"In the contemporary Middle East, genetics research on ethnic populations is changing the way groups understand and imagine their ethnic identities and places of belonging"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Smith investigates the role of parasites in the planning of Paris, specifically those stealing resources, hurting the city's health, and interfering of information transmission"--Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Princeton University, 2015, under the title: Paris and the parasite : the politics of noise in the mediatic city.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
An examination of the process of prioritizing private motorized transportation in Bengaluru, a rapidly growing megacity of the Global South. Automobiles and their associated infrastructures, deeply embedded in Western cities, have become a rapidly growing presence in the mega-cities of the Global South. Streets, once crowded with pedestrians, pushcarts, vendors, and bicyclists, are now choked w…
An argument that the meaning of a psychological or biological measure depends on the age, gender class, and ethnicity of the human subject.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Experts explore the maturation of nonlinear brain dynamics from a developmental perspective and consider the relationship of neurodevelopmental disorders to early disruption in dynamic coordination.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
An architect and a photographer explore a community of squatters, artists, snowbirds, migrants, and survivalists inhabiting a former military base in the California desert. Under the unforgiving sun of southern California's Colorado Desert lies Slab City, a community of squatters, artists, snowbirds, migrants, survivalists, and homeless people. Called by some "the last free place" and by others…
A proposal for a new way to understand cities and their design not as artifacts but as systems composed of flows and networks.In The New Science of Cities, Michael Batty suggests that to understand cities we must view them not simply as places in space but as systems of networks and flows. To understand space, he argues, we must understand flows, and to understand flows, we must understand netw…
A guide to today's urban cycling renaissance, with information on cycling's health benefits, safety, bikes and bike equipment, bike lanes, bike sharing, and other topics.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
A call to reconnect the fields of urban planning and public health that offers a new decision-making framework for healthy city planning.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Describes how water politics, cars and freeways, and immigration and globalization have shaped Los Angeles, and how innovative social movements are working to make a more livable and sustainable city.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.