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  • Rethinking Urban Parks

    Public Space and Cultural Diversity

    by Setha M. Low, Dana Taplin, Suzanne Scheld ...
    A study of public recreation space and how urban developers can encourage ethnic diversity through planning that supports multiculturalism.Urban parks such as New York City's Central Park provide vital public spaces where city dwellers of all races and classes can mingle safely while enjoying a variety of recreations. By coming together in these relaxed settings, different groups become ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Critical Dimensions of African Studies

    Re-Membering Africa

    by Suzanne Scheld, Tom Spencer-Walters, Senait Admassu, Edwin Aimufua, Raquel Kennon, Sheba Lo, Mutombo Nkulu-N’Sengha, Kevin Zemlicka, Rodney B. Hume-Dawson0, Renee M. Moreno1, Daphne W. Ntiri2, Daniel N. Posner3, W. Gabriel Selassie I4, Selase W. Williams5, Ebenezer "KofI" Peprah6, Jennifer L. De Maio7 ...
    This book brings together top researchers, thinkers, and activists from across disciplines to reflect on the study of Africa. Critical Dimensions of African Studies: Re-Membering Africa emphasizes a critique of power structures, the promotion of human liberation, a commitment to social justice and transformation, and critical reflection on the politics of the production and circulation of ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Africa's Informal Workers

    Collective Agency, Alliances and Transnational Organizing in Urban Africa

    by Gunilla Andrae, Björn Beckman, Alison Brown, Ebbe Prag, Ignasio Malizani Jimu, Michal Lyons, Owusu Boampong, Karen Tranberg Hansen, David Jordhus-Lier, Doctor Winnie Mitullah, Kate Meagher, Wilma Nchito, Suzanne Scheld ...
    Series series Africa Now
    Africa's Informal Workers is a vigorous examination of the informalization and casualization of work, which is changing livelihoods in Africa and beyond.Gathering cases from nine countries and cities across sub-Saharan Africa, and from a range of sectors, this volume goes beyond the usual focus on household 'coping strategies' and individual agency, addressing the growing number of collective ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Problems, Perspectives, and Prospects

    by Chipo Dendere, Brian Dill, Heba Khalil, Florence Kyomugisha, Kristy Michaud, Mutombo Nkulu-N'Sengha, Blaine D. Pope ...
    This book considers the issue of sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa. It assesses the progress that has been made in sustainable development and the challenges that must still be addressed. Most importantly, it focuses on African experiences with sustainable development. Using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the framework for the analysis, the manuscript traces how the ... Read more

    $93.99 USD

  • Africa and Urban Anthropology

    Theoretical and Methodological Contributions from Contemporary Fieldwork

    Edited by Deborah Pellow, Suzanne Scheld ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Anthropology
    This volume offers valuable anthropological insight into urban Africa, covering a range of cities across a continent that has become one of the fastest urbanizing geographic areas of the globe.Consideration is given to the structures, social formations, and rhythms that constitute the definition of an African city, town, or urban space, and to current concepts for thinking about African cities in ... Read more

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  • Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

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  • The Museum Experience Revisited

    by John H Falk, Lynn D Dierking ...
    The first book to take a "visitor's eye view" of the museum visit when it was first published in 1992, The Museum Experience revolutionized the way museum professionals understand their constituents. Falk and Dierking have updated this essential reference, incorporating advances in research, theory, and practice in the museum field over the last twenty years. Written in clear, non-technical style, ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Embracing Risk in Urban Education

    Curiosity, Creativity, and Courage in the Era of "No Excuses" and Relay Race Reform

    by Alice E. Ginsberg ...
    At a time when American urban public education is under broad attack, and in which America is perceived as a nationat risk that is losing the race to the top, educators and politicians from across the spectrum are promoting increased emphasis on standardized testing, business models of school reform, zero tolerance, no excuses, promoting cultural assimilation, and building a standardized ... Read more

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  • Why Public Space Matters

    by Setha Low ...
    Drawing from decades of research, Setha Low shows how public space contributes to a flourishing society through promoting social justice and democratic practices. Thriving public spaces also enhance creativity, health, urban resilience, and environmental sustainability. Yet more than ever, public spaces across the world are threatened by urban development, privatization and neglect. Public spaces ... Read more

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  • Cultural Heritage and Tourism

    An Introduction

    by Dr. Dallen J. Timothy ...
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  • Urban Design

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    Urban Design: A Typology of Procedures and Products, 2nd Edition provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to urban design, defining the field and addressing the controversies and goals of urban design.Including over 50 updated international case studies, this new edition presents a three-dimensional model with which to categorize the processes and products involved: product type, ... Read more

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