La cité dans le monde grec: structures, fonctionnement, contradictions
by Lonis, Raoul
fromFac
Documents the worsening transport crisis and differences among countries in their urban transport and land-use systems. The focus is on public policies to deal with urban transport problems. Through case studies, the book seeks to evaluate the effectivenes.
Historiografie van de Lage Landen in de zeventiende eeuw.
Violence at the urban margins
The inhabitants of the urban margins are hardly ever heard in discussions about public safety. They live in danger but the discourse about violence and risk belongs to, is manufactured and manipulated by, others--others who are prone to view violence at the urban margins as evi…
Drawing on interviews with 200 influential residents--from state legislators, urban planners, developers, and green business advocates to civil rights champions, energy lobbyists, solar entrepreneurs, and community activists--Ross argues that if Phoenix is ever to become sustain…
"Freedoms Given, Freedoms Won is the first book-length study devoted to understanding the political life of urban Afro-Brazilians in the aftermath of abolition. It explores the ways Afro-Brazilians in two major cities adapted to the new conditions of life after slavery and how t…
How can race and ethnicity be understood as questions of power? How do changes among racial and ethnic groups alter conflicts about these groups identities and the resultant power structure shaped by these conflicts? The contributors to this important new volume take up these qu…
Examines the lives of people existing on the streets with a look at their lifestyles, crimes and attitudes and suggestions for how society should approach the problem.
Examines the lives of people existing on the streets with a look at their lifestyles, crimes and attitudes and suggestions for how society should approach the problem.
