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Serious Money: Walking Plutocratic London by Caroline Knowles
RRP: $14.18$10.02'A latter-day Canterbury Tales ... Serious Money has a serious mission' The Times'Eye-opening ... part guide, part indictment of a yawning wealth gap' Misha Glenny, Financial TimesLondon is a plutocrat's paradise, with more resident billionaires than New... -
Triumph of the City: How Urban Spaces Make Us Human by Edward Glaeser
RRP: $14.18$10.02Understanding the modern city and the powerful forces within it is the life's work of Harvard urban economist Edward Glaeser, who at forty is hailed as one of the world's most exciting urban thinkers. Travelling from city to city, speaking to planners... -
Extreme Economies: Survival, Failure, Future - Lessons from the World's Limits by Richard Davies
RRP: $15.47$10.87*Winner of the Enlightened Economist Prize 2019**Winner of Debut Writer of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020**Longlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2019*'Extreme Economies is a revelation -... -
GO BIG: How To Fix Our World by Ed Miliband
RRP: $14.18$10.02How do we rein in the power of Big Tech?How do we tackle the climate crisis? How can all of us play a part in making change happen? For the past four years, Ed Miliband has been discovering and interviewing brilliant people all around the world who are... -
Movement: how to take back our streets and transform our lives by Thalia Verkade
RRP: $19.34$12.64Our dependence on cars is damaging our health - and the planet's. Movement asks radical questions about how we approach the biggest urban problem, reflecting on the apparent successes of Dutch cities. Making our communities safer, cleaner, and greener... -
Smart Cities For Dummies by Jonathan Reichental
RRP: $33.53$22.42Become empowered to build and maintain smarter cities At its core, a smart city is a collection of technological responses to the growing demands, challenges, and complexities of improving the quality of life for billions of people now living in urban... -
Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain by James Bloodworth
RRP: $12.89$8.64Longlisted for the Orwell Prize, 2019 ____________The Times Round-up of the Best Non-fiction Paperbacks, 2019The Times Best Current Affairs and Big Ideas Book of the Year, 2018For many in modern Britain, careers are low-paid and high-risk, a series of... -
Serious Money: Walking Plutocratic London by Caroline Knowles 9780241470923
RRP: $32.25$28.11'A latter-day Canterbury Tales ... Serious Money has a serious mission' The Times'Eye-opening ... part guide, part indictment of a yawning wealth gap' Misha Glenny, Financial Times'A wonderful and vital account of a city ruled by, and for, extreme... -
Chinese Big Business and the Wealth of Asian Nations by Rajeswary Ampalavanar Brown 9780333753446
$116.45Chinese Big Business and the Wealth of Asian Nations examines the crucial contribution of Chinese business groups to the rapid growth of South-East Asia. This study examines major Chinese firms and their increasingly important networks in this era of... -
India: The Emerging Giant by Arvind Panagariya 9780199751563
RRP: $42.56$29.37India is not only the world's largest and fiercely independent democracy, but also an emerging economic giant. But to date there has been no comprehensive account of India's remarkable growth or the role policy has played in fueling this expansion... -
City Planning: A Very Short Introduction by Carl Abbott
RRP: $11.60$8.32City planning is a practice and a profession. It is also a set of goals and--sometimes utopian--aspirations. Formal thought about the shaping of cities as physical spaces and social environments calls on the same range of disciplines and approaches that... -
High Street: How our town centres can bounce back from the retail crisis by David Rudlin
RRP: $51.60$42.80The high street is in crisis. How did we get here and what happens next? The global pandemic has made the crisis immeasurably worse but it wasn’t the cause. The crisis was already raging in 2019 with thousands of store closures. Large retailers became... -
Economics and Property by Danny Myers 9781138359987
RRP: $61.91$53.93Economics and Property provides a clear and easy-to-read introduction to any property economics module in a degree leading to a profession in real estate, surveying, construction and related courses in the built environment. It focuses on the core... -
Modern Urban and Regional Economics by Philip McCann 9780199582006
