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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
New directions in international studies
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New directions in international studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Urban policies : market rules -- Sustainable city : crisis and opportunity in Mexico / Alfonso Iracheta -- Hostage cities : unsustainable competition for corporate investment / Linda McCarthy -- Reframing housing value / Sherry Ahrentzen -- Urban practices : connecting communities -- Notes toward a history of agrarian urbanism / Charles Waldheim -- The art of place-making / Georgia Butina Watson -- Beyond boundaries / Mo Zell -- Urban perceptions : tigers, tricksters, and other urban legends -- Chinese cities : design and disappearance / Ackbar Abbas -- From "the dead" to the dead : the disposable bodies and disposable culture of Celtic Tiger Noir / Andrew Kincaid -- Imagining and re-imagining a promised land : the gangster genre and Harlem's mythic past, present, and future / Paula J. Massood -- Notes on contributors -- Index. |
| Summary |
Sustaining Cities spotlights metropolitan and smaller centers in light of globalization and its aftermaths to discover what has happened to them in the wake of the global economic recession. Its nine essays look at such diverse topics as globalization and agriculture, public policies in modern cities, and corporate support in urban areas. Contributors examine how urban planners, architects, novelists, and filmmakers tap the unique and complex character of cities in response to economic, enviro. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
City planning -- Environmental aspects.
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City planning -- Environmental aspects. |
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Cities and towns -- Growth.
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Cities and towns -- Growth. |
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Sociology, Urban.
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Sociology, Urban. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Krause, Linda.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sustaining cities. New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, ©2013 9780813554167 (DLC) 2012005046 (OCoLC)776874719 |
| ISBN |
9780813554174 (electronic book) |
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0813554179 (electronic book) |
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9780813554167 |
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0813554160 |
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9780813554150 |
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0813554152 |
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