Urban communities books

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Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence

Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of...

Author: Patrick Sharkey
ISBN: 9780393356540
Format: Paperback
$44.75

""Admirably connects two stories about the criminal legal system that are usually told separately. One is that the...  Read More >>

What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City

What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance,...

Author: Mona Hanna-Attisha
ISBN: 9780399590856
Format: Paperback
$52.80

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • The dramatic story of the Flint water crisis, by a relentless physician who stood...  Read More >>

Societies under Construction: Geographies, Sociologies and Histories of Building

Societies under Construction: Geographies, Sociologies...

Author: Daniel J. Sage ,  Chloé Vitry
ISBN: 9783030088989
Format: Paperback
$263.97

This edited collection explores building construction as an inspiring, yet often overlooked, place to develop new...  Read More >>

Crossing Borders: Governing Environmental Disasters in a Global Urban Age in Asia and the Pacific

Crossing Borders: Governing Environmental Disasters...

Author: Michelle Ann Miller ,  Michael Douglass
ISBN: 9789811355745
Format: Paperback
$290.37

This multidisciplinary book examines the diverse ways in which environmental disasters with compounding impacts...  Read More >>

Geographies of Transport and Ageing

Geographies of Transport and Ageing

Author: Angela Curl ,  Charles Musselwhite
ISBN: 9783030094737
Format: Paperback
$290.37

This book presents a unique geographical perspective on issues of transport and mobility for ageing populations....  Read More >>

Contestatory Cosmopolitanism

Contestatory Cosmopolitanism

Author: Tom Bailey (John Cabot University, Italy)
ISBN: 9780367142223
Format: Paperback
$96.99

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The Sociotechnical Constitution of Resilience: A New Perspective on Governing Risk and Disaster

The Sociotechnical Constitution of Resilience: A New...

Author: Sulfikar Amir
ISBN: 9789811341731
Format: Paperback
$369.57

This book considers the concept of resilience in a global society where coping with the consequence and long term...  Read More >>

International and Transnational Perspectives on Urban Systems

International and Transnational Perspectives on Urban...

Author: Celine Rozenblat ,  Denise Pumain
ISBN: 9789811340024
Format: Paperback
$475.17

Multi-scale urban processes, whether local (one city), or within national systems (systems of cities), or linked...  Read More >>

Urban Panegyric and the Transformation of the Medieval City, 1100-1300

Urban Panegyric and the Transformation of the Medieval...

Author: Paul Oldfield (Senior Lecturer in Medieval History, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History, University of Manchester)
ISBN: 9780198717737
Format: Hardback
$259.95

The first extensive analysis of the function and significance of urban panegyric, a flexible literary genre which...  Read More >>

Equity in Heritage Conservation: The Case of Ahmedabad, India

Equity in Heritage Conservation: The Case of Ahmedabad,...

Author: Jigna Desai
ISBN: 9781138604049
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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The Caribbeanization of Black Politics: Race, Group Consciousness, and Political Participation in America

The Caribbeanization of Black Politics: Race, Group...

Author: Sharon D. Wright Austin
ISBN: 9781438468082
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Examines the continuing ethnic diversification of black America and its impact on black political empowerment.  Read More >>

Cities under Austerity: Restructuring the US Metropolis

Cities under Austerity: Restructuring the US Metropolis...

Author: Mark Davidson ,  Kevin Ward
ISBN: 9781438468181
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Examines the ways in which austerity policies are transforming US cities.  Read More >>

Inclusive growth in cities: From ideas to action

Inclusive growth in cities: From ideas to action

Author: Josh Stott
ISBN: 9781447337966
Format: Paperback
$42.95

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Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places

Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places...

Author: Jeff Speck
ISBN: 9781610918985
Format: Paperback
$76.99

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Community Power and Empowerment

Community Power and Empowerment

Author: Brian D Christens (Vanderbilt University Peabody College)
ISBN: 9780190605605
Format: Undefined
$139.92

Many people want to help bring about changes in their neighborhoods, workplaces, and communities. Leaders and scholars...  Read More >>

Strengthening Functional Urban Regions in Azerbaijan: National Urban Assessment 2017

Strengthening Functional Urban Regions in Azerbaijan:...

Author: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9789292613785
Format: Paperback
$40.70

This publication helps guide investment planning and financing across key urban infrastructure sectors of Azerbaijan....  Read More >>

Live with No Excuses and Travel with No Regrets: Adventure Awaits! a Journal for the Traveler in You!

Live with No Excuses and Travel with No Regrets: Adventure...

Author: Tahj Roberts ,  Shaneke Roberts
ISBN: 9781796412994
Format: Paperback
$26.40

This is a beautiful 200 page cornell note journal for those who love to travel. A great resource for documenting...  Read More >>

Phenomenology in Adaptation Planning: An Empirical Study of Flood-affected People in Kampung Muara Baru Jakarta

Phenomenology in Adaptation Planning: An Empirical Study...

Author: Hendricus Andy Simarmata
ISBN: 9789811354120
Format: Paperback
$145.17

This book explores the planning knowledge that can be gleaned from the experiences of the urban poor, a group frequently...  Read More >>

Urban Environment, Travel Behavior, Health, and Resident Satisfaction

Urban Environment, Travel Behavior, Health, and Resident...

Author: Anzhelika Antipova
ISBN: 9783030089344
Format: Paperback
$263.97

This book explores the intersections of urban development, travel patterns, and health. Specifically, she investigates...  Read More >>

Trusting All I Want

Trusting All I Want

Author: Timothy C Sansone
ISBN: 9781733594707
Format: Paperback
$39.60

Trusting All I Wantis a women's success novel set principally in contemporary Chicago during a whirlwind year in...  Read More >>

The Dystopian Imagination in Contemporary Spanish Literature and Film

The Dystopian Imagination in Contemporary Spanish Literature...

Author: Diana Q. Palardy
ISBN: 9783030065393
Format: Paperback
$171.57

This study examines contemporary Spanish dystopian literature and films (in)directly related to the 2008 financial...  Read More >>

Degrowth in the Suburbs: A Radical Urban Imaginary

Degrowth in the Suburbs: A Radical Urban Imaginary

Author: Samuel Alexander ,  Brendan Gleeson
ISBN: 9789811347368
Format: Paperback
$59.49

This book addresses a central dilemma of the urban age: how to make the vast suburban landscapes that ring the globe...  Read More >>

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