$93.60Modern Urban and Regional Economics explains the spatial economic underpinnings of the behaviour of urban and regional economies in order to highlight the differences between the two types of economy. The explicitly spatial approach enables the author to... -
Decarbonizing Logistics: Distributing Goods in a Low Carbon World by Alan McKinnon 9780749483807
RRP: $58.04$48.50Logistics accounts for around 9-10% of global CO2 emissions and will be one of the hardest economic sectors to decarbonize. This is partly because the demand for freight transport is expected to rise sharply over the next few decades, but also because it... -
Capitalism, Power and Innovation: Intellectual Monopoly Capitalism Uncovered by Cecilia Rikap 9780367750299
RRP: $51.59$45.23In contemporary global capitalism, the most powerful corporations are innovation or intellectual monopolies. The book's unique perspective focuses on how private ownership and control of knowledge and data have become a major source of rent and power... -
Harnessing Global Value Chains for regional development: How to upgrade through regional policy, FDI and trade by Riccardo Crescenzi
RRP: $46.43$40.88This Regional Studies Policy Impact Book brings together the latest academic evidence and public policy insights with global value chains (GVCs) and foreign direct investment (FDI). It comprises a comprehensive description and explanation of why they... -
Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity by Charles L. Marohn, Jr. 9781119564812
RRP: $25.80$17.74A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in... -
The Economy of Ireland: Policy Making in a Global Context by John O'Hagan
RRP: $58.04$51.29The Economy of Ireland (14th edition) takes a holistic examination of the Irish Economy in light of events including the Celtic Tiger boom, recession, recovery and a global pandemic. The textbook considers the evolution of the Irish economy over time;... -
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: The challenges facing cities and regions by Stephen Parkes
RRP: $46.43$40.88The past decade has seen substantial progress towards the development of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs). Accompanying the technological developments, there has been much dialogue around the potential for CAVs to help solve a range of economic,... -
Keys to the City: How Economics, Institutions, Social Interaction, and Politics Shape Development by Michael Storper 9780691202952
RRP: $45.15$35.78Why do some cities grow economically while others decline? Why do some show sustained economic performance while others cycle up and down? In Keys to the City, Michael Storper, one of the world's leading economic geographers, looks at why we should... -
The Oxford Handbook of Urban Politics by Karen Mossberger 9780199385553
RRP: $67.08$61.43The Oxford Handbook of Urban Politics is an authoritative volume on an established subject in political science and the academy more generally: urban politics and urban studies. The editors are all recognized experts, and are well connected to the... -
Introduction to Urban Science: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems by Luis M a Bettencourt
RRP: $55.47$39.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262046008Author Luis M. A. BettencourtFormat HardbackPage Count 568Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Global Cities: A Short History by Greg Clark
RRP: $16.76$15.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815728917Author Greg ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 180mm... -
Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation: Ecosystems for Inclusion in Europe by Mario Biggeri 9780815375791
RRP: $174.15$151.81This book provides comprehensive and advanced analysis of the characteristics of social entrepreneurship in Europe. It offers innovative, up-todate research on the ecosystems of social entrepreneurship, the behavior of social entrepreneurs, their ability... -
The Innovation Complex: Cities, Tech, and the New Economy by Sharon Zukin 9780197621608
$28.48An in-depth look at how New York adopted "innovation" and became a destination for startups and large tech companies. In recent years, the language of "innovation" has spurred visions of urban economic revival led by digital technology. Investors,... -
Bishop Auckland: The growth of a historic market town by Clare Howard 9781802078381
RRP: $19.34$17.98Nestled within the rolling hills and tree-filled landscape of Weardale, Bishop Auckland is an attractive market town with a rich collection of buildings dating from many centuries and an archaeological legacy spanning two millennia. This is a place... -
Levelling Up Left Behind Places: The Scale and Nature of the Economic and Policy Challenge by Ron Martin
