Urban category: 4425 books
The Twentieth-Century American City
Problem, Promise, and Reality
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Throughout the twentieth century, the city was deemed a problematic space, one that Americans urgently needed to improve. Although cities from New York to Los Angeles served as grand monuments to wealth and enterprise, they also reflected the social and economic fragmentation of the nation. Race,...
Urban Problems in Western Europe
An Economic Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
This major study, first published in 1989, examines Western Europe’s urban problems in unprecedented breadth and depth. It is a synthesis of research which had three main aims: to establish an informed view of the state of urban Europe in the most systematic and consistent way possible; to investigate...
Citizenship Education and Migrant Youth in China
Pathways to the Urban Underclass
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
In East Asian economies such as China, recent mass rural-urban migration has created a new urban underclass, as have their children. However, their inclusion in urban public schools is a surprisingly slow process, and youth identities in newly industrialized countries remain largely neglected. Faced...
Urban environments in Africa
A critical analysis of environmental politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Africa’s urban population is growing rapidly, raising numerous environmental concerns. Urban areas are often linked to poverty as well as power and wealth, and hazardous and unhealthy environments as the pace of change stretches local resources. Yet there are a wide range of perspectives and possibilities...
Roads to Prosperity
Economic Development Lessons from Midsize Canadian Cities
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
Roads to Prosperity: Economic Development Lessons from Midsize Canadian Cities explores the relative prosperity of midsize Canadian urban areas (population 50,000 to 400,000) over the past two decades. Communities throughout North America have strived for decades to maintain and enhance the prosperity...
by Sonia Chand Sandhu, Ramola Naik Singru, John Bachmann
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
This publication is a result of a 2-year innovative, exploratory, and reflective study of cities as unique urban spaces that support life, work, and play. It responds to major issues that affect the quality of life of urban residents. This publication offers practical ways on how urban managers, urban...
by Global Policy
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2015
This joint publication from Global Policy and the Observer Research Foundation provides information on key urban challenges facing India, and directions the country could take to absorb and manage future growth. Five aspects responsible for achieving sustainable urbanisation are reviewed: Urban population...
From Sustainable to Resilient Cities
Global Concerns and Urban Efforts
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
The United Nations Brundtland Report defines sustainable development as one "that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Embedded in this concept of sustainable development are the needs of the world's poor as well...
Confronting the Challenges of Urbanization in China
Insights from Social Science Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Since the late 1970s, China has experienced an unprecedented pace of urbanization. In 1978, only 17.8% of the population resided in urban areas, but by 2013 the level of urbanization had reached 53.8%. During the same period, China also enjoyed spectacular economic growth. China had become the second...
China’s Local Entrepreneurial State and New Urban Spaces
Downtown Redevelopment in Ningbo
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
In this book, the author seeks to understand China’s urban redevelopment from the theoretical perspective of the local entrepreneurial state. China’s rapid socio-economic transformations since 1978 have been in large part attributed to China’s state transformations. The author closely investigates...
Understanding Urban Tourism
Image, Culture and Experience
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2003
Despite the formidable growth of urban tourism there has been little of the critical engagement that one would expect from the social sciences: the rich potential of contemporary social science for urban tourism has yet to be realised. Martin Selby's exciting new textbook makes available to practitioners...
Philippines: Urban Sector Assessment, Strategy, and Road Map
Urban Sector Assessment, Strategy, and Road Map
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
This publication documents the current assessment and strategic investment priorities of the Government of the Philippines and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the country's urban sector. It highlights sector performance, priority development constraints, government plans and strategies, past ADB...
Online Research Methods in Urban and Planning Studies
Design and Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Researchers are retiring conventional paper-and-pencil research methods and embracing an expanded array of online methodological options. In urban and planning studies, new digital tools, data accessibility, and online applications are changing how urban planning research is conducted. Online Research...
The City Is the Factory
New Solidarities and Spatial Strategies in an Urban Age
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Urban public spaces, from the streets and squares of Buenos Aires to Zuccotti Park in New York City, have become the emblematic sites of contentious politics in the twenty-first century. As the contributors to The City Is the Factory argue, this resurgent politics of the square is itself part of a...