Alabaster cities : urban U.S. since 1950 / / John Rennie Short |
Autore | Short John R. |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Syracuse, New York : , : Syracuse University Press, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 293 p. ) : ill., maps ; |
Disciplina | 307.1/21609730904 |
Collana | Space, Place and Society |
Soggetto topico | City planning - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8156-5185-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The rise of metropolitan America -- Urban renewal: "we must start all over again from the ground up" -- Stimulating suburbs, starving cities: "i should prefer to see the ash heaps" -- Robert Moses versus Jane Jacobs: "hack your way with a meat ax" -- Downtown: "the heart that pumps the blood of commerce" -- Creating a suburban society: "a landscape of scary places" -- New suburban realities: "trouble in paradise" -- Metropolitan fragmentation: "obsolescent structure of urban government" -- Urban economies: "all that is solid melts into air" -- Race and ethnicity: "e pluribus unum" -- Housing and the city: "shaky palaces" -- Politics and the city: "informal arrangements,.formal workings" -- Reimagining the city: "place wars" -- Civic engagement in the city: "civic spirit" -- Emerging trends. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463937603321 |
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Alabaster cities : urban U.S. since 1950 / / John Rennie Short |
Autore | Short John R. |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Syracuse, New York : , : Syracuse University Press, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 293 p. ) : ill., maps ; |
Disciplina | 307.1/21609730904 |
Collana | Space, Place and Society |
Soggetto topico | City planning - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8156-5185-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The rise of metropolitan America -- Urban renewal: "we must start all over again from the ground up" -- Stimulating suburbs, starving cities: "I should prefer to see the ash heaps" -- Robert Moses versus Jane Jacobs: "hack your way with a meat ax" -- Downtown: "the heart that pumps the blood of commerce" -- Creating a suburban society: "a landscape of scary places" -- New suburban realities: "trouble in paradise" -- Metropolitan fragmentation: "obsolescent structure of urban government" -- Urban economies: "all that is solid melts into air" -- Race and ethnicity: "e pluribus unum" -- Housing and the city: "shaky palaces" -- Politics and the city: "informal arrangements-- formal workings" -- Reimagining the city: "place wars" -- Civic engagement in the city: "civic spirit" -- Emerging trends. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787873603321 |
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Syracuse, New York : , : Syracuse University Press, , 2006 | ||
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Alabaster cities : urban U.S. since 1950 / / John Rennie Short |
Autore | Short John R. |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Syracuse, New York : , : Syracuse University Press, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 293 p. ) : ill., maps ; |
Disciplina | 307.1/21609730904 |
Collana | Space, Place and Society |
Soggetto topico | City planning - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8156-5185-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The rise of metropolitan America -- Urban renewal: "we must start all over again from the ground up" -- Stimulating suburbs, starving cities: "I should prefer to see the ash heaps" -- Robert Moses versus Jane Jacobs: "hack your way with a meat ax" -- Downtown: "the heart that pumps the blood of commerce" -- Creating a suburban society: "a landscape of scary places" -- New suburban realities: "trouble in paradise" -- Metropolitan fragmentation: "obsolescent structure of urban government" -- Urban economies: "all that is solid melts into air" -- Race and ethnicity: "e pluribus unum" -- Housing and the city: "shaky palaces" -- Politics and the city: "informal arrangements-- formal workings" -- Reimagining the city: "place wars" -- Civic engagement in the city: "civic spirit" -- Emerging trends. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811173903321 |
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Globalization, modernity, and the city / / John Rennie Short |
Autore | Short John R. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/2091732 |
Collana | Routledge studies in human geography |
Soggetto topico |
Urbanization
Globalization |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-46048-3
9786613460486 1-136-67151-X 0-203-80886-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Globalization, Modernity, and the City; Copyright; Contents; List of case studies; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; PART 1 Global generalities; 1 The Third Urban Revolution; 2 The Late Modern Wave of Globalization; 3 Metropolitan modernities; PART 2 Thematic specificities; 4 Urban spectaculars: World's Fairs and Summer Olympics; 5 Flânerie and the globalizing city; 6 Traffic, accidents and the modern city; 7 Modernity and urban utopias: the early Bauhaus; 8 Big city; PART 3 City particularities; 9 Alice Springs/Mparntwe: the postcolonial creative city
10 Shanghai: the reglobalizing city11 Megalopolis: the liquid city; PART 4 Urban utopias; 12 Postscript; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461488803321 |
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Globalization, modernity, and the city / / John Rennie Short |
Autore | Short John R. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/2091732 |
Collana | Routledge studies in human geography |
Soggetto topico |
Urbanization
Globalization |
ISBN |
1-136-67150-1
1-283-46048-3 9786613460486 1-136-67151-X 0-203-80886-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Globalization, Modernity, and the City; Copyright; Contents; List of case studies; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; PART 1 Global generalities; 1 The Third Urban Revolution; 2 The Late Modern Wave of Globalization; 3 Metropolitan modernities; PART 2 Thematic specificities; 4 Urban spectaculars: World's Fairs and Summer Olympics; 5 Flânerie and the globalizing city; 6 Traffic, accidents and the modern city; 7 Modernity and urban utopias: the early Bauhaus; 8 Big city; PART 3 City particularities; 9 Alice Springs/Mparntwe: the postcolonial creative city
10 Shanghai: the reglobalizing city11 Megalopolis: the liquid city; PART 4 Urban utopias; 12 Postscript; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790451103321 |
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An introduction to political geography / / John Rennie Short |
Autore | Short John R. |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.1/2 |
Soggetto topico |
Political geography
Human geography |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-134-89113-X
1-134-89114-8 1-138-15701-5 1-280-06993-7 0-585-45291-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Title; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT: THE CAPITALIST WHIRLPOOL; THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SUPERPOWERS: THE EAST-WEST FULCRUM; THE MULTIPOLAR WORLD; THE STATE AND THE WORLD ORDER; THE NATION-STATE; THE STATE AS SPATIAL ENTITY; PEOPLE AND THE STATE; THE GLOBAL VILLAGERS; CITIZENS AND THE CITY; Postscript; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455376503321 |
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An introduction to political geography / / John Rennie Short |
Autore | Short John R. |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.1/2 |
Soggetto topico |
Political geography
Human geography |
ISBN |
1-134-89113-X
1-134-89114-8 1-138-15701-5 1-280-06993-7 0-585-45291-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Title; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT: THE CAPITALIST WHIRLPOOL; THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SUPERPOWERS: THE EAST-WEST FULCRUM; THE MULTIPOLAR WORLD; THE STATE AND THE WORLD ORDER; THE NATION-STATE; THE STATE AS SPATIAL ENTITY; PEOPLE AND THE STATE; THE GLOBAL VILLAGERS; CITIZENS AND THE CITY; Postscript; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780102503321 |
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Stress Testing the USA : Public Policy and Reaction to Disaster Events / / by John Rennie Short |
Autore | Short John R. |
Edizione | [2nd ed. 2021.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (192 pages) |
Disciplina | 973.93 |
Soggetto topico |
Political planning
America - Politics and government Political science Public administration Public Policy American Politics Governance and Government Public Administration Policy Evaluation |
ISBN | 3-030-65999-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction to Stress Testing the USA -- 2. The War on Terror and the Costs of Empire -- 3. Hurricane Katrina, Infrastructure Deficit and the Costs of Climate Change -- 4. The Financial Crisis and the Costs of Neoliberalism -- 5. The Gulf Oil Spill and the Costs of Regulatory Capture -- 6. The Pandemic and the Costs of an Unhealthy America -- 7. The United States of Stress. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910485021103321 |
Short John R.
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021 | ||
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