Urban communities

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This book re-examines the role of urban policy and planning in relation to the housing market in an era of global uncertainty and change.

This book analyzes the everyday lives of labour migrants in a rapidly developing city-state.

Superintendents play a large role in the formation of relationships and networks within their neighborhood; and yet, no study in social science has focused on them.

A journey through Johannesburg via three art projects raises intriguing notions about the constitutive relationship between the city, imagination and the public sphere- through walking, gaming and performance art.

This book is about places - cities, suburbs and towns - and happiness of people living there.

Why do we punish?

Is midlife for gay men the start of a slide towards the rejection, exclusion and misery associated with the spectre of the lonely old queen?

This book elaborates the need, in a rapidly urbanizing world, for recognition of the ecological communities we inhabit in cities and for the development of an ethics for all entities (human and non-human) in this context.

This book presents a multifaceted perspective on regional development and corresponding processes of adaptation and response, focusing on the concepts of polarization and peripheralization.

Winner of the 2016 AESA Critics' Choice Book Award Molly Makris uses an interdisciplinary approach to urban education policy to examine the formal education and physical environment of young people from low-income backgrounds and demonstrate how gentrification shapes these circumstances.

Homeless Lives in American Cities explores how the American discourse on homelessness arose from Victorian social and political anxieties about the impacts of immigration and urbanization on the middle class family.

Through an analysis of Chinese migration to Europe, this volume examines the most pressing migration and integration issues facing many societies today, from the political and policy-based challenges of managing increasingly diverse communities, to individual lived experiences of identity and belonging.

Medellin, Colombia, used to be the most violent city on earth, but in recent years, allegedly thanks to its 'social urbanism' approach to regeneration, it has experienced a sharp decline in violence.

This book explores the growing role of cities and regions as sub-national actors in shaping global governance.

This book analyses the making of the Chinese middle class that started in the 1990s using a constructivist approach.

The demise of state Socialisms caused radical social, cultural and economic changes in Eastern Europe.

The concept of the 'smart city' as the confluence of urban planning and technological innovation has become a predominant feature of public policy discourse.

This volume presents an extended reflection on human dependency and the need to 'care' and be 'cared for'.

Winner of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education Excellence in Editing Award 2016 Following the ground-breaking Performance and the City, this new volume explores what it means to create and experience urban performance - as both an aesthetic and a political practice - in the burgeoning world where cities are built by globalization and neoliberal capital.

The contributors respond to the absence of critical debate surrounding the ways in which spaces of the city do not merely contain, but also constitute, urban poverty.

Can a bold investment in education turn around the economy of an entire city?

Religious Representation in Place brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars from the Humanities and Sciences to broaden the understanding of how religious symbols and spatial studies interact.

This book explores the everyday lives of 'lesbian' women in urban Russia.

Kate Phillippo evaluates the practice of having teachers also serve as advisors, tasked with providing social-emotional support to students.

Young people are regularly posited as a threat to social order and Deconstructing Youth explores why.

Cities have emerged as the epicentres for many of today's ethno-national and religious conflicts.

This book presents a comprehensive review of the impact of residential design on crime focusing upon research, policy and practice both in the UK and internationally, appealing to both academics and practitioners within the fields of crime prevention, urban planning and architecture.

Housing policy has been central to the economic success stories of the major East Asian economies as well as a pillar of social and welfare provision.

Through rich stories of African migrant women in Johannesburg, this book explores the experience of living between geographies.

The author examines the two most advanced eco-city projects: the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City in China, and Masdar City in Abu Dhabi.

Issues around houses and homes reflect and inform our social, cultural and political worlds, from the subprime market and the financial crisis to social mobility and gender roles.

This book provides a unique perspective on the behind the scenes planning of London's Olympic legacy.

This book examines the nature of protest and the way in which the police and state respond to the activities associated with this term.

The contributors illustrate what twin analytical and practical challenges emerge from juxtaposing cultural, economic, historical, postcolonial, virtual, architectural, literary, security and political stances to the concept of the 'global city'.

The study of urban governance provides a valuable insight into economic, social, and political forces and how they shape city life.

Port cities have distinctive global dynamics, with long histories of casual labour, large migrant communities, and international trade networks.

This book makes the case for an urgent praxis of critical spatial literacy for African women.

The book explores the claim that English local government exists in one of the most centralised relationships with national government.

Tamsin Barber addresses the experience of the British-born Vietnamese as an overlooked minority population in 'super-diverse' London, exploring the emergence of the pan-ethnic 'Oriental' category as a new form of collective consciousness and identity in Britain.

Winner of the Latin American Studies Association Brazil Section Book Awards.

Cities, with their rising populations and complex configurations, have become key symbols of a fast-changing modernity.

Drawing on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork, Wessendorf explores life in a super-diverse urban neighbourhood.

How did so many Punjabi immigrants come to find themselves behind the wheels of so many New York City taxi cabs, and what do their stories have to teach us about how immigrants must navigate life in a new society?

This manuscript focuses on the development of hybrid city-country (penurban) landscapes around large urban areas which mesh stylized countryside with functional links to the cities.

This book explores how six American writers have artistically responded to the racialization of U.

This book analyzes the cosmopolitan lives of British Asian Muslim women.

The day after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, civic leaders began to organize four coalitions that aimed to give ordinary citizens a chance to meet, to heal, and to be heard in rebuilding decisions.

Fear is ingrained in the history of cities but our short-sightedness prevents us from grasping its evolution over time.

This volume addresses critical questions about how to achieve the best outcomes from police and security providers by reviewing and critiquing the scientific literature and identifying best practice guidelines.