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This book tackles the challenges posed by accelerating urbanization, and demystifies Social Sustainability, the least understood of all the different areas of sustainable development. The volume’s t……続きを見る

The book investigates the development of community gardens with self-built structures, which have existed as a shared public open space land use form in New York City’s low-come neighborhoods like t……続きを見る

Everyone needs and deserves housing. But today our homes are being transformed into commodities, making the inequalities of the city ever more acute. Profit has become more important than social nee……続きを見る

This book explores the geography of the everyday roadway and contemplates how regulation and design shape our streets. People may question the hegemony of cars, but reimagining public streets is a m……続きを見る

A groundbreaking history of the confluence of regulatory thinking and building design in the United States What is the origin of “room temperature”? When did food become considered fresh or not fres……続きを見る

La renovación urbana constituye hoy en día un fenómeno mundial, vinculado a la lógica del capitalismo neoliberal y a políticas urbanas que enarbolan los mismos discursos y las mismas propuestas en c……続きを見る

In A City on a Lake Matthew Vitz tracks the environmental and political history of Mexico City and explains its transformation from a forested, water-rich environment into a smog-infested megacity p……続きを見る

This is a social and cultural analysis of community life in metropolitan areas of three nations--the United States, Sweden, and England. The author focuses on how environment and culture interact to……続きを見る

This book reflects on the motivations of creative practitioners who have moved out of cities from the mid-1960s onwards to establish creative homesteads. The book focuses on desert exile painter Agn……続きを見る

The Emerging City was written at a time when the great transformation from urban to suburban lifestyle was under way. It is a tribute to Scott Greer that his work understood the new contours of the ……続きを見る

The concept of community development is often misunderstood, holding different meanings across different academic disciplines. Moreover, the concept of community development has been historically ab……続きを見る

This book explores the emerging concept of cultural DNA, considering its application across different fields and examining commonalities in approach. It approaches the subject from four different pe……続きを見る

While cities often act as the engines of economic growth for developing countries, they are also frequently the site of growing violence, poverty, and inequality. Yet, social theory, largely develop……続きを見る

Examining the relationships between architecture, home and community in the Claremont Court housing scheme in Edinburgh, Home and Community provides a novel perspective on the enabling potential of ……続きを見る

Many agree that rapid urbanization in China in the late 20th and early 21st centuries is a mega process significantly reshaping China and the global economy. China’s urbanization also carries a cert……続きを見る

Introducing a new concept of urban space, Cities and Metaphors encourages a theoretical realignment of how the city is experienced, thought and discussed. In the context of ‘Islamic city’ studies, r……続きを見る

Dieses essential stellt in komprimierter Form den Stand der Stadtforschung zum Thema Gentrifizierung dar. Dieser in der Wissenschaft bereits seit den 1960iger-Jahren verwendete Begriff hat sich inzw……続きを見る

This book is an empirically rich case-study of what is currently the most popular alternative-fuel vehicle in the history of motorization – the electric two-wheeler (e-bike). The book provides socio……続きを見る

This book explores the tenacity of Iran’s informal settlements against the backdrop of the World Bank’s USD 80 million loan for physical upgrading. Arefi seeks to identify and unravel the distinctiv……続きを見る

Hosting the Olympic Games reveals the true costs involved for the cities that hold these large-scale sporting events. It uncovers the financing of the Games, reviewing existing studies to evaluate t……続きを見る

This book brings together contributions from some of the foremost international experts in the field of urban morphology and addresses major questions such as: What exactly is urban morphology? Why ……続きを見る

This book comprises a selection of the top contributions presented at the second international conference “Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2017”, held in March 2017 in Bolzano,……続きを見る

New York has long been both America’s leading cultural center and its sports capital, with far more championship teams, intracity World Series, and major prizefights than any other city. Pro footbal……続きを見る

This book includes a general overview of the book series and summarizes the research results in its 13 subtopics. It systematically elaborates on how the construction and promotion of intelligent ci……続きを見る

Una nuova edizione aggiornata e illustrata di “Note” di Lorenzo Marini. Sono tanti pensieri e appunti costruiti affinchè si possaano leggere come un unico racconto sulla comunicazione e la creativit……続きを見る

Nell’Europa della crisi finanziaria e dei possibili default, della disoccupazione giovanile e della Brexit può formarsi un modello sociale realmente alternativo e solidale? In altre parole, in un qu……続きを見る

*Interviste a cura di R. Guerra a: Carlo Andreoli (Alo), Lorenzo Barbieri, Pier Francesco Betteloni, Bruno Corticelli, Marcello Darbo, Federico Felloni, Zairo Ferrante, Claudio Fochi, Sylvia Forty, ……続きを見る

Con questo lavoro ci si propone di osservare un aspetto alquanto peculiare della sociologia di uno dei tre fra i massimi esponenti della sociologia della società del rischio mondiale: Ulrick Beck, N……続きを見る

Attraverso richiami alle vite vissute, alle amicizie, agli affetti, alle relazioni che si confrontavano in anni intensi e tumultuosi, le parole di chi interviene si offrono allo sguardo presente con……続きを見る

Sono sempre più numerosi giovani e meno giovani che decidono di andare a vivere in un cohousing o in un ecovillaggio, una scelta dettata non solo da motivi economici (vivere insieme costa decisament……続きを見る