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Disadvantaged by Where You Live?
The Policy Press 2007; US$ 39.95Disadvantaged by where you live? offers a major contribution to academic debates on the neighbourhood both as a sphere of governance and as a point of public service delivery under New Labour since 1997. more...
Stock Management for Sustainable Urban Regeneration
Springer 2008; US$ 84.99Deals with theories and technologies for longevity, maintenance, disaster prevention, risk management, renovation and recycling of infrastructure as well as historical and cultural approaches to city and architectural planning. This book is suitable for working architects, civil engineers, city planners, and government officials. more...
Narratives of Neglect
Willan Publishing 2007; US$ 84.95This book tells the story of the process leading up to the demolition of a small council estate in the north of England and its subsequent regeneration. Based on extensive ethnographic research, it addresses the local governance of security and the ways in which the community engaged with attempts to improve the ?quality of life? of its residents and... more...
A Neighborhood That Never Changes
University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 30.00Newcomers to older neighborhoods are usually perceived as destructive, tearing down everything that made the place special and attractive. But as A Neighborhood That Never Changes demonstrates, many gentrifiers seek to preserve the authentic local flavor of their new homes, rather than ruthlessly remake them. Drawing on ethnographic research in... more...
Kick the Tyres, Light the Fires
Infinite Ideas 2010; US$ 15.95On 1st June 2006 a Grade II listed north London landmark reopened following extensive refurbishment. The rebirth of the Roundhouse was the culmination of more than a decade?s hard work, led by philanthropist Torquil Norman. The transformation was nothing short of remarkable, and whilst the Roundhouse?s artistic plans include circuses, music festivals,... more...
City Spaces - Tourist Places
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 45.95Over the last decade, commentaries and research on urban tourism precincts have predominantly focused on: their role in the tourism attractions mix; their physical and functional forms; their economic significance; their role as a catalyst for urban renewal; their evolution and associated development processes; and, perhaps more broadly, their role,... more...
The Sustainable City VI
WIT Press 2010; US$ 572.00This book contains papers presented at The Sustainable City 2010 conference, which was the sixth edition of the International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability. That event followed the very successful meetings held previously in Rio (2000), Segovia (2002), Siena (2004), Tallinn (2006) and Skiathos (2008) and proved one more time the... more...
Urban Regeneration in the UK
SAGE Publications 2008; US$ 63.00Draws together academic theory and detailed case studies from accross the UK to provide a unique guide through the maze of interlocking issues which characterize contemporary urban regeneration. more...
Asian Urbanization
Hong Kong University Press 1971; US$ 20.00The Journal of Oriental Studies is published twice yearly, in January and July, by the Hong Kong University Press. All manuscripts, books for review, and editorial communications should be submitted to the Editor, Journal of Oriental Studies, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. more...
Re-visioning Indian Cities
SAGE India 2011; US$ 39.95Re-visioning Indian Cities probes the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) right from its inception to its present-day avatar. The book significantly adds to the knowledge base on the urban history of India. Commencing with a historical background of the JNNURM, the book traces the evolution of public policy in India on urban growth.... more...









