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Children in the Cityby Pia Christensen; Margaret O'Brien
RoutledgeFalmer 2002; US$ 47.50This is a combinated work concerning children's lives in contemporary cities which brings together international scholars at the forefront of the debate. more...
Urban Ethnic Encountersby Aygen Erdentug; Freek Colombijn
Routledge 2002; US$ 196.00This book addresses how urban space structures the life of ethnic groups and how ethnic diversity helps to shape urban space. Material is presented from diverse locations such as the cities of Toronto, Vienna, Beirut, Jakarta and Albuquerque. more...
Cities And The Creative Classby Richard Florida
Routledge 2004; US$ 37.95In his compelling follow-up to The Rise of the Creative Class, Richard Florida outlines how certain cities succeed in attracting members of the "creative class"--the millions of people who work in information-age economic sectors and in industries driven by innovation and talent. Cities that succeed, Florida argues, are those that are able to attract and retain creative class members. They don't do this through the traditional strategies of tax incentives, suburban housing developments, and loose regulation, though; creative class members don't care about those details. Rather, they care about amenities and tolerance, and are drawn to cities with thriving bohemias and large gay populations. It is no coincidence, Florida asserts, that places... more...
Creating Child Friendly Citiesby Brendan Gleeson; Neil Sipe
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 165.00Presents a comprehensive assessment of how western cities accommodate and nourish the needs of children and youth, and proposes an agenda for action to provide cities with places for children to play. This work outlines strengths and deficiencies in the processes that govern urban development and change from the perspective of children and youth. more...
Does It Take a Village?by Alan Booth; Ann C. Crouter
Taylor & Francis 2001; US$ 42.50Does It Take a Village? focuses on the mechanisms that link community characteristics to the functioning of the families and individuals within them--community norms, economic opportunities, reference groups for assessing relative deprivation, and more...
Living the Dramaby David J. Harding
University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 25.00For the middle class and the affluent, local ties seem to matter less and less these days, but in the inner city, your life can be irrevocably shaped by what block you live on. Living the Drama takes a close look at three neighborhoods in Boston to analyze the many complex ways that the context of community shapes the daily lives and long-term prospects of inner-city boys. David J. Harding studied sixty adolescent boys growing up in two very poor areas and one working-class area. In the first two, violence and neighborhood identification are inextricably linked as rivalries divide the city into spaces safe, neutral, or dangerous. Consequently, Harding discovers, social relationships are determined by residential space. Older boys who can... more...
Beyond Segregationby Michael Maly
Temple University Press 2008; US$ 26.95At a time when cities appear to be fragmenting mosaics of ethnic enclaves, it is reassuring to know there are still stable multicultural neighborhoods. Beyond Segregation offers a tour of some of America's best known multiethnic neighborhoods: Uptown in Chicago, Jackson Heights (Queens), and San Antonio-Fruitvale in Oakland. Readers will learn the history of the neighborhoods and develop an understanding of the people that reside in them, the reasons they stay, and the work it takes to maintain each neighborhood as an affordable, integrated place to live. more...
Children in the Urban Environmentby Norma K. Philliips; Straussner Ashenber
Charles C Thomas 2006; US$ 47.95Since the first edition of this book, American cities have experienced great changes with revitalization and enrichment by ever-increasing and diverse immigrant groups from around the world. As in the past, cities become home to those seeking new opportunities while also harboring those suffering economic deprivation. The chapters in this book discuss the cost in human terms of some of the missing opportunities for urban children and youth, and guide practitioners in their attempts to understand the impact of social policy and social service agencies on clinical practice. Key social factors, economic determinants, and childhood problems are discussed, including poverty, immigrant status, community and school violence, and youth gangs. Also... more...
Seeing Cities Changeby Jerome Krase
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 104.95Seeing Cities Change demonstrates the utility of a visual approach and the study of ordinary streetscapes to document and analyse how the built environment reflects the changing cultural and class identities of neighborhood residents. Discussing the manner in which these changes relate to issues of local and national identities and multiculturalism, it presents studies of various cities on both sides of The Atlantic to show how global forces and the competition between urban residents in "contested terrains" is changing the faces of cities across the globe. more...
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