M.B - Urban 1

This isn't just a story. This is a lifeline. I didn't come from privilege. I didn't come from ease. I was born into a world where poverty was my first language. I moved family to family, never reall……続きを見る

EPUB and EPDF available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), commonly called the New Silk Road, is a huge infrastructure project currently revitalising or c……続きを見る

Dark Concrete is about how the Black Power movement reshaped urban politics in the United Statesーfrom expectations to practices. Although the national and international dimensions of the Black Powe……続きを見る

Knoxville, Tennessee: A Mountain City in the New South is much more than an update to the 1983 edition; it is virtually a complete rethinking of its predecessor as well as an updating of Knoxville’s……続きを見る

This book investigates urban life in the slums of Delhi, demonstrating how individuals and communities self-organise to solve problems that arise in their neighbourhoods. Around one-quarter of the w……続きを見る

Avez-vous déjà pensé à la culture comme un levier pour transformer un quartier, pour renforcer les liens entre ses habitants et leur environnement ? Imaginez un espace où les organismes culturels, c……続きを見る

Construisez-vous une espèce de village ? Une sorte de communauté ? Un laboratoire de ville durable en vue de la transition ? Ou vous enfermez-vous dans un ghetto bobo qui offre bonne conscience ? Da……続きを見る

Cuando se observa una ciudad desde arriba ーuna aparente mirada más ampliaー percibimos una mancha gris en 3D sobre lo que alguna vez fue una super cie más o menos plana ocupada solamente por natura……続きを見る

First published in 1991, Metropolitan Government provides an in-depth study of metropolitan government and outlines the need for a unit of government at the metropolitan level. It discusses relevant……続きを見る

Considered to be sub-ordinated and sub-prime to the city, sub-urban areas receive little attention by researchers and designers. However, it´s the rapidly growing areas outside the central cities th……続きを見る

"A BR-158 em Mato Grosso: impactos socioespaciais em suas imediações (2000 a 2018)" analisa a influência da rodovia na dinâmica territorial do Vale do Araguaia Mato-Grossense, abordando como a BR-15……続きを見る

Offers insights into the social and cultural implications of humans’ relationships with rats and the natural world. Apart from the occasional pet owner who has rats, most people regard rats as disea……続きを見る

One evening in 1980, a group of white friends, drinking at the Duke of Edinburgh pub on East Ham High Street, made a monstrous five-pound wager. The first person to kill a "Paki" would win the bet. ……続きを見る

Since the birth of Airbnb in 2008, many of the world's cities have been transformed by platform-mediated short-term accommodationーa phenomenon suspected of disturbing local life and removing dwelli……続きを見る

Six-year-old Manuel Diaz and his mother first arrived at Miami's airport in 1961 with little more than a dime for a phone call to their relatives in the Little Havana neighborhood. Forty years after……続きを見る

People associate the South Bronx with gangs, violence, drugs, crime, burned-out buildings, and poverty. This is the message that has been driven into their heads over the years by the media. As Howa……続きを見る

Fifty years ago, urban waterfronts were industrial, polluted, and diseased. Today, luxury homes and shops line riverbanks, harbors, and lakes across Europe and North America. The visual drama of phy……続きを見る

This on-the-ground study of one square mile in Detroit was written in collaboration with neighborhood residents, many of whom were involved with the famous Detroit Geographical Expedition and Instit……続きを見る

Winner of the Herbert H. Lehman Prize from the New York Academy of History. In The Rise and Fall of Protestant Brooklyn**, Stuart M. Blumin and Glenn C. Altschuler detail how nineteenth-century Broo……続きを見る

Education in America provides an essential, comprehensive introduction to education in the U.S., from its origins to its contemporary manifestations. Focusing on social inequality, Kimberly A. Goyet……続きを見る

The volume examines urbanization and migration trends and their patterns in the light of India's emerging urban policy, planning and governance perspectives. It sheds light on the differences in urb……続きを見る

El pasado 6 de agosto, Bogotá cumplió 450 años de fundada. Con este motivo durante los meses finales de 1987 un grupo de investigadores que trabajan sobre distintos aspectos de la problemática de la……続きを見る

Cities and Digital Platforms unravels the transformative impact of digital platforms such as Airbnb and Zoom on urban landscapes, illustrating their profound influence on housing, city planning, and……続きを見る

Frutto di un lavoro di documentazione durato un decennio, "Le tragedie del progresso" è l'ultimo saggio pubblicato da Gina Lombroso prima dell'esilio forzato in Svizzera. In un'epoca in cui si esalt……続きを見る

Urban redevelopment in American cities is neither easy nor quick. It takes a delicate alignment of goals, power, leadership and sustained advocacy on the part of many. Rebuilding the American City h……続きを見る

When more than half of the Earth population lives in cities, and living conditions worldwide suffer from a steady increase in environmental issues, historical inquiry provides useful reflections and……続きを見る

Featuring insights from influential figures like Pope Francis and Albert Gore alongside contributions from over thirty esteemed authors, Climate Chaos: Killing People, Places and the Planet charts a……続きを見る

In a world of disruptions and seemingly endless complexity, cities have become central to thinking about the future of humanity. Yet the study of cities is fragmented among different silos of expert……続きを見る

In the scholarship of urbanism, small towns are overlooked and understudied. Rebuilding the American Town highlights how smaller municipalities are transforming to serve their communities and meet t……続きを見る

When he visited in 2011, sociologist Adam Baird wondered what the Bloods and Crips were doing in Southside Belize City. He soon discovered that migrant Belizean members of colors gangs from South Ce……続きを見る