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The Endless City : The Urban Age Project By The London School Of Economics And Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen Sociey

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edited by Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic
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Book, Phaidon, 2007
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THE ENDLESS CITY is an unparalleled study of the growth of six of the world’s international cities (New York, Shanghai, London, Mexico City, Johannesburg, and Berlin), exploring key structural, social, and economic factors. THE ENDLESS CITY is authoritatively edited by Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic in collaboration with the London School of Economics and the Urban Age Project, an expanding international organization seeking a new urban agenda for global cities. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Urbanization · Urban policy · City planning · Globalization · Burdett, Richard · Sudjic, Deyan · London School of Economics and Political Science · Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft für Internationalen Dialog
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(LOWER LEVEL) HT371 .E53 2007 NEW BOOK(MAIN)

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(LOWER LEVEL)	HT371 .E53 2007	NEW BOOK(MAIN)

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The Intercultural City : Planning For Diversity Advantage

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Phil Wood and Charles Landry
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Book, Earthscan, 2008
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Policy is often dominated by mitigating the perceived negative effects of diversity (complexity, loss of cohesion, exploitation and racism) but little thought has been given to how a diversity dividend or increased innovative capacity might be achieved. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Multiculturalism · Urban policy · City and town life · Cross-cultural orientation · Wood, Phil, 1959- · Landry, Charles, 1948-
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(LOWER LEVEL) HM1271 .W66 2008 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	HM1271 .W66 2008	AVAILABLE

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Enhancing Urban Safety And Security : Global Report On Human Settlements 2007

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United Nations Human Settlements Programme
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Book, Earthscan, 2007
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- Table of contents only
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The Global Report on Human Settlements is the most authoritative and up-to-date assessment of conditions and trends in the world’s cities. The report focuses on appropriate urban planning and management methods designed to: (i) reduce the incidence and impacts of crime and violence; (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Urban policy · Housing policy · Eviction · Emergency management · Disasters · Risk assessment · Urban violence · Prevention · Crime prevention · City planning · United Nations Human Settlements Programme
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) HT151 .E64 2007 AVAILABLE

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	HT151 .E64 2007	AVAILABLE

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Migration And Cultural Inclusion In The European City

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edited by William J.V. Neill and Hanns-Uve Schwedler
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Book, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
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Against a background of cultural friction, Migration and Cultural Inclusion in the European City is centrally concerned with how governance approaches to urban management and grass roots community dialogue can foster a sense of citizenship within which cultural difference can embed a spirit of tolerance. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Sociology, Urban · Europe · Multiculturalism · Pluralism (Social sciences) · Culture conflict · Urban policy · Emigration and immigration · Social aspects · Neill, William J. V · Schwedler, Hanns-Uve
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(LOWER LEVEL) HT131 .M54 2007 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	HT131 .M54 2007	AVAILABLE

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The Neoliberal City : Governance, Ideology, And Development In American Urbanism

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Jason Hackworth
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Book, Cornell University Press, 2007
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- Table of contents only
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The Neoliberal City presents an overview of the effect of these changes on today’s cities. In The Neoliberal City, Jason Hackworth argues that neoliberal policies are in fact having a profound effect on the nature and direction of urbanization in the United States and other wealthy countries, and that much can be learned from studying its effect. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Urban policy · United States · Municipal government · City planning · Political aspects · Neoliberalism · Hackworth, Jason R
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(LOWER LEVEL) HT123 .H245 2007 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	HT123 .H245 2007	AVAILABLE

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Urban Nightmares : The Media, The Right, And The Moral Panic Over The City

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Steve Macek
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Book, University of Minnesota Press, 2006
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- Table of contents
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Published during the second term of an American president whose conservative agenda has been an ongoing disaster for the poor and the working class, Urban Nightmares exposes a divisive legacy of media bias against the cities and their inhabitants and issues a wake-up call to readers to recognize that media images shape what we believe about others’ (and our own) place in the real world-and the consequences of those beliefs can be devastating. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Cities and towns · United States · Public opinion · Inner cities · Cities and towns in mass media · Urban policy · Fear of crime · Macek, Steve, 1965-
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(LOWER LEVEL) HT123 .M14 2006 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	HT123 .M14 2006	AVAILABLE

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Politics And Urban Growth In Santiago, Chile, 1891-1941

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Richard J. Walter
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Book, Stanford University Press, 2005
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From 1891 to 1941, Santiago—Chile’s capital and its largest and most important city—experienced rapid urbanization, industrialization, and administrative expansion along with a massive internal migration that had significant social and economic consequences for the city. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Cities and towns · Chile · Santiago · Growth · Urban policy · History · Urbanization · Santiago (Chile) · Politics and government · 20th century · Walter, Richard J
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(LOWER LEVEL) F3271.3 .W35 2005 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	F3271.3 .W35 2005	AVAILABLE

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Sprawl : A Compact History

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Robert Bruegmann
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Book, University of Chicago Press, 2005
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The first major book to strip urban sprawl of its pejorative connotations, Sprawl offers a completely new vision of the city and its growth. Bruegmann leads readers to the powerful conclusion that “in its immense complexity and constant change, the city-whether dense and concentrated at its core, looser and more sprawling in suburbia, or in the vast tracts of exurban penumbra that extend dozens, even hundreds, of miles-is the grandest and most marvelous work of mankind.” (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Cities and towns · Growth · Land use · Urban policy · City planning · Metropolitan areas · Bruegmann, Robert
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(LOWER LEVEL) HT371 .B74 2005 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	HT371 .B74 2005	AVAILABLE

