Recent events have brought attention to the millions of Americans who struggle to find and
pay for housing. Housing has historically been of interest to sociologists, but it has long been …

Public Places Urban Spaces provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, theory
and practices of urban design for those new to the subject and for those requiring a clear …

Fruto das reflexões que a urbanista Raquel Rolnik elaborou durante e imediatamente após
o término de seu mandato como relatora para o Direito à Moradia Adequada da ONU …

At century's close, American social scientists, policy analysts, philanthropists and politicians
became obsessed with a fearsome and mysterious new group said to be ravaging the …

For long-time residents of Washington, DC's Shaw/U Street, the neighborhood has become
almost unrecognizable in recent years. Where the city's most infamous open-air drug market …

As marginalized neighborhoods benefit from cleanup and environmental amenities often
brought by municipal sustainability planning, recent trends of land revaluation, investments …

While certain US cities are still depopulating, others have experienced a reversal of
aggregate out-migration patterns. Some scholars, politicians and real estate boosters …

Who makes our cities, and what part do everyday users have in the design of cities? This
book powerfully shows that city-making is a social process and examines the close …

The fourth edition of Housing Policy in the United States refreshes its classic, foundational
coverage of the field with new data, analysis, and comparative focus. This landmark volume …

The Olympics have a checkered, sometimes scandalous, political history. Jules Boykoff, a
former US Olympic team member, takes readers from the event's nineteenth-century origins …