The rapid pace and changing nature of twenty-first century urbanisation as well as the diversity of global urban experiences calls for new theories and new methodologies in urban studies. In Comparative Urbanism: Tactics for Global Urban Studies, Jennifer Robinson proposes grounds for reformatting comparative urban practice and offers a wide range of tactics for researching glo...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Written by the chair of the LEED-Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) initiative, Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature is both an urgent call to action and a comprehensive introduction to "sustainable urbanism"--the emerging and growing design reform movement that combines the creation and enhancement of walkable and diverse places with the need to build high-...(展开全部)

主编简介 作为一位知名的城市研究者，雷·哈奇森与马克·戈特迪纳（Mark Gottdiener）共同编辑出版的《新城市社会学》（New Urban Sociology）影响深远，开创了社会空间模型理论，批判以往学者过分强调技术作为社会变迁的主要推动力，试图将更多的因素纳 入城市社会学的分析框架内。而《城市研究关键词》（Encyclopedia of Urban Studies）是哈奇森教授的另一部重要著作。本书的核心主题包括：城市研究领域的学科路径、城市研究中的主要问题、城市问题、城市规划、城市理论等。

The SAGE Key Concepts series provides students with accessible and authoritative knowledge of the essential topics in a variety of disciplines. Cross-referenced throughout, the format encourages critical evaluation through understanding. Written by experienced and respected academics, the books are indispensable study aids and guides to comprehension. Key Concepts in Urban Stud...(展开全部)

The SAGE Key Concepts series provides students with accessible and authoritative knowledge of the essential topics in a variety of disciplines. Cross-referenced throughout, the format encourages critical evaluation through understanding. Written by experienced and respected academics, the books are indispensable study aids and guides to comprehension. Key Concepts in Urban Stud...(展开全部)

本书为提出可替代和可持续的城市化形式，设问：生态城市主义的主要原则是什么？如何组织这些原则？设计与规划将在此过程中扮演什么样的角色？ 尽管气候变化，可持续建筑，和绿色技术等越来越受到关注，而与城市的可持续性相关的话题却相对门庭冷落。本书的写作前提是：我们迫切需要一种生态的途径来拯救当代城市并为新的城市建立原则。生态城市主义对待城市化并没有统一的方式，而是从全球的视角，多尺度和多学科的途径来应对。设计提供了一个综合性的解决方案，将生态与城市联系起来，而不与环境相冲突。 本书汇集了设计从业人员和理论家，经济学家，工程师，艺术家，决策者，环境科学家和公共卫生专家，以期更全面地理解生态城市主义及其未来。 With the aim of projecting alternative and sustainable forms of urbanism, the ...(展开全部)

This text examines the issues that directly affect cities and neighbourhoods. Since the 1960s, many architects and urban planners have reacted against the drab universalism and inhuman scale of modern architecture and urbanism, seeking instead to recover a sense of community and place. It is apparent to these architects and planners that something needs to be done to improve th...(展开全部)

关于城市设计的书近来出了很多，这或许是其中不算差的一本。书中提供了不少案例分析，和一些通常的原则，虽然稍微有点空泛，但是，这恰恰是城市设计本身的问题。

Communications, philosophy, film and video, digital culture: media studies straddles an astounding array of fields and disciplines and produces a vocabulary that is in equal parts rigorous and intuitive. Critical Terms for Media Studies defines, and at times, redefines, what this new and hybrid area aims to do, illuminating the key concepts behind its liveliest debates and most...(展开全部)