Urban Studies

  1. Add to Wish List Communities, Land and Social Innovation

    Communities, Land and Social Innovation

    Edited by Pieter Van den Broeck, Asiya Sadiq, Ide Hiergens, Monica Quintana Molina, Han Verschure, Frank Moulaert
    This timely and thought-provoking book examines the contemporary struggle of communities over land ownership and use rights in rapidly urbanising areas, analysing 12 key case studies from across four continents. Contributions from an int...
    Hardback (2020)

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  2. Add to Wish List Smart Cities in Asia

    Smart Cities in Asia

    Edited by Yu-Min Joo, Teck-Boon Tan
    At a time when Asia is rapidly growing in global influence, this much-needed and insightful book bridges two major current policy topics in order to offer a unique study of the latest smart city archetypes emerging throughout Asia. Highl...
    Hardback (2020)

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  3. Add to Wish List Smart Cities in the Post-algorithmic Era

    Smart Cities in the Post-algorithmic Era

    Edited by Nicos Komninos, Christina Kakderi
    Examining the changing nature of cities in the face of smart technology, this book studies key new challenges and capabilities defined by the Internet of Things, data science, blockchain and artificial intelligence. It argues that using ...
    Hardback (2019)

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  4. Add to Wish List Rethinking Third Places

    Rethinking Third Places

    Edited by Joanne Dolley, Caryl Bosman
    Ray Oldenburg’s concept of third place is re-visited in this book through contemporary approaches and new examples of third places. Third place is not your home (first place), not your work (second place), but those informal public place...
    Hardback (2019)

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  5. Add to Wish List The Politics and Practices of Apartment Living

    The Politics and Practices of Apartment Living

    Hazel Easthope
    The majority of people now live in cities and for many that means apartment living. Apartments are where we spend our time, make our homes, raise our families and invest our money. Apartment living requires that we try to get along with ...
    Hardback (2019)

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  6. Add to Wish List The Internet City

    The Internet City

    Aharon Kellerman
    Exploring the history of the Internet, from pre-conception, to the possibilities of an Internet-based future, The Internet City presents ways in which the Internet and urban life intersect. The book interprets how the contemporary city i...
    Hardback (2019)

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  7. Add to Wish List Developing Bus Rapid Transit

    Developing Bus Rapid Transit

    Edited by Fiona Ferbrache
    Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is a popular mode of sustainable public urban transit given dedicated focus in this timely collection. The effects of BRT are examined in-depth through a range of case studies from cities across six continents, in...
    Hardback (2019)

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  8. Add to Wish List A Research Agenda for Shrinking Cities

    A Research Agenda for Shrinking Cities

    Justin B. Hollander
    This prescient book presents the intellectual terrain of shrinking cities while exploring the key research questions in each of the field’s sub-domains and reviewing the range of methodologies within these topics.
    Paperback (2019)

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    Hardback (2018)

    List price $111.00

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  9. Add to Wish List Making Hong Kong

    Making Hong Kong

    Pui-yin Ho
    Pui-yin Ho surveys how the social, economic and political environments of different eras have influenced the evolution of urban planning in Hong Kong. Evaluating the relationship between town planning and social change over time, this bo...
    Hardback (2018)

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  10. Add to Wish List Global City Makers

    Global City Makers

    Edited by Michael Hoyler, Christof Parnreiter, Allan Watson
    Global City Makers provides an in-depth account of the role of powerful economic actors in making and un-making global cities. Engaging critically and constructively with global urban studies from a relational economic geography perspect...
    Hardback (2018)

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  11. Add to Wish List Varieties of Capital Cities

    Varieties of Capital Cities

    David Kaufmann
    The political and symbolic centrality of capital cities has been challenged by increasing economic globalization. This is especially true of secondary capital cities; capital cities which, while being the seat of national political power...
    Hardback (2018)

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  12. Add to Wish List Knowledge, Policymaking and Learning for European Cities and Regions

    Knowledge, Policymaking and Learning for European Cities and Regions

    Edited by Nicola F. Dotti
    This book provides theories, experiences, reflections and future directions for social scientists who wish to engage with policy-oriented research in cities and regions. The ‘policy learning’ perspective is comprehensively discussed, foc...
    Hardback (2018)

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