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  • Land Issues for Urban Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Modifié par Robert Home ...
    Collections series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Sub-Saharan Africa faces many development challenges, such as its size and diversity, rapid urban population growth, history of colonial exploitation, fragile states and conflicts over land and natural resources. This collection, contributed from different academic disciplines and professions, seeks to support the UN Habitat New Urban Agenda passed at Habitat III in Quito, Ecuador, in 2016. It ... En savoir plus

    $204.99 CAD

  • Of Planting and Planning

    The making of British colonial cities

    par Robert Home ...
    Collections series Planning, History and Environment Series
    ‘At the centre of the world-economy, one always finds an exceptional state, strong, aggressive and privileged, dynamic, simultaneously feared and admired.’ - Fernand Braudel, Civilization and Capitalism, 15th–18th CenturiesThis, surely, is an apt description of the British Empire at its zenith.Of Planting and Planning explores how Britain used the formation of towns and cities as an instrument of ... En savoir plus

    $105.80 CAD

  • Demystifying the Mystery of Capital

    Land Tenure & Poverty in Africa and the Caribbean

    Modifié par Robert Home, Hilary Lim ...
    This is an original empirical and theoretical study of the use of law to secure land tenure in the face of poverty, urban and peri-urban growth and changing social structures. ... En savoir plus

    $116.79 CAD

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  • Darwin Comes to Town

    par Professor Menno Schilthuizen ...
    See your city through fresh eyesWe are marching towards a future in which three-quarters of humans live in cities, and a large portion of the planet's landmass is urbanized. With much of the rest covered by human-shaped farms, pasture, and plantations, where can nature still go? To the cities -- is Menno Schilthuizen's answer in this remarkable book. And with more and more wildlife carving out new ... En savoir plus

    $22.99 CAD

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  • The New Urban Frontier

    Gentrification and the Revanchist City

    par Neil Smith ...
    Why have so many central and inner cities in Europe, North America and Australia been so radically revamped in the last three decades, converting urban decay into new chic? Will the process continue in the twenty-first century or has it ended? What does this mean for the people who live there? Can they do anything about it? This book challenges conventional wisdom, which holds gentrification to be ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $159.99 CAD Maintenant $142.90 CAD

  • The New Urban Economics

    And Alternatives

    par H.W. Richardson ...
    This book was first published in 1977. Urban economics is a relatively young field of economics; hardly existing except perhaps in real estate and land economics curricula-before the 1960s. Within the last few years, especially after 1 971, there has been a growth of interest in urban economic theory, strong enough even to attract the attention of general economic theorists. These new theoretical ... En savoir plus

    $63.20 CAD

  • The Compact City

    A Sustainable Urban Form?

    Modifié par Elizabeth Burton, Mike Jenks, Katie Williams ...
    This book presents the latest thinking on the benefits and dangers of higher density urban living. It offers diverse opinions and research, from a wide range of disciplines, and gives an insight into both the theoretical debate and the practical challenges surrounding the compact city. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in sustainable urban development. ... En savoir plus

    $236.99 CAD

  • The Sociology of Space

    Materiality, Social Structures, and Action

    par Martina Löw ...
    Collections series Social Sciences (R0)
    In this book, the author develops a relational concept of space that encompasses social structure, the material world of objects and bodies, and the symbolic dimension of the social world. Löw’s guiding principle is the assumption that space emerges in the interplay between objects, structures and actions. Based on a critical discussion of classic theories of space, Löw develops a new dynamic ... En savoir plus

    $166.99 CAD

  • Mega-Events and Legacies in Post-Metropolitan Spaces

    Expos and Urban Agendas

    par Stefano Di Vita, Corinna Morandi ...
    Collections series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book offers new perspectives through which to observe and interpret mega-events. Using the specific case studies of World’s Fairs, Di Vita and Morandi present a report of the Milan Expo 2015 and its trans-scalar legacies. While the event and post-event have been affected by the world crisis, the locations of exhibition areas have greatly expanded, encompassing regional as well as post ... En savoir plus

    $70.99 CAD

  • Capital Dilemma

    Growth and Inequality in Washington, D.C.

    Modifié par Derek Hyra, Sabiyha Prince ...
    Capital Dilemma: Growth and Inequality in Washington, DC uncovers and explains the dynamics that have influenced the contemporary economic advancement of Washington, DC. This volume’s unique interdisciplinary approach using historical, sociological, anthropological, economic, geographic, political, and linguistic theories and approaches, captures the comprehensive factors related to changes taking ... En savoir plus

    $114.99 CAD

  • Legal Services Regulation at the Crossroads

    Justitia’s Legions

    par Noel Semple ...
    Who should be allowed to provide legal services to others? What characteristics must these services possess? Through a comparative study of English-speaking jurisdictions, this book illuminates the policy choices involved in legal services regulation and the important consequences of these choices.Regulation can protect the interests of clients and the public, and reinforce the rule of law. On the ... En savoir plus

    $41.99 CAD

  • Measuring Quality in Planning

    Managing the Performance Process

    par Matthew Carmona, Louie Sieh ...
    This book deals with one of the current major debates in planning: how to measure the quality and effectiveness of the output of the planning process. It deals with issues of defining quality, public sector management, the use of indicators and the planning process. Although case study material is drawn from UK practice this topic is universal and the authors include discussions of international ... En savoir plus

    $182.75 CAD