Whose Culture Is It Anyway? Community Engagement in Small Cities extends the project, begun in The Small Cities Book: On the Cultural Future of Small Cities, by examining the cultural dynamics of the small city in a wide ranging context...
Sociology, Urban
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Author:Garrett-Petts, W.F., Hoffman, James, Ratsoy, GinnySummary: -
Author:Abujidi, NurhanSummary:Exploring the way urbicide is used to un/re-make Palestine, as well as how it is employed as a tool of spatial dispossession and control, this book examines contemporary political violence and destruction in the context of colonial...
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Author:Crary, DuncanSummary:James Howard Kunstler is best known for his unflinching commentary on the collapse of the American dream in the face of the reality of Peak Oil. Written as a long-form conversational interview, The KunstlerCast explores urban planning,...
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Author:Walmsley, Christopher, Kading, TerrySummary:Small Canadian cities confront serious social issues as a result of the neoliberal economic restructuring practiced by both federal and provincial governments since the 1980s. Drastic spending reductions and ongoing restraint in social...
- Author:Lafrance, Gaëtan, Lafrance, JulieSummary:
Un impressionnant tour d’horizon des initiatives actuelles de développement urbain dans le monde occidental.
- Author:Kern, LeslieSummary:
Leslie Kern wants your city to be feminist. "Feminist city: a field guide" combines memoir, feminist theory, pop culture, and geography to expose what is hidden in plain sight: the social inequalities built right into our...
- Author:Swanson, GillianSummary:
Examines the ways in which urban modernity reshapes 'cultural experience'. This work explores the ways that categories of sexual identity and behaviour were reformulated in relation to the restructuring of urban space and the...
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Author:Hollis, LeoSummary:Cities are where the twenty-first century is really going to happen. Already at the beginning of the century, we became 50% urban as a global population, and by 2050 we're going to be up to 70% urban. So cities could either be our...
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Author:Saunders, DougSummary:A groundbreaking current affairs book documenting the largest population move in human history, as a third of the world's people migrate into cities, rupturing societies across the globe.
