Urban communities

Since the 1970s, the field of political geography has undergone a significant transformation, where new methodologies have been implemented to investigate the exercise of the power of the state within the urban environment.

This collection evaluates the various strategies that different cities have used when attempting to economically revitalize downtown areas.

This collection evaluates the various strategies that different cities have used when attempting to economically revitalize downtown areas.

Despite policy directives, standards and guidelines, indoor environmental quality is still poor in many cases.

Despite policy directives, standards and guidelines, indoor environmental quality is still poor in many cases.

This book has one central theme: how, in the United Kingdom, can we create better cities and towns in which to live and work and play?

This book has one central theme: how, in the United Kingdom, can we create better cities and towns in which to live and work and play?

Utopia has become a dirty word in recent scholarship on modernism, architecture, urban planning and gender studies.

Utopia has become a dirty word in recent scholarship on modernism, architecture, urban planning and gender studies.

Cities continue to be key sites for the production and contestation of inequalities generated by an ongoing but troubled neoliberal project.

Cities continue to be key sites for the production and contestation of inequalities generated by an ongoing but troubled neoliberal project.

In this sequel to his widely-acclaimed book The Experience of Modernism (1997), John Gold continues his detailed enquiry into the Modern Movement's involvement in urban planning and city design.

In this sequel to his widely-acclaimed book The Experience of Modernism (1997), John Gold continues his detailed enquiry into the Modern Movement's involvement in urban planning and city design.

This innovative study opens up a new area in sociological and urban studies: the aural experience of the social, mediated through mobile technologies of communication.

This innovative study opens up a new area in sociological and urban studies: the aural experience of the social, mediated through mobile technologies of communication.

Urban Avant-Gardes presents original research on a range of recent contemporary practices in and between art and architecture giving perspectives from a wide range of disciplines in the arts, humanities and social sciences that are seldom juxtaposed, it questions many assumptions and accepted positions.

Urban Avant-Gardes presents original research on a range of recent contemporary practices in and between art and architecture giving perspectives from a wide range of disciplines in the arts, humanities and social sciences that are seldom juxtaposed, it questions many assumptions and accepted positions.

Urban Futures brings together commentaries from a wide range of contemporary disciplines and fields relevant to urban culture, form and society.

Urban Futures brings together commentaries from a wide range of contemporary disciplines and fields relevant to urban culture, form and society.

Planning theory is currently in a confused state as a consequence of a number of changes over the last ten years in planning practice and social and economic theory.

Planning theory is currently in a confused state as a consequence of a number of changes over the last ten years in planning practice and social and economic theory.

Writing Spaces examines some of the most important discourses in spatial theory of the last four decades, and considers their impact within the built environment disciplines.

Writing Spaces examines some of the most important discourses in spatial theory of the last four decades, and considers their impact within the built environment disciplines.

Beginning with the foundations of community development, An Introduction to Community Development offers a comprehensive and practical approach to planning for communities.

Beginning with the foundations of community development, An Introduction to Community Development offers a comprehensive and practical approach to planning for communities.

Climate change is one of the most challenging issues of our time.

Climate change is one of the most challenging issues of our time.

Urban Ehtnic Encounters attempts to answer the two leading questions of how urban space structures the life of ethnic groups and how ethnic diversity helps to shape urban space.

Urban Ehtnic Encounters attempts to answer the two leading questions of how urban space structures the life of ethnic groups and how ethnic diversity helps to shape urban space.

To dwell in these globalizing times requires us to negotiate increasingly palpable flows - of capital, ideas, images, goods, technology, and people.

To dwell in these globalizing times requires us to negotiate increasingly palpable flows - of capital, ideas, images, goods, technology, and people.

This book addresses issues of space, historicity, architecture and textuality by focusing on Singapore's singular position in the region and as a global city.

This book addresses issues of space, historicity, architecture and textuality by focusing on Singapore's singular position in the region and as a global city.

Middle Eastern cities cannot be lumped together as a single group.

Middle Eastern cities cannot be lumped together as a single group.

A critical examination of urban policies and management practices used to make cities sustainable.

A critical examination of urban policies and management practices used to make cities sustainable.

A sea of change has occurred in China since the 1978 economic reforms.

A sea of change has occurred in China since the 1978 economic reforms.

Tourism, Ethnic Diversity and the City fills a gap in existing research in terms of how immigration relates to urban tourism and investigates the new theoretical insights and challenges for empirical research using informative case studies drawn from several advanced economies in Europe, North America and Australia.

Tourism, Ethnic Diversity and the City fills a gap in existing research in terms of how immigration relates to urban tourism and investigates the new theoretical insights and challenges for empirical research using informative case studies drawn from several advanced economies in Europe, North America and Australia.

Providing insights into this neglected Southeast Asian city, this interesting book interprets Vientiane's landscape - physical as well as imagined - as a reflection of key aspects of Lao geo-political history, the nature of Lao urbanism, and its critical relation to constructions of Lao identity in the contemporary period.

Providing insights into this neglected Southeast Asian city, this interesting book interprets Vientiane's landscape - physical as well as imagined - as a reflection of key aspects of Lao geo-political history, the nature of Lao urbanism, and its critical relation to constructions of Lao identity in the contemporary period.

In this pioneering study of contemporary Chinese urban form, Duanfang Lu provides an analysis of how Chinese society constructed itself through the making and remaking of its built environment.

In this pioneering study of contemporary Chinese urban form, Duanfang Lu provides an analysis of how Chinese society constructed itself through the making and remaking of its built environment.

A cast of leading writers and practitioners tackle the ethical questions that architects are increasingly facing in their work, from practical considerations in construction to the wider social context of buildings, their appearance, use and place in the narrative of the environment.

A cast of leading writers and practitioners tackle the ethical questions that architects are increasingly facing in their work, from practical considerations in construction to the wider social context of buildings, their appearance, use and place in the narrative of the environment.

Cities and Cultures is a critical account of the relations between contemporary cities and the cultures they produce and which in turn shape them.

Cities and Cultures is a critical account of the relations between contemporary cities and the cultures they produce and which in turn shape them.

Planning and Transformation provides a comprehensive view of planning under political transition in South Africa, offering an accessible resource for both students and researchers in an international and a local audience.