"Desegregating the City takes a global, multidisciplinary look at segregation and the strengths and weaknesses of different antisegregation strategies in the United States and other developed count…
In many ways office studies are still at the pioneer fringe of economic and urban geography. There has been a longstanding interest amongst geographers in the location of manufacturing industry but…
The nine case studies in this volume, and the introductory chapter that highlights some of their important findings, are end products of an international research project that was unusual in severa…
The "MYTH OF MARGINALITY" analyzed here is a set of stereotypes about the urban poor of the world, and particularly the poor migrant settlers of jerry-built communities in Latin America. Residents …
The book "Alternative Approaches to Meeting Basic Health Needs in Developing Countries" is a joint study by UNICEF and WHO, published in 1975. It focuses on public health issues in developing count…
The book is organized around three central themes: 1) urban environment in his- torical context; 2) issues in urban-nature relations and: 3) realigning urban- nature relations. It discusses ideas s…
The book Javanese Villagers: Social Relations in Rural Modjokuto examines the social dynamics and community relationships in the village of Modjokuto, East Java. Robert R. Jay employs an ethnograph…
Combining transgender studies with the ’neomodernist’ architectures of the internationally renowned firm, Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) and with modernist writers (Samuel Beckett and Virginia…
This project has been fortunate in having great support from a number of institutions and individuals. We acknowledge the superb collaboration of the Menzies Centre ar King's College, London, for f…
“Marxism and the Metropolis: New Perspectives in Urban Political Economy” is a comprehensive collection of papers edited by William K. Tabb and Larry Sawers. This book delves into various aspec…