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This important volume focuses on the sensitive issue of interrelationships between national parks situated near or within urban areas and their urban environment. It engages with both urban and conservation issues and and compares four national parks located in four...
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Springer
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2018-07-20
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Who shapes our cities? In an age of increasing urban pluralism, globalization and immigration, decreasing public budgets, and an ongoing crisis of authority among designers and planners, the urban environment is shaped by a number of non-traditional stakeholders. The...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2018-06-27
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Der Band beantwortet die Frage, wie einzelne Kommunen zu Orten der Ausgrenzung z. B. für Flüchtlinge werden. Hierzu werden am Beispiel der ostsächsischen Stadt Bautzen Ergebnisse einer Mixed-Methods Studie präsentiert, in der sowohl Survey-Daten als auch Medienberichte,...
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Springer VS
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2018-06-18
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Tracing the journey of meat from the farm to the meat shop and other workspaces of the butcher within the multi-sited margins in Delhi, the current volume intimately follows the lives of Qureshi butchers and other meat sector workers in this transforming mega-city. The...
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OUP India
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2018-06-14
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Das Buch versammelt grundlegende Beiträge zur Soziologie Georg Simmels. Der Philosoph und Mitbegründer der zeitgenössischen Soziologie wird heute allseitig wiederentdeckt. Seine unerreichte Originalität machte ihn um 1900 zum öffentlichen Intellektuellen. Was er damals...
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Springer VS
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2018-06-11
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Oliver Lieber untersucht den Konflikt zwischen der Hafenwirtschaft und der Stadtentwicklung in Hamburg. Er zeigt detailliert, dass Schwierigkeiten einer urbanen Nutzung an der Schnittstelle von Hafen und Stadt in der öffentlichen Debatte unterschätzt werden und dass der...
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Springer VS
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2018-06-07
Collection :
Stadt, Raum und Gesellschaft
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This book critically examines the making and persistence of impoverished areas at the margins of Romanian cities since the late 1980s. Through their historical outlook on political economy and social policy, combined with media and discourse analysis, the eight essays...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-05-30
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Do people make friends with those who are culturally and socially different to themselves? Friendship and Diversity explores the social relationships of adults and children living in highly diverse localities in London. The authors examine how social class and ethnic...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2018-05-24
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This edited collection explores building construction as an inspiring, yet often overlooked, place to develop new knowledge about the development of human societies. Eschewing dominant engineering and management perspectives on construction, the book is purposefully...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-05-24
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This book considers the concept of resilience in a global society where coping with the consequence and long term impact of crisis and disaster challenges the capacity of communities to bounce back in the event of severe disruption. Catastrophic events such as the 9.11...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-05-17
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This book explores the intersections of urban development, travel patterns, and health. Currently, there is a lack of research concerning the subjective dimensions of accessibility in urban environments and travel behavior, as well as travel-related outcomes. Antipova...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-05-09
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Urban social movements are influential agents in shaping cityscapes to reflect values and needs of communities. Alongside urban population growth, various forms of urban agriculture activity, such as community and market gardens, are expanding, globally. This book...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2018-05-02
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Dieser Band macht konkrete soziale Innovationen zum Gegenstand. Der Schwerpunkt liegt bei den Kommunen von Stadt und Land, sei es beim Carsharing oder bei der Bewältigung der zahlreichen Erscheinungsformen des demografischen Wandels, bei neuen Wohnformen oder Schulen...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2018-04-19
Collection :
Sozialwissenschaften und Berufspraxis
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Dieses essential stellt in komprimierter Form den Stand der Stadtforschung zum Thema Gentrifizierung dar. Dieser in der Wissenschaft bereits seit den 1960iger-Jahren verwendete Begriff hat sich inzwischen auch in der öffentlichen Debatte eingebürgert. Er beschreibt,...
Editeur :
Springer VS
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2018-04-19
Collection :
essentials
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This book explores the emerging concept of cultural DNA, considering its application across different fields and examining commonalities in approach. It approaches the subject from four different perspectives, in which the topics include theories, analysis and synthesis...
Editeur :
Springer
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2018-04-17
Collection :
KAIST Research Series
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The revised and updated second edition of Introduction to Cities explores why cities are such a vital part of the human experience and how they shape our everyday lives. Written in engaging and accessible terms, Introduction to Cities examines the study of cities...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2018-04-03
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It is well known that the world is transitioning to an irrevocable urban future whose epicentre has moved into the cities of Asia and Africa. What is less clear is how this will be managed and deployed as a multi-polar world system is being born. The full implications...
Editeur :
Polity
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2018-03-15
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Focusing on Mostar, a city in Bosnia Herzegovina that became the epitome of ethnic divisions during the Yugoslav wars, this cutting edge book considers processes of violent partitioning in cities. Providing an in-depth understanding of the social, political, and mundane...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-03-14
Collection :
The Contemporary City
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This book uses an Australian case study to shine a much-needed spotlight on discretionary police powers to punish, and their implications for justice and human rights. It offers a revealing analysis of the problematic rationales that secured the legislative passage of...
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Springer
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2018-03-09
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It is not lost on commercial organisations that where we live colours how we view ourselves and others. That is why so many now place us into social groups on the basis of the type of postcode in which we live. Social scientists call this practice "commercial...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2018-03-05
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