Advanced Introduction to Urban Segregation
Advanced Introduction to Urban Segregation

Author: Sako Musterd

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2023-12-11

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 180392408X

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This insightful Advanced Introduction deftly explores urban segregation on an international scale, offering expert analysis on pressing and theoretical debates and key contemporary issues relating to this interdisciplinary field of study. It provides detailed insights into the various dimensions and domains of urban segregation, the range of methods used for measuring segregation, and the effects it can have on neighbourhoods and individuals. Recognising variations in the patterns of segregation from country to country, the book further discusses the different approaches and challenges affecting policy interventions.

Handbook of Urban Segregation
Handbook of Urban Segregation

Author: Sako Musterd

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2020-03-28

Total Pages: 453

ISBN-13: 1788115600

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The Handbook of Urban Segregation scrutinises key debates on spatial inequality in cities across the globe. It engages with multiple domains, including residential places, public spaces and the field of education. In addition it tackles crucial group-dimensions across race, class and culture as well as age groups, the urban rich, middle class, and gentrified households. This timely Handbook provides a key contribution to understanding what urban segregation is about, why it has developed, what its consequences are and how it is measured, conceptualised and framed.

Advanced Introduction to Housing Studies
Advanced Introduction to Housing Studies

Author: William A.V. Clark

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2021-02-26

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1789908329

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This timely Advanced Introduction explores the links between housing and households, including the complex process of how people sort themselves into houses and neighborhoods. It covers the choices that households make, why these choices are made, and the constraints faced in achieving housing aspirations, with a particular focus on the contemporary difficulties facing young adults and those unable to buy a house despite a reasonable income.

Advanced Introduction to Gentrification
Advanced Introduction to Gentrification

Author: Hamnett, Chris

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2021-11-19

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1839106867

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Analysing the causes and effects of widespread gentrification, this Advanced Introduction provides an innovative insight into the global debate instigated by this process. Examining the impact of gentrification on lower income groups and other issues, Chris Hamnett discusses research into the socio-economic causes and effects of gentrification in a variety of cities worldwide.

Advanced Introduction to Urban Transport Planning
Advanced Introduction to Urban Transport Planning

Author: Kevin J. Krizek

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2021-05-28

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1800374070

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Insightful and original in its approach, this Advanced Introduction to Urban Transport Planning provides a fresh look at cost-efficiency and casts the craft of transport planning in new light, allowing engineers and urban planners to understand the benefits of breaking mobility-centric systems that favour cars and prioritising multi-modal transport systems that promote access. It features in-depth analysis of traditional methods and how these are changing due to new technologies, financial constraints and evolving environmental trends.

Paradoxes of Segregation
Paradoxes of Segregation

Author: Sonia Arbaci

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2019-04-29

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 1444338323

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Through an international comparative research, this unique book examines ethnic residential segregation patterns in relation to the wider society and mechanisms of social division of space in Western European regions. Focuses on eight Southern European cities, develops new metaphors and furthers the theorisation/conceptualisation of segregation in Europe Re-centres the segregation debate on the causes of marginalisation and inequality, and the role of the state in these processes A pioneering analysis of which and how systemic mechanisms, contextual conditions, processes and changes drive patterns of ethnic segregation and forms of socio-ethnic differentiation Develops an innovative inter-disciplinary approach which explores ethnic patterns in relation to European welfare regimes, housing systems, immigration waves, and labour systems

Advanced Introduction to Evidence
Advanced Introduction to Evidence

Author: Richard D. Friedman

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2024-02-12

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1802201815

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This Advanced Introduction to Evidence delivers a comprehensive exposition of the major tenets of evidence law, principally from an American perspective. Using the Federal Rules of Evidence as a structural framework, Richard D. Friedman reflects on the underlying policies, psychological perceptions and philosophical viewpoints that underpin evidence law.

Advanced Introduction to Digital Society
Advanced Introduction to Digital Society

Author: Manuel Castells

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2024-06-05

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1803921129

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This essential book documents the current configuration of digital society worldwide and examines its social, economic, political and cultural consequences. Presenting state-of-the-art empirical analysis and academic research, preeminent author Manuel Castells explores the profound impact that technology and digital transformation continues to have on the world as we know it.

Advanced Introduction to Party Systems
Advanced Introduction to Party Systems

Author: Paul Webb

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2024-02-12

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 1035313294

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Paul Webb’s Advanced Introduction to Party Systems expertly draws upon major theories and concepts, existing literature, and cutting-edge empirical evidence to present an authoritative contribution to the field of party systems. Webb rigorously explores the different types of party systems that exist, the role of socio-political cleavages and electoral systems in shaping them, their evolution over time, and their significance for government and the wider functioning of democracy.

Advanced Introduction to Sustainability Transitions
Advanced Introduction to Sustainability Transitions

Author: Frank W. Geels

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2024-08-06

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1035329697

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In this insightful book, Frank W. Geels provides an advanced and evidenced introduction to one of the most important and dynamic topics in contemporary debates on how to address grand challenges like climate change and biodiversity loss.