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Aspects of urbanization in China
China's rise is one of the transformative events of our time. Aspects of Urbanization in China: Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou examines some of the aspects of China's massive wave of urbanization - the largest the world has ever seen. The various papers in the book, written by academics from different disciplines, represent ongoing research and exploration and give a useful snapshot in a rapidl…
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- 9789048513062
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- 208p : ill.
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- 307.760951 ASP a
Shaping urban futures in Mongolia : Ulaanbaatar, dynamic ownership and econom…
What can the generative processes of dynamic ownership reveal about how the urban is experienced, understood and made in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia? Shaping Urban Futures in Mongolia provides an ethnography of actions, strategies and techniques that form part of how residents precede and underwrite the owning of real estate property – including apartments and land – in a rapidly changing city. I…
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- 9781787351523
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- xv, 167 p. ill;
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- 307.7609517 SHA R
New Islamic urbanism : the architecture of public and private space in Jeddah…
Since the dawn of the oil era, cities in Saudi Arabia have witnessed rapid growth and profound societal changes. As a response to foreign architectural solutions and the increasing popularity of Western lifestyles, a distinct style of architecture and urban planning has emerged. Characterised by an emphasis on privacy, expressed through high enclosures, gates, blinds, and tinted windows, ‘New…
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- 9781787356429
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- xvii, 239 p. ill;
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- 720.9538 NEW S
Leading cities : a global review of city leadership
Leading Cities is a global review of the state of city leadership and urban governance today. Drawing on research into 202 cities in 100 countries, the book provides a broad, international evidence base grounded in the experiences of all types of cities. It offers a scholarly but also practical assessment of how cities are led, what challenges their leaders face, and the ways in which this lead…
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- 9781787355453
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- xiii, 119p. ill;
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- 320.85 LEA E
Paris-Amsterdam underground : essays on cultural resistance, subversion, and …
The postwar histories of Paris and Amsterdam have been significantly defined by the notion of the “underground” as both a material and metaphorical space. Examining the underground traffic between the two cities, this book interrogates the countercultural histories of Paris and Amsterdam in the mid to late-twentieth century. Shuttling between Paris and Amsterdam, as well as between postwar …
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- 9789048518203
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- 196 p. : ill.
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- 307.760944361 LIN p
New industrial urbanism : designing places for production
Since the Industrial Revolution, cities and industry have grown together; towns and metropolitan regions have evolved around factories and expanding industries. New Industrial Urbanism explores the evolving and future relationships between cities and places of production, focusing on the spatial implications and physical design of integrating contemporary manufacturing into the city. The book e…
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- 9780367855000
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- 267p. : ill.
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- 307.76 TAL n
Charting literary urban studies : texts as models of and for the city
Guided by the multifaceted relations between city and text, Charting Literary Urban Studies: Texts as Models of and for the City attempts to chart the burgeoning field of literary urban studies by outlining how texts in varying degrees function as both representations of the city and as blueprints for its future development. The study addresses questions such as these: How do literary texts rep…
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- 9781000335873
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- XVI, 204 p.
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- 809.9332173 GUS c
Housing market dynamics in Africa
This open access book utilizes new data to thoroughly analyze the main factors currently shaping the African housing market. Some of these factors include the supply and demand for housing finance, land tenure security issues, construction cost conundrum, infrastructure provision, and low-cost housing alternatives. Through detailed analysis, the authors investigate the political economy surroun…
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- 9781137597922
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- xviii, 272p. : ill
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- 330.91732 BAH h
Internal migration, urbanization and poverty in Asia : dynamics and interrela…
Asia’s recent demographic transitions and rural–urban structural transformations are extraordinary and involve complexities that require in-depth study. The chapters within this volume examine those complexities using a range of traditional and nontraditional measures—such as multidimensional poverty, gaps, and polarization—to arrive at the conclusion that poverty is now an urban iss…
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- 9789811315374
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- xii, 367p. : ill.
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- 307.260994 INT i
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