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This open access book discusses urban agriculture initiatives integrated in public space of dense inner-city neighbourho......more

This is one of the first few books to discuss the Covid-19 crisis as an urban phenomenon and illustrates this through th......more

Interrogates the connections between a city’s physical landscape and the poverty and social problems that are often conc......more

Ranging from the mid-19th century to the present, and from Edinburgh to Plymouth, this powerful collection explores the ......more

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In Kings of the Garden, Adam J. Criblez traces the fall and rise of the New York Knicks between the 1973, the year they ......more

In giving these pages to the public I offer no apology for a restatement of fundamental principles always requiring adju......more

A provocative examination of how systemic racism in education funding is sustained. For people who care about urban scho......more

Exploring ethical approaches to inclusive development, Building Strong Communities navigates challenges and strategies, ......more

This book offers a systematic historical analysis of the relationships between migration and the development of cities, ......more

The impact of Indian boarding schools has been devastating for generations of Native Americans, and the aftershocks cont......more

The suburbs have become too liberal and diverse for many white American conservatives, so "exurbia"--areas outside the c......more

A collective memoir of community reimagining, The Making of Little Saigon orchestrates the voices of activists, writers,......more

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing......more

Understudied relative to other forms of intentional community, and under-recognized in policy-making circles, urban coho......more

Presenting European Anthropology of Education through eleven studies of European schools, this volume explores the const......more

Blighted is a powerful narrative about the decades-long decay and remarkable two-year reinvention of Summerdale, an agin......more

Advocating for the reintroduction of natural areas and biodiverse green spaces within our cities, Urban Resilience stems......more

This book examines sanitation and toilet access across rural India, focusing on psychological, socio-cultural, infrastru......more

Luanda, the capital of Angola, like many cities in African countries, has experienced a process of intense urbanisation ......more

"It’s closing time for an alarming number of gay bars in cities around the globe-but it’s definitely not the last danceI......more

"From the Haitian-style "shotgun" houses of the 19th century to the lavish high-rises of the 21st century, a walk throug......more

From the acclaimed author of How I Became a Tree, an enchanting and joyous exploration of life and creativity at the geo......more

Arguably one of the most iconic mega-cities in Asia, Tokyo, the capital of Japan, plays an important economic and cultur......more

An illuminating profile of the San Francisco Bay Area, and its regional and global influence, as seen from the focal poi......more

Urban Australia confronts numerous challenges in the 21st century: climate change, housing, transport, greenspace, socia......more

Hungarian urban culture in the 20th and the 21st centuries. When consulting key works on urban studies, the absence of C......more

An eloquent and passionate call for educational reparations, from the New York Times bestselling author When Jonathan Ko......more

The Gasping City explores the urban environment of colonial Calcutta from the perspective of science as ’knowledge’, pla......more

"As its name denotes, Indianapolis is without question Indiana’s city. Known as the Crossroads of America, Indianapolis ......more

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How the other half lives interrogates contemporary social and spatial inequalities in housing, urban design, place-makin......more

The book was first published in 1907 and reflects the author’s experiences and thoughts on the pursuit of a simpler and ......more

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The Metaverse and Smart Cities: Urban Environments in the Age of Digital Connectivity explores the intersection between ......more

Accessing abortion services in rural areas under conditions of liberal abortion legislation is neither straightforward n......more

Reflections were drawn up with a view to improving the quality of life in cities, especially high-density cities situate......more

What does the place we imagine living the rest of our lives look like? This is a question that human beings constantly a......more

This open access book provides multidisciplinary perspectives on the changing dynamics of new working spaces, with insig......more

In their book, the authors introduce the topic of urban development from a systems (theoretical) perspective and provide......more

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens--who are also the lea......more

This book gathers the proceedings of the INPUT2023 Conference on ’Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning.’ The 12th I......more

Theology and Technique is a posthumous, incomplete volume drafted in the 1970s that nevertheless constitutes a significa......more

How is life in digital cities changing what it means to be human? Cities are the preeminent site of technological develo......more

How is life in digital cities changing what it means to be human? Cities are the preeminent site of technological develo......more

This text provides an in-depth exploration of rural community literacy, examining the ways in which community-building, ......more

This text provides an in-depth exploration of rural community literacy, examining the ways in which community-building, ......more

*A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice* A landmark new history of the peasant experience, exploring a now neglect......more

From the co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, a captivating portrait of contemporary New York City through s......more

Examines how young male migrants in urban Nairobi navigate the tension between expectations of success and repetitive fa......more

"Covid-19 stole so much. But one of the things it couldn’t steal was the power of stories." From the author of the inte......more

This book proposes operational approaches to public sector support to community-led development of urban low-income grou......more

This open access book uncovers the historical context and entrenched beliefs that have perpetuated exclusionary urban la......more

This book unravels China’s new megaregional structure, new megaregional planning and development, new megaregional gover......more

To the best of my knowledge understandably when I first saw the New Yorkers, I was in a state of euphoria concerning the......more

This book fills a gap in sociological theory surrounding how we engage with digital maps like Google Maps, Bing Maps, an......more

A phenomenology of the mall: If the mall makes us feel bad, why do we keep going back? In a world poisoned by capitalism......more

A meticulously reported, character-driven, unforgettable investigation of a time when nothing was certain and everything......more

Growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, a city that he loved, Jonathan Foster was forced to come to grips with its reputation......more

Since the nation’s independence, the union and state governments of India have employed a variety of development strateg......more

A revolutionary new study of gentrification ... and how to stop it. Cities around the world are in the midst of a profou......more

Aboveground, Manhattan’s Riverside Park provides open space for the densely populated Upper West Side. Beneath its surfa......more

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With a focus on how social media users discuss different places in discourses surrounding urban policy, this book applie......more

Originally published in 1984, this was the first study to define and rationalise the character and functions of the plan......more

The Paradox of Paradise focuses on the trajectory of urban coastal tourism in Spain from the late Franco years to the pr......more

The collective research effort of senior and junior scholars from Indonesia and beyond, The Road to Nusantara: Process, ......more

Overlooked Cities reflects and impacts the changing landscape of urban studies and geography from the perspective of sma......more

The principal aims of Urbanisation in Roman Spain and Portugal: Civitates Hispaniae in the Early Empire are to provide a......more

This volume documents research illustrating public dissents and interventions to injustice in modern-day cities. Authors......more

This book examines globalization and urban cultures in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, from a socio-cultural view. It ......more

There have been two "hands" exerting influence on China’s resource allocation and economic development: one is tangible ......more