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Interventions eBook Series

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  • Postcolonial Encounters in International Relations

    The Politics of Transgression in the Maghreb

    by Alina Sajed ...
    Series series Interventions
    Postcolonial Encounters in International Relations examines the social and cultural aspects of the political violence that underpinned the French colonial project in the Maghreb, and the multi-layered postcolonial realities that ensued.This book explores the reality of the lives of North African migrants in postcolonial France, with a particular focus on their access to political entitlements such ... Read more

    $78.99 CAD

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  • The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City

    by Alan Ehrenhalt ...
    In The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City we travel the nation with Alan Ehrenhalt, one of our leading urbanists, as he explains how America’s cities are changing, what makes them succeed or fail, and what this means for our future.Just a couple of decades ago, we took it for granted that inner cities were the preserve of immigrants and the poor, and that suburbs were the chosen ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $10.99 CAD

  • Beyond Smart Cities

    How Cities Network, Learn and Innovate

    by Tim Campbell ...
    The promise of competitiveness and economic growth in so-called smart cities is widely advertised in Europe and the US. The promise is focussed on global talent and knowledge economies and not on learning and innovation. But to really achieve smart cities – that is to create the conditions of continuous learning and innovation – this book argues that there is a need to understand what is below the ... Read more

    $108.56 CAD

  • The Well-Tempered City

    What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life

    by Jonathan F. P. Rose ...
    "A thorough education in how to move from simply maximizing the economic output of cities to improving the well-being of all urban residents." —Daniel L. Doctoroff, CEO, Sidewalk Labs2017 PROSE Award Winner: Outstanding Scholarly Work by a Trade PublisherCities are birthplaces of civilization; centers of culture, trade, and progress; cauldrons of opportunity—and the home of eighty percent of the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Darwin Comes to Town

    by Professor Menno Schilthuizen ...
    See your city through fresh eyesWe are marching towards a future in which three-quarters of humans live in cities, and a large portion of the planet's landmass is urbanized. With much of the rest covered by human-shaped farms, pasture, and plantations, where can nature still go? To the cities -- is Menno Schilthuizen's answer in this remarkable book. And with more and more wildlife carving out new ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Design First

    by David Walters, Linda Brown ...
    Well-grounded in the history and theory of Anglo-American urbanism, this illustrated textbook sets out objectives, policies and design principles for planning new communities and redeveloping existing urban neighborhoods. Drawing from their extensive experience, the authors explain how better plans (and consequently better places) can be created by applying the three-dimensional principles of ... Read more

    $108.56 CAD

  • Subprime Cities

    The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets

    Edited by Manuel B. Aalbers ...
    Series Book 72 - IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series
    Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets presents a collection of works from social scientists that offer insights into mortgage markets and the causes, effects, and aftermath of the recent 'subprime' mortgage crisis.Provides an even-handed and detailed analysis of mortgage markets and the recent housing crisisFeatures contributions from various social scientists with expertise ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Paradise Plundered

    Fiscal Crisis and Governance Failures in San Diego

    by Steven P. Erie, Vladimir Kogan, Scott A. MacKenzie ...
    The early 21st century has not been kind to California's reputation for good government. But the Golden State's governance flaws reflect worrisome national trends with origins in the 1970s and 1980s. Growing voter distrust with government, a demand for services but not taxes to pay for them, a sharp decline in enlightened leadership and effective civic watchdogs, and dysfunctional political ... Read more

    $30.49 CAD

  • The Community Economic Development Movement

    Law, Business, and the New Social Policy

    by William H. Simon ...
    While traditional welfare efforts have waned, a new style of social policy implementation has emerged dramatically in recent decades. The new style is reflected in a panoply of Community Economic Development (ced) initiatives—efforts led by locally-based organizations to develop housing, jobs, and business opportunities in low-income neighborhoods.In this book William H. Simon provides the first ... Read more

    $34.69 CAD

  • Alternative Types of Roundabouts

    An Informational Guide

    by Tomaž Tollazzi ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book presents a history of roundabouts, an introduction to their design, calculations of their capacity and traffic-safety features. It describes the key features of standard roundabouts and their limitations. Alternative types of roundabouts are a fairly recent development and have only been implemented in a few countries to date. The book illustrates a broad variety of these recent ... Read more

    $116.09 CAD

  • Boundary Retracement

    Processes and Procedures

    by Donald A. Wilson ...
    The survey and the transference are the distinctive and operative acts in the transmission of real property and, where they differ from each other, one must of necessity control the other. This book addresses the aforementioned concepts by external explanations in order to understand the discrepancies between them. It also helps to avoid expensive and wasteful litigation over boundaries that were ... Read more

    $75.99 CAD

  • No Place Like Home

    Wealth, Community and the Politics of Homeownership

    by Brian J. McCabe ...
    In the decade following the housing crisis, Americans remain enthusiastic about the prospect of owning a home. Homeownership is a symbol of status attainment in the United States, and for many Americans, buying a home is the most important financial investment they will ever make. We are deeply committed to an ideology of homeownership that presents homeownership as a tool for building stronger ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD