Epidemic Urbanism. Contagious Diseases in Global Cities, New ed, Paperback - ***

The recent pandemic has put into perspective the impact of epidemic illness on urban life and exposed the vulnerabilities of societies. Interdiscip...

This volume uncovers the relations between globalization and dirty dealings in urban settings, focusing on some capital cities and on the relations...

Explores the historical complexity and cultural hybridity of post-classical eastern Mediterranean cities with case studies examining how cities' pa...

Reducere. This interdisciplinary introduction to urban theory explains how the concepts that help us understand the contemporary urban experience have develo...

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Publisher: Pearson Education LimitedAuthor(s): Robert BaumanNumber of pages: 944Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 246 x 275 x 37Cover type: Paperba...

With contributions from an international range of established and emerging scholars drawing upon real world examples, this title is the first to us...

This well-established textbook provides a comprehensive account of diseases and their transmission, covering epidemiology, control strategies, noti...

Reducere. If you are experiencing alienation from your children and grandchildren, this is the book for you! It will be your Bible, your indispensable guide ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Jassen CallenderIllustration(s): 13 Line drawings, black and white; 73 Halftones, black and white; 3 Tabl...

This Element examines urban imaginaries during the expansion of international news between the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. I...

No one will ever again die from smallpox. With the battle won against that 'most terrible of the ministers of death', an unprecedented humanitarian...

Fresh analysis of elite public giving in the Greek cities in all periods of ancient history, highlighting it as a structural feature of polis socie...

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One aspect that overwhelmingly defines the second half of the 20th century is the remarkable economic growth of Asia. This book offers a comprehens...

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Warfare in the twenty-first century goes well beyond conventional armies and nation-states. In a world of diffuse conflicts taking place across spr...

Soap operas and telenovelas are watched by millions of people around the world every day. In this title, chapters addresses the issues, theories, a...

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Reducere. Cities are so common today that we cannot imagine a world without them. More than half of the world's population lives in cities, and that proporti...

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons LtdAuthor(s): J RobinsonNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 31Cover type: Paperback / ...

Shows how and why cities are re-asserting their historic role at the forefront of international economic and political life. The book focuses on fi...

An engaging and visually stunning look at some of Europe's major citiesPublisher: Hachette Children's GroupAuthor(s): Liz GogerlyNumber of pages: 4...

An engaging and visually stunning look at some of Asia's major citiesPublisher: Hachette Children's GroupAuthor(s): Liz GogerlyNumber of pages: 48C...

Underground City explores how new ideas and technologies are transforming the ways we build and inhabit underground space and how these innovations...

Reducere. Few writers achieve success in more than one genre, and yet if Tennessee Williams had never written a single play he would still be known as a dist...

Reducere. DescriptionEnvisioning Better Cities: A Global Tour of Good Ideas takes readers on a world tour of useful, feasible, and novel ideas for making cit...

Explore over 60 of the world's most amazing cities with this activity book for urban explorers. Fill in New York's famous skyline, design a Mexican...

Reducere. Cut It Out examines the exponential increase in the United States of the most technological form of birth that exists: the cesarean section. While ...

Lonely Planet's New England is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you...

Case studies of metropolitan cities in nine African countries - from Egypt in the north to three in West and Central Africa, two in East Africa and...

This study develops a 'Pathways to De-dollarization' framework and applies it to analyze the institutional and market mechanisms that BRICS (Brazil...

This discussion of developments in policy on climate change and forced displacement covers theories and potential solutions, governance, local and ...