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  • On Schmitt and Space

    di Claudio Minca, Rory Rowan ...
    Serie series Interventions
    This book represents the first comprehensive study of the influential German legal and political thinker Carl Schmitt’s spatial thought, offering the first systematic examination from a Geographic perspective of one of the most important political thinkers of the twentieth century.It charts the development of Schmitt’s spatial thinking from his early work on secularization and the emergence of the ... Altre info

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  • Tom Gilmartin

    The Man Who Brought Down a Taoiseach and Exposed the Greed and Corruption at the Heart of Irish Politics

    di Frank Connolly ...
    A successful property developer in England, the Sligo-born Tom Gilmartin had ambitious plans for major retail developments in Dublin in the late 1980s. Little did he know that in order to do business in the city, senior politicians and public officials would want a slice of the action … in the form of large amounts of cash. Gilmartin blew the whistle on corruption at the heart of government and ... Altre info

    7,58 € o Gratuito con Kobo Plus

  • Climate Change and Social Ecology

    A New Perspective on the Climate Challenge

    di Stephen M. Wheeler ...
    Although strategies to prevent global warming – such as by conserving energy, relying on solar and wind power, and reducing motor vehicle use – are well-known, societies have proved unable to implement these measures with the necessary speed. They have also been unwilling to confront underlying issues such as overconsumption, overpopulation, inequity, and dysfunctional political systems. Political ... Altre info

    46,58 €

  • City-Regions in Prospect?

    Exploring the Meeting Points between Place and Practice

    di Alex Lord, Rob Shields, Kevin Jones ...
    Serie eBook 2 - McGill-Queen's Studies in Urban Governance
    How should the metropolis be governed? What is the appropriate scale to consider and organize local governance and communities? Bringing together an interdisciplinary and international body of scholarly work, City-Regions in Prospect? explores the city-region as both an evolving concept and as a growing area of planning practice.Contributors raise critical questions about the ways in which ... Altre info

    29,63 €

  • The Brooklyn Wars

    The Stories Behind the Remaking of New York's Most Celebrated Borough

    di Neil deMause ...
    Across the globe, the word “Brooklyn” has come to represent cutting-edge cuisine, a vibrant music and literary culture, and the epitome of hip. But most of the world doesn’t see the price that local residents pay as their neighborhoods are swallowed by change. In The Brooklyn Wars, masterful storyteller and award-winning journalist Neil deMause turns a spotlight on the borough’s transformation. ... Altre info

    4,37 €

  • Mapping Women, Making Politics

    Feminist Perspectives on Political Geography

    Rivisto da Lynn Staeheli, Eleonore Kofman, Linda Peake ...
    Mapping Women, Making Politics demonstrates the multiple ways in which gender influences political processes and the politics of space. The book begins by addressing feminism's theoretical and conceptual challenges to traditional political geography and than applies these perspectives to a range of settings and topics including nationalism, migration, development, international relations, ... Altre info

    65,70 €

  • Africa's Urban Revolution

    di Doctor Edgar Pieterse, Susan Parnell ...
    The facts of Africa's rapid urbanisation are startling. By 2030 African cities will have grown by more than 350 million people and over half the continent's population will be urban. Yet in the minds of policy makers, scholars and much of the general public, Africa remains a quintessentially rural place. This lack of awareness and robust analysis means it is difficult to make a policy case for a ... Altre info

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  • The Pedestrian and the City

    di Carmen Hass-Klau ...
    The Pedestrian and the City provides an overview and insight into the development, politics and policies on walking and pedestrians: it includes the evolution of pedestrian-friendly housing estates in the 19th century up to the present day. Key issues addressed include the struggle of pedestrianization in town centers, the attempts to create independent pedestrian footpaths and the popularity of ... Altre info

    60,92 €

  • Congestion Taxes in City Traffic

    Lessons Learnt from the Stockholm Trial

    Rivisto da Anders Gullberg, Katarina Isaksson, Jonas Eliasson, Greger Henriksson ...
    An examination into Stockholm's seven-month-long trial period with congestion taxes, this collection of articles analyzes the political and administrative processes of the first Swedish congestion experiment and its aftermath. Describing the preoccupations, hopes, and impressions that came along with the trial period and how feelings fluctuated among the inhabitants of Stockholm before, during, ... Altre info

    36,60 € o Gratuito con Kobo Plus

  • Fear, Space and Urban Planning

    A Critical Perspective from Southern Europe

    di Simone Tulumello ...
    Serie series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book examines the phenomenon of urban fear – the increasing anxiety over crime and violence in Western cities despite their high safety – with a view to developing a comprehensive, critical, exploratory theory of fear, space, and urban planning that unravels the paradoxes of their mutual relations. By focusing especially on the southern European cities of Palermo and Lisbon, the book also ... Altre info

    46,79 €

  • Coastal Change, Ocean Conservation and Resilient Communities

    Rivisto da Marcha Johnson, Amanda Bayley ...
    Serie series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This collection of essays and design case studies explores a range of ideas and best practices for adapting to dynamic waterfront conditions while incorporating nature conservation in urbanized coastal areas. The editors have curated a selection of works contributed by leading practitioners in the fields of coastal science, community resilience, habitat restoration, sustainable landscape ... Altre info

    84,23 €

  • National Parks and Protected Areas

    Keystones to Conservation and Sustainable Development

    Rivisto da James Gordon Nelson, Rafal Serafin ...
    Serie eBook 40 - Nato ASI Subseries G
    National parks and protected areas offer a wealth of ecological and social contributions or services to humans and life on earth. This book describes the strengths of national parks and protected areas in different parts of Europe and North America and the challenges to the full realization of their goals. It shows that they are useful not only in conserving rare species and biodiversity, but also ... Altre info

    84,23 €