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1	Contemporary Urban Planning more books like this by John M Levy add to wishlist For introductory undergraduate/first year graduate courses in Urban Planning, Urban Administration, Urban Politics, and Urban Problems in departments of political science, geography, and urban studies.Based on the author's extensive experience as a working planner, this book gives students an insider's view of sub-state urban planning--the "nitty ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $38.00! \| SVS
2	Image of the City more books like this by Kevin Lynch add to wishlist The classic work on the evaluation of city form. see all copies from $8.29! new only from $16.27! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Cities of the World: World Regional Urban Development more books like this by Stanley D Brunn add to wishlist The only text to offer a regional survey of world urban development, this third edition has been fully revised and updated to include new chapter authors, new cities and regions, and an expanded art program. Focusing on the eleven major culture realms of the world, the volume examines each region's urban history, economy, and culture and society, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.98! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Promoting Community Change: Making It Happen in the Real World more books like this by Mark S Homan add to wishlist Learn the skills that will allow you to improve the lives of not only individual clients, but of entire communities, with "Promoting Community Change". This text addresses the real world issues facing social work, human services, and community health professionals who want to take the theoretical discussion of community forward and realize ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Ancient Futures: Lessons from Ladakh for a Globalizing World more books like this by Helena Norberg-Hodge, H H The Dalai Lama (Foreword by), Peter Matthiessen (Introduction by) add to wishlist A gripping portrait of the western Himalayan land sometimes known as "Little Tibet," "Ancient Futures" opens with author Helena Norberg-Hodge's first visit in 1975 to idyllic, preindustrial Ladakh. She then tracks the profound changes that occurred as the region was opened to foreign tourists and Western goods and technologies, and offers a ... see all copies from $10.16! new only from $10.16! \| SVS
6	Cities of Tomorrow more books like this by Peter Hall add to wishlist This is a history of the ideas, events and personalities that shaped the cities of the world during the twentieth century. Peter Hall shows the benevolent influence of the anarchist ideals of Reclus and Kropotkin in the work of Howard, Geddes and Lloyd Wright, which found expression in garden cities and community planning. He contrasts this with ... see all copies from $7.77! new only from $41.31! \| SVS
7	History of Urban Form Before the Industrial Revolution more books like this by A E Morris add to wishlist Provides an international history of urban development, from its origins to the industrial revolution. This well established book maintains the high standard of information found in the previous two editions, describing the physical results of some 5000 years of urban activity. It explains and develops the concept of 'unplanned' cities that grow ... see all copies from $45.00! new only from $69.79! \| SVS
8	Community Organizing and Development more books like this by Herbert J Rubin add to wishlist This revised edition of a well-known and widely used text in community organizing and development fully examines the broad and changing political and social settings that influence actions; while portraying the infra-structure of social change -- the knowledge, personnel, and organizations -- that enable such work to be successfully accomplished. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $72.60! \| SVS
9	House by House, Block by Block: The Rebirth of America's Urban Neighborhoods more books like this by Professor Alexander Von Hoffman add to wishlist Not long ago, neighborhoods such as the South Bronx, South Central Los Angeles, and Boston's Roxbury were crime-ridden wastelands of vacant lots and burned-out buildings, notorious symbols of urban decay. In House by House, Block by Block, Alexander von Hoffman tells the remarkable stories of how local activists and community groups helped turn ... see all copies from $2.12! new only from $3.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Streets of Hope: The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood more books like this by Peter Medoff, Holly Sklar add to wishlist Streets of Hope tells the unique story of the revitalization of a Boston neighborhood--from the grassroots and without gentrification. In the early 1980s Dudley Square was under attack. Redlining and redevelopment made arson common and hardly a night passed when a house was not on fire. It was here that residents and their allies formed the ... see all copies from $2.06! new only from $21.83! \| signed copies
11 view cover	Asset Building & Community Development more books like this by Gary Paul Green, Anna Haines add to wishlist In Asset Building and Community Development Gary Paul Green and Anna Haines provide an engaging, thought-provoking, interdisciplinary overview of the community development field. They explore the history of the community development movement in the United States and in international settings. Using an asset-based approach that considers human, ... see all copies from $11.56! new only from $56.99! \| SVS
12 view cover	The Ghosts of Berlin: Confronting German History in the Urban Landscape more books like this by Brian Ladd add to wishlist Brian Ladd examines the ongoing conflicts radiating from the fusion of architecture, history and national identity in present-day Berlin. This volume asks such questions as: how will a reunified Germany confront a diverse and authoritarian past rendered tangible by the Berlin Wall, the Reichstag, Hitler's bunker - even the Brandenburg Gate? How ... see all copies from $7.78! new only from $14.05! \| first editions
13 view cover	Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in The... more books like this by Peter Hall add to wishlist Cities of Tomorrow is a critical history of planning in theory and practice in the twentieth century, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. Trenchant, perceptive, global in coverage, this book is an unrivalled account of its crucial subject.The third edition of Cities of Tomorrow is comprehensively ... see all copies from $9.03! new only from $47.00!
