportunities for urban workplaces. It examines contemporary economic and social transformations in India by focusing on how new technologies and policies are shaping urban work practices and patterns. …
Emerging Work Trends in Urban India
COVID-19 and Beyond
Av Nidhi Tandon, Pratyusha Basu m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
712 kr
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This book offers an overview of India’s emerging digital economy and the resulting challenges and opportunities for urban workplaces. It examines contemporary economic and social transformations in India by focusing on how new technologies and policies are shaping urban work practices and patterns. …
Resilience and Southern Urbanism
Towards a New Paradigm
Häftad, 2023
337 kr
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This volume studies the urbanisation trends of medium-sized cities of India to develop a typology of urban resilience. It looks at historic second-tier cities like Nashik, Bhopal, Kolkata and Agra, which are laboratories of smart experiments and are subject to technological ubiquity, with rampant …
Negotiating Resilience with Hard and Soft City
Av Binti Singh, Tania Berger m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
2197 kr
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This book explores how cities are shaped by the lived experiences of inhabitants and examines the ways they develop strategies to cope with daily and unexpected challenges. It argues that migration, livelihood, and public health challenges result from inadequacies in the hard city—urban assets, …
Negotiating Resilience with Hard and Soft City
Av Binti Singh, Tania Berger m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
667 kr
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This book explores how cities are shaped by the lived experiences of inhabitants and examines the ways they develop strategies to cope with daily and unexpected challenges. It argues that migration, livelihood, and public health challenges result from inadequacies in the hard city—urban assets, …
Culture, Spaces, and People
Urban Dynamics in Contemporary India
Av Daksh Jain
Häftad, 2024
648 kr
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This volume discusses the nuances of cultural phenomena in the transforming urban landscape of Indian cities. It focuses on the role of globalization, transitioning economic patterns, and national urban policies in changing their urban landscape. The volume argues that culture is an important …
Art of Being Smart
Innovation and Sustainable Solutions in Mediterranean Ports
Av Robert Mikac
Inbunden, 2025
2586 kr
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This book examines the concept of smart cities in the context of the UN's sustainable development goals, through three Mediterranean port cities. It draws on the case studies of Dubrovnik (Croatia), Limassol (Cyprus), and Valletta (Malta), three smart cities on the Mediterranean that are important …
Art of Being Smart
Innovation and Sustainable Solutions in Mediterranean Ports
Av Robert Mikac
Häftad, 2025
667 kr
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This book examines the concept of smart cities in the context of the UN's sustainable development goals, through three Mediterranean port cities. It draws on the case studies of Dubrovnik (Croatia), Limassol (Cyprus), and Valletta (Malta), three smart cities on the Mediterranean that are important …
Classed Emotions
Navigating Social Class and Emotions in the Urban Indian and Diasporic Contexts
Av Anna Romanowicz, Ahana Choudhury
Inbunden, 2025
2512 kr
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This book explores how urban spaces encompass, shape and reconfigure the emotional landscapes and socio-cultural specters of their inhabitants. It highlights the arenas in which various politics and strategies of emotional relations are represented, created, enacted and regulated through the …
Classed Emotions
Navigating Social Class and Emotions in the Urban Indian and Diasporic Contexts
Av Anna Romanowicz, Ahana Choudhury
Häftad, 2025
589 kr
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This book explores how urban spaces encompass, shape and reconfigure the emotional landscapes and socio-cultural specters of their inhabitants. It highlights the arenas in which various politics and strategies of emotional relations are represented, created, enacted and regulated through the …
Community as Urban Practice
Inbunden, 2017
695 kr
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Community is a central idea in urban studies but remains conceptually vague and empirically difficult to work with. Building on existing theories of community, Talja Blokland offers an important contribution to defining and understanding this key theme. Blokland argues that there has been too much …
Community as Urban Practice
Häftad, 2017
244 kr
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Community is a central idea in urban studies but remains conceptually vague and empirically difficult to work with. Building on existing theories of community, Talja Blokland offers an important contribution to defining and understanding this key theme. Blokland argues that there has been too much …
Pandemic Urbanism
Infectious Diseases on a Planet of Cities
Av S. Harris Ali, Creighton Connolly m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
748 kr
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Emerging infectious disease outbreaks have transformed the very nature of urban life worldwide, even as the extent and experience of pandemics are shaped by the planetary urban condition. Pandemic Urbanism critically investigates these relationships in a world faced with its first pandemic on a …
