Urban

This is the moving and powerful account of two  remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago's  Henry Horner Homes, a public housing complex  disfigur...

This Book Balances An Authoritative, Up-to-date Discussion Of Current Practices With A Vision Of What Land Use Planning Should Become. It Explores The Socie...

Samuel Stein.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesUrban Planning & Development

Luc Sante's Low Life Is A Portrait Of America's Greatest City, The Riotous And Anarchic Breeding Ground Of Modernity. This Is Not The Familiar Saga Of Mansi...

Edited By Stephen Graham. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Arts & Photography Architecture Urban & Land Use PlanningLand Us...

Urbanization: An Introduction to Urban Geography,Third Edition captures the changes in the nature and outcomes of urbanization processes for people, as wel...

Today, for the first time in the history of Humankind urban dwellers outnumber rural residents. Urban places, towns and cities, are of fundamental importa...

Since The Mid-1990s, Research On Global Cities Has Exploded Throughout The Social Sciences. It Has Now Become One Of The Most Exciting, If Controversial, Ap...

HERITAGE TORONTO 2022 BOOK AWARD NOMINEEFrom basketball hoops to cricket bats, the role community sports play in our cities and how crucial they are to dive...

In Recent Years, The Young, Educated, And Affluent Have Surged Back Into Cities, Reversing Decades Of Suburban Flight And Urban Decline. And Yet All Is Not ...

Bruno Latour ; Translated By Catherine Porter. Includes Glossary.Categories: Engineering & Transportation EngineeringIndustrial, Manufacturing & Ope...

An account of a year inside a city homicide unit focuses on three detectives investigating murders in Baltimore--a city torn by racial tensions and plagued ...

The New Tourist: Waking Up to the Power and Perils of TravelCategories: Travel Specialty TravelBusiness Travel

The Critically Lauded Author Of The Beast Side And The Cook Up Returns With An Existential Look At Life In Low-income Black Communities, While Also Offering...

Renowned Scientists Christakis And Fowler Present Compelling Evidence For The Profound Influence People Have On One Another's Tastes, Health, Wealth, Happin...

This Third Edition Of Urban Geography Continues To Examine The New Geographical Patterns That Are Forming Within Cities And The Ways In Which Geographers Ha...

The Scope Of Performance Measurement -- What Types Of Performance Information Should Be Tracked? -- What Are The First Steps? -- What Are The Program's Miss...

New York Times Best Seller "A deft and uniquely credible exploration of rural America, and of other left-behind pockets of our country. One of the most imp...

The fourth edition of Canadian Cities in Transition: New Directions in the Twenty-First Century has been completely revised and updated to reflect the most ...

Visionary thinker Jane Jacobs uses her authoritative work on urban life and economies to show us how we can protect and strengthen our culture and communiti...

An unflinching look at the aspiring city-builders of our smart, mobile, connected future. We live in a world defined by urbanization and digital ubiquity, ...

Urbanization is a fact of Canadian life. With approximately 80 per cent of Canadians residing in cities, it is imperative that students understand the issue...

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and Science Friday\A quest to explore some of the most spectacular ancient cities in human history―and figure out why...

"Save Your City is an inspired and powerful must-read. Our democracy is in peril and this book delivers the right message, by the right person, at the right...

Building upon the foundations students gain in introductory sociology courses,Social Problems: A Canadian Perspective examines the social dynamics and conse...

Explore The Vestiges Of The Hamlets And Villages That Have Been Swallowed Up By Toronto’s Relentless Growth. Over More Than Two Centuries, Toronto Has Bal...

In The Summer Of 2010, Photographer Brandon Stanton Began An Ambitious Project -- To Single-handedly Create A Photographic Census Of New York City. The Phot...

The award-winning, field-defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to mid-20th century Gay New York brilliantly shatters the myth that be...

Introduction To Los Angeles : City And Region / Edward W. Soja And Allen J. Scott -- The First American City / Richard S. Weinstein -- Hetero-architecture A...

Today's news media is full of references to 'globalization' - a buzz word that is quickly becoming ubiquitous. But what exactly is globalization? What are ...