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Changing Mobilities eBook Series

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  • Elite Mobilities

    Edited by Thomas Birtchnell, Javier Caletrío ...
    Series series Changing Mobilities
    Small in number but great in influence, mobile elites have shaped the contours of global capitalism. Today these elites continue to flourish globally but in a changing landscape. The current economic crisis—and rising concerns about the moral legitimacy of extreme wealth—coincides with stern warnings over the risks posed by climate change and the unsustainable use of resources. Often an out-of ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Cargomobilities

    Moving Materials in a Global Age

    Edited by Thomas Birtchnell, Satya Savitzky, John Urry ...
    Series series Changing Mobilities
    Objects and materials are on the move like never before, often at astonishing speeds and along hidden routeways. This collection opens to social scientific scrutiny the various systems which move objects about the world, examining their fateful implications for many people and places. Offering texts from key thinkers, the book presents case studies from around the world which report on efforts to ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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  • Unsettling Cities

    Movement/Settlement

    Edited by John Allen, Doreen Massey, Michael Pryke ...
    Series series Understanding Cities
    This text examines the global nature of cities - cities whose openness has shaped their dynamism and character.It explores cities as sites of movement, migration and settlement where different peoples, cultures and environments combine. Unsettling Cities explores the mix of proximity and difference that exists in the rich and diverse texture of city life. The contributors reveal the association ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • The Economics of Cultural Policy

    by David Throsby ...
    Cultural policy is changing. Traditionally, cultural policies have been concerned with providing financial support for the arts, for cultural heritage and for institutions such as museums and galleries. In recent years, around the world, interest has grown in the creative industries as a source of innovation and economic dynamism. This book argues that an understanding of the nature of both the ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Patterns of Commoning

    by David Bollier, Silke Helfrich ...
    What accounts for the persistence and spread of "commoning," the irrepressible desire of people to collaborate and share to meet everyday needs? How are the more successful projects governed? And why are so many people embracing the commons as a powerful strategy for building a fair, humane and Earth-respecting social order? In more than fifty original essays, Patterns of Commoning addresses these ... Read more

    $7.00 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Megaproject Management

    Edited by Bent Flyvbjerg ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of Megaproject Management provides state-of-the-art scholarship in the emerging field of megaproject management. Megaprojects are large, complex projects which typically cost billions of dollars and impact millions of people, like building a high-speed rail line, a megadam, a national health or pensions IT system, a new wide-body aircraft, or staging the Olympics. The book ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Wealth of the Commons: A World Beyond Market and State

    by David Bollier, Silke Helfrich ...
    We are poised between an old world that no longer works and a new one struggling to be born. Surrounded by centralized hierarchies on the one hand and predatory markets on the other, people around the world are searching for alternatives. The Wealth of the Commons explains how millions of commoners have organized to defend their forests and fisheries, reinvent local food systems, organize ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Beyond Smart Cities

    How Cities Network, Learn and Innovate

    by Tim Campbell ...
    The promise of competitiveness and economic growth in so-called smart cities is widely advertised in Europe and the US. The promise is focussed on global talent and knowledge economies and not on learning and innovation. But to really achieve smart cities – that is to create the conditions of continuous learning and innovation – this book argues that there is a need to understand what is below the ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • How to Win Campaigns

    Communications for Change

    by Chris Rose ...
    How to Win Campaigns is a practical guide for creating and running successful campaigns. Written for the new campaigner and the experienced communicator alike, it explores what works (and what doesn't) and shows how to use principles and strategy in campaigning as a new form of public politics. Applicable to any issue and from any point of view, the book's key steps and tools provide models of ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • The Urban Sociology Reader

    Edited by Jan Lin, Christopher Mele ...
    Series series Routledge Urban Reader Series
    The urban world is an exciting terrain for investigating the central institutions, structures and problems of the social world and how they have transformed through the last 200 years. This Reader comprises sections on urban social theory, racial and social difference in the city, culture in everyday life, culture and the urban economy, globalization and transnational social relations and the ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Geography for the IB Diploma Study and Revision Guide HL Core Extension

    HL Core Extension

    by Simon Oakes ...
    Exam Board: IBLevel: IBSubject: GeographyFirst Teaching: September 2017First Exam: Summer 2019**Stretch your students to achieve their best grade with these year round course companions; provides comprehensive content on all topics, and practice questions to support and strengthen learning.-** Develop understanding and knowledge with clear and concise coverage of... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Untamed Urbanisms

    Edited by Adriana Allen, Andrea Lampis, Mark Swilling ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy
    An electronic version of this book is available Open Access at www.tandfebooks.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license.One of the major challenges of urban development has been reconciling the way cities develop with the mounting evidence of resource depletion and the negative environmental impacts of predominantly urban-based ... Read more

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