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***Winner of the 2019 IDEC Book Award*** Interiors Beyond Architecture proposes an expanded impact for interior design that transcends the inside of buildings**,** analysing significant interiors th……続きを見る

A son of the times, award-winning columnist John W. Fountain writes about everyday life, from the serious to the sublime. He writes about everything from life and homicide to poverty and hope. He wr……続きを見る

This book highlights what are likely to be the future megatrends in the water sector and why and how they should be incorporated to improve water governance in the coming decades. In this first ever……続きを見る

In every large city, there are marginal, criminal types who live on the fringes of the society. They are faceless, ignored or feared. The author had worked and lived in their East Harlem, New York n……続きを見る

This book combines in a single volume numerous studies concerning the use of arts and culture to enhance quality of life, health and wellbeing among older people, especially in Singapore. The biblio……続きを見る

Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of trav……続きを見る

The Gay Village in Montreal is a vibrant and unique neighborhood born in the 1980s. It serves as the locus of much of the social life of LGBTQ persons, and is the site of many celebrations including……続きを見る

"La sociedad venezolana es una continua transformación, es una mutación perenne que deja atrás y sin piedad lo que fuimos, por un ansia insaciable de lo que seremos". Bajo esta premisa, Briceño-León……続きを見る

Our actions in education, business, and government are no longer guided by conscious ideals, but by entrenched practices that are products of expediency, indolence, and even tyranny. Inveterate and ……続きを見る

In recent years there has been significant negative attention towards young British male Muslims, who are perceived to be increasingly dangerous and criminal. However, very little is known about tho……続きを見る

La respuesta a las emergencias químicas en México se caracteriza por la falta de una política pública integral como lo evidencian la aprobación de normas incongruentes, la proliferación de dependenc……続きを見る

This book gives an overview of frameworks, methods, and case studies useful for the analysis of the relations between agriculture and the city, in Europe and the Mediterranean. Its originality lies ……続きを見る

The study of how the environment, local geography, and physical locations influence crime has a long history that stretches across many research traditions. These include the neighborhood effects ap……続きを見る

We hear the term “sustainability” everywhere today. In the context of city management, the term often refers to environmental concerns, both locally and globally. Managing the Sustainable City exami……続きを見る

Taking on the key issues in urban design, Shaping the City examines the critical ideas that have driven these themes and debates through a study of particular cities at important periods in their de……続きを見る

The role of real estate in our cities is crucial to building sustainable and resilient urban futures. Smart Urban Regeneration brings together institutional, planning and real estate insights into a……続きを見る

Originally published in 1981, French Cities in the Nineteenth Century analyses large-scale processes of social change, and looks at how this affected the growth of towns and cities of nineteenth cen……続きを見る

Originally published in 1991, Reform in New York City provides an interpretive synthesis of urban progressivism and provides a comprehensive historical look at progressivism in New York City. The bo……続きを見る

Originally published in 1978, The Making of Urban Scotland traces the evolution of towns from their prehistoric origins to the present day. Most of the material is based on research in Scotland’s ar……続きを見る

Each year, approximately a million tourists visit slum areas on guided tours as a part of their holiday to Asia, Africa or Latin America. This book analyses the cultural encounters that take place b……続きを見る

This book examines the conflict surrounding the latest redevelopment frontier in Chicago: the city’s South Side blues clubs and blocks. Like Chicago, cities such as Cleveland, St. Louis, Boston, Was……続きを見る

In this true story set in the 1970s, youll look through the eyes of then 14-year-old Kevin Purcell, whos now a professional advertising writer, as he watches his perfect childhood neighborhood turn ……続きを見る

Walter Baily, born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, was a signalman aboard a minesweeper in WWII. After the war, he attended Temple University and Bryn Mawr College, still later received a doctorate ……続きを見る

This book highlights the relationship between the water sector and various other sectors in order to establish an improved understanding of the importance of water resources as an essential cross-cu……続きを見る

Zwei Monate hat Matthias Unterwegs freiwillig in Deutschland und Frankreich das Leben von Obdachlosen geteilt. Den Lebensunterhalt verdient er sich mit Betteln. Anfangs ist er jeden Tag auf der Such……続きを見る

Wir Deutschen sind dicke da! Platzhirsch in Europa, Welt-Autoverkäufer, Finanzbestimmer in der Eurozone - man siehe nur Griechenland … Jedoch bei den Geburtenraten in den eigenen Reihen bestimmen un……続きを見る

This volume presents a novel framework to understand urban climate co-benefits in India, that is, tackling climate change and achieving sustainable development goals in cities. It utilizes methods a……続きを見る

In diesem essential werden Meilensteine des Perspektivwechsels hin zu einer ,neuen Landschaftsgeographie‘ beleuchtet. ,Landschaft‘ gehört zu einem alltagsweltlich verankerten und vielgenutzten Begri……続きを見る

In the twenty-first century technology has become global, and firms compete using knowledge and capital. The ‘traditional firm’ has a need for innovation and depends on efficient knowledge managemen……続きを見る

An important new ethnographic study of São Paulo’s favelas revealing the widespread use of race-based police repression in Brazil While Black Lives Matter still resonates in the United States, the m……続きを見る