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Contested Cities In The Modern West

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A.C. Hepburn
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Book, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
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Contested Cities in the Modern West examines the roles of international interventions, state policies and social processes in influencing such situations, with particular reference to the above cases. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Ethnic conflict · Case studies · Sociology, Urban · Urban policy · Hepburn, A. C
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(LOWER LEVEL) HM1121 .H47 2004 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	HM1121 .H47 2004	AVAILABLE

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Providence, The Renaissance City

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Francis J. Leazes, Mark T. Motte
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Book, Northeastern University Press, 2004
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Through extensive interviews with elected officials, civil servants, entrepreneurs, and citizen activists, a complete picture takes shape for the first time of the myriad actors, complex goals, and intergovernmental cooperation involved in developing such lauded successes as the new Capital Center, the Providence Place mall, and the award-winning light sculpture, WaterFire. Meticulously documented and engagingly written, Providence, the Renaissance City is valuable reading for policymakers, administrators, political scientists, urban planners, and all concerned citizens of our nation’s cities. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Urban renewal · Rhode Island · Providence · History · 20th century · City planning · Urban policy · Providence (R.I.) · Social conditions · 20th century · Politics and government · Economic conditions · Leazes, Francis J · Motte, Mark T., 1962-
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(LOWER LEVEL) HT177.P76 L43 2004 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	HT177.P76 L43 2004	AVAILABLE

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Mayors In The Middle : Politics, Race, And Mayoral Control Of Urban Schools

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edited by Jeffrey R. Henig and Wilbur C. Rich
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Book, Princeton University Press, 2004
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Desperate to jump-start the reform process in America’s urban schools, politicians, scholars, and school advocates are looking increasingly to mayors for leadership. Mayors in the Middle brings together, for students of education policy and urban politics as well as scholars and school advocates, the most thoughtful and original analyses of the promise and limitations of mayoral takeovers of schools. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Education, Urban · Political aspects · United States · Case studies · Urban policy · Case studies · Mayors · Education and state · Henig, Jeffrey R., 1951- · Rich, Wilbur C
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(LOWER LEVEL) LC5131 .M39 2004 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	LC5131 .M39 2004	AVAILABLE

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Street Wars : Gangs And The Future Of Violence

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Tom Hayden
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Book, New Press, 2004
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The renowned activist’s impassioned look at gangs and youth violence in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York “How come when the violence goes down, it’s because of the police, and when it goes up, it’s us??Salahadeen Betts, gang member, New York City Though never officially acknowledged, over 25,000 young people have died in America’s gang wars since 1980. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Gangs · United States · Urban violence · Urban policy · Hayden, Tom
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(LOWER LEVEL) HV6439.U5 H39 2004 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	HV6439.U5 H39 2004	AVAILABLE

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Root Shock : How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, And What We Can Do About It

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Mindy Thompson Fullilove
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Book, 1st ed, One World/Ballantine Books, 2004
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In this groundbreaking and ultimately hopeful book, Dr. Mindy Fullilove examines root shock through the story of urban renewal and its effect on the African American community. Focusing on three very different urban settings?the Hill District of Pittsburgh, the Central Ward in Newark, and the small Virginia city of Roanoke?Dr. Fullilove argues powerfully that the twenty-first century will be one of displacement and of continual demolition and reconstruction. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Urban policy · United States · History · 20th century · Relocation (Housing) · Psychological aspects · Neighborhood · Identity (Psychology) · African Americans · Social conditions · Fullilove, Mindy Thompson
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(LOWER LEVEL) HT123 .F85 2004 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	HT123 .F85 2004	AVAILABLE

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Cities In Full : Recognizing And Realizing The Great Potential Of Urban America

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by Steve Belmont
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Book, Planners Press, American Planning Association, 2002
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Cities and towns · United States · City planning · Urban renewal · Urban policy · Belmont, Steve
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(LOWER LEVEL) HT123 .B355 2002 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	HT123 .B355 2002	AVAILABLE

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Race And Place : Equity Issues In Urban America

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John W. Frazier, Florence M. Margai, Eugene Tettey-Fio
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Book, Westview Press, 2003
Description
Racism, racial equity, and the race-place connections related to racial inequalities in the U.S. are the major themes of this book. The contemporary geographic patterns of segregation and isolation are different from those of earlier U.S. history, but are equally damning and present extremely difficult challenges for social action in a nation that will change its racial/ethnic composition dramatically during the current generation.As America changes over the next quarter century, the visible and invisible race-place inequalities that help define U.S. urban geography will continue in housing, education, employment, travel requirements, shopping choices, environmental hazards, and other living conditions. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Minorities · United States · Social conditions · Economic conditions · Racism · Ethnicity · Urban policy · Segregation · Human geography · Urban geography · City and town life · Race relations · Frazier, John W · Margai, Florence M · Tettey-Fio, Eugene
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(LOWER LEVEL) E184.A1 F725 2003 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E184.A1 F725 2003	AVAILABLE

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