ilość książek w kategorii: 8058
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Sojourners in the Capital of the World: Garifuna Immigrants
ISBN: 9781531504755 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A comprehensive history and insider’s account of the Garifuna in New York City from 1943 to the present day. In recent years, Latinos—primarily Central American migrants—crossing the southern border of the United States have dominated the national media, as the legitimacy of their detention and of U.S. immigration policy in general is debated by partisan politicians and pundits. Among these migrants seeking economic opportunities and fleeing violence from gangs and drug traffickers are many Central American Garifuna. This fascinating book is the long-overdue account—written by a...
A comprehensive history and insider’s account of the Garifuna in New York City from 1943 to the present day. In recent years, Latinos—primarily C...
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426,10 |
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Sojourners in the Capital of the World: Garifuna Immigrants
ISBN: 9781531504762 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A comprehensive history and insider’s account of the Garifuna in New York City from 1943 to the present day. In recent years, Latinos—primarily Central American migrants—crossing the southern border of the United States have dominated the national media, as the legitimacy of their detention and of U.S. immigration policy in general is debated by partisan politicians and pundits. Among these migrants seeking economic opportunities and fleeing violence from gangs and drug traffickers are many Central American Garifuna. This fascinating book is the long-overdue account—written by a...
A comprehensive history and insider’s account of the Garifuna in New York City from 1943 to the present day. In recent years, Latinos—primarily C...
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115,61 |
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Accessible Housing for South Asia: Needs, Implementation and Impacts
ISBN: 9783030888831 / Angielski / Miękka / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book deals with important issues related to urban housing in South Asia. It analyses various aspects of housing, including spatial and temporal requirements and needs, as well as the challenges of implementing housing projects, such as financial feasibility of estate development projects and housing design. Finally, it discusses the socio-economic and environmental impacts of the rapid urban housing development in South Asia.Written by experts from various disciplines, the book presents several case studies that address issues such as housing provision; legislative, financial and...
This book deals with important issues related to urban housing in South Asia. It analyses various aspects of housing, including spatial and temporal r...
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563,56 |
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Germany: Geographies of Complexity
ISBN: 9783030929558 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book addresses the highly differentiated spatial, social, cultural and demographic structure(s) of Germany, with a particular focus on the reciprocal relations between different levels of spatial development.The historical development of Germany serves as a background in order to provide context for the development of spatially relevant ideas and ideals (whether in relation to politics, landscape, or culture). In this regard, questions of divergence and convergence become highly salient.The book makes the complexity of spatial and social developments in Germany comprehensible. The...
This book addresses the highly differentiated spatial, social, cultural and demographic structure(s) of Germany, with a particular focus on the recipr...
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322,01 |
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New Geographies of Music: Urban Policies, Live Music, and Careers in a Changing Industry
ISBN: 9789819907564 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the first installment of a trilogy that explores the spatial dimensions of music. Music has generated substantial interest among geographers, but other academic disciplines have also developed related spatial perspectives on music. This trilogy brings together multiple approaches, each book investigating a bundle of interrelated themes. New Geographies of Music 1: Urban Policies, Live Music, and Careers in a Changing Industry starts with an introduction that explores contemporary approaches to the study of popular music. The following chapters address a range of issues, including...
This book is the first installment of a trilogy that explores the spatial dimensions of music. Music has generated substantial interest among geograph...
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160,99 |
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All the Water the Law Allows: Las Vegas and Colorado River Politics Volume 6
ISBN: 9780806192284 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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97,90 |
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Meaning Making in Planning: Theorising ‘Policy Entitlement’ in the Emergence of Green Infrastructure Planning in Ireland
ISBN: 9781032535838 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Planning theorists normally focus on issues of contest and critique.
Planning theorists normally focus on issues of contest and critique.
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269,33 |
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Metropolitan Governance in Latin America
ISBN: 9780367615697 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines Latin American metropolitan governance by focusing on the issue of public service provision and comparatively examining five of the largest and most complex urban agglomerations in the region: Buenos Aires, Bogota, Lima, Mexico City and Santiago.
This book examines Latin American metropolitan governance by focusing on the issue of public service provision and comparatively examining five of the...
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205,65 |
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Border Cities and Territorial Development
ISBN: 9780367759445 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This monograph analyses the role of border cities in promoting territorial development processes in border regions across the world. It not only embraces the scientific fields of regional and urban studies but also addresses territorial (urban, local, regional) development and planning theories, as well as the effects of development policies applied to border regions in both Europe and North America.
In essence, the book offers a full toolkit of border regions' territorial development knowledge and, in particular, advances a range of policy development proposals. It provides a comprehensive... This monograph analyses the role of border cities in promoting territorial development processes in border regions across the world. It not only embra...
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216,48 |
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Industrial Development: How States Build Capabilities and Deliver Economic Prosperity
ISBN: 9781032075662 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Industrial Development examines historical examples of how governments have attempted to build productive capabilities and promote industrial learning. .
