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Proceedings of a conference sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute and held in Washington, May 1980.Book InformationISBN 9780844722108Author Robert L. WoodsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 0Imprint AEI PressPublisher AEI Press

Deindustrialization is not simply an economic process, but a social and cultural one as well. The rusting detritus of our industrial past-the wrecked hulks of factories, abandoned machinery too large to remove, and now-useless infrastructures-has for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816518623Author Bobby BurnsFormat PaperbackPage Count 125Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679744375Author Nik CohnFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 451g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679724186Author William Julius WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 226gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316088640Author Lisa BelkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 449gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780932770523Author Jack Nusan PorterFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Spencer PressPublisher Spencer PressWeight(grams) 152g

The major cities of Texas have developed through a complex web of politics, society, and economics. To describe and explain the state's urban evolution, the contributors to Urban Texas use comparative and multidisciplinary perspectives that explore the...

Over the last two years, the United States has observed, with some horror, the explosion and collapse of entire segments of the housing market, especially those driven by subprime and alternative or "exotic" home mortgage lending. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595304141Author Kenneth R SchneiderFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 562g

A fascinating account of the growing "Yes in My Backyard" urban movement The exorbitant costs of urban housing and the widening gap in income inequality are fueling a combative new movement in cities around the world. A growing number of influential...

This book offers a concise and yet diverse study on the Chengzhongcun. It has a broader scope, both geographical and temporal, than existing works on this topic. The typical Chinese urban informal settlement is related to morphologically similar...

The number of bicyclists is increasing in the United States, especially among the working class and people of color. In contrast to the demographics of bicyclists in the United States, advocacy for bicycling has focused mainly on the interests of white...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780761874287Author Tung X BuiFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint University Press of AmericaPublisher University Press of America

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671004644Author Lealan JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 236mm *...

First published in 1987, Shelter, Settlement & Development presents a comprehensive and authoritative reappraisal of shelter, settlement and development policies and programs in third world countries. Drawing on the considerable research and advisory...

An unvarnished portrait of gentrification in an underprivileged, majority-minority small cityNewburgh is a small postindustrial city of some twenty-eight thousand people located sixty miles north of New York City in the Hudson River Valley. Like many...

The toppling of monuments globally in the last few years has highlighted the potency of monuments as dynamic and affectively-loaded participants in society. In the context of Ottawa, Canada’s capital city, monuments inspire colonial and imperial...

Whether waiting for the train or planning the future city, infrastructure orders—and depends on—multiple urban temporalities. This agenda-setting volume disrupts conventional notions of time through a robust examination of the relations between...

Home to eighty thousand people, Accra's Old Fadama neighbourhood is the largest illegal slum in Ghana. Though almost all its inhabitants are Ghanaian born, their status as illegal 'squatters' means that they live a precarious existence, marginalised...

The relationship between policing and the governance of society is an important and complex one, especially as it relates to destitute areas. Through a comparative analysis of policing in skid row districts in three cities - Edinburgh, San Francisco, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646221592Author Anne Elizabeth MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint CatapultPublisher CatapultWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 140mm * 19mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498557474Author Tracey HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Lexington BooksPublisher Lexington BooksWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780887722226Author Roger KembleFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint University of Ottawa PressPublisher University of Ottawa PressWeight(grams) 277g

This open access book uncovers the historical context and entrenched beliefs that have perpetuated exclusionary urban landscapes and disadvantage for marginalized groups. It offers an in-depth exploration of the intricate interplay of geographical space,...

This informative monograph focuses on the city of Toyota, located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Aside from the fact that most Toyota passenger vehicles are produced there, generally little is known about its reality. Since the 1960s, the city has...

The case studies in this book, by historians, archaeologists and literary scholars, draw a varied image of the protean Greek city. They cover all periods of Greek civilisation and deal not only with the iconic cities of Athens and Constantinople, but...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788779347007Author Hogni Kalso HansenFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Aarhus University PressPublisher Aarhus University PressWeight(grams) 299g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783700183334Author Hans-Heinrich BlotevobelFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Austrian Academy of Sciences PressPublisher Austrian Academy of Sciences...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783700181330Author Yvonne FranzFormat PaperbackPage Count 185Imprint Austrian Academy of Sciences PressPublisher Austrian Academy of Sciences...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783700160427Author Wolgang BosswickFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Austrian Academy of Sciences PressPublisher Austrian Academy of Sciences...

Canada's major cities have faced the humanitarian disaster of homelessness for decades, but the COVID-19 pandemic laid bare a massive deficit in social programs and widespread inattention to human rights. Are municipal public services designed to...

HOUSING BOOMS IN GATEWAY CITIES “David Ley examines the development of housing booms, and policies intended to stimulate or limit them. Utilising a comparative approach in five gateway cities, he provides a superb understanding of the politics of booms,...

Effective urban governance is essential in responding to the challenges of inequality, migration, public health, housing, security, and climate change. Reclaiming Democracy in Cities frames the city as a political actor in its own right, exploring the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857287724Author Ernest J. YanarellaFormat HardbackPage Count 318Imprint Anthem PressPublisher Anthem PressWeight(grams) 680g

The Metaverse and Smart Cities: Urban Environments in the Age of Digital Connectivity explores the intersection between the rapidly growing metaverse and the future of cities. The metaverse is a virtual world that is increasingly gaining attention as a...

This title attempts to look at some of the key theoretical and empirical debates in the fields of urbanization, industrialization and stratification in India. It engages with the problems of typologies - tribal, peasant and industrial - in order to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978820593Author Vincent JoosFormat HardbackPage Count 226Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University PressWeight(grams) 156g

Makris and Gatta engage in a rich ethnographic investigation of Asbury Park to better understand the connection between jobs and seasonal gentrification and the experiences of longtime residents in this beach-community city. They demonstrate how the...

"Suburban Affiliations" presents the reader with a thorough and engaging study of the everyday civic and social relations that are observed in suburban localities, in this case in Dublin, Ireland. It provides insight into the ways in which...