Unequal Cities: Structural Racism and the Death Gap in America's Largest Cities, Hardcover - Maureen R. Benjamins

The elimination of racial and ethnic inequities--differences that are avoidable, unnecessary, and unfair--has been one of the overarching health-re...

Reducere. The growth of the modern world urban system is the greatest episode of urban growth there has ever been, but it is not the first. Three thousand ye...

DescriptionWarren Copeland draws from his experience of more than two decades in city politics and addresses head on the issue of Christian ethics ...

Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of its initial publication, this special edition of Jane Jacobs's masterpiece, The Death and Life o...

The story of ancient cities from the end of the Bronze Age to the beginning of the Middle Ages: a tale of war and politics, pestilence and famine, ...

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Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Catherine TumberNumber of pages: 256Collection: Urban and Industrial EnvironmentsPublication date: 2013Dimension...

DescriptionWith over 60 per cent of the world's population living in cities, the networks beneath our feet - which keep the cities above moving - a...

Reducere. What if divided neighborhoods were causing public health problems? What if a new approach to planning and design could tackle both the built enviro...

In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history ...

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Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 250 Halftones, color; 250 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 488Publication date: 2021Dimensions:...

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

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sharon Egretta SuttonForeword by: James Stewart PolshekWhen Ivory Towers Were Black lies at the potent intersection of race...

How cities can build on the "sharing economy" and smart technology to deliver a "sharing paradigm" that supports justice, solidarity, and sustainab...

Reducere. Once a blue-collar outpost, Seattle, home to Microsoft, Amazon, and hundreds of startups, transformed into one of the world's major innovation hubs...

How to Read Towns & Cities is a pocket-sized primer to understanding the forces that have shaped the world's cities. It takes a practical, highly v...

American author, journalist, and activist Jane Jacobs was born in 1916 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She moved to New York City in 1934, where she bec...

Reducere. This guidebook presents a framework for climate adaptation planning for coastal cities, large and small, focused on the central roles of citizens, ...

A New Statesman 'most anticipated title of the year' 2022 'Compelling.' David Lammy MP A powerful intervention roundly debunking the myth of progre...

Publisher: Skyhorse PublishingAuthor(s): Julie LoriaIllustration(s): Color photos throughoutNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 3...

Reducere. Robert Kennedy, director of the National Park Service, analyzes the discovery of North America and the loss of ancient civilization, from the citie...

Reducere. A smart city is a framework that aims to develop, deploy and promote sustainable development practices to address the growing challenges of urbaniz...

Beginning in the 1950s, an explosion in rural-urban migration dramatically increased the population of cities throughout Peru, leading to an acute ...

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

An engaging and visually exciting look at some of Australasia's major citiesPublisher: Hachette Children's GroupAuthor(s): Rob HuntNumber of pages:...

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...

This book explores issues of definition and the essential elements of cities, offering a new heuristic typology of cities. It reviews case studies ...

An anthology of horror stories in urban settings-whether back alleys, crumbling brownstones, gleaming high-rise towers, or city hall.

An engaging and visually exciting look at some of South America's major citiesPublisher: Hachette Children's GroupAuthor(s): Rob HuntNumber of page...

An engaging and visually exciting look at some of North America's major citiesPublisher: Hachette Children's GroupAuthor(s): Rob HuntNumber of page...

Reducere. We know racism is entrenched in our systems and institutions, but what about our cities and public spaces?In The Diaspora of Belonging, author Jay ...

Universally, the production, maintenance and management of housing have been, and continue to be, market-based activities. Nevertheless, since the ...

Reducere. This book explores the intertwined histories of Saint-Louis, Senegal, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Although separated by an ocean, both cities were ...

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...

DescriptionThough reaching ever further toward the skies, today's cities are overshadowed by multiple threats: climate change, overpopulation, soci...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Peter KageyamaThe mutual love affair between people and their place is one of the most powerful influences in our lives, ye...

Reducere. In this exciting novel set during the French Revolution, Charles Dickens expresses sympathy for the downtrodden poor and their outrage at the self-...

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