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Arja Vainio-Mattila, Miriam R. Grant
The Translocal Geography of Lodging in Urban Zimbabwe

This book will argue that lodging is a hugely ignored, largely invisible but critical sector of housing provision and economic contributor of burgeoning African cities. It further connects the rural and t…

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Gautam Bhan, Michael Keith, Susan Parnell, Edgar Pieterse
Cities Rethought

"In a world of disruptions and seemingly endless complexity, cities have become - perhaps more than ever - central to thinking about the future of humanity. Yet rarely has the study of cities been mo…

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Gautam Bhan, Michael Keith, Susan Parnell, Edgar Pieterse
Cities Rethought

"In a world of disruptions and seemingly endless complexity, cities have become - perhaps more than ever - central to thinking about the future of humanity. Yet rarely has the study of cities been mo…

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Informal Cities

An empirically rich reconstruction of how informality became an intrinsic part of urban life across three continents.Over a quarter of the world's urban population lives in informal settlements. While inf…

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Sara C Bronin
Key to the City

Zoning codes dictate how and where we can build housing, factories, restaurants, and parks. They limit how tall buildings can be and where trees can be planted. They have become the most significant regul…

lieferbar ab 24.3.2026.

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Messy Cities

Can messiness make our cities more liveable, lively, and inclusive?Crowded streets, sidewalk vendors, jumbled architecture, constant clamour, graffitied walls, parks gone wild: are these signs of a poorly…

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Richard Harris
Rise of the Neighbourhood in Canada, 1880s-2020s

Neighbourhoods matter now more than ever before. They sustain fewer social connections, but in an era of great social inequality and high levels of immigration, they have become vital as places for homeow…

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William J Glover
Reformatting Agrarian Life

"Reformatting Agrarian Life presents a stealth urban history from the countryside that foregrounds the mutual entanglements of agrarian and urban expertise. Will Glover traces an essential genealogy …

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William J Glover
Reformatting Agrarian Life

"Reformatting Agrarian Life presents a stealth urban history from the countryside that foregrounds the mutual entanglements of agrarian and urban expertise. Will Glover traces an essential genealogy …

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Evelyn D Ravuri
Displacing the Ordinary City

For decades, gentrification research has predominantly focused on large cities. Arguing that gentrification has occurred throughout the urban hierarchy, Ravuri fills this gap in the literature by analyzin…

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Christopher Brown
A Natural History of Empty Lots

"... a genre-defying work of nature writing, literary nonfiction, and memoir that explores what happens when nature and the city intersect."--Provided by publisher.

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Stephen M Wheeler, Christina D Rosan,
Reimagining Sustainable Cities

ENG:What would it take to make urban places greener, more affordable, more equitable, and healthier for everyone? In recent years, cities have stepped up efforts to address climate and sustainability cris…

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Berna Turam
The Geopolitics of Fear

"The intensified securitization of the borderlands between Europe and the Middle East/North Africa over the past decade has turned the Mediterranean Sea into a graveyard. This book delves into the mo…

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Berna Turam
The Geopolitics of Fear

"The intensified securitization of the borderlands between Europe and the Middle East/North Africa over the past decade has turned the Mediterranean Sea into a graveyard. This book delves into the mo…

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City Politics in Canada

Canada's big cities are at the forefront of social and economic change. They account for most of Canada's population growth, they are magnets for immigrants from all parts of the world, and they have led …

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City Politics in Canada

Canada's big cities are at the forefront of social and economic change. They account for most of Canada's population growth, they are magnets for immigrants from all parts of the world, and they have led …

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Manissa Maharawal
Anti-Eviction

A galvanizing story of how everyday people built a powerful anti-eviction movement in gentrified San Francisco.In the early 2010s, San Francisco experienced a tech boom that created both great wealth and …

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Sharon Cornelissen
The Last House on the Block

"In the minds of many, Detroit is undergoing a renaissance. From mid-50s boom to bankruptcy bust, it is once again calling to urbanites with the promise of cheap housing and thriving culture; indeed,…

lieferbar ab 19.11.2025.

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Isabel Gutiérrez Sánchez
Infrastructures of Caring Citizenship

Infrastructures of Caring Citizenshipexamines instances of collective struggle and (re)organization of social reproduction against the backdrop of the crisis that followed the international banking crash …

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Sam Bloch
Shade

An extraordinary investigation into shade, this "compelling . . . conversation-starter draws examples from history, city-planning and social policy" (NPR) to change the way we think about a crit…

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