Urban

North America is in the grips of a drug epidemic; with the introduction of fentanyl, the chances of a fatal overdose are greater than ever, prompting many t...

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...

“Michael Gross’s new book…packs [in] almost as many stories as there are apartments in the building. The Jackie Collins of real estate likes to map ex...

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 ...

In a city known for wealth and prosperity, the divide between haves and have-nots is rarely clearer than on moving day, when those two worlds come together...

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...

America's cities are being rapidly transformed by a sinister and homogenous design. A new Kind of urbanism—manipulative, dispersed, and hostile to traditi...

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...

Toronto prides itself on being “the world’s most diverse city,” and its officials seek to support this diversity through programs and policies design...

"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...

Social Capital Theorists Have Shown That Some People Do Better Than Others In Part Because They Enjoy Larger, More Supportive, Or Otherwise More Useful Netw...

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...

From Water to Wine explores how Angola has changed since the end of its civil war in 2002. Its focus is on the middle class—defined as those with a house,...

From the vital voice of Elijah Anderson, Black in White Space sheds fresh light on the dire persistence of racial discrimination in our country. A birder s...

Review\“Millennial Movements provides new ideas about how the power of DIY urbanism and activism work in a Costa Rican context. It offers an innovative an...

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...

Community shapes our identity, quenches our thirst for belonging, and bolsters our physical, mental, emotional, and economic health. But in the chaos of mod...

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

this Guide Summarizes Lessons Learned By Studying Successful Community-building Initiatives In Hundreds Of Neighborhoods Across The U.s. It Outlines What Lo...

The first volume of #HipHopEd: The Compilation on Hip-hop Education brings together veteran and emerging scholars, practitioners and students from a variety...

this New Edition Brings This Study Of Inner-city Life Up To Date. publishers Weekly anthropologist Bourgois Chose Addicts, Thieves, And [drug] Dealers To ...

The Lower East Side of Manhattan is rich in stories -- of poor immigrants who flocked there in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; of beatni...

Based On The Blog With More Than A Million Loyal Fans, A Beautiful, Heartfelt, Funny, And Inspiring Collection Of Photographs Capturing The Spirit Of A City...

Globally renowned architect Tye Farrow bridges the gap in knowledge between the therapeutic medical world and the design community to reveal how the intenti...

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 ...