Urban and municipal planning and policy

Focusing on urban sociology as practised in Britain, the author argues that it is a key element in the response of the 'intellectual proletariat' to urbanization and the calls on it by the State to control the ensuing way of life.

The rise of cities in the United States from the early seventeenth century to the 1960s is the subject of this sophisticated and witty appraisal by a Pulitzer Prize historian.

This book provides a wide-ranging review of urban problems and constitutes a major contribution to the mounting public debate that these problems are attracting.

This book provides a wide-ranging review of urban problems and constitutes a major contribution to the mounting public debate that these problems are attracting.

This collection of case studies, focusing on British scientific culture during the first industrial revolution, explores the social basis of science in the period and asks why such an extraordinarily rich variety of cultural-scientific experience should have flourished at the time.

This book provides a fascinating insight into the development of the nineteenth century Atlantic economy and the nature of contemporary migration.

This book provides a fascinating insight into the development of the nineteenth century Atlantic economy and the nature of contemporary migration.

First Published in 2006.

This book was first published in 1963.

The giant city of today is a unique phenomenon.

Local government passed unscathed through the political and economic upheavals which followed the Great Depression.

First published in 2006.

This book is divided into three parts.

This book is divided into three parts.

City schools, especially those attended by working class and ethnic minority pupils are teh catalysts of many significant issues in educational debate and policy making.

City schools, especially those attended by working class and ethnic minority pupils are teh catalysts of many significant issues in educational debate and policy making.

The urban setting in which people live has an important influence upon the organization and planning of their social lives.

The urban setting in which people live has an important influence upon the organization and planning of their social lives.

Power and Party in an English City provides an account of how decisions are taken by the state at the level of locality.

Power and Party in an English City provides an account of how decisions are taken by the state at the level of locality.

This project is aimed the 16+ age range inside or outside any kind of educational institution.

This project is aimed the 16+ age range inside or outside any kind of educational institution.

In the great cities of Latin America and Asia, international business and local firms meet and, in particular, influence teh development strategies of Third World countries.

In the great cities of Latin America and Asia, international business and local firms meet and, in particular, influence teh development strategies of Third World countries.

Routledge Library Editions: The City reprints some of the most important works in urban studies published in the last century.

Routledge Library Editions: The City reprints some of the most important works in urban studies published in the last century.

Routledge Library Editions: The City reprints some of the most important works in urban studies published in the last century.

Routledge Library Editions: The City reprints some of the most important works in urban studies published in the last century.

Children and young people are often discussed as if they are homogenous groups.

Looking at the lessons we can learn from international research in urban and regional planning, this book explores the challenges in using cross-country studies.

Looking at the lessons we can learn from international research in urban and regional planning, this book explores the challenges in using cross-country studies.

With a multidisciplinary perspective, Planning Power examines British and French colonial town and country planning efforts in Africa.

With a multidisciplinary perspective, Planning Power examines British and French colonial town and country planning efforts in Africa.

First Published in 1995.

First Published in 1995.

An introduction to the problems and practices of planning in London.

An introduction to the problems and practices of planning in London.

Building Democracy is a major contribution to the growing public debate about the revival of community values in the face of the self-evident short-comings of the free market, specifically in terms of community architecture.

Building Democracy is a major contribution to the growing public debate about the revival of community values in the face of the self-evident short-comings of the free market, specifically in terms of community architecture.

First published in 1996.

First published in 1996.

This work addresses the challenge faced in the management of major cities throughout the world as they adjust to economic reform and, in particular, to becoming more open to the processes operating in worldwide markets.

This work addresses the challenge faced in the management of major cities throughout the world as they adjust to economic reform and, in particular, to becoming more open to the processes operating in worldwide markets.

The housing crisis confronts two of North America's contemporary urban challenges: affordability and the need to curtail urban sprawl through densification of existing communities.

Investigating various ways in which the cultures of the town and the countryside interact in architecture, original essays in this book written by an international range of recognized theorists will help all students of architecture and urban design understand how the urban and rural relate.

Investigating various ways in which the cultures of the town and the countryside interact in architecture, original essays in this book written by an international range of recognized theorists will help all students of architecture and urban design understand how the urban and rural relate.

Are Britain's cities attractive places in which to live, work and play?

Are Britain's cities attractive places in which to live, work and play?

Yasser Elsheshtawy explores Dubai's history from its beginnings as a small fishing village to its place on the world stage today, using historical narratives, travel descriptions, novels and fictional accounts by local writers to bring colour to his history of the city's urban development.

Yasser Elsheshtawy explores Dubai's history from its beginnings as a small fishing village to its place on the world stage today, using historical narratives, travel descriptions, novels and fictional accounts by local writers to bring colour to his history of the city's urban development.