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Book Latin American Urban Development into the Twenty First Century

Download or read book Latin American Urban Development into the Twenty First Century written by D. Rodgers and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-10-10 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the dawn of the 21st century, more than half of the world's population was living in urban areas. This volume explores the implications of this unprecedented expansion in the world's most urbanized region, Latin America, exploring the new urban reality, and the consequences for both Latin America and the rest of the developing world.

Book Transgressive Citizenship and the Struggle for Social Justice

Download or read book Transgressive Citizenship and the Struggle for Social Justice written by Lucy Earle and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-29 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the struggle for social justice in São Paulo, Brazil. It takes the wave of protests that began in the city in 2013 as a starting point, and grounds them in the history of social movement mobilisation in urban Brazil. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with a federation of housing movements, this work demonstrates the ongoing relevance of the concept of the right to the city for social movements of the urban poor, and examines these movements’ creative interpretation of national legislation to support their claims for housing and urban citizenship.

Book Water and Sanitation Services

Download or read book Water and Sanitation Services written by Jose Esteban Castro and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2012 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on how to provide clean water for all - one of the key Millennium Development Goals, this book integrates technical and social perspectives. A broad, international range of case studies are provided, from developed, middle income and developing countries, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

Book Food and Urbanism

    Book Details:
  • Author : Susan Parham
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2015-02-26
  • ISBN : 0857854747
  • Pages : 377 pages

Download or read book Food and Urbanism written by Susan Parham and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cities are home to over fifty percent of the world's population, a figure which is expected to increase enormously by 2050. Despite the growing demand on urban resources and infrastructure, food is still often overlooked as a key factor in planning and designing cities. Without incorporating food into the design process – how it is grown, transported, and bought, cooked, eaten and disposed of – it is impossible to create truly resilient and convivial urbanism. Moving from the table and home garden to the town, city, and suburbs, Food and Urbanism explores the connections between food and place in past and present design practices. The book also looks to future methods for extending the 'gastronomic' possibilities of urban space. Supported by examples from places across the world, including the UK, Norway, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Romania, Australia and the USA, the book offers insights into how the interplay of physical design and socio-spatial practices centred around food can help to maintain socially rich, productive and sustainable urban space. Susan Parham brings together the latest research from a number of disciplines – urban planning, food studies, sociology, geography, and design – with her own fieldwork on a range of foodscapes to highlight the fundamental role food has to play in shaping the urban future.

Book Advances in Design and Digital Communication

Download or read book Advances in Design and Digital Communication written by Nuno Martins and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reports on research findings and practical lessons featuring advances in: digital and interaction design; graphic design and branding; design strategies and methodologies; design education; society and communication in design practice; and other related areas. Gathering the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Digital Design and Communication, Digicom 2020, held virtually on November 5-6, 2020, the book describes cutting-edge perspectives on and analysis of and solutions to challenges digital communication is currently presenting to society, institutions and brands. It offers a timely guide and a source of inspiration for designers of all kinds, including graphic, digital and web designers, UI, UX and social media designers, and to researchers, advertisers, artists, and entrepreneurs, as well as brand or corporate communication managers.

Book The Oxford Handbook of Civil Society

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Civil Society written by Michael Edwards and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broadly speaking, The Oxford Handbook of Civil Society views the topic of civil society through three prisms: as a part of society (voluntary associations), as a kind of society (marked out by certain social norms), and as a space for citizen action and engagement (the public square or sphere).

Book World Cancer Report 2008

    Book Details:
  • Author : International Agency for Research on Cancer
  • Publisher : International Agency for Research on Cancer
  • Release : 2008-12-31
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 520 pages

Download or read book World Cancer Report 2008 written by International Agency for Research on Cancer and published by International Agency for Research on Cancer. This book was released on 2008-12-31 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The World Cancer Report 2008" provides a comprehensive overview of cancer for all those working in the field of health-care and research, and the general reader as well. It presents information on cancer patterns, diagnosis, causes and prevention concisely, clearly outlining the growing public health crisis. Simultaneously, there is a clear message of hope: although cancer is a great and growing devastating disease, it is largely preventable.

