Urban communities books

Henry Mayhew's original investigation into the London poor, printed by The Morning Chronicle in 1849 and 1850 as...  Read More >>

Henry Mayhew's original investigation into the London poor, printed by The Morning Chronicle in 1850 as part of...  Read More >>

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Against this background, this important book, which gathers contributions from academics, planners and urban specialists,...  Read More >>

A behind-the-scenes examination of how a high-intake public shelter asserts control over human and animal populations,...  Read More >>

City of Waterfalls, Steeltown, the Ambitious City – Hamilton, ON, has gone by many names over the years as it has...  Read More >>

""Mike Figliola's The Slow Midnight on Cypress Avenue is a street level gaze at Queens, New York in the offbeat...  Read More >>

This book considers urban development in China, highlighting links between China’s history and civilization and...  Read More >>

This book explores China’s urban development, examining the history and culture of Chinese cities and providing...  Read More >>

This book analyses the particular nature, characteristics and current conditions of urbanization in China. It reviews...  Read More >>

This book explores urban futures in the making, as seen through the lens of urban infrastructure.  Read More >>

This volume presents a detailed synthesis of the historical, present-day and future state of service delivery in...  Read More >>

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This book explores how Japanese cities have transformed since the 1950s by describing housing and urban planning...  Read More >>

This book discusses the unknown and remote urban experiment of modernist social practices and dreams of a better...  Read More >>

This volume explores the phenomenon and trend of cultural buildings by investigating 10 typical cities in China...  Read More >>

The fate of towns and cities stands at the center of the environmental history of World War II. As the first major...  Read More >>

This book is a fascinating, wide-reaching interdisciplinary examination of urbanism in the context of humanities...  Read More >>

Water is one of the most pressing concerns of our time. This book argues for the importance of water as a cultural...  Read More >>

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This book presents numerical and experimental research in the field of wind energy exploitation in urban environments....  Read More >>

The book highlights these countries’ contribution to tackling climate change, emphasising the green building benefits...  Read More >>

This book explores the ways in which the broad range of technologies that make up the smart city infrastructure...  Read More >>