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  • Handbook of Creative Citiesby David Emanuel Andersson; Ake E. Andersson; Charlotta Mellander

    Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 60.00

    With the publication of The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida in 2002, the 'creative city' became the new hot topic among urban policymakers, planners and economists. Florida has developed one of three path-breaking theories about the relationship between creative individuals and urban environments. The economist A...ke E. Andersson and the psychologist Dean Simonton are the other members of this 'creative troika'. In the Handbook of Creative Cities, Florida, Andersson and Simonton appear in the same volume for the first time. The expert contributors in this timely Handbook extend their insights with a varied set of theoretical and empirical tools. The diversity of the contributions reflect the multidisciplinary... more...

  • The Ashgate Research Companion to Secessionby Aleksandar Pavkovic

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 154.95

    This research companion has three complementary aims. First, to offer an overview of the current theoretical approaches to secession in the social sciences, international relations, legal theory, political theory and applied ethics. Second, to outline the current practice of international recognition of secession and current domestic and international laws which regulate secession. Third, to offer an account of major secessionist movements - past and present - from a comparative perspective. more...

  • Realism and Racismby Bob Carter

    Routledge 2000; US$ 63.99

    This book surveys ways in which social scientists have attempted to come to terms with issues of race before developing an alternative approach based on recent work by realist authors. more...

  • Coastal Planning and Managementby Robert Kay; Jacqueline Alder

    Spon Press 1998; US$ 79.95

    This book is the first comprehensive tool kit for coastal planners and those aiming to achieve effective coastal management worldwide. more...

  • City in Late Antiquityby John Rich

    Routledge 1996; US$ 41.95

    Examines the changes undergone by Roman cities in the Late Roman empire and seeks to explain why urban life disappeared in some regions, while elsewhere cities survived through to the Middle Ages and beyond. more...

  • Reviving America's Forgotten Neighbourhoodsby Elise M. Bright

    Routledge 2001; US$ 42.95

    This book examines both successful and unsuccessful efforts at revitalizing low-income neighbourhoods and features case studies on a wide range of American cities. more...

  • War and the Cityby Gregory J. Ashworth

    Routledge 1991; US$ 248.00

    Cities have evolved from small urban systems designed to withstand attack to the modern demands of internal violence. This book analyses the role of the cities in war and the effects of war on cities. more...

  • Urban and Regional Change in Southern Africaby David W. Smith

    Routledge 1992; US$ 220.00

    Why is Southern Africa more volatile than other developing regions? This book sets urban change in South Africa within its regional context, contrasting the impact that urbanization and political change has had in particular states. more...

  • From Mycenae to Constantinopleby Richard A. Tomlinson

    Routledge 1992; US$ 41.95

    An account of the architecture of a selection of ancient cities not merely from the historical point of view, but as an expression of the social organisation, and political systems employed by those who lived in them. more...

  • Dynamics of Citiesby Dimitrios Dendrinos

    Routledge 1992; US$ 278.00

    Drawing on recorded evidence, this book argues that simple, general and powerful macrodynamic processes guide the growth and decline of present day urban agglomerations, as well as cities of the past. more...