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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “luce beeckmans”
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  • Volume 3: Public Space and Mobility

    by Neluka Leanage, Deden Rukmana, Harya S Dillon, Nicholas Scott, Quoc Dinh Phuong, Lakshmi Priyara Jendran, Eunice Castro Seixas, João Teixeira Lopes, Lígia Ferro, Alice Corble, Louise Meijering, Arlinde Dul, Tess Osborne, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Setha Low, Peter Massini, Meredith Whitten, Rubén Casas, Anaid Yerena, Conor Wilson, Julian Dobson, Lucas Melgaço, Mattias de Backer, Stijn Oosterlynck, Luce Beeckmans, Amelia Thorpe, Alexandra Flynn, Ute Lehrer, Loren March ...
    Series series Global Reflections on COVID-19 and Urban Inequalities
    COVID-19 is an invisible threat that has hugely impacted cities and their inhabitants. Yet its impact is very visible, perhaps most so in urban public spaces and spaces of mobility.This international volume explores the transformations of public space and public transport in response to COVID-19 across the world, both those resulting from official governmental regulations and from everyday ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • The City as a Global Political Actor

    Edited by Stijn Oosterlynck, Luce Beeckmans, David Bassens, Ben Derudder, Barbara Segaert, Luc Braeckmans ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City
    This book engages with the thorny question of global urban political agency. It critically assesses the now popular statement that in the context of paralysed and failing nation state governments, cities can and will provide leadership in addressing global challenges.Cities can act politically on the global scale, but the analysis of global urban political agency needs to be firmly embedded in the ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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    City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity

    by Jay Pitter, John Lorinc ...
    How do we build cities where we aren't just living within the same urban space, but living together?Greater Toronto is now home to a larger proportion of foreign-born residents than any other major global metropolis. Not surprisingly, city officials rarely miss an opportunity to tout the region’s ethno-cultural neighbourhoods. Yet there’s strong evidence that the GTA is experiencing widening socio ... Read more

    $9.79 USD

  • IELTS Writing Task 2.What can I write about this question? Globalisation, government and society. Book 3

    by Kristina Rennig ...
    Series Book 3 - IELTS Writing Task 2.What can I write about this question?
    Welcome to book 3. In this book I have concentrated on large world issues. Sometimes these topics can be difficult to find ideas for, so I hope this book helps.In the other two books, I mentioned how to plan your essay, how to structure each paragraph and how to edit the completed work.In this book, I have included some introductions and conclusions to help you understand how to produce them. Once ... Read more

    $4.47 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Crisis Response in Higher Education

    How the Pandemic Challenged University Operations and Organisation

    by Mats Benner, Jonathan Grant, Mary O’Kane ...
    This open access book explores the impact of Covid-19 on universities, and how students, staff, faculty and academic leaders have adapted to and dealt with the impact of the pandemic. Drawing on experiences from Britain, Australia and Sweden, it showcases how Covid has challenged routines and procedures in universities, and thrown them into a disarray of ever-changing events and short-term ... Read more

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  • Urban Geography

    by Tim Hall, Heather Barrett ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Human Geography Series
    This revised fifth edition not only examines the new geographical patterns forming within and between cities, but also investigates the way geographers have sought to make sense of this urban transformation. It is structured into three sections: 'contexts', 'themes' and 'issues' that move students from a foundation in urban geography through its major themes to contemporary and pressing issues. ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Contemporary Tourism

    by Chris Cooper, C. Michael Hall ...
    The study of tourism and indeed the tourism industry is changing constantly. Contemporary Tourism: an international approach presents a new and refreshing approach to the study of tourism, considering issues such as the changing world order, destination marketing, tourism ethics and pro-poor tourism. In particular, it highlights the ongoing threats from terrorism and health scares faced by the ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Urban Playground

    How Child-Friendly Planning and Design Can Save Cities

    by Tim Gill ...
    What type of cities do we want our children to grow up in? Car-dominated, noisy, polluted and devoid of nature? Or walkable, welcoming, and green? As the climate crisis and urbanisation escalate, cities urgently need to become more inclusive and sustainable. This book reveals how seeing cities through the eyes of children strengthens the case for planning and transportation policies that work for ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Introducing Just Sustainabilities

    Policy, Planning, and Practice

    by Julian Agyeman ...
    Series series Just Sustainabilities
    This unique and insightful text offers an exploration of the origins and subsequent development of the concept of just sustainability.Introducing Just Sustainabilities discusses key topics, such as food justice, sovereignty and urban agriculture; community, space, place(making) and spatial justice; the democratization of our streets and public spaces; how to create culturally inclusive spaces; ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • Sharing Cities

    A Case for Truly Smart and Sustainable Cities

    by Duncan McLaren, Julian Agyeman ...
    Series series Urban and Industrial Environments
    How cities can build on the “sharing economy” and smart technology to deliver a “sharing paradigm” that supports justice, solidarity, and sustainability.The future of humanity is urban, and the nature of urban space enables, and necessitates, sharing—of resources, goods and services, experiences. Yet traditional forms of sharing have been undermined in modern cities by social fragmentation and ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Urban Sustainability

    Reconnecting Space and Place

    by Ann Dale, William Dushenko, Pamela J. Robinson ...
    Given ongoing concerns about global climate change and its impacts on cities, the need for sustainable planning has never been greater. This book explores concrete ways to achieve urban sustainability based on integrated planning, policy development, and decision-making.Urban Sustainability is the first book to provide an applied interdisciplinary perspective on the challenges and opportunities ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • The New African Diaspora in Vancouver

    Migration, Exclusion and Belonging

    by Gillian Creese ...
    The New African Diaspora in Vancouver documents the experiences of immigrants from countries in sub-Saharan Africa on Canada's west coast. Despite their individual national origins, many adopt new identities as ‘African’ and are actively engaged in creating a new, place-based ‘African community.’ In this study, Gillian Creese analyzes interviews with sixty-one women and men from twenty-one African ... Read more

    $30.99 USD