EDA - Urban 1

Les crises alimentaire et financière ayant marqué la fin des années 2000 ont précipité l’acquisition massive de terres par des investisseurs étrangers dans de nombreux pays du Sud. Ces formes souven……続きを見る

Public Los Angeles is a collection of unpublished essays by scholar Don Parson focusing on little-known characters and histories located in the first half of twentieth-century Los Angeles. An infamo……続きを見る

Jusqu’au XIXe siècle, les grands investissements publics urbains des villes musulmanes ne sont pas assurés par l’État mais par les waqfs, des fondations de gouverneurs et hauts fonctionnaires de l’a……続きを見る

Bordée par les chaines de montagnes qui dominent la Méditerranée, traversée du sud au nord et d'est en ouest par les méandres de l'Oronte, la Syrie centrale offre au géographe un paysage relativemen……続きを見る

Nova edição de Cidades mortas reafirma a importância da crítica visionária de Mike Davis frente aos desafios das grandes cidades em conciliar desenvolvimento econômico com o convívio multicultural e……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

This open access book connects Jane Jacobs's celebrated urban analysis to her ideas on economics and social theory. While Jacobs is a legend in the field of urbanism and famous for challenging and p……続きを見る

For the late great Mike Davis, the ravaging of the climate by capitalーand his prescient analysis of its consequences for those of us left to deal with the resulting crisesーwas always a central par……続きを見る

From the empty pools of 1960s Los Angeles to today's Olympic skateparks, skateboarding has fostered a vibrant street culture that is visually striking yet often misunderstood. In this definitive ill……続きを見る

As the drive towards creating age-friendly cities grows, this important book provides a comprehensive survey of theories and policies aimed at improving the quality of life of older people living in……続きを見る

Winner of the 2001 Carey McWilliams Award A CONTEMPORARY CLASSIC, Magical Urbanism focuses on how Latinos are attempting to translate their urban demographic ascendancy into effective social power. ……続きを見る

This open access book uncovers the historical context and entrenched beliefs that have perpetuated exclusionary urban landscapes and disadvantage for marginalized groups. It offers an in-depth explo……続きを見る

ESTADO y CIUDADANÍA. Dos falencias, una alternativa, es un libro diseñado para la formación política básica que cualquier habitante de este país debe conocer. Hace un recorrido por dos de los grande……続きを見る

In today's world, many communities face the daunting challenges of poverty and inflation, which often leave individuals struggling to meet their basic needs. "Rising Together" offers a beacon of hop……続きを見る

Inclusion and Exclusion of the Urban Poor in Dhaka explores how the inhabitants of poor neighborhoods in Dhaka, Bangladesh, gain inclusion in the city at the face of exclusion. The book considers ho……続きを見る

Arlene Dávila brilliantly considers the cultural politics of urban space in this lively exploration of Puerto Rican and Latino experience in New York, the global center of culture and consumption, w……続きを見る

Con un acento en el arte, esta publicación recoge las experiencias participativas exploradas en Mirada de Barrio, un proyecto de investigación-acción iniciado por el área de Programas Públicos del M……続きを見る

This Open Access book is an anthropological urban study of the Emirate of Dubai, its institutions, and their evolution. It provides a contemporary history of disability in city planning from a non-W……続きを見る

White Fatigue: Rethinking Resistance for Social Justice explores how, despite the pleas and research of critical scholars, what passes for multicultural education in schools is often promotion of hu……続きを見る

Boundaries of Dissent looks at the way that political protest, as it is shaped through the space-time collapsing power of media, questions national identity and state authority. Through this lens of……続きを見る

In this important new work, two respected criminologists challenge the characterization of the new 'bad girl' arguing that it is only a new attempt to punish girls who are not the stereotypical depi……続きを見る

In a richly illustrated, revelatory study of Philadelphia's Germantown Avenue, home to a diverse array of more than 90 Christian and Muslim congregations, Katie Day explores the formative and multif……続きを見る

Counterpointing Los Angeles's central role in America's fantasy life - the city has been destroyed no less than 138 times in novels and films since 1909 - with its wanton denial of its own real hist……続きを見る

Cities play a major role in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic as many measures are adopted at the scale of cities and involve adjustments to the way urban areas operate. Drawing from case studies acros……続きを見る

Sherrie Davis knows what it is to live in pain and fear. For her heartache and fear was a part of her young life. Born to a mother who sold and used drugs and a father who was a career criminal, She……続きを見る

Este libro es el resultado de un esfuerzo emprendido por la joven Facultad de Arquitectura de la Universidad Santo Tomás, Sede Villavicencio, con el fin de ofrecer lecturas humanistas sobre esta ciu……続きを見る

Entender cómo se establecen las relaciones simbólicas en y con el paisaje urbano, cómo se lee la ciudad y se establecen empatías y apatías, que se expresan en geografías semióticas, imaginarios y re……続きを見る

"Este estudio determina el nivel de sostenibilidad urbana en tres tejidos urbanos diferenciales de la ciudad de Medellín (Colombia), utilizando el concepto de sostenibilidad barrial. La descripción ……続きを見る

Sustainable Urbanism in China explores the notion of "Sustainable Urbanism" by considering the role sustainable neighborhood planning plays in the larger picture of sustainable urbanism and suggests……続きを見る

No metropolis has been more loved or more hated. To its official boosters, "Los Angeles brings it all together." To detractors, LA is a sunlit mortuary where "you can rot without feeling it." To Mik……続きを見る