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The field of Urban Dynamics itself is based on the systems engineering concept that all complex systems (and cities and urban areas are no exception) are comprised of independent and often smaller, more understandable sub-components with relationships to one another....
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Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2013-02-04
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Geographical Information and Urban Transport Systems Urban transport systems need to be analyzed from various perspectives: the offer on one hand, the demand on the other hand, but also their negative externalities (risks of transport systems). These three dimensions...
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Wiley-ISTE
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2013-02-04
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The figure of the stranger is in serious need of revision, as is our understanding of the society against which the stranger is projected. Under conditions of globalization, inside/outside markers have been eroded and conventional indicators of 'we-ness' are no longer...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-01-21
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Asia, the location of the world’s fastest-growing economies, is also home to some of the fastest rates of urbanization humanity has ever seen, a process whose speed renders long-term outcomes highly unpredictable. This volume contrasts with much published work on the...
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Springer
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2012-12-11
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How did so many Punjabi immigrants come to find themselves behind the wheels of so many New York City taxi cabs, and what do their stories have to teach us about how immigrants must navigate life in a new society? Diditi Mitra analyzes how race and class influence...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-11-09
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This book analyzes the cosmopolitan lives of British Asian Muslim women. Drawing on interview and online data, the book debunks stereotypical assumptions and explores the multiple and meaningful links that British Asian Muslim women establish within and outside their...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-09-26
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Die Überlegungen zur Neuen Region versuchen Entwicklungen in unserer Gesellschaft zu erfassen, die ein neues Niveau im regionalen Selbstverständnis und in den Anforderungen an Organisation und Handlung erfordern. Es wird gezeigt, wie verschiedenste Akteure unter...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-09-05
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The must-read memoir from Bob Sharpe, a butler in interwar London. Perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs'I remember my first day in the big house. It wasn't a great aristocratic mansion such as Chatsworth or anything like it, but I reckon there were...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2012-08-30
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True Stories of Life Below Stairs
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This manuscript focuses on the development of hybrid city-country (penurban) landscapes around large urban areas which mesh stylized countryside with functional links to the cities. These landscapes are central to American mindsets as they combine the dreams,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-08-06
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Im Zuge der Globalisierung ändern sich die vielfältigen urbanen Lebensbedingungen kontinuierlich, wodurch der Bedarf an sinnvollen Entwicklungskonzepten für Städte und besonders Metropolen verstärkt wird. Stadtentwicklungskonzepte sind jedoch häufig von wirtschaftlichen...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-07-18
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In recent times, there has been a substantial push by people to escape the metropolis for lifestyles in small coastal, country, or mountainside locales. This book explores the narratives emerging from amenity-left migration using methods developed within the 'strong'...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-05-17
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The must-read memoir from Nancy Jackman, a cook in interwar England. Perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and Upstairs, DownstairsAn inspirational true story loved by readers:'To read Nancy's story in her own words was an absolute joy.The history, the humour, a perfect...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2012-04-12
Collection :
True Stories of Life Below Stairs
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This book explores why it is white ethnicity has been rendered invisible, arguing that contemporary people's conceptions of themselves are conditioned by, and derive from, the unknown and forgotten legacy of a colonial past that cannot be confined to the past.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-04-11
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This book challenges the new urban growth concepts of the creative class and creative industries from a critical urban theory perspective. Critiques Richard Florida's popular books about cities and the creative class Presents an alternative approach based on analyses...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-03-29
Collection :
IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series
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Iron Curtains has been awarded Honorable Mention for the 2013 ASEEES Harvard Davis Center Book Prize! The prize is sponsored by Harvard University's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and is awarded annually by the Association for Slavic, East European, and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-02-03
Collection :
IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series
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This book explores how six American writers have artistically responded to the racialization of U.S. frostbelt cities in the twentieth century. Using the critical tools of spatial theory, critical race theory, urban history and sociology, Simpson explains how these...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-01-30
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How does an industrial community cope when they are told that closure is inevitable? What if this is only the last in a 200 year long line of threats, insecurities and closure?How did people weather the storms and how do they face the future now? While attempts to...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-01-17
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Locating Neoliberalism in East Asia: Neoliberalizing Spaces in Developmental States examines the influence of neo-liberal ideologies on urban and regional policies and practices in several Asian Pacific nations. Represents one of the few studies of neoliberal changes...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-01-04
Collection :
IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series
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The majority of the world’s population live in environments with artificially weakened wind as buildings in urban areas form wind-breaks and reduce wind speeds. Anthropogenic heat is also generated and during the summer dense urban areas suffer from the urban heat...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2012-01-02
Collection :
Springer Geography
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