Urban communities

Following decades of neglect and decline, many US cities have undergone a dramatic renaissance.

Kuala Lumpur, like many Southeast Asian cities, has changed very significantly in the last two or three decades - expanding its size, and 'modernising' and 'globalising' its built environment.

Kuala Lumpur, like many Southeast Asian cities, has changed very significantly in the last two or three decades - expanding its size, and 'modernising' and 'globalising' its built environment.

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the interactions and feedbacks between urbanization and global environmental change.

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the interactions and feedbacks between urbanization and global environmental change.

Winner of the EDRA 2015 Book Award!

Winner of the EDRA 2015 Book Award!

For 2nd and 3rd year courses in urban sociology, sociology of exclusion, social stratification, planning and cultural studies in departments of sociology and urban geography.

For 2nd and 3rd year courses in urban sociology, sociology of exclusion, social stratification, planning and cultural studies in departments of sociology and urban geography.

Following the introduction of the uniform business rate in 1990, local property taxation changed dramatically, whilst retaining many of its historical and familiar characteristics.

Following the introduction of the uniform business rate in 1990, local property taxation changed dramatically, whilst retaining many of its historical and familiar characteristics.

At a time of increasing city competition, national capitals are at the forefront of efforts to gain competitive advantage for themselves and their nation, to project a distinctive and positive image and to score well in global city league tables.

At a time of increasing city competition, national capitals are at the forefront of efforts to gain competitive advantage for themselves and their nation, to project a distinctive and positive image and to score well in global city league tables.

Urban theatre can be described as theatre made with or by those whose lives are marked by the urban landscape and its social limits and possibilities.

Urban theatre can be described as theatre made with or by those whose lives are marked by the urban landscape and its social limits and possibilities.

Originally published in 1988, this book offers the first comprehensive and critical analysis of the privatisation of public housing in Britain.

Originally published in 1988, this book offers the first comprehensive and critical analysis of the privatisation of public housing in Britain.

Named one of the Top 10 books about council housing - the Guardian onlineFaced with acute housing shortages, the idea of new garden cities and suburbs is on the UK planning agenda once again, but what of the garden suburbs that already exist?

Named one of the Top 10 books about council housing - the Guardian onlineFaced with acute housing shortages, the idea of new garden cities and suburbs is on the UK planning agenda once again, but what of the garden suburbs that already exist?

Studying Cities and City Life is a textbook designed to provide an introduction to the major methods of obtaining data for use when analysing cities and social life in cities.

Studying Cities and City Life is a textbook designed to provide an introduction to the major methods of obtaining data for use when analysing cities and social life in cities.

Cities have led the way to combat climate change by planning and implementing climate mitigation and adaptation policies.

Cities have led the way to combat climate change by planning and implementing climate mitigation and adaptation policies.

Doing Research in Urban and Regional Planning provides a basic introduction to methodology and methods in planning research.

Doing Research in Urban and Regional Planning provides a basic introduction to methodology and methods in planning research.

The Sacred Identity of Ephesos offers a full-length interpretation of one of the largest known bequests in the Classical world, made to the city of Ephesos in AD 104 by a wealthy Roman equestrian, and challenges some of the basic assumptions made about the significance of the Greek cultural renaissance known as the 'Second Sophistic'.

The Sacred Identity of Ephesos offers a full-length interpretation of one of the largest known bequests in the Classical world, made to the city of Ephesos in AD 104 by a wealthy Roman equestrian, and challenges some of the basic assumptions made about the significance of the Greek cultural renaissance known as the 'Second Sophistic'.

This collection of critical essays considers the criminalisation of squatting from a range of different theoretical, policy and practice perspectives.

This collection of critical essays considers the criminalisation of squatting from a range of different theoretical, policy and practice perspectives.

For the first time in human history more people now live and towns and cities than in rural areas.

For the first time in human history more people now live and towns and cities than in rural areas.

The popular perception of globalisation is rooted in its image of dissolving senses of distance and boundaries.

The popular perception of globalisation is rooted in its image of dissolving senses of distance and boundaries.

The People, Place, and Space Reader brings together the writings of scholars, designers, and activists from a variety of fields to make sense of the makings and meanings of the world we inhabit.

The People, Place, and Space Reader brings together the writings of scholars, designers, and activists from a variety of fields to make sense of the makings and meanings of the world we inhabit.

This book explores the relationship between urban form and greenhouse gas emissions in China, providing new insights for policy, urban planning and management.

This book explores the relationship between urban form and greenhouse gas emissions in China, providing new insights for policy, urban planning and management.

Problem-Based Learning is a way of learning that presents a practical problem scenario in the context of which learning is conducted.

Problem-Based Learning is a way of learning that presents a practical problem scenario in the context of which learning is conducted.

This book presents new research and theory at the regional scale showing the forms metropolitan regions might take to achieve sustainability.

With critical issues like desegregation and funding facing our schools, dissatisfaction with public education has reached a new high.

The postborder metropolis of Bajalta California stretches from Los Angeles in the north to Tijuana and Mexicali in the south.

The postborder metropolis of Bajalta California stretches from Los Angeles in the north to Tijuana and Mexicali in the south.

Situating post-WWII New York literature within the material context of American urban history, this work analyzes how literary movements such as the Beat Generation, the New York poets and Black Arts Moment criticized the spatial restructuring of post-WWII New York City.

Situating post-WWII New York literature within the material context of American urban history, this work analyzes how literary movements such as the Beat Generation, the New York poets and Black Arts Moment criticized the spatial restructuring of post-WWII New York City.

This book presents new research and theory at the regional scale showing the forms metropolitan regions might take to achieve sustainability.

There is need for change in our currently unsustainable cities.

There is need for change in our currently unsustainable cities.

Patrick Geddes is considered a forefather of the modern urban planning movement.

Patrick Geddes is considered a forefather of the modern urban planning movement.