Over recent decades, the historico-geographical approach to urban morphology has been prominent in the debate on the physical form of our cities and on the agents and processes shaping that form over time.
This book examines how non-economic inter- and intra-group relationships were reflected in residential patterns around the first decade of the 21st century in Whitechapel, an old yet attractive absorption neighbourhood in east London, UK.
An ethnography of urban citizenship, global belonging, and queerness in a rapidly growing provincial city in the Global South, Queerly Cosmopolitan explores how people develop a sense of belonging in a city understood by many to be "e;unimportant"e; and "e;in the middle of nowhere.
The primary aim of this edited volume is to document the current theories, best practices, and technological advancements in the move towards a Smart Built Environment (SBE).
This book is a product of collaborative research between the Institut de recherche pour le d,veloppement (IRD, France), the University of Ghana, Legon and CODESRIA.
This edited volume is a compilation of the 'built environment' in response to many investigations, analyses and sometimes mere observations of the various dialogues and interactions of the built, in context to its ecology, perception and design.
This book uses international case studies to present insights on the policies, actors, and institutions that are critical to successful transit-oriented development (TOD).
This book challenges the narrative of Northern England as a failed space of multiculturalism, drawing on a historically-contextualised discussion of ethnic relations to argue that multiculturalism has been more successful and locally situated than these assumptions allow.
Les recherches menées par l’auteur durant plus de vingt ans sur l’évolution des territoires l’ont conduit à présenter la culture comme le premier élément à considérer dans le développement urbain ou rural, car elle intègre le respect de l’histoire et le sens du lieu, le patrimoine sous toutes ses formes et les pratiques des habitants.
Au cœur de cet essai, une question toute simple prédomine : nous est-il possible d’habiter des lieux précaires, des espaces qui nous condamnent à une mort lente ?
This volume presents a timely collection of research papers on the progress, opportunities, and challenges related to the advancement of geospatial technologies for applications in urban health research and management.
This book approaches cultural landscape as a driver for societal challenges, economic development, social inclusion, place assessment and heritage conservation.
This practical guide for primary care provides a context-specific introduction to the sustainability challenges associated with good health-care delivery and provides easy-to-implement yet impactful actions that can be taken to reduce and mitigate the impact of primary care on the living world while also looking at the impact of the changing planet on health care that people will encounter.
Vampires and the Making of the United States in the Twenty-First Century offers a unique and multifaceted study of how vampires on screen have shaped America and how specific environments here have shaped their vampires.
Extrait : "Le plus Parisien de tous les Parisiens de son temps, on était certain, entre 1830 et 1870, de le rencontrer chaque soir sur le boulevard, c'est-à-dire entre la rue Drouot et la chaussée d'Antin.
This book examines the inclusiveness of city planning and design to address gaps in policies, strategies and design guidelines for developing trans-generational urban communities in India.
Democracy as Creative Practice: Weaving a Culture of Civic Life offers arts-based solutions to the threats to democracies around the world, practices that can foster more just and equitable societies.
Democracy as Creative Practice: Weaving a Culture of Civic Life offers arts-based solutions to the threats to democracies around the world, practices that can foster more just and equitable societies.
Informal Housing in the Global North proposes analytical and conceptual approaches to investigate the progressing 'informalisation' of contemporary housing in the Global North and beyond.
Cities in South Asia are homes to one of the highest concentrations of people anywhere in the world and the allocation of land and urban resources and the benefits that can be derived from them in this region have become increasingly contested.
Mine areas left behind by companies that no longer exist are defined as derelict mines - those that were operated and closed at a time when most countries did not have adequate regulations requiring rehabilitation of the impacted mine areas.
This book presents essential insights into lifelong learning and education in healthy and sustainable cities, providing a basis for strategies to help achieve the 2030 Agenda sustainable development and health promotion goals.
A description from the belly of the beast that is MS-13: the first book to reveal the inner workings of the most violent gang in the world, written by an anthropologist who was there.
Jonathan Foiles weaves together psychology and public policy, exploring the trauma underlying urbanization in a book hailed as "e;an urgent call for reform"e; (Kirkus Reviews).
In Inside Studio 54, the former owner takes you behind the scenes of the most famous nightclub in the world, through the crowd, to a place where celebrities, friends, and the beautiful people sip champagne and share lines of cocaine using rolled-up hundred-dollar bills.
Administraciones de ciudades de todo el mundo, desde la populosa Ciudad de México a la "eterna" Roma, viven hoy en estado de emergencia, sin poder cerrar sus números y recurriendo a auxilios centrales cada vez más inciertos.
Global capitalism fails young Barcelona couples in this dynamic debutHeartbreaking and hilarious New York Times Book ReviewNopcas stories, written with clarity and flair, are smart and modern, filled with sharply observed detail.
How do we move from defensive tactics that respond to the latest stages of capitalist urbanization, to transformative, strategic revolts, attacking the root causes and putting into practice alternative forms of urban life?
