This book provides a comprehensive account of the global, regional and urban dimensions of China s development, and the ......more

This book provides a comprehensive account of the global, regional and urban dimensions of China s development, and the ......more

Discover Mexico City, one of the world’s most populous urban centers. Twelve narrative chapters discuss such topics as M......more

A beautiful, full-color tribute to the story of public housing in America, told through reminiscences about emblematic o......more

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A Certain Kind of Life examines how we dwell and live together, delving into the relationships between architecture and ......more

Urban regeneration research studies not only on the design aspects of urban planning but also takes into account the dem......more

Radical Municipalism explores how commons-based approaches can drive transformation at the local level and beyond. With ......more

A provocative account of what is gained and what is lost when a word that once narrowly referred to neighborhood change ......more

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A Smart City Model for Developing Countries provides an integrated smart city framework achieved by examining the relati......more

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How a form of multifamily housing with idealistic roots became a ubiquitous model promoted by both public entities and p......more

How a form of multifamily housing with idealistic roots became a ubiquitous model promoted by both public entities and p......more

In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Michael Pollan, The Nature of Our Cities is a stirring exploration of how inno......more

Dark Concrete is about how the Black Power movement re-shaped urban politics in the US--from expectations to practices. ......more

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In the tradition of Matthew Desmond’s Evicted, a longtime housing activist presents a vivid and myth-breaking account of......more

For decades, Detroit residents, politicians, planners, and advocacy organizations have campaigned for the elimination of......more

Expos as Great Urban Projects: Present and Future is an outcome of a multiyear design research project that has been con......more

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of how the developmental goals of Asian states are reflected in large-scale pr......more

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Since the 2008 financial crisis and Occupy movements around the globe, artists have increasingly turned to socially enga......more

Since the 2008 financial crisis and Occupy movements around the globe, artists have increasingly turned to socially enga......more

A "piercing, unsentimental" (New Yorker) history that boldly challenges the idea of a rural American crisis. It seems ev......more

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Connected to Place looks at place-based systems change as a real-world solution to our growing environmental and social ......more

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The infrastructure of death is an undeniable part of urban life, yet it is often overlooked in the study of cities. This......more

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A runaway besteller in China, sold in 15+ countries, this delightfully honest and humorous account gives a face and voic......more

Worlding Home interrogates the social, spatial, and architectural lifeworlds of United Nations (UN) peacekeepers accommo......more

Scotland’s past and future collide in this engaging journey through climate change, fossil capitalism and the struggle f......more

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From the hosts of The War on Cars podcast, a searing indictment of how cars ruin everything--and what we can do to fight......more

This book outlines a comprehensive framework for the inclusion of newcomers locally, drawing on learning and examples fr......more

This book outlines a comprehensive framework for the inclusion of newcomers locally, drawing on learning and examples fr......more

The so-called "rural-urban divide" in the United States has, by many accounts, become increasingly wide and deep. Most a......more

ln 2025, Brandon Stanton, creator of "Humans of New York" and author of four #1 NYT bestselling books, will publish his ......more

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How debt and speculation financed the suburban American dream and led to today’s inequalities In the popular imagination......more

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Addressing a lack of research on rural policing -- particularly in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean -- this groundbreaking......more

Improving Environmental and Human Health with Community Trees and Forests provides the latest and most comprehensive inf......more

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Your ticket to the best state fair crafts--from Choctaw basketry to sculpted butter cows--with more than 100 amazing ima......more

Reforming Social Services in New York City examines efforts across six decades to respond to poverty, joblessness, and h......more

Reforming Social Services in New York City examines efforts across six decades to respond to poverty, joblessness, and h......more

Blending travelogue, memoir, and environmental reportage, Walking Chicago’s Coast takes readers on an urban journey. Mic......more

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The intensified securitization of the borderlands between Europe and the Middle East/North Africa over the past decade h......more

The intensified securitization of the borderlands between Europe and the Middle East/North Africa over the past decade h......more

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Through a reconsideration of the debate about the archaeology of Anglo-Saxon towns, Richard Hodges focuses on the origin......more

Through a reconsideration of the debate about the archaeology of Anglo-Saxon towns, Richard Hodges focuses on the origin......more

"Over a quarter of the world’s urban population lives in informal settlements. While informality as a concept has been w......more

WINNER, AMERICAN BOOK AWARD Chronicles a Black Puerto Rican man’s odyssey and transformation from an incarcerated gang m......more

This book responds to the need for a comprehensive and detailed theoretical framework and systemic design guidelines to ......more

This book responds to the need for a comprehensive and detailed theoretical framework and systemic design guidelines to ......more

An "unapologetic cri de coeur" (New York Times) from the esteemed educator and bestselling author "The legendary reforme......more

A complete geographical and thematic overview of the village in an antiquity and its role in the rise of Christianity. T......more

Urban Management is about managing cities in uncertain times. The book covers the urbanization process, the urban challe......more

How school choice reproduces inequality by creating gendered and socioeconomic decision making labor for parents School ......more

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"An exacting look at gentrification.... How to Kill a City elucidates the complex interplay between the forces we contro......more

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An on-the-ground account of the dramatic 2019 Hong Kong protests, showing how they represent the latest stage of a decad......more

Diversity and racial integration efforts are not sufficient to address educational inequality New York City schools are ......more