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Becoming global and the new poverty of cities
Extract from the introduction by Lisa M. Hanley, Blair A. Ruble and Joseph S. Tulchin :
Globalization has had a peculiar impact on cities all over the world, as much in the developed world as in the developing world. Globalization turned out to be…
Suburbanization in global society
Abstract from the publisher : Most urban growth over the last several decades has been in suburban areas, but research in urban sociology and other urban disciplines has been focused on the city (the global city, the networked city, the…
Settling for less : The planned resettlement of Israel's Negev Bedouin
Abstract from the publisher : The resettlement of the Negev Bedouin (Israel) has been wrought with controversy since its inception in the 1960s. Presenting evidence from a two-decade period, the author addresses how the changes that took place over…
The invention of Brownstone Brooklyn
Abstract from the publisher : The gentrification of Brooklyn has been one of the most striking developments in recent urban history. Considered one of the city's most notorious industrial slums in the 1940s and 1950s, Brownstone Brooklyn by the…
Valley Town
Social documentary showing the damage visited on the people of a Pennsylvania steel town by the deployment of new technology.