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  • Airport Urbanism

    Infrastructure and Mobility in Asia

    by Max Hirsh ...
    Thirty years ago, few residents of Asian cities had ever been on a plane, much less outside their home countries. Today, flying, and flying abroad, is commonplace. How has this leap in cross-border mobility affected the design and use of such cities? And how is it accelerating broader socioeconomic and political changes in Asian societies?In Airport Urbanism, Max Hirsh undertakes an unprecedented ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • The Italian Boy

    A Tale of Murder and Body-snatching in 1830s London

    by Sarah Wise ...
    A thrilling history of England's great metropolis at a point of great change, told through the story of a young vagrant murdered by "resurrection men."Before his murder in 1831, the "Italian boy" was one of thousands of orphans on the streets of London, moving among the livestock, hawkers, and con men, begging for pennies. When his body was sold to a London medical college, the suppliers were ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Modello: A Story of Hope for the Inner City and Beyond: An Inside-Out Model of Prevention and Resiliency in Action

    by Jack Pransky ...
    Modello is the true story from beginning to end of how Dr. Roger Mills and staff accomplished the miracle in the Modello and Homestead Gardens Housing Projects applying the Three Principles/Health Realization approach based on a new spiritual psychology. Through extensive interviews with residents as well as Dr. Mills his staff and other professionals a very compelling and moving portrait is ... Read more

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  • The Seduction of Place

    The History and Future of Cities

    by Joseph Rykwert ...
    No other place on earth is as full both of promise and of dread as the city; it is at once alienating and exciting. These concentrations of people have not, however, come about as the result of vast immutable, impersonal forces, but because of human choices. The worsening or betterment of urban life will also be the result of choices. Our choices.That cities display and represent the personal ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Fit

    An Architect's Manifesto

    by Robert Geddes ...
    Why architecture matters—and how to make it matter moreFit is a book about architecture and society that seeks to fundamentally change how architects and the public think about the task of design. Distinguished architect and urbanist Robert Geddes argues that buildings, landscapes, and cities should be designed to fit: fit the purpose, fit the place, fit future possibilities. Fit replaces old ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Planning for Retail Development

    A Critical View of the British Experience

    by Clifford Guy ...
    Written by a leading expert in the field, this is the first thorough critical review of retail planning policy in Britain (including Scotland and Wales). It covers recent changes in government policy and guidance, and examines retail policy within a broader economic and social context.Planning for Retail Development explains key events and debates in the evolution of retail planning policy, at ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Rethinking the American City

    An International Dialogue

    by Dolores Hayden ...
    Series series Architecture | Technology | Culture
    Whether struggling in the wake of postindustrial decay or reinventing themselves with new technologies and populations, cities have once again moved to the center of intellectual and political concern. Rethinking the American City brings together leading scholars from a range of disciplines to examine an array of topics that illuminate the past, present, and future of cities.Rethinking the ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins

    Justice, Gender, and the Origins of the LA Riots

    by Brenda Stevenson ...
    Helicopters patrolled low over the city, filming blocks of burning cars and buildings, mobs breaking into storefronts, and the vicious beating of truck driver Reginald Denny. For a week in April 1992, Los Angeles transformed into a cityscape of rage, purportedly due to the exoneration of four policemen who had beaten Rodney King. It should be no surprise that such intense anger erupted from ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • International Perspectives on Suburbanization

    A Post-Suburban World?

    Edited by N. Phelps, F. Wu ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    New urban developments such as office blocks, warehouses and retail complexes are increasingly common in outer city regions across the world. This book examines the processes of post-suburbanization in international perspective, exploring how developments across the world might be considered post-suburban. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Hey, Shorty!

    A Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment and Violence in Schools and on the Streets

    by Girls for Gender Equity, Joanne Smith, Meghan Huppuch, Mandy Van Deven ...
    At every stage of education, sexual harassment is common, and often considered a rite of passage for young people. It’s not unusual for a girl to hear Hey, Shorty!” on a daily basis, as she walks down the hall or comes into the school yard, followed by a sexual innuendo, insult, come-on, or assault. But when teenagers are asked whether they experience this in their own lives, most of them say it’s ... Read more

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  • Routledge Revivals: The Politics of Urban Change (1979)

    Edited by David McKay, Andrew Cox ...
    First published in 1979, this book examines key planning policy areas such as land use planning, land values, housing and slum clearance, urban transport, industrial and regional economic location policies, and policies inner city policies to explain why particular policies have been adopted at particular times — assessing the role of political parties, bureaucrats and interests in setting the ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • GreenTOpia

    Towards a Sustainable Toronto

    Edited by Alana Wilcox, Jonny Dovercourt ...
    Series series uTOpia
    Gardening the Gardiner. Hydrogen-fuelled cabs. Rooftop Power. Rainwater harvesting. A new model of taxation. The art of salvage. Drinking less coffee. Composters for dog poo in city parks. Ravine City.What would make Toronto a greener place?This third book in the uTOpia series asked imaginative Torontonians to think both big and small about how we might make our city more environmentally wise and ... Read more

    $11.59 USD