Cities and Urban Geography
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Rethinking Smart Cities
Zaheer Allam, Yusra Raisah Takun
'Rethinking Smart Cities offers a refreshing and insightful survey of the increasingly popular concept of “Smart Cities” It surveys the concept’s evolution before critiquing the scope and offering contemporary warnings about the biases ... -
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A Modern Guide to Knowledge
Francisco J. Carrillo
‘Francisco Javier Carrillo tackles the most existential challenge of our time, the need for an environmentally viable economic system. He provides a sound and hopeful answer based on unlocking the potential and value of knowledge. Carril... -
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Vertical Cities
Edited by Thomas Maloutas, Nikos Karadimitriou
‘This book has a highly original focus on micro-segregation, particularly vertical, revealing forms of housing and urban inequalities and hierarchies that are otherwise hidden in socially mixed neighborhoods. Examples from different citi... -
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The Role of Cities in International Relations
Agnieszka Szpak, Robert Gawłowski, Joanna Modrzyńska, Paweł Modrzyński, Michał Dahl
‘Cities have increasingly captured the imagination of international scholars and practitioners. This “rise” to fame is much talked about, but the international legal practicalities often remain overlooked and in need of tangible insights... -
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Property Rights and Urban Transformation in China
Zhu Qian
‘Zhu Qian provides an incredibly thorough treatment of property rights in China. Most importantly, this remarkable book investigates China’s urban transformation corresponding to changing property regimes. His explanations of the pivotal... -
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Teaching Urban and Regional Planning
Edited by Andrea I. Frank, Artur da Rosa Pires
‘This is a well-written international engagement with pedagogical innovation and change in planning education. I agree with the authors that right now, spatial planning is crucial to planetary survival but that there are profound challen...eBook:Find out more$36.00
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Boundaries and Restricted Places
Edited by Balkiz Yapicioglu, Konstantinos Lalenis
‘Sometimes a testament to nationalism, racism, exclusivity, insecurity, or xenophobia, immured spaces and their material representations – walls, borders, gates, and boundaries – have always been an attribute of the urban. This collectio...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Research Agenda for Urban Tourism
Edited by Jan van der Borg
‘This book stands out in what is a rapidly growing field by balancing the two main discourses in urban tourism in recent decades: the opportunity for economic and social development vs. the devastating forces of overtourism for urban eco...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Urban Violence, Resilience and Security
Edited by Michael R. Glass, Taylor B. Seybolt, Phil Williams
‘Urbanization is one of the most significant mega-trends of the modern era. It is also one of the most profoundly misunderstood. This knowledge gap is explored by Michael Glass, Taylor Seybolt and Phil Williams who examine the multiple c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis
Edited by Francisco J. Carrillo, Cathy Garner
‘The breadth of concepts, cases, and data outlined in this book provide critical insights into climate change adaptation. Collectively, they serve as a call to action with a clear message: “business as usual” will be insufficient to meet...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Knowledge For The Anthropocene
Edited by Francisco J. Carrillo, Günter Koch
‘What does it mean to live in the Anthropocene? While a growing number of edited collections and monographs have approached this question by gathering knowledge of the Anthropocene, Francisco Javier Carrillo and Günter Koch choose a diff...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Public Policy in Contentious Times
Peter K. Kresl
‘Kresl makes a significant contribution in identifying an approach to the formulation of public policies in the context of polarization so present currently. Space does not allow a summary of his analysis, but his analysis of the effects...eBook:Find out more$40.00
