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Voices of decline
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ISBN: 0415932386 0203951905 1135324085 9781135324087 9780203951903 0415932378 9780415932370 9780415932387 9781135324155 9781135324223 1135324158 Year: 2003 Publisher: New York


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People and plans: essays on urban problems and solutions
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ISBN: 0465054587 0465054595 Year: 1968 Publisher: New York


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Making cities work
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ISBN: 9781400833153 1400833159 9781282457959 1282457950 9780691131054 0691131058 9780691131047 069113104X 1282936026 9781282936027 9786612936029 6612936029 9786612457951 6612457953 Year: 2009 Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey

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Making Cities Work brings together leading writers and scholars on urban America to offer critical perspectives on how to sustain prosperous, livable cities in today's fast-evolving economy. Successful cities provide jobs, quality schools, safe and clean neighborhoods, effective transportation, and welcoming spaces for all residents. But cities must be managed well if they are to remain attractive places to work, relax, and raise a family; otherwise residents, firms, and workers will leave and the social and economic advantages of city living will be lost. Drawing on cutting-edge research in the social sciences, the contributors explore optimal ways to manage the modern city and propose solutions to today's most pressing urban problems. Topics include the urban economy, transportation, housing and open space, immigration, race, the impacts of poverty on children, education, crime, and financing and managing services. The contributors show how to make cities work for diverse urban constituencies, and why we still need cities despite the many challenges they pose. Making Cities Work brings the latest findings in urban economics to policymakers, researchers, and students, as well as anyone interested in urban affairs. In addition to the editor, the contributors are David Card, Philip J. Cook, Janet Currie, Edward L. Glaeser, Joseph Gyourko, Richard J. Murnane, Witold Rybczynski, Kenneth A. Small, and Jacob L. Vigdor.


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Urban assemblages : how actor-network theory changes urban studies.
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ISBN: 9780415692052 9780415486620 9780203870631 0415692059 0415486629 0203870638 1283589737 9786613902184 1135202745 9781135202699 9781135202736 9781135202743 Year: 2011 Publisher: London Routledge

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This study proposes - and its various chapters offer demonstrations - importing into urban studies a body of theories, concepts, and perspectives developed in the field of science and technology studies (STS) and, more specifically, Actor-Network Theory (ANT).

Urban future 21 : a global agenda for twenty-first century cities
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ISBN: 0415240751 Year: 2000 Publisher: London New York E & FN Spon

Suburban form : an international perspective
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ISBN: 1280074736 1134378742 1283962500 0203561260 9780203561263 9780415314756 0415314755 9780415314763 0415314763 9786610074730 6610074739 0415314763 0415314755 9781134378746 9781134378692 1134378696 9781134378739 1134378734 9781280074738 9781283962506 Year: 2004 Publisher: New York : Routledge,

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This book examines and documents the remarkable development and transformation of suburban form throughout the globe during the twentieth century. The premise that suburban areas are monotonous, inert environments is put to a test through investigation of the complexity of those suburban settings and the dynamic physical changes that have taken place since their inception.


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Open city : designing coexistence.
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ISBN: 9789085067832 Year: 2009 Publisher: Amsterdam SUN

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Deze publicatie gaat dieper in op de rol die architectuur en stedenbouw kunnen spelen om een stad leefbaarder te maken. Voor het eerst in de geschiedenis woont meer dan de helft van de wereldbevolking in steden, en de trek naar de stad gaat nog steeds door. De uitdijende stad, waar steeds verscheidener groepen mensen wonen, heeft architectonische structuren nodig waardoor mensen prettig kunnen samenleven. In het eerste deel van ‘Open City’ brengen niet alleen stadsontwerpers, maar ook sociologen, etnografen, geografen, juristen, historici en economen verschillende dimensies van de open stad in kaart, en inventariseren de bedreigingen die er voor de open stad zijn. Het tweede deel van het boek presenteert ontwerpen van architecten, planologen en activisten voor een open stad die ook werkelijk zijn uitgevoerd.

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