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  • Urban Ethnic Encounters

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    Series series Routledge Research in Population and Migration
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    A Toolkit for Urban Innovators

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  • Sustainable Urbanism

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  • Grand Avenues

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  • Branding New York

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    Series series Cultural Spaces
    Winner of the 2009 Robert Park Book Award for best Community and Urban Sociology book!Branding New York traces the rise of New York City as a brand and the resultant transformation of urban politics and public life. Greenberg addresses the role of "image" in urban history, showing who produces brands and how, and demonstrates the enormous consequences of branding. She shows that the branding of ... Leer más

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  • Readings in Planning Theory

    Featuring updates and revisions to reflect rapid changes in an increasingly globalized world, Readings in Planning Theory remains the definitive resource for the latest theoretical and practical debates within the field of planning theory.Represents the newest edition of the leading text in planning theory that brings together the essential classic and cutting-edge readingsFeatures 20 completely ... Leer más

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