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  • Culture, Urbanism and Planning

    by Manuel Guardia ...
    The relationship between culture and urbanism has been the focus of much discussion and debate in recent years. While globalisation tends towards a homogeneity, successful 'global cities' have a strong individual - and particularly cultural - identity. The economic value of the culture of cities lies not only in the arts taking place there but also in the city’s fabric, its architecture, and in ... Read more

    $105.80 CAD

  • Prisons in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century

    A Human Dumping Ground

    by Jonathan D. Rosen, Marten W. Brienen, Astrid Arrarás, Emily D. Bello-Pardo, Adrián Bonilla, Nashira Chávez, Sebastián A. Cutrona, Lucía Dammert, Manuel Dammert Guardia0, Khatchik DerGhougassian1, Brian Fonseca2, Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor3, Pamela Pamelá4, Susan Phillips5, Christa L. Remington6, Marcelo Rocha e Silva Zorovich7, Tamara Rice Lave8, Randy Seepersad9, Dianne Williams0, Roberto Zepeda Martínez1, W. Andy Knight2 ...
    Series series Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century
    This volume on penitentiary systems in the Americas offers a long-overdue look at the prisons that exist at the forefront of the ongoing struggle against drugs and violence throughout North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. From Haiti to Bolivia, the authors examine the conditions in these systems, and allow several common themes to emerge, including the alarming prevalence of lengthy ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

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  • In Search of Paradise

    Middle-Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis

    by Li Zhang ...
    A new revolution in homeownership and living has been sweeping the booming cities of China. This time the main actors on the social stage are not peasants, migrants, or working-class proletariats but middle-class professionals and entrepreneurs in search of a private paradise in a society now dominated by consumerism. No longer seeking happiness and fulfillment through collective sacrifice and ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Ultimate Travel Packing Checklist

    by Derwin Kitch ...
    Imagine opening your suitcase and having everything you need at your fingertips.You can experience this by learning the secrets of a seasoned traveler.Create your perfect packing list and save money with these complete and tested lists:*Clothing*Personal hygiene*Miscellaneous items*Traveling with children/family*ElectronicsBe one of the few that never says "I forgot this" or "I wish I had brought ... Read more

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  • Divided Cities

    Belfast, Beirut, Jerusalem, Mostar, and Nicosia

    by Jon Calame, Esther Charlesworth, Lebbeus Woods ...
    Series series The City in the Twenty-First Century
    In Jerusalem, Israeli and Jordanian militias patrolled a fortified, impassable Green Line from 1948 until 1967. In Nicosia, two walls and a buffer zone have segregated Turkish and Greek Cypriots since 1963. In Belfast, "peaceline" barricades have separated working-class Catholics and Protestants since 1969. In Beirut, civil war from 1974 until 1990 turned a cosmopolitan city into a lethal ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • What a City Is For

    Remaking the Politics of Displacement

    by Matt Hern ...
    An investigation into gentrification and displacement, focusing on the case of Portland, Oregon's systematic dispersal of black residents from its Albina neighborhood.Portland, Oregon, is one of the most beautiful, livable cities in the United States. It has walkable neighborhoods, bike lanes, low-density housing, public transportation, and significant green space—not to mention craft-beer bars ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD

  • More Urban Less Poor

    An Introduction to Urban Development and Management

    by Goran Tannerfeldt, Per Ljung ...
    A world more urban...The world is undergoing massive urbanization, and is projected to increase from three to over four billion city dwellers, mostly in the developing world, within 15 years. This historic shift is producing dramatic effects on human well-being and the environment....but less poorUnplanned shanty-towns without basic services are not an inevitable consequence of urbanization and ... Read more

    $53.58 CAD

  • 50 Years Of Urban Planning In Singapore

    by Chye Kiang Heng ...
    Series series World Scientific Series On Singapore's 50 Years Of Nation-building
    50 Years of Urban Planning in Singapore is an accessible and comprehensive volume on Singapore's planning approach to urbanization. Organized into three parts, the first section of the volume, 'Paradigms, Policies, and Processes', provides an overview of the ideologies and strategies underpinning urban planning in Singapore; the second section, 'The Built Environment as a Sum of Parts', delves ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Common Ground in a Liquid City

    Essays in Defense of an Urban Future

    by Matt Hern ...
    If we want to preserve what's still left of the natural world, we need to stop using so much of it. And, says veteran environmental activist Matt Hern, cities are the best chance we have left for a truly ecological future . . . but what does it take to make a truly sustainable city?Common Ground in a Liquid City is a fun and engaging look at the future of urban life. Hern takes us on a journey ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Designing High-Density Cities

    For Social and Environmental Sustainability

    Edited by Edward Ng ...
    Compact living is sustainable living. High-density cities can support closer amenities, encourage reduced trip lengths and the use of public transport and therefore reduce transport energy costs and carbon emissions. High-density planning also helps to control the spread of urban suburbs into open lands, improves efficiency in urban infrastructure and services, and results in environmental ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • Gentrification of the City

    Edited by Neil Smith, Peter Williams ...
    The author and contributors of this book seek to present alternatives to the mainstream discussions of gentrification. It does not present a single coherent vision of the causes, effects and experiences of gentrification, but a number of different views that do not always coincide. What the authors have in common is the attempt to escape a naive empiricism which has dominated much mainstream ... Read more

    $111.30 CAD

  • Sustainable Regeneration of Former Military Sites

    Edited by Samer Bagaeen, Celia Clark ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design
    Sustainable Regeneration of Former Military Sites is the first book to analyze a profound land use change happening all over the world: the search for sustainable futures for property formerly dedicated to national defense now becoming redundant, disposed of and redeveloped. The new military necessity for rapid flexible response requires quite different physical resources from the massive fixed ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD