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Cover Urban Violence, Resilience and Security
Urban Violence, Resilience and Security
Governance Responses in the Global South
Edited by Michael R. Glass, Taylor B. Seybolt, and Phil Williams
Written in a comprehensive yet accessible style, Urban Violence, Resilience and Security investigates the diverse nature of urban violence within Latin America, Asia and Africa. It further analyzes how regular and irregular governing mechanisms can provide human security, despite the presence of chronic violence.
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Monograph Book
Published:
18 Jan 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800379732
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2022
Cover City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis
City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Edited by Francisco J. Carrillo and Cathy Garner
Exploring the ways that contemporary urban life takes the Holocene for granted, this multidisciplinary book warns that anthropogenic environmental impacts are on course to challenge the viability of most human settlements. It highlights how, despite increased warnings, most cities appear to be in denial of the potential impending catastrophes and remain ill-prepared to handle major disruptions.
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19 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800883666
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
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Personal Sustainability Practices
Faculty Approaches to Walking the Sustainability Talk and Living the UN SDGs
Edited by Mark Starik and Patricia Kanashiro
Personal Sustainability Practices is a collection of 19 academic and practitioner perspectives on the topic of faculty personal sustainability. The book addresses the issues of whether, how, where, and when faculty who teach, research, consult, and perform academic and community service are and need to be practicing and communicating their own sustainability behaviors to students and other stakeholders. The contributors represent multiple countries, disciplines, academic levels and affiliations, and orientations on those issues and on the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals related to their personal sustainability practices.
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Monograph Book
Published:
21 Sep 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800375130
Collection:
Business 2021
Cover Towards a Competitive, Sustainable Modern City
Towards a Competitive, Sustainable Modern City
Edited by Peter K. Kresl
This original book examines the experiences cities and urban areas have had with two principal concerns that confront them today: sustainability and competitiveness. Featuring a wide-ranging set of contributions from top researchers, this book discusses and analyzes the issues that different cities face, such as social cohesion, tolerance and cultural diversity, and how this will determine their developmental trajectories through the coming decade. Towards a Competitive, Sustainable Modern City will be an invaluable read for scholars and professors in urban economics and urban studies more broadly, particularly those who are focusing on the importance of sustainability in both areas
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Monograph Book
Published:
20 Nov 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839107481
Collection:
Economics 2020
Cover Social Innovation and Urban Governance
Social Innovation and Urban Governance
Citizenship, Civil Society and Social Movements
Edited by Marc Pradel-Miquel, Ana B. Cano-Hila, and Marisol García Cabeza
Presenting social innovation initiatives that emerged from organized citizenry in Southern European cities, this book explores the response to austerity policies implemented after the 2008 economic crisis. Chapters look at the common aim of these initiatives in responding to social needs and challenging social exclusion.
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Monograph Book
Published:
19 Jun 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839102325
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2020
Cover Research Handbook on Community Development
Research Handbook on Community Development
Edited by Rhonda Phillips, Eric Trevan, and Patsy Kraeger
This timely Research Handbook offers new ways in which to navigate the diverse terrain of community development research. Chapters unpack the foundations and history of community development research and also look to its future, exploring innovative frameworks for conceptualizing community development. Comprehensive and unequivocally progressive, this is key reading for social and public policy researchers in need of an understanding of the current trends in community development research, as well as practitioners and policymakers working on urban, rural and regional development.
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Handbook
Published:
20 Apr 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788118477
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2020