Urban planning practice in Sub-Saharan Africa increasingly encounters complexities due to the confluence of urbanisation, climate change, and their interconnected drivers and consequences.
First published in 1991, Metropolitan Government provides an in-depth study of metropolitan government and outlines the need for a unit of government at the metropolitan level.
Since 1950 more than three million people have left their homes in Appalachia in search of better jobs and a better life in the cities of the Midwest and Southeast.
In Becoming a Plebeian Leader, Jose Antonio Villarreal Velasquez examines situations where ordinary women and men become plebeian leaders in urban-popular neighborhoods.
From the 1780s, when Louisville and Lexington were tiny clusters of houses in the wilderness, to the 1980s, when more than half of all Kentuckians live in urban areas, the growth of cities has affected nearly all aspects of life in the Commonwealth.
Muzhik and Muscovite: Urbanization in Late Imperial Russia examines the profound social and economic transformations wrought by urbanization in Moscow during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Muzhik and Muscovite: Urbanization in Late Imperial Russia examines the profound social and economic transformations wrought by urbanization in Moscow during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Exposing the roots of racial unrest that consistently harm Black communities In Slow and Sudden Violence, Derek Hyra links police violence to an ongoing cycle of racial and spatial urban redevelopment repression.
Urbanization and Migration in West Africa edited by Hilda Kuper brings together leading scholars across anthropology, sociology, history, linguistics, geography, economics, and political science to examine the transformations accompanying Africa's rapid urban growth.
Urbanization and Migration in West Africa edited by Hilda Kuper brings together leading scholars across anthropology, sociology, history, linguistics, geography, economics, and political science to examine the transformations accompanying Africa's rapid urban growth.
A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa offers a meticulous year-by-year chronicle of apartheid-era politics, law, and society, compiled by the South African Institute of Race Relations.
A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa offers a meticulous year-by-year chronicle of apartheid-era politics, law, and society, compiled by the South African Institute of Race Relations.
This is a study of major national efforts in the past 15 years to reduce the impact of money, and the lack of it, in determining whether a criminal defendant obtains freedom prior to trial.
American Chinatowns: Race, Identity, and Postwar Urban Redevelopment offers a captivating exploration of the vibrant yet contested landscapes of Chinatowns across the United States.
This is a study of major national efforts in the past 15 years to reduce the impact of money, and the lack of it, in determining whether a criminal defendant obtains freedom prior to trial.
Examines the effects of European contact and the fur trade on the relationship between Indians and animals in eastern Canada, from Lake Winnipeg to the Canadian Maritimes, focusing primarily on the Ojibwa, Cree, Montagnais-Naskapi, and Micmac tribes.
Examines the effects of European contact and the fur trade on the relationship between Indians and animals in eastern Canada, from Lake Winnipeg to the Canadian Maritimes, focusing primarily on the Ojibwa, Cree, Montagnais-Naskapi, and Micmac tribes.
Comparing first-person ethnographic accounts of young people living, working, and creating relationships in cities across Asia, this volume explores their contemporary lives, pressures, ideals, and aspirations.
The Ilahita Arapesh: Dimensions of Unity delves into the social and religious structures of Ilahita, a uniquely large and complex village in New Guinea's Torricelli Mountains.
The Ilahita Arapesh: Dimensions of Unity delves into the social and religious structures of Ilahita, a uniquely large and complex village in New Guinea's Torricelli Mountains.
Managed Integration: Dilemmas of Doing Good in the City by Harvey Luskin Molotch is a groundbreaking sociological study of how urban communities navigated racial transition in mid-twentieth-century Chicago.
Managed Integration: Dilemmas of Doing Good in the City by Harvey Luskin Molotch is a groundbreaking sociological study of how urban communities navigated racial transition in mid-twentieth-century Chicago.
To Make My Name Good: A Reexamination of the Southern Kwakiutl Potlatch offers a definitive, lucid account of one of the Northwest Coast's most discussed-and most misunderstood-institutions.
To Make My Name Good: A Reexamination of the Southern Kwakiutl Potlatch offers a definitive, lucid account of one of the Northwest Coast's most discussed-and most misunderstood-institutions.
Personnel Policy in the City: The Politics of Jobs in Oakland offers a compelling case study of the University of California's Oakland Project, an innovative model of university-community partnership aimed at addressing urban challenges.
Personnel Policy in the City: The Politics of Jobs in Oakland offers a compelling case study of the University of California's Oakland Project, an innovative model of university-community partnership aimed at addressing urban challenges.
American Chinatowns: Race, Identity, and Postwar Urban Redevelopment offers a captivating exploration of the vibrant yet contested landscapes of Chinatowns across the United States.
This book explores some of the common socio-economic and environmental challenges faced by the cities of South Asia, which remain highly under-researched.
This book explores some of the common socio-economic and environmental challenges faced by the cities of South Asia, which remain highly under-researched.
Community Development in Sub-Saharan Africa explores the dynamics of community development thinking, processes, and approaches in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa.
La guia de investigacion que se presenta a continuacion, esta pensada para los estudiantes y egresados y para todos aquellos interesados en abordar los estudios urbanos desde la perspectiva de la Gestion Urbana (GU).