This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of capability building, industrial development and economic growth. Industrial Development examines historical examples of how governments have attempted to build productive capabilities and promote industrial learning...
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205,65 |
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Linear Planning to Reduce Regional Inequality: A Theoretical Review and the Case of the Way of St. James
ISBN: 9783031292828 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the advantages of a linear model of planning in reducing regional inequalities. Linear planning, commonly discussed in the past as a method which plans the development of the city, is completely redefined here in the form of a design approach inspired by projects shaped by linear routes, such as cycle or walking paths. Such concept is applied to the urgent topic of territorial marginality which specifically neglects rural and mountainous areas and recently is coped by European and National policies. The analysis of these policies demonstrates the necessity of alternative...
This book explores the advantages of a linear model of planning in reducing regional inequalities. Linear planning, commonly discussed in the past as ...
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201,24 |
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The Perfect Transport: and the science of why you can't have it
ISBN: 9781739314521 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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84,74 |
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Geoinformatics in Support of Urban Politics and the Development of Civil Engineering
ISBN: 9781668464496 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years, the world of civil engineering has been changing considerably. Within the many obstacles, barriers, and opportunities, significant challenges should be considered for the future of civil engineering. With the contribution of geoinformatics, several scientific areas associated with civil engineering experienced rapid technological evolution. Considering these challenges, the future of civil engineering can be portrayed. Geoinformatics in Support of Urban Politics and the Development of Civil Engineering portrays the evolution of the world of civil engineering, what...
In recent years, the world of civil engineering has been changing considerably. Within the many obstacles, barriers, and opportunities, significant ch...
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1281,29 |
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Fanfare for a City: Music and the Urban Imagination in Haussmann’s Paris
ISBN: 9780520393479 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fanfare for a City invites us to listen to the sounds of Paris during the Second Empire (1852–1870), a regime that oversaw dramatic social change in the French capital. By exploring the sonic worlds of exhibitions, cafés, streets, and markets, Jacek Blaszkiewicz shows how the city's musical life shaped urban narratives about le nouveau Paris: a metropolis at a crossroads between its classical, Roman past and its capitalist, imperial future. At the heart of the narrative is "Baron" Haussmann, the engineer of imperial urbanism and the inspiration for a range of musical responses to...
Fanfare for a City invites us to listen to the sounds of Paris during the Second Empire (1852–1870), a regime that oversaw dramatic social change in...
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276,77 |
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Urbanization and Production of Space: A Multi-scalar Empirical Study Based on China's Cases
ISBN: 9789819918058 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book studies China’s urbanization with the theory of production of space. The authors redefine the production of space and build a new theoretical framework for understanding the evolving relations between urbanization and spatial production. Since the reform and opening-up, especially in the last twenty years, the logic of spatial production has dominated China’s urbanization. The authors choose the most representative cases, such as the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration, Jiangsu Province, National High-tech Industrial Development Zone, New Urban District, State-Level New...
This book studies China’s urbanization with the theory of production of space. The authors redefine the production of space and build a new theoreti...
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563,56 |
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Urban Freight Analytics: Big Data, Models, and Artificial Intelligence
ISBN: 9781032199368 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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479,92 |
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Politics in the Crevices: Urban Design and the Making of Property Markets in Cairo and Istanbul
ISBN: 9781478020493 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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426,10 |
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Everyday Life in the Spectacular City: Making Home in Dubai
ISBN: 9780520395060 / Angielski / Miękka / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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125,80 |
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Assembling Nusantara
ISBN: 9789819935321 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today, the new Indonesian capital city, Nusantara, planning is being anticipated as “representing national identity,” “a model city,” or “a gift to the world,” and many other extraordinary labels. This book examines the reality of an ongoing developmental transformation of the Nusantara beyond those labels. It approaches its assemblage of humans, their works (plans, documents, policies, and others), non-human objects (biodiversity, landscape, geography, physical infrastructure, buildings, and public spaces), processes, social relationships, social infrastructures, and others.... Today, the new Indonesian capital city, Nusantara, planning is being anticipated as “representing national identity,” “a model city,” or ... |
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483,04 |
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Urban Redevelopment and Traffic Congestion Management Strategies
ISBN: 9789811917295 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book focuses on the relationship between urban land redevelopment and traffic systems and discusses the related research. Consisting of three main parts, the first analyzes the interaction between land redevelopment and traffic congestion as well as the mechanisms and causes of traffic congestion. The second part presents strategies for the prevention and control of traffic congestion under urban land redevelopment, proposing a two-stage evaluation system of traffic congestion pre-inspection and traffic impact analysis in the planning and implementation stages of land redevelopment....
This book focuses on the relationship between urban land redevelopment and traffic systems and discusses the related research. Consisting of three mai...
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563,56 |