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Emilia Schijman nos presenta una fina y sensible etnografía de las vidas precarias de los residentes de un complejo habitacional creado por el Estado. Su escritura cuidada y meticulosa nos transport……続きを見る

An Architectural Record Notable Book A fascinating, thought-provoking journey into our built environment Modern humans are an indoor species. We spend 90 percent of our time inside, shuttling betwee……続きを見る

Compton, California, is often associated in the public mind with urban America's toughest problems, including economic disinvestment, gang violence, and failing public schools. Before it became syno……続きを見る

This is the first full-length study of Swansea’s urban development from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. It tells the little known story of how Swansea gained an unrivalled positi……続きを見る

À l’époque moderne, l’Italie et les Pays-Bas espagnols constituent deux pôles d’attraction pour les communautés étrangères. Les représentants des diverses « nations » catholiques convergent massivem……続きを見る

"Essential reading for fans of Jane Jacobs, Joseph Mitchell, Patti Smith, Luc Sante, and Cheap Pierogi" ーVanity Fair An unflinching chronicle of gentrification in the twenty-first century and a lov……続きを見る

Urban Density Contextualized provides planners with the tools to understand, assess, and implement urban density successfully. It systematically explores the social context of urban density, and how……続きを見る

Weaving together literary and archaeological evidence, Emily Hauser illuminates the rich, intriguing lives of the real women behind Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. Achilles. Agamemnon. Odysseus. Hector. ……続きを見る

La personnalité se manifeste par la conscience; mais la conscience ne suffit pas pour constituer la personnalité. Nous traitons les animaux comme des choses et cependant il paraît impossible de leur……続きを見る

Cities come in all shapes and sizes, with different patterns and forms. Streets might be strictly gridded or curvilinear. Buildings might be tightly packed or spread out. Patterns and forms might re……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

Entregadores, motoristas, anotadores de dados para inteligência artificial, criadores de conteúdo para redes sociais, trabalhadoras domésticas... Todas essas atividades de trabalho - e muitas outras……続きを見る

"Essential reading for fans of Jane Jacobs, Joseph Mitchell, Patti Smith, Luc Sante, and Cheap Pierogi" ーVanity Fair An unflinching chronicle of gentrification in the twenty-first century and a lov……続きを見る

“[A] groundbreaking book uncovers the . . . indispensable role that children play as co-contributors to the household economy of our most vulnerable families.” ーZulema Valdez, author of Entrepreneu……続きを見る

Across the world, the risks of wildfires are increasing and expanding. Due to past and current human actions, we dwell in the age of fire – the Pyrocene – and the many challenges and climate adaptat……続きを見る

Once the capital of the five-hundred-year Chosŏn dynasty (1392–1897) and the Taehan Empire (1897–1910), the city of Seoul posed unique challenges to urban reform and modernization under Japanese col……続きを見る

Este libro propone una mirada a los centros urbanos de la Norpatagonia, con especial atención en la estructura y sus desigualdades. Cruza temas (salud pública, planificación urbana, gentrificación, ……続きを見る

Looting has become an increasingly popular concept in South Africa as an unsophisticated interpretation of ownership by “force” of property during periods of mayhem. However, looting is a complex co……続きを見る

Après plusieurs années d’animation auprès des personnes ayant une dépendance, André-Émile Pouliot a cru bon de publier ce regard sur la dépendance du jeu compulsif. Cette pièce, écrite sous la forme……続きを見る

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Focusing on material and social forms of infrastructure, this edited collection draws on rich empirical details from cities across the ……続きを見る

Redesigning the Unremarkable is a timely and necessary reminder that the often neglected elements and spaces of our built environment – from trash bins, seats, stairways, and fences to streets, bike……続きを見る

This is the first book to provide sociologists, criminologists, political scientists, and other social scientists with the methodological logic and techniques for doing spatial analysis in their cho……続きを見る

This book is about language and the city. Pennycook and Otsuji introduce the notion of ‘metrolingualism’, showing how language and the city are deeply involved in a perpetual exchange between people……続きを見る

(Under)Represented Latin@s in STEM: Increasing Participation Throughout Education and the Workplace presents a critical investigation into Latin@ underrepresentation in STEM throughout the education……続きを見る

**A Vulture Best Memoir of 2022 A Kirkus Best Nonfiction Book of 2022 A Bookforum Favorite Book of 2022 A 2023 Transgender Nonfiction finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards What happens when an ent……続きを見る

This book is designed to educate vulnerable communities, emergency practitioners, and disaster researchers to increase the social and physical capacity of communities to mitigate and adapt to disast……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

An expansive history of Jerusalem as a cultural crossroads, and a fresh look at the urban development of one of the world's most mythologized cities. Jerusalem is often seen as an eternal battlefiel……続きを見る

This alternative guidebook for one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations explores all five boroughs to reveal a people’s New York City. The sites and stories of A People’s Guide to New Yo……続きを見る

This book explores everyday walking in contemporary urban life. It brings together important theoretical and empirical insights to understand how the ‘walkability’ of urban spaces can be imagined, p……続きを見る