Underground Cities: New Frontiers in Urban Living (Endicott John)(Paperback)

Underground Cities: New Frontiers in Urban Living (Endicott John)(Paperback)

This book explores how new ideas and technologies can help to make our increasingly dense, climate-stressed cities both more resilient and more of a pleasure to live in. While it sets out practical design approaches, Underground Cities is not a technical manual. Designed for everyone with an

Dirty Cities: Towards a Political Economy of the Underground in Global Cities (Talani L.)(Paperback)

Introduction: Globalization and its impact on the shadow economies in Global Cities; Leila Simona Talani PART I: CAPITAL SINS 1. London: The laundry of choice? Money laundering in the City of London; Leila Simona Talani 2. Crime and No Punishment: Money, Violence and the Neoliberal Transformation

The Great Cities in History (Norwich John Julius)(Paperback)

Today, the majority of people in the world live in cities. The implications and challenges associated with this fact are enormous. But how did we get here?From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, this book explores how great cities have marked the

An Urban History of China (Lincoln Toby)(Paperback)

In this accessible new study, Toby Lincoln offers the first history of Chinese cities from their origins to the present. Despite being an agricultural society for thousands of years, China had an imperial urban civilization. Over the last century, this urban civilization has been transformed into

How to Read Towns and Cities - A Crash Course in Urban Architecture (Glancey Jonathan)(Paperback / softback)

Cities in the Anthropocene: New Ecology and Urban Politics (Jon Ihnji)(Paperback)

Climate change is real, and extreme weather events are its physical manifestations. These extreme events affect how we live and work in cities, and subsequently the way we design, plan, and govern them. Taking action 'for the environment' is not only a moral imperative; instead, it is activated by

Mid-Rise Urban Living (Johnson Chris)(Pevná vazba)

Many communities in cities around the world do not like the growing number of residential towers, but they also realise that the detached house is not a sustainable urban solution. Between these two extremes, there is a 'missing middle' of mid-rise apartment buildings that relate to the street and

Urban Revitalization: Remaking Cities in a Changing World (Grodach Carl)(Paperback)

Following decades of neglect and decline, many US cities have undergone a dramatic renaissance. From New York to Nashville and Pittsburgh to Portland governments have implemented innovative redevelopment strategies to adapt to a globally integrated, post-industrial economy and cope with declining

Governing Cities: Politics and Policy (Pill Madeleine)(Paperback)

In our urban world, cities are where most of us experience how our economies and societies are organised and the inequalities which result. This textbook introduces ideas, theories, concepts and examples to help us understand the political and policy challenges of governing cities, centred on the

Urban Operating Systems: Producing the Computational City (Luque-Ayala Andres)(Paperback)

A new wave of enthusiasm for smart cities, urban data, and the Internet of Things has created the impression that computation can solve almost any urban problem. Subjecting this claim to critical scrutiny, in this book, Andr s Luque-Ayala and Simon Marvin examine the cultural, historical, and

Dementia - Living in the Memories of God (Swinton John)(Paperback / softback)

The Figure in the Shadows (Bellairs John)(Paperback)

Settled into his new life, Lewis seems content living with his magical Uncle Jonathan and neighbor Mrs Zimmermann. He even has a new best friend, Rose Rita, who loves to play sports, build Roman ship models and play with magic--all the things Lewis loves to do too After discovering Grandpa

Dark Cities (Kenyon Sherrilyn)(Paperback / softback)

An anthology of horror stories in urban settings-whether back alleys, crumbling brownstones, gleaming high-rise towers, or city

Vertical Urban Factory (Rappaport Nina)(Paperback)

This revised edition focuses on the spaces of production in cities--both the modernist period and today--and the technologies that have contributed to shifts in factory architecture, manufacturing, and urban design. Vertical Urban Factory tracks the evolution of the vertical urban factory from the

All Sorts to Make a World (Agard John)(Paperback / softback)

Comedy and charm abound in this quirky story about people trapped on the London Underground together. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged

Oxford Guide to Imagery in Cognitive Therapy (Hackmann Ann)(Paperback)

Imagery is one of the new, exciting frontiers in cognitive therapy. From the outset of cognitive therapy, its founder Dr. Aaron T. Beck recognised the importance of imagery in the understanding and treatment of patient's problems. However, despite Beck's prescience, clinical research on imagery,

The Diva Cooks Up a Storm (Davis Krista)(Paperback)

In New York Times bestselling author Krista Davis's new Domestic Diva mystery, a trendy, underground dinner club leaves some guests six-feet-under the table--and entertaining professional and amateur sleuth Sophie Winston hopes she has all the right ingredients to put a murderer on ice

Games At Twilight (Desai Anita)(Paperback / softback)

Set in contemporary Bombay and other cities, these stories reflect the kaleidoscope of urban life - evoking the colour, sounds and white-hot heat of the

Water and Politics: Clientelism and Reform in Urban Mexico (Herrera Veronica)(Paperback)

Most of the world's population lives in cities in developing countries, where access to basic public services, such as water, electricity, and health clinics, is either inadequate or sorely missing. Water and Politics shows how politicians benefit politically from manipulating public service

Multi-Unit Housing in Urban Cities: From 1800 to Present Day (Chey Katy)(Paperback)

This book investigates the development of multi-unit housing typologies that were predominant in a particular city from the 1800s to present day. It emphasises the importance of understanding the direct connection between housing and dwelling in the context of a city, and the manner in which the

The Resurrectionists (Challis John)(Paperback)

The living and the dead are working side by side in John Challis's dramatic debut collection, The Resurrectionists. Whether in London's veg and meat markets, far below the Dartford Crossing, or on the edge of the Western world, these poems journey into a buried and sometimes violent landscape to

An Underground Life: Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin (Beck Gad)(Paperback)

That a Jew living in Nazi Berlin survived the Holocaust at all is surprising. That he was a homosexual and a teenage leader in the resistance and yet survived is amazing. But that he endured the ongoing horror with an open heart, with love and without vitriol, and has written about it so

Urban Warfare in the Twenty-First Century (King Anthony)(Paperback)

Over the last two decades, warfare has migrated into cities. From Mosul to Mumbai, Aleppo to Marawi, the major military battles of our time have taken place in densely populated urban areas. Why has this happened? What are the defining characteristics and the military and political implications of

Iraq: A History (Robertson John)(Paperback)

Cities, scripts, literature, the rule of law - all were born in Iraq. That so many see this ancient land as nothing more than a violent backwater steeped in chaos is a travesty. This is the place where, for the first 5,000 years of human history, all innovations of worth emerged. It was the cradle