Urban communities

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of London's Underground, or as it is affectionately referred to, the Tube.

This book explores the daily lives of 20 young people experiencing homelessness in Paris and New York.

The darkly comic, addictive new novel about friendship and envy from the bestselling author of JUST GOT REAL and GETTING RID OF MATTHEW'A brilliantly twisty drama to curl up with HEAT'Propulsive, with twists and turns I didn t see coming, yet warm and good-hearted.

Affordable housing makes housing unaffordable.

What does it mean, three decades after the demise of the USSR, to inhabit cities built for a future that has never arrived?

This book will benefit readers by revealing how urban existence is a multifaceted affair that, once examined, will forever change the way they think about their place in the city and what it means to live in one.

This book offers a rare behind-the-scenes account of successful multi-agency working at a major event - specifically, how Liverpool planned and delivered the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, one of the world's most high-profile live events.

Why Transportation Fails offers an in-depth critique of transportation failures in South Africa and beyond.

This book provides justification, a framework and examples for an emergent alternative approach to planning and community development.

This book provides a critical exploration and assessment of public sector innovation, challenging conventional assumptions about the ways in which innovation is generated and how it may succeed or fail.

This book details the most contemporary concerns related to urban development, governance, and planning, as well as the challenges to urban administration.

This book examines urban water ecosystem management and restoration through selected case studies in Asia and Africa.

This book provides a critical exploration and assessment of public sector innovation, challenging conventional assumptions about the ways in which innovation is generated and how it may succeed or fail.

A big history of little spaces, of nature in urban life, and of gardeners and their gardens through time What a wonder this book is!

'Glorious' Guardian'Vigorous, rigorous and eminently readable' SPECTATORIn his soaring new book, Niall Kishtainy draws us into the imaginative worlds of Thomas More, the Diggers, William Morris and Extinction Rebellion protestors.

A comprehensive history of Philadelphia from the region's original Lenape inhabitants to the myriad of residents in the twenty-first centuryPhiladelphia is famous for its colonial and revolutionary buildings and artifacts, which draw tourists from far and wide to gain a better understanding of the nation's founding.

A comprehensive history of Philadelphia from the region's original Lenape inhabitants to the myriad of residents in the twenty-first centuryPhiladelphia is famous for its colonial and revolutionary buildings and artifacts, which draw tourists from far and wide to gain a better understanding of the nation's founding.

London's Strangest Tales takes a walk on London's weirder side with an absorbing collection of curious tales from one of the world's greatest cities.

Renting is a nightmare.

In one of the few anthropological works focusing on a contemporary Middle Eastern city, Colonial Jerusalem explores a vibrant urban center at the core of the decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Although all advanced industrial societies have urban and regional development policies, such policy in the United States historically has taken on a very distinct form.

Founded in 1909 as a "e;garden suburb"e; of the Mediterranean port of Jaffa, Tel Aviv soon became a model of Jewish self-rule and was celebrated as a jewel in the crown of Hebrew revival.

A fascinating cartographic study of urban development, perfect for map and history lovers.

In 1899, William Osborne Dapping was a Harvard-bound nineteen-year-old when he began writing down exploits from his rough childhood in the immigrant slums of New York City.

"Extraordinarily affecting.

How debt and speculation financed the suburban American dream and led to today's inequalitiesIn the popular imagination, the suburbs are synonymous with the "e;American Dream"e; of upward mobility and economic security.

In this indispensable book, urban visionary Jane Jacobs--renowned author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities and The Economy of Cities--convincingly argues that as agrarianism gives way to a technology-based future, we stand on the brink of a new dark age, a period of cultural collapse.

A highly amusing and satirical look at what happens when grungeland meets suburbia head-on.

Although all advanced industrial societies have urban and regional development policies, such policy in the United States historically has taken on a very distinct form.

In one of the few anthropological works focusing on a contemporary Middle Eastern city, Colonial Jerusalem explores a vibrant urban center at the core of the decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

In the last few decades, the media, academics, and the general public have put considerable focus on Muslim culture and politics around the world.

Founded in 1909 as a "e;garden suburb"e; of the Mediterranean port of Jaffa, Tel Aviv soon became a model of Jewish self-rule and was celebrated as a jewel in the crown of Hebrew revival.

In 1899, William Osborne Dapping was a Harvard-bound nineteen-year-old when he began writing down exploits from his rough childhood in the immigrant slums of New York City.

With keen insight and exhaustive research John Rennie Short narrates the story of urban America from 1950 to the present, revealing a compelling portrait of urban transformation.

Faith holds up a photo of the boarded-up, vacant house: "e;It's the first thing I see.

In the last few decades, the media, academics, and the general public have put considerable focus on Muslim culture and politics around the world.

A novella from Caroline Smailes featuring characters from her critically acclaimed debut, In Search of Adam.

Collected in one volume, here are the true life stories of London ambulance driver, Tom Reynolds.

'Stuart does not like the manuscript.

Design your own modern green space with expert gardener Joe Swift.

Transform your home with tips from expert gardener Joe Swift.

How debt and speculation financed the suburban American dream and led to today's inequalitiesIn the popular imagination, the suburbs are synonymous with the "e;American Dream"e; of upward mobility and economic security.

Increasing numbers of urban dwellers has led to many of us feeling alienated from the natural world.

Faith holds up a photo of the boarded-up, vacant house: "e;It's the first thing I see.

We shape mobility with words, and in turn, those words shape how we move, build, and experience our cities.

Sabemos que las ciudades son un elemento caracteristico y central del mundo contemporaneo, pero desconocemos cuanto han influido en las principales corrientes intelectuales de nuestra era.

Con una amplia variedad tematica, el hilo conductor de esta compilacion es un posicionamiento critico frente a las dinamicas de produccion desigual del espacio urbano en America Latina y Colombia.