14 view cover	Concise Townscape more books like this by Gordon Cullen add to wishlist This book pioneered the concept of townscape. 'Townscape' is the art of giving visual coherence and organization to the jumble of buildings, streets and space that make up the urban environment. It has been a major influence on architects, planners and others concerned with what cities should look like. see all copies from $4.50! new only from $31.37! \| SVS
15 view cover	Halfway to Everywhere: A Portrait of America's First Tier Suburbs more books like this by William H Hudnut, III, Bruce Katz (Foreword by) add to wishlist Drawing from his experience as mayor, Bill Hudnut describes the plight of first-tier suburbs and reveals how they have been left behind as the spotlight has focused on downtown revitalisation and growth in outlying areas. Learn how these areas are turning around and becoming vibrant attractive areas in which to live, work, and play. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Urban Problems and Community Development more books like this by Ronald F Ferguson (Editor), William T Dickens (Editor) add to wishlist In recent years, concerned governments, businesses and civic groups have launched ambitious programmes of community development designed to halt, and even reverse, decades of urban decline. But while massive amounts of effort and money are being dedicated to improving the inner-cities, two important questions have gone unanswered: can community ... see all copies from $7.74! new only from $28.77! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Changing Places more books like this by Richard Moe, Carter Wilkie add to wishlist An examination of the present state and future prospects of American cities, written by the head of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and an adviser to Boston's mayor, Thomas Menino. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18	Planning Canadian communities : an introduction to the principles, practice, and participants more books like this by Gerald Hodge add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
19	Guide to California Planning more books like this by William B Fulton add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $171.96!
20 view cover	Redesigning Cities: Principles, Practice, Implementation more books like this by Jonathan Barnett add to wishlist All too often, no one - not the public, not city officials, not developers - is happy with the course of new development. But growing support for urban design and successful examples of redesigned cities are signs of positive change. In this book, Jonathan Barnett explains how design can reshape suburban growth patterns, revitalize older cities, ... see all copies from $18.70! new only from $29.50!
21 view cover	An Introduction to Coastal Zone Management more books like this by Professor Timothy Beatley, Anna K Schwab, David J Brower add to wishlist "An Introduction to Coastal Zone Management, Second Edition" offers a comprehensive overview of coastal planning and management issues for students and professionals in the field. Since publication of the first edition in 1994, population growth and increasing development pressures on our coasts have made the need for forward-looking, creative, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.10! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Planning the City Upon a Hill: Boston Since 1630 more books like this by Lawrence W Kennedy add to wishlist An account of Boston's planning history. Nine chapters detail the key developments that shaped each period of Boston's growth, focusing on the post-World War II era. The text describes the process and significance of all the major projects - from the first wharves to the latest skyscrapers. see all copies from $17.00! new only from $98.81! \| first editions
23	The Unheavenly City Revisited more books like this by Edward C Banfield add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Urban Issues: Selections from CQ Researcher more books like this by CQ Press (Creator) add to wishlist see all copies from $32.38! new only from $46.64!
25 view cover	Back of the Yards: The Making of a Local Democracy more books like this by Robert A Slayton add to wishlist "Robert A. Slayton's "Back of the Yards" is one of the finest accounts I have ever read on an urban, working-class neighborhood in twentieth-century America. Its focus on family, politics, and worklife is penetrating and its conclusions reinforce an emerging scholarly picture of ordinary people exercising unique forms of power."--John Bodnar, ... see all copies from $8.95! new only from $27.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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