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Kinshasa Kinshasa Francis Lelo Nzuzi Conséquence d'une croissance spatiale rapide et anarchique, Kinshasa connaît de sérieux problèmes environnementaux : érosions, inondations, pollution de l'air. Face à la défaillance du pouvoir, de je… OL13739498W
Urban studies: a research paper casebook Urban studies: a research paper casebook Richard Peck Thirteen reading selections on urban problems are used as models for writing a research paper, followed by a "handbook" on conducting research and writing a report. OL15027873W
Nationalism and the reshaping of urban communities in Europe, 1848-1914 Nationalism and the reshaping of urban communities in Europe, 1848-1914 William Whyte "This book brings together a distinguished group of historians to explore the previously neglected relationship between nationalism and urban history. It reveals the contrasting experiences of nation… OL16134389W
The Oxford handbook of urban politics The Oxford handbook of urban politics Susan E. Clarke,Karen Mossberger,John, Peter xii, 684 p. ; 25 cm OL16624512W
Segregation Segregation Carl H. Nightingale A seven-milenium history of dividing cities into parts for us and them for various interpretations of "us" and "them." OL17612282W
El mercado contra la ciudad El mercado contra la ciudad Observatorio Metropolitano de Madrid De Tahrir a Sol, de Sintagma a Liberty Park, de México a Brasil, en los últimos años ciudades de todo el planeta han sido testigo de revueltas, acampadas y movilizaciones. Estos actos son la expresió… OL17752622W
Theories of urban politics Theories of urban politics Jonathan S. Davies "Fully expanded and updated, the Second Edition of the successful Theories of Urban Politics provides the reader with a comprehensive introduction to and evaluation of the theoretical approaches to u… OL18642399W
The modern American metropolis The modern American metropolis David M. P. Freund Contains primary source material. OL19669536W
The unreal estate guide to Detroit The unreal estate guide to Detroit Andrew Herscher The Detroit Unreal Estate Agency was founded in 2008 as an open-access platform for research on urban crisis, using Detroit as a focal point. Against the apprehension of Detroit as a problem that nee… OL19968169W
From the war on poverty to the war on crime From the war on poverty to the war on crime Elizabeth Kai Hinton "In the United States today, one in every 31 adults is under some form of penal control, including one in eleven African American men. How did the "land of the free" become the home of the world's la… OL20030124W
The human city The human city Joel Kotkin "Urbanist Joel Kotkin challenges the conventional urban-planning wisdom that favors high-density strategies and instead advocates for "smart suburbs" that take advantage of new technologies, family-f… OL20032665W
Vital little plans Vital little plans Will Self,Jane Jacobs,Samuel Zipp,Nathan Storring A survey of Jacobs's career in forty short pieces that have never been collected in a single volume: essays, articles, speeches, interviews, and lectures, covering her work in urban and economic plan… OL20040663W
The fate of cities The fate of cities Roger Biles This impressive treatise provides a telling critique of how in the long run the government turned a blind eye to the fate of the cities. No other work offers such a useful narrative of presidential a… OL20547361W
Local Leadership in a Global Era Local Leadership in a Global Era Amy M. Hochadel 1 online resource OL20777303W
Urbanisation in developing countries Urbanisation in developing countries Bidyut Mohanty Selected papers presented at an international seminar organized by the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, India in co-operation with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. OL23530622W
New Jersey issues New Jersey issues Council on New Jersey Affairs Brings together thirteen working papers by Princeton University's Council on New Jersey Affairs. Three of the papers are new and cover topics high on the public's agenda of key issues confronting the… OL24202991W
Partnership agencies in British urban policy Partnership agencies in British urban policy Nick Bailey This book is intended for students, researchers and libraries in planning and urban development studies; also professional planners and development officers in government, local and central, and prop… OL2422284W
The new urban frontier The new urban frontier Neil Smith,Neil Smith,Neil Smith ¿Qué está ocurriendo en los centros urbanos y en muchos otros barrios históricos de las ciudades de Europa, Norteamérica y otros continentes? ¿Por qué se ha producido esa oleada de operaciones de reg… OL2974925W
Sprawl Sprawl Robert Bruegmann As anyone who has flown into Los Angeles at dusk or Houston at midday knows, urban areas today defy traditional notions of what a city is. Our old definitions of urban, suburban, and rural fail to ca… OL3274625W
The death and life of great American cities The death and life of great American cities Jane Jacobs,Gerd Albers The Death and Life of Great American Cities was described by The New York Times as “perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning. . . . [It] can also be seen in a much lar… OL93641W
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