Urban Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Chapter Ten Charleston and other East Coast questions From: On Borrowed Time View Goose Lane Editions	The earthquake threat in Charleston, North Carolina, is discussed. The issue of disaster fatigue is explained as earthquake preparedness remains on the back burner for the city of Charleston.	Gregor Craigie	11	2021	$1.10 Add
From Chapter Thirteen Countering complacency From: On Borrowed Time View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter summarizes the measures that need to be taken to protect communities from earthquakes and tsunamis. Discusses what has actually been accomplished and how much further they ought to go.	Gregor Craigie	21	2021	$2.10 Add
From Chapter Three The Pacific's deadly echo From: On Borrowed Time View Goose Lane Editions	Looks at the inextricable connection between earthquakes and tsunamis. Studies the devestation of historical tsunamis and the challenge to low-lying communities.	Gregor Craigie	19	2021	$1.90 Add
From Chapter Twelve The unfathomed Atlantic From: On Borrowed Time View Goose Lane Editions	A look at earthquakes and tsunamis on North America’s Atlantic coast. Details the earthquake, tsunami, and destruction that occurred in 1929. Assesses the risk and preparedness of Atlantic …	Gregor Craigie	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From Chapter Two Responding to the risk From: On Borrowed Time View Goose Lane Editions	Details the evolution of seismographic and earthquake preparedness testing, as well as the work that has been done in various municipalities.	Gregor Craigie	16	2021	$1.60 Add
From NEW! Cities and Nation-States Section 2: Jacobs’ Urban Economics From: Cities Matter View bar	Chapter 6 explores the political and economic environments cities have to compete within their larger political structures, such as nation-states, federations, or confederations. It explores …	Charles-Albert Ramsay	11	2022	$1.10 Add
From NEW! Cities, Communications Technology, and the Feedback Dilemmas The Technology of Cities From: Dream States View Coach House Books	The Technology of Cities: Part 5 explores the dilemma of cities during the Cold War. Topics discussed include nuclear war, de-urbanization, Cold War anxieties, commercialization, telephones, and more.	John Lorinc	12	2022	$1.20 Add
NEW! Cities Matter A Montrealer’s Ode to Jane Jacobs, Economist bar	Why do cities exist? Can’t we find better ways of organizing life on earth? With the climate crisis and other environmental issues, are cities part of the problem? Or can they help solve …	Charles-Albert Ramsay	152	2022	View
From NEW! City Instabilities Section 2: Jacobs’ Urban Economics From: Cities Matter View bar	Chapter 5 examines the weaknesses of cities. The chapter focuses on exploring the built-in instabilities of cities such as congestion, pollution, crime, labour reducing process innovations, …	Charles-Albert Ramsay	7	2022	$0.70 Add
From NEW! City Lights The Technology of Cities From: Dream States View Coach House Books	The Technology of Cities: Part 4 explores the history of lighting cities. Topics discussed include Billboards, gas lighting, electric lighting, darkness and crime, industrialization, public …	John Lorinc	13	2022	$1.30 Add
From City of Fear From: Feminist City View Between The Lines	Kern highlights the gendered danger women are exposed to in cities and everyday life, and the costs of these threats.	Leslie Kern	27	2019	$2.70 Add
From City of Friends From: Feminist City View Between The Lines	Kern highlights the importance of female friendship and how these relationships shape the way women engage with city life.	Leslie Kern	35	2019	$3.50 Add
From City of Moms From: Feminist City View Between The Lines	Kern examines how the bodies of pregnant women change the way they are perceived in public.	Leslie Kern	37	2019	$3.70 Add
From City of One From: Feminist City View Between The Lines	Kern explores how mobile digital technologies are essential feminist tools to urban survival.	Leslie Kern	31	2019	$3.10 Add
From City of Possibility From: Feminist City View Between The Lines	Kern briefly discusses the many projects and movements in an effort to create a feminist city.	Leslie Kern	13	2019	$1.30 Add
From City of Protest From: Feminist City View Between The Lines	Kern examines how activism and public protest can connect women to cities and feminist politics.	Leslie Kern	30	2019	$3.00 Add