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1	Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream more books like this by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Jeff Speck add to wishlist Three urban planners offer bold alternatives to the worst problems of suburban life, most specifically the problem of sprawl. see all copies from $2.36! new only from $4.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	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 $39.00! \| SVS
3	The Urban World more books like this by J John Palen add to wishlist Long the leading text in urban sociology, "The Urban World" continues to provide a comprehensive, balanced, up-to-date, cross-cultural look at cities and suburbs around the world. Offering a 21st century view of the changing urban scene, the text covers evolving urban patterns and the changing nature of urban life. Combining expert scholarship ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.01! \| first editions \| SVS
4	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
5	The Evolution of American Urban Society more books like this by Howard P Chudacoff add to wishlist For undergraduate courses on Urban History, Urban Economics, Urban Sociology, Urban Planning, Social History, Urban Studies, and Urban Politics. Helping students understand the historical issues underlying the society in which they live, this absorbing text surveys the dynamics of American urbanization from the sixteenth century to the present, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Urbanization: An Introduction to Urban Geography more books like this by Paul L Knox add to wishlist This book provides a coherent, comprehensive introduction to urban geography. It offers a historical and process-oriented approach with a North American focus that also provides a global context and comparative international perspective. From a global perspective, the authors examine urban trends and their outcomes in both the developed and the ... see all copies from $4.32! new only from $53.35! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The New Urban Sociology more books like this by Prof. Mark Gottdiener add to wishlist Representing a major contribution to the field, authors Mark Gottdiener and Ray Hutchison present their breakthrough text in a new third edition, now completely revised and streamlined to provide students with a solid grounding on the topic. The book is organized around an integrated paradigm--the sociospatial perspective--which considers the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.30! \| first editions \| SVS
8	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
9	Building Suburbia: Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000 more books like this by Professor Dolores Hayden add to wishlist From the author of "The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History" comes a comprehensive exploration of the contested cultural landscape where most Americans now live. Illustrations. see all copies from $4.98! new only from $6.15! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The African City: A History more books like this by Bill Freund add to wishlist This unique book is comprehensive both in terms of time coverage, from before the Pharaohs to the present moment and in that it tries to consider cities from the entire continent, not just Sub-Saharan Africa. Apart from factual information and rich description material culled from many sources, it looks at many issues from why urban life emerged ... see all copies from $4.74! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities Are Changing the World more books like this by Jeb Brugmann add to wishlist A leading expert in urban development offers a powerful reappraisal of the role cities and their inhabitants have in solving global problems. see all copies from $13.45! new only from $13.45! \| SVS
12 view cover	Third World Cities 2nd Edition more books like this by David W Smith, D W Drakakis-Smith add to wishlist Third World Cities is a thoroughly revised and updated edition of The Third World City :a classic introduction to urbanization in developing areas. Using case-studies of cities drawn from around the world, including Bangkok, Delhi, Manila, Mexico City, Singapore and cities in Zimbabwe, the text confronts three main questions: Is there still a ... see all copies from $33.19! new only from $33.19!
13 view cover	Wildfire and Americans: How to Save Lives, Property, and Your Tax Dollars more books like this by Roger G Kennedy add to wishlist Grounded in the conviction that mankind owes a duty to the environment, the author--retired director of the National Park Service--depicts policies gone terribly awry. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Cities in the Developing World: Issues, Theory, and Policy more books like this by Josef Gugler (Editor) add to wishlist This textbook offers an overview of the urban experience in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Six main issues are addressed: development theory and policy as they pertain to urbanization, rural-urban migration, urban employment structures, forms of social integration and control, the housing question, and urban politics. The urban transition now ... see all copies from $3.05!
15 view cover	The Concrete Dragon: China's Urban Revolution and What It Means for the World more books like this by Thomas J Campanella add to wishlist China is the most rapidly urbanizing nation in the world, with an urban population that may well reach one billion within a generation. Over the past 25 years, surging economic growth has propelled a construction boom unlike anything the world has ever seen, radically transforming both city and countryside in its wake. The speed and scale of China ... see all copies from $39.96! new only from $39.96!
