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Loft Living: Culture and Capital in Urban Change
by Sharon Zukin  Publisher Comments This book exposes the meeting of art and real estate markets, the happy meeting between artists' demand for housing and city officials and homeowners who wanted to 'upgrade' their neighborhoods by private market means--and how those artists were used and...
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Cityscapes : Cultural Readings in the Material and Symbolic City (05 Edition)
by Ben Highmore Publisher Comments The modern city has many dimensions, both physical and imaginative. This book offers an innovative approach to exploring its complexity by focusing on the varied and often conflicting rhythms of urban life. Spanning the nineteenth and twentieth century...
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The State of the World's Cities Report: The Millennium Development Goals and Urban Sustainability: 30 Years of Shaping the Habitat Agenda
by Un-habitat Publisher Comments The year 2007 will mark a turning point in human history: the world's urban population will for the first time equal the world's rural population. But with the concomitant strain this will place upon current urban infrastructures, what does this mean for...
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Brookings Wharton Papers on Urban Affair
by William G Gale Publisher Comments Designed to reach a wide audience of scholars and policymakers, this new series contains studies on urban sprawl, crime, taxes, education, poverty, and related subjects. Contents of the second issue include: " Decentralized Employment and the...
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Classics in Urban History #0002: Victorian Cities
by Asa Briggs Publisher Comments A comparative study in urban history, "Victorian Cities" examines the 19th-century history of four developing cities in England in a period of rapid growth, with chapters on London and Melbourne and references to Los Angeles and Chicago as well....
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How Cities Work : Suburbs, Sprawl, and the Roads Not Taken (00 Edition)
by Alex Marshall Publisher Comments Do cities work anymore? How did they get to be such sprawling conglomerations of lookalike subdivisions, megafreeways, and big box superstores surrounded by acres of parking lots? And why, most of all, don't they feel like real communities? These are the...
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Communities and Communication PB
by Elizabeth Riley Publisher Comments The current paradigm of 'partnership' in urban development and management is widely used and accepted but there is little understanding of what makes partnerships work or fail. The broad premise that underpins this book is that a partnership is a...
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Politics of Global Cities
by Doreen Massey Publisher Comments Cities around the world are striving to be global. This new book by Doreen Massey sets the global city in its broader geographical and political context. World City tells this story through London, one of the greatest of these global cities asking the...
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The Cybercities Reader (Routledge Urban Readers)
by Stephen Graham Publisher Comments Adopts a uniquely international perspective25 pieces specially commissioned for this readerIncludes general, section and selection...
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Urban Geography Reader (05 Edition)
by Nicholas Fyfe Publisher Comments Drawing on a rich diversity of theoretical approaches and practical strategies, urban geographers are at the forefront of understanding the global and local processes shaping cities, and of making sense of the urban experiences of a wide variety of...
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America's New Downtowns : Revitalization Or Reinvention? (03 Edition)
by Larry R. Ford Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-333) and index....
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When Change Occurs
by Doreen S. Berts Synopsis This book will take you through real life experiences and real life challenges. It will allow you to think of ways to move beyond your current situation; remember change starts with each individual. Itas up to you what changes will occur in your life...
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The Vulnerability of Cities: Natural Disaster and Social Resilience
by Mark Pelling Publisher Comments * What makes some cities less vulnerable and more resilient in the face of natural disasters?* Examines the factors involved and draws invaluable lessons from case studies and analysis* Major contribution to urban studies, social development and disaster...
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Gold Rush Capitalists : Greed and Growth in Sacramento (02 Edition)
by Mark A. Eifler Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-272) and index....
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Giving Ground: The Politics of Propinquity
by Joan Copjec Publisher Comments Lauren Berlant, Samuel Delany, Rosalind Deutsche, Saskia Sassen and others discuss the opposing demands of globalization and identity politics in the arena of urban planning....
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Urban Policy in Practice
by Tim Blackman Publisher Comments "Urban Policy in Practice" is a detailed, up-to-date account of urban policy in Britain. With a focus on local government, it combines a study of policy in practice with a critical assessment of recent developments. Using a wide range of examples, Tim...
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Sprawl City: Race, Politics, and Planning in Atlanta
by Robert Bullard Publisher Comments Sprawl City uses a multi-disciplinary approach to analyze and critique the emerging crisis resulting from urban sprawl in the ten-county Atlanta metropolitan region. Local experts including sociologists, lawyers, urban planners, economists, educators...
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Africa's Legacies of Urbanization: Unfolding Saga of a Continent
by Stefan Goodwin Publisher Comments Africa's Legacies of Urbanization is the culmination of several decades of research, travel, and teaching. Goodwin provides an interdisciplinary and up-to-date look at African cities and the urbanization process. Beginning with an overview of the urban...
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Humane Metropolis (06 Edition)
by Platt Synopsis Four-fifths of Americans now live in the nation's sprawling metropolitan areas, and half of the world's population is now classified as "urban." As cities become the dominant living environment for humans, there is growing concern about how to make such...
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Fortress America : Gated Communities in the United States (97 Edition)
by Edward J. Blakely Publisher Comments All across the nation, Americans are forting up - retreating from their neighbors by locking themselves behind security-controlled walls, gates, and barriers. An estimated 8 million Americans live in gated communities today. These communities are most...
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