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  • Introduction to Housing

    by Jorge Atiles, Sarah D. Kirby, Mira Ahn, Akin S. Akinyemi, Julia O. Beamish, Marilyn J. Bruin0, Christine C. Cook1, Dennis Culhane2, Petra Doan3, Rosa Elena Donoso4, Rachel Bogardus Drew5, Marja Elsinga6, Heidi Ewen7, Rosemary Carucci Goss8, Annie Hardison-Moody9, Kathryn L. Howell0, Suk-Kyung Kim Kim1, Joseph Laquatra2, Kirk McClure3, Jean Memken4, Deborah Mitchell5, Ann Elizabeth Montgomery6, Elizabeth Mueller7, Shirley Niemeyer8, Kathleen Parrott9, Deirdre Pfeiffer0, Corianne Payton Scally1, Martin Seay2, Cherie Stueve3, Daniel Treglia4, Becky L. Yust5 ...
    This foundational text for understanding housing, housing design, homeownership, housing policy, special topics in housing, and housing in a global context has been comprehensively revised to reflect the changed housing situation in the United States during and after the Great Recession and its subsequent movements toward recovery. The book focuses on the complexities of housing and housing ... Read more

    $124.19 USD

  • The Millennial City

    Trends, Implications, and Prospects for Urban Planning and Policy

    Edited by Markus Moos, Deirdre Pfeiffer, Tara Vinodrai ...
    Series series Global Urban Studies
    Millennials have captured our imaginaries in recent years. The conventional wisdom is that this generation of young adults lives in downtown neighbourhoods near cafes, public transit and other amenities. Yet, this depiction is rarely unpacked nor problematized. Despite some commonalities, the Millennial generation is highly diverse and many face housing affordability and labour market constraints. ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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    How Individuals and Organizations from Diverse Sectors of Society Are Coming Together to Reduce Poverty in Canada

    Edited by Paul Born ...
    *Equal parts inspiration, perspiration, and information -- a book that is sure to take the Vibrant Communities story to new heights as it begins its next exciting phase.*In Canada, "poverty reduction" is no longer a "wouldn't it be nice" dream discussed after yet another failure to make a dent in an age-old problem. It's a living, breathing, exhilarating reality.Why?Because all across the country ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In the Wake of the Crisis

    Leading Economists Reassess Economic Policy

    Edited by Olivier Blanchard, David Romer, Michael Spence, Joseph E. Stiglitz ...
    Prominent economists reconsider the fundamentals of economic policy for a post-crisis world.In 2011, the International Monetary Fund invited prominent economists and economic policymakers to consider the brave new world of the post-crisis global economy. The result is a book that captures the state of macroeconomic thinking at a transformational moment.The crisis and the weak recovery that has ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Cities and the Creative Class

    by Richard Florida ...
    In his compelling follow-up to The Rise of the Creative**Class, Richard Florida outlines how certain cities succeed in attracting members of the 'creative class' - the millions of people who work in information-age economic sectors and in industries driven by innovation and talent. ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • A Guide to Impact Fees and Housing Affordability

    by Liza K. Bowles, Julian C. Juergensmeyer, James C. Nicholas, Arthur C. Nelson, Dr. ...
    Impact fees are one-time charges that are applied to new residential developments by local governments that are seeking funds to pay for the construction or expansion of public facilities, such as water and sewer systems, schools, libraries, and parks and recreation facilities. In the face of taxpayer revolts against increases in property taxes, impact fees are used increasingly by local ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • Understanding the Social Economy

    A Canadian Perspective, Second Edition

    by Jack Quarter, Laurie Mook, Ann Armstrong ...
    Suitable for courses addressing community economic development, non-profit organizations, co-operatives and the social economy more broadly, the second edition of Understanding the Social Economy expands on the authors’ ground-breaking examination of organizations founded on a social mission – social enterprises, non-profits, co-operatives, credit unions, and community development organizations ... Read more

    $50.39 USD

  • Finance For All?: Policies And Pitfalls In Expanding Access

    by World Bank ...
    Access to financial services varies sharply around the world. In many developing countries less than half the population has an account with a financial institution, and in most of Africa less than one in five households do. Lack of access to finance is often the critical mechanism for generating persistent income inequality, as well as slower growth. Finance for All?: Policies and Pitfalls in ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Getting Health Reform Right

    A Guide to Improving Performance and Equity

    by Marc Roberts, William Hsiao, Peter Berman, Michael Reich ...
    This book provides a multi-disciplinary framework for developing and analyzing health sector reforms, based on the authors' extensive international experience. It offers practical guidance - useful to policymakers, consultants, academics, and students alike - and stresses the need to take account of each country's economic, administrative, and political circumstances. The authors explain how to ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Educational Planning

    by Dr. Vijender Sharma ...
    Different philosophers and educationists have defined education differently. Froebel defined education as the unfoldment of what is already enfolded in the germ. It is the process by which the child makes internal external. For Swami Vivekananda, education is the manifestation of the divine perfection already existing in man.Organized: means pianned in a pattern or sequence with explicit or impies ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • Advancing Equity Planning Now

    Edited by Norman Krumholz, Kathryn Wertheim Hexter ...
    What can planners do to restore equity to their craft? Drawing upon the perspectives of a diverse group of planning experts, Advancing Equity Planning Now places the concepts of fairness and equal access squarely in the center of planning research and practice. Editors Norman Krumholz and Kathryn Wertheim Hexter provide essential resources for city leaders and planners, as well as for students and ... Read more

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  • How Universities Work

    by John V. Lombardi ...
    Series series Higher Ed Leadership Essentials
    The single best description of the inside workings of contemporary universities.Witty and insightful, How Universities Work is destined to be an essential handbook for anyone wanting to understand universities in the United States. John V. Lombardi gives readers an insider’s view of the academy, describing the structure, logic, dynamics, and operational styles of both public and private ... Read more

    $25.39 USD