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1. Colonial Urban Development: Culture, Social Power and Environment

   By Anthony D. King

   The Study focuses on the social and, more especially, the cultural processes governing colonial urban development and develops a theory and methodology to do this. The author demonstrates how the physical and spatial arrangements characterizing urban development are unique products of a particular...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-61166-4 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. Gentrification of the City

   Edited by Neil Smith, Peter Williams

   This book was first published in 1986....

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-61167-1 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Olympic Cities: City Agendas, Planning, and the World’s Games, 1896 to 2016, 2nd Edition

   Edited by John R. Gold, Margaret M. Gold

   The first edition of Olympic Cities provided the first full overview of the changing relationship between cities and the Olympic events since 1896. This substantially revised and enlarged edition builds on the success of its predecessor. Three years on, its coverage takes account of important new...

   September 2010 | 978-0-415-48658-3 | Paperback (Routledge)

4. China's Emerging Cities: The Making of New Urbanism

   Edited by Fulong Wu

   With urbanism becoming the key driver of socio-economic change in China, this book provides much needed up-to-date material on Chinese urban development. Demonstrating how it transcends the centrally-planned model of economic growth, and assessing the extent to which it has gone beyond the common...

   May 2010 | 978-0-415-59043-3 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The New Economy of the Inner City: Restructuring, Regeneration and Dislocation in the 21st Century Metropolis

   By Thomas A. Hutton

   Following the restructuring process which swept away the traditional manufacturing economy of the inner city 25 years ago, new industries are transforming these former post-industrial landscapes. These creative, technology-intensive industries include Internet services, computer graphics and...

   April 2010 | 978-0-415-56932-3 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Housing Policy in the United States, 2nd Edition

   By Alex F. Schwartz

   The most widely used and most widely referenced "basic book" on HOUSING POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES has now been substantially revised to examine the turmoil resulting from the collapse of the housing market in 2007 and the related financial crisis. The text covers the impact of the crisis in...

   February 2010 | 978-0-415-80234-5 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Clusters and Regional Development: Critical Reflections and Explorations

   Edited by Bjorn Asheim, Philip Cooke, Ron Martin

   Using international examples, leading scholars present the first critical analysis of cluster theory, assessing the cluster notion and drawing out, not only its undoubted strengths and attractions, but also its weaknesses and limitations. Over the past decade the ‘cluster model’ has been seized on...

   February 2010 | 978-0-415-57862-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Regional Development in the Knowledge Economy

   Edited by Philip Cooke, Andrea Piccaluga

   International contributors provide the first examination of the growing subject of regional knowledge-economy development. Illustrated by data and 'stylized' accounts, the international contributors chart the evolution of knowledge economies, questioning the way in which they work and criticize...

   December 2009 | 978-0-415-57863-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Devolution, Regionalism and Regional Development: The UK Experience

   Edited by Jonathan Bradbury

   Devolution, Regionalism and Regional Development provides an overview and critical perspective on the impact of devolution on regionalism in the UK since 1999, taking a research-based look at issues central to the development of regionalism: politics, governance and planning. This...

   December 2009 | 978-0-415-57864-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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    Planning Latin America's Capital Cities 1850-1950

    Edited by Arturo Almandoz

    In this first comprehensive work in English to describe the building of Latin America's capital cities in the postcolonial period, Arturo Almandoz and his contributors demonstrate how Europe, and France in particular, shaped their culture, architecture and planning until the United States began to...

    October 2009 | 978-0-415-55308-7 | Paperback (Routledge)