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Trophy Cities
Dorina Pojani
‘Pojani provides a highly original critique of planned capital cities through her use of a feminist perspective. She points to both the colonial inheritance that perseveres in post-colonial nations, even as the new capitals are intended ... -
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Planned Urban Development
Chris Couch
‘Chris Couch provides a detailed overview of the modern history of urban extension schemes in Britain. Discussions of broader trends are combined with in-depth chapters on individual localities, including international comparative case s... -
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Handbook on Cities and Complexity
Edited by Juval Portugali
‘This is a fascinating collection of discussions by leading authors, ranging from philosophical perspectives, to conceptual frameworks and mathematical models across many disciplines. A unifying theme is the role of human cognition and d... -
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Marketing Countries, Places, and Place-associated Brands
Edited by Nicolas Papadopoulos, Mark Cleveland
‘For too long the fields of place marketing and branding on the one hand, and country of origin and country image on the other, have evolved in parallel, with minimal integration between these two highly related fields. This timely book ... -
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Ordinary Cities, Extraordinary Geographies
Edited by John R. Bryson, Ronald V. Kalafsky, Vida Vanchan
‘Ordinary Cities, Extraordinary Geographies is a call for a more inclusive research agenda centering overlooked places often perceived as less important because they are not exceptionally large, or wealthy, or confronted by exceptional c... -
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A Modern Guide to the Urban Sharing Economy
Edited by Thomas Sigler, Jonathan Corcoran
‘Spanning multiple disciplines and continents, A Modern Guide to the Urban Sharing Economy documents how sharing platforms transform mobility, space and our relationship with things. How platforms are regulated will determine whether “sh... -
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Handbook of Cities and Networks
Edited by Zachary Neal, Céline Rozenblat
‘If you want to understand cities – the innovation and dynamism they generate and the way they sort and segregate people by class, race and other dimensions, you have to start by understanding that cities are networks. Zachary Neal and C... -
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Predatory Urbanism
Agatino Rizzo, Anindita Mandal
‘This book gives much needed attention to the violence of state-led megaprojects in Asia’s contemporary cities. The challenges of “predatory urbanism” examined in Qatar, Malaysia, and India are not harbingers of change; they are the chan... -
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Urban Planning, Management and Governance in Emerging Economies
Edited by Jan Fransen, Meine P. van Dijk, Jurian Edelenbos
‘The authors argue that cities in emerging economies can increase their sustainable competitiveness by replacing their traditional system of urban planning and management with a modern system of urban governance. This is a must read for ... -
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Advanced Introduction to Urban Transport Planning
Kevin J. Krizek, David A. King
‘What a great book! Krizek and King bring the discipline of transport planning up-to-date with a keen eye on cities of the future. A holistic overview is provided, underpinned by social justice and accessibility thinking, considering all... -
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Handbook on Space, Place and Law
Edited by Robyn Bartel, Jennifer Carter
‘The contributors, refreshingly, are diverse and differently situated. Intellectually, they also come from many worlds — geography, law, planning, anthropology, and so on. Their work speaks to the crucial challenges, tied to systemic ine...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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A Modern Guide to National Urban Policies in Europe
Edited by Karsten Zimmermann, Valeria Fedeli
‘Karsten Zimmermann and Valeria Fedeli have co-created a landmark text on the changing role of national urban policies in Europe. Many leading scholars in the European Urban Research Association (EURA) contribute their insights and the b...eBook:Find out more$40.00
