Urban Sociology
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Advanced Introduction to Cities
Peter J. Taylor
‘This brilliant book, with its unique conceptual structure, accessible writing and innovative chapter format, featuring a kaleidoscope of “insights” from cities around the world, provides a comprehensive and succinct synthesis of Peter T...eBook:Find out more$19.96
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Advanced Introduction to Housing Studies
William A.V. Clark
‘William A.V. Clark shares four decades of wisdom in housing studies to craft a sweeping overview and broad integration of this multi-faceted field. Scholars in urban economics, geography, sociology, and public policy and planning can al...eBook:Find out more$19.96
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Social Innovation as Political Transformation
Edited by Pieter Van den Broeck, Abid Mehmood, Angeliki Paidakaki, Constanza Parra
‘Social Innovation as Political Transformation makes a major contribution by going beyond critique of neoliberalism to offering positive proposals for social innovation. It brings together a group of distinguished scholars who show both ...eBook:Find out more$32.00
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A Research Agenda for Housing
Edited by Markus Moos
‘In A Research Agenda for Housing, editor Markus Moos bring together contributors to illustrate and examine the major theoretical, analytical and empirical developments in the housing field, showing housing to be a complex area and an es...eBook:Find out more$36.00
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Ageing in Place
Edited by Bruce Judd, Kenichi Tanoue, Edgar Liu
‘This comprehensive book provides a unique offering to our understandings of ageing in place. It is particularly valuable in highlighting the differences and similarities in supporting and assisting ageing in place across countries with ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Research Agenda for New Urbanism
Edited by Emily Talen
‘The New Urbanism’s commitment to the simultaneity of theory and evidence in practice presents a rich agenda for research. Examining the movement’s intellectual foundations as well as its continuing evolution and capacity to stimulate po...eBook:Find out more$23.96
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Being a Planner in Society
Nicholas Low
‘This book provides a treasure chest of theoretical and political insights about what it means to be a planner and what is entailed in the planning process. Developed over a lifetime of research and teaching, Nick Low connects planning t...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Social Innovation and Urban Governance
Edited by Marc Pradel-Miquel, Ana B. Cano-Hila, Marisol García Cabeza
‘Can social innovation be a trigger for governance change and political transformation in cities? That is the key question this book attempts to answer. This is undoubtedly the most pressing issue in contemporary urban praxis for those c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Communities, Land and Social Innovation
Edited by Pieter Van den Broeck, Asiya Sadiq, Ide Hiergens, Monica Quintana Molina, Han Verschure, Frank Moulaert
‘This interesting book offers a diversity of understandings of how joint efforts to access land and land tenure enable communities and empower them to be part of their own governance, not only through the official land development and pl...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Research Handbook on Community Development
Edited by Rhonda Phillips, Eric Trevan, Patsy Kraeger
‘Phillips, Trevan, and Kraeger’s Research Handbook on Community Development is an invaluable new resource for students, faculty, and professionals committed to resident-led community transformation. It features deeply insightful articles...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Handbook of Urban Segregation
Edited by Sako Musterd
‘Sako Musterd has brought together an extraordinary group of distinguished scholars from across the world to produce a cross-national, interdisciplinary study of urban segregation. As well as providing a wealth of empirical data and meth...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Handbook of Gentrification Studies
Edited by Loretta Lees, Martin Phillips
‘This excellent, wide-ranging and comprehensive Handbook deals with comparative gentrification theory, key concepts in gentrification, different types and dimensions of gentrification and resistance to gentrification. It includes a wide ...eBook:Find out more$52.00