Book Trade and Market in the Early Empires

Download or read book Trade and Market in the Early Empires written by Karl Polanyi and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Egan Review

Download or read book The Egan Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a Review Of the Skill Necessary To Deliver a Sustainable Built Environment.

Book The Five Laws of Library Science

Download or read book The Five Laws of Library Science written by Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan and published by UBS Publishers' Distributors, Limited. This book was released on 1988 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Neoliberal City

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jason Hackworth
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2014-01-15
  • ISBN : 0801470048
  • Pages : 252 pages

Download or read book The Neoliberal City written by Jason Hackworth and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shift in the ideological winds toward a "free-market" economy has brought profound effects in urban areas. The Neoliberal City presents an overview of the effect of these changes on today's cities. The term "neoliberalism" was originally used in reference to a set of practices that first-world institutions like the IMF and World Bank impose on third-world countries and cities. The support of unimpeded trade and individual freedoms and the discouragement of state regulation and social spending are the putative centerpieces of this vision. More and more, though, people have come to recognize that first-world cities are undergoing the same processes. In The Neoliberal City, Jason Hackworth argues that neoliberal policies are in fact having a profound effect on the nature and direction of urbanization in the United States and other wealthy countries, and that much can be learned from studying its effect. He explores the impact that neoliberalism has had on three aspects of urbanization in the United States: governance, urban form, and social movements. The American inner city is seen as a crucial battle zone for the wider neoliberal transition primarily because it embodies neoliberalism's antithesis, Keynesian egalitarian liberalism. Focusing on issues such as gentrification in New York City; public-housing policy in New York, Chicago, and Seattle; downtown redevelopment in Phoenix; and urban-landscape change in New Brunswick, N.J., Hackworth shows us how material and symbolic changes to institutions, neighborhoods, and entire urban regions can be traced in part to the rise of neoliberalism.

Book Education and Climate Change

Download or read book Education and Climate Change written by Fumiyo Kagawa and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is widespread consensus in the international scientific community that climate change is happening and that abrupt and irreversible impacts are already set in motion. What part does education have to play in helping alleviate rampant climate change and in mitigating its worst effects? In this volume, contributors review and reflect upon social learning from and within their fields of educational expertise in response to the concerns over climate change. They address the contributions the field is currently making to help preempt and mitigate the environmental and social impacts of climate change, as well as how it will continue to respond to the ever changing climate situation. With a special foreword by Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town.

Book Food for the City

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stroom Den Haag (The Netherlands)
  • Publisher : Nai010 Publishers
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 9789056628543
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Food for the City written by Stroom Den Haag (The Netherlands) and published by Nai010 Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventy-five percent of them will be living in cities.

Book Peasant Society

Download or read book Peasant Society written by Jack M. Potter and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Soil Biodiversity in Amazonian and Other Brazilian Ecosystems

Download or read book Soil Biodiversity in Amazonian and Other Brazilian Ecosystems written by Fattima M. S. Moreira and published by CABI. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews soil biodiversity and related ecological processes in one of the key biodiversity hotspots of the world, the Amazon, and nearby regions of Brazil. It covers both the tropical savannah and rainforests. Chapters describe the biology, ecology, taxonomy, geographic distribution and sampling methods for the most important soil functional groups. The book is based on a project "Conservation and Sustainable Management of Below-Ground Biodiversity", executed by TSBF-CIAT with co-financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implementation support from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Book The Politics of Civil Society Building

Download or read book The Politics of Civil Society Building written by Kees Biekart and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strengthening civil society may be all the rage in the international donor community, but what does it mean in practice? This seminal work critically examines the political aspects of civil society building and the role of non-governmental development aid agencies during recent democratic transitions in Central America.