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![International Handbook of Globalization and World Cities]()
International Handbook of Globalization and World Cities
Edited by Ben Derudder, Michael Hoyler, Peter J. Taylor, Frank Witlox
This Handbook offers an unrivalled overview of current research into how globalization is affecting the external relations and internal structures of major cities in the world.eBook:Find out more£39.16
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Arts, Culture and the Making of Global Cities
Lily Kong, Ching Chia-ho, Chou Tsu-Lung
While global cities have mostly been characterized as sites of intensive and extensive economic activity, the quest for global city status also increasingly rests on the creative production and consumption of culture and the arts. Arts, ...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Cities and Private Planning
Edited by David Emanuel Andersson, Stefano Moroni
Through comprehensive case studies of privately planned cities and neighbourhood in Asia, Europe and North America, this book characterizes the theoretical basis and empirical manifestations of private urban planning. In this innovative ...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Urban Economies]()
Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Urban Economies
Edited by Peter Karl Kresl, Jaime Sobrino
In this timely Handbook, seventeen renowned contributors from Asia, the Americas and Europe provide chapters that deal with some of the most intriguing and important aspects of research methodologies on cities and urban economies.eBook:Find out more£39.16
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A World in Emergence
Allen J. Scott
Beginning with the recent history of capitalism and urbanization and moving into a thorough and complex discussion of the modern city, this book outlines the dynamics of what the author calls the third wave of urbanization, characterized...eBook:Find out more£19.96
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![Branding Chinese Mega-Cities]()
Branding Chinese Mega-Cities
Edited by Per Olof Berg, Emma Björner
This interdisciplinary book details the economic, cultural and social background of the development of Chinese mega-cities, as well as presenting the mechanisms of governance and urban growth strategies. Therein, the main discussion cent...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Private Rental Housing
Edited by Tony Crook, Peter A. Kemp
A new focus on private renting has been brought into sharp relief by the global financial crisis, with its profound impact on mortgage finance, housing markets and government budgets. Written by specially commissioned international expe...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Extraordinary Cities
Peter J. Taylor
In this innovative, ambitious and wide-ranging book, Peter Taylor demonstrates that cities are the epicenters of human advancement. In exploring cities as sites through which economies flourish, by harnessing the creative potential of my...eBook:Find out more£34.36
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![Regenerative Sustainable Development of Universities and Cities]()
Regenerative Sustainable Development of Universities and Cities
Edited by Ariane König
Now that the Earth has reached the limits of its biophysical carrying capacity, we have to change technologies, social practices and social norms relating to material production and consumption to ensure that we do not further jeopardize...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![Handbook of Creative Cities]()
Handbook of Creative Cities
Edited by David Emanuel Andersson, Åke E. Andersson, Charlotta Mellander
With the publication of The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida in 2002, the ‘creative city’ became the new hot topic among urban policymakers, planners and economists. Florida has developed one of three path-breaking theories ...eBook:Find out more£44.76
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European Cities and Global Competitiveness
Edited by Peter Karl Kresl, Daniele Ietri
The volume begins with an Introduction, followed by a set of three papers in Part Two examining European urban competitiveness from the standpoints of measurement and policy. This section also provides a case study of the cities of one c...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Local Climate Change Law
Edited by Benjamin J. Richardson
This timely study offers a multi-jurisdictional perspective, featuring international contributors who examine both theoretical and practical dimensions of how localities are addressing climate mitigation and adaptation in Australia, Cana...eBook:Find out more£25.00