16 view cover	The Reluctant Metropolis: The Politics of Urban Growth in Los Angeles more books like this by William B Fulton add to wishlist In 12 essays, William Fulton chronicles the history of urban planning in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, tracing the legacy of short-sighted political and financial gains that has resulted in a vast urban region on the brink of disaster. Looking at such diverse topics as shady real estate speculations, the construction of the Los Angeles subway ... see all copies from $3.64! new only from $8.01! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Cities of the Heartland more books like this by Professor Jon C Teaford add to wishlist During the late 1800s, the rise of manufacturing, the first soaring skyscrapers, new symphony orchestras and art museums, and winning baseball teams all heralded the midwestern city's coming of age. Jon C. Teaford chronicles the development of these cities of the industrial Midwest as they challenged the urban supremacy of the East. see all copies from $5.34! new only from $26.71! \| first editions \| SVS
18	The Urbanization of Modern America: A Brief History more books like this by Zane L Miller add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.62! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Urbanism in the Preindustrial World: Cross-Cultural Approaches more books like this by Glenn Storey (Editor) add to wishlist This work employs a subset of preindustrial cities on many continents to answer questions archaeologists grapple with concerning the populating and growth of cities before industrialization. It further explores how scholars differently conceive and execute their research on the population of cities. The subject cities are in Greece, Mesoamerica, ... see all copies from $4.06! new only from $5.98! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Urban Caribbean: Transition to the New Global Economy more books like this by Professor Alejandro Portes (Editor), Professor Patricia Landolt (Editor), Professor Carlos Dore-Cabral (Editor) add to wishlist 'The Urban Caribbean' studies urbanization in five countries--Costa Rica, Haiti, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica--during the 1980s and 1990s when the region's economy shifted from one heavily dependent on imports to one directed more to producing exports. This shift caused producers and entrepreneurs to rely more on microenterprises ... see all copies from $3.73! new only from $3.73! \| SVS
21 view cover	The Global Cities Reader more books like this by Neil Brenner (Editor), Roger Keil (Editor) add to wishlist Since the early 1980s, the field of urban studies has been revolutionized by the study of global forces and their impact on cities. Providing the first comprehensive survey of this new interdisciplinary scholarship on globalized urbanization, this important volume contains fifty selections from classic writings by authors such as John Freidmann, ... see all copies from $41.90! new only from $53.61!
22 view cover	Remaking the Modern: Space, Relocation, and the Politics of Identity in a Global Cairo more books like this by Farha Ghannam add to wishlist In an effort to restyle Cairo into a global capital that would meet the demands of tourists and investors and to achieve President Anwar Sadat's goal to modernize the housing conditions of the urban poor, the Egyptian government relocated residents from what was deemed valuable real estate in downtown Cairo to public housing on the outskirts of ... see all copies from $11.89! new only from $50.88!
23 view cover	Urban Masses and Moral Order in America, 1820-1920 more books like this by Paul Boyer add to wishlist For over a century, dark visions of moral collapse and social disintegration in American cities spurred an anxious middle class to search for ways to restore order. In this critically acclaimed book, Paul Boyer explores the links between the urban reforms of the Progressive era and the long efforts of prior generations to tame the cities. He ... see all copies from $9.40! new only from $37.00! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Pre-Industrial Cities and Technology: Cities and Technology more books like this by Chant Colin, Colin Chant (Editor), David Goodman (Editor) add to wishlist Cities and Technology, a series of three textbooks and three Readers, explores one of the most fundamental changes in the history of human society the transition from rural to urban ways of living. This series presents a new social history of technology, using urban settings as a source of historical evidence and a focus for the interpretation of ... see all copies from $3.28! new only from $51.68! \| SVS
25 view cover	Sustainability, the Environment and Urbanization more books like this by Dr. Cedric Pugh (Editor) add to wishlist This work provides a guide to interpretations of sustainability and their application to urban living conditions, and examines the implications and effects of applied policy in the area. It is intended for both students and professionals in the area of environmental studies. see all copies from $30.26! new only from $47.24! \| SVS

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