RRP: $46.43$40.88This book aims to understand the predicaments of 'left behind places' and the scale of the policy challenge of 'levelling up' their economic prosperity. Drawing out lessons of wider international significance, it examines how places (cities, towns and... -
Affordable Housing Governance and Finance: Innovations, partnerships and comparative perspectives by Vincent Gruis
RRP: $59.33$51.77There is a large shortage of affordable housing across Europe. In high-demand urban areas housing shortages lead to unaffordable prices for many target groups. This book explores innovations to support a sufficient supply of affordable and sustainable... -
Urban Economics and Urban Policy: Challenging Conventional Policy Wisdom by Paul C. Cheshire 9781783475254
RRP: $39.93$36.40In this bold, exciting and readable volume, Paul Cheshire, Max Nathan and Henry Overman illustrate the insights that recent economic research brings to our understanding of cities, and the lessons for urban policy-making. The authors present new evidence... -
The Preston Model and Community Wealth Building: Creating a Socio-Economic Democracy for the Future by Julian Manley
RRP: $46.43$40.88Through a deep examination of what has become known as the 'Preston Model', this book explores an innovative approach to local economic development that utilises economic democratisation to realise both social and economic objectives. The first part of... -
She Who Wins by Renée Bauer 9781953027085
RRP: $32.25$23.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953027085Author Renee BauerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Urano WorldPublisher Urano WorldWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 225mm * 154mm * 18mm -
Going Remote: How the Flexible Work Economy Can Improve Our Lives and Our Cities by Matthew E. Kahn
RRP: $29.67$23.35A leading urban economist's hopeful study of how shifts to remote work can change all of our lives for the better. As COVID-19 descended upon the country in 2020, millions of American office workers transitioned to working from home to reduce risk of... -
The Cultural Politics of Urban Development in South Korea: Art, Memory and Urban Boosterism in Gwangju by HaeRan Shin 9781032400242
RRP: $51.59$45.23This book analyses the cultural politics of urban development in Gwangju, South Korea, and illustrates the implementation of state-led arts-based urban boosterism efforts in the context of political trauma and the desire for economic growth.The book... -
Bootstrap Capital: Microenterprises and the American Poor by Lisa J. Servon 9780815778059
RRP: $24.50$21.65The microenterprise strategy -helping people start small businesses -has generated attention among policymakers and the media as a way to create jobs and help lift people out of poverty. Through extensive interviews and case studies of five diverse... -
Regaining the Dream: How to Renew the Promise of Homeownership for America's Working Families by Roberto G. Quercia 9780815721727
RRP: $25.79$22.72Millions of Americans have lost their homes since the start of the recession initiated by the financial crisis of 2008-09. But is the dream of homeownership for America's working families obsolete, an aspiration from a bygone era? Regaining the Dream... -
Mass Motorization and Mass Transit: An American History and Policy Analysis by David W. Jones
RRP: $25.79$13.52Mass Motorization and Mass Transit examines how the United States became the world's most thoroughly motorized nation and why mass transit has been more displaced in the United States than in any other advanced industrial nation. The book's historical... -
The Wealth and Poverty of Cities: Why Nations Matter by Mario Polese
RRP: $58.04$48.61That some cities are vibrant while others are in decline is starkly apparent. In The Wealth and Poverty of Cities, Mario Polese argues that focusing on city attributes is too narrow. Cities do not control the basic conditions that determine their success... -
Reflections on Regionalism by Bruce Katz
RRP: $25.79$22.72Academics, community activists, and politicians have rediscovered regionalism, insisting that regions are critical functional units in a world-wide economy and, just as important, critical functional units in individual American lives. More and more of... -
Neighborhoods and Urban Development by Anthony Downs
RRP: $24.50$21.65American cities are shifting collections of individual neghborhoods. Thousands of residents move every year within and among neighborhoods; their flows across a city can radically and quickly alter the character of its neighborhoods. What is behind all...