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This topical book transforms the analysis of housing problems into a lively, interesting and contentious subject of social scientific study, addressing themes of residential experience, inclusion/empowerment, sustainability and professionalism/managerialism, which lie at the heart of the housing and social policy debate. Each chapter considers a specific social category - such as class, gender, or
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Bicycle City

Curbing Traffic

101 Things I Learned® in Urban Design School

The Pedestrian and the City

Humanise

Human Transit (Revised Edition)

A Burglar's Guide to the City

Confessions of a Recovering Engineer

The Nature of Our Cities

The 99% Invisible City

Soft City

In His Own Words

Urban Climate Challenges In The Tropics: Rethinking Planning And Design Opportunities

Avenues of Translation

Well-Being for All: A Holistic Framework for Tropical Cities

Revitalize | Resettle

City

Investigating Quality of Urban Life

Israel as a Modern Architectural Experimental Lab, 1948–1978

Streets of Tomorrow

EcoCities

Dry Run

Housing and Social Policy