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Routledge Urban Reader Series

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Sustainable Urban Development Reader

Edited by Stephen M. Wheeler, Timothy Beatley

"a comprehensive and intellectually rich compendium of the state-of-the-art knowledge on sustainable urban development….the scholarly, judicious choice of topics and contributors, and the sequencing of…

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August 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45382-0 (Routledge)

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The City Reader

Edited by Richard LeGates, Frederic Stout

The fourth edition of the highly successful The City Reader brings together the very best of publications on the city. Classic writings by such authors…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77084-2 (Routledge)

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The Urban Design Reader

Edited by Michael Larice, Elizabeth Macdonald

Drawing together the very best of classic and contemporary writings, this informative book illuminates the theory and practice of urban design. Forty-one generous selections include…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-33387-0 (Routledge)

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The Urban Politics Reader

Edited by Elizabeth Strom, John H. Mollenkopf

The Urban Politics Reader draws together classic and contemporary writings that best illuminate the basic questions of urban politics – how interests contend for power…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31996-6 (Routledge)

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The Global Cities Reader

Edited by Neil Brenner, Roger Keil

Providing the first comprehensive survey of new interdisciplinary scholarship on globalized urbanization, this important volume contains fifty selections from classic writings by authors such as…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32345-1 (Routledge)

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The Urban Sociology Reader

Edited by Jan Lin, Christopher Mele FREDERIC STOUT RICHARD LEGATES (SERIES ED)

The urban world is a provocative terrain on which to contemplate the central institutions, structures and problems of the social world and how they have…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32343-7 (Routledge)

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The Urban Geography Reader

Edited by NICK FYFE, JUDITH KENNY

Drawing on a rich diversity of theoretical approaches and analytical strategies, urban geographers have been at the forefront of understanding the global and local processes…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-30702-4 (Routledge)

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The Sustainable Urban Development Reader

Edited by Timothy Beatley, Stephen M. Wheeler

Bringing together classic readings from a wide variety of sources, this key book investigates how our cities and towns can become more sustainable.

Thirty-eight…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31187-8 (Routledge)

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The Cybercities Reader

Edited by Steve Graham

Providing the most comprehensive, international and interdisciplinary analysis yet of the relationships between cities, urban life and new technologies, this informative book incorporates detailed discussions…

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-27956-7 (Routledge)

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The City Cultures Reader

Edited by Iain Borden, Tim Hall, Malcolm Miles

Cities are both products of culture, and sites where culture is made and received. By presenting the very best of classic and contemporary writing on…

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-30245-6 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

The Urban and Regional Planning Reader
Edited by Eugénie Birch
To be published December 12th 2008