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Encyclopedia of Urban Legends [2 volumes]

[2 volumes]

By: Jan Harold Brunvand

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Encyclopedia of Urban Legends [2 volumes]

[2 volumes]

By: Jan Harold Brunvand

This revised edition of the original reference standard for urban legends provides an updated anthology of common myths and stories, and presents expanded coverage of international legends and tales shared and popularized online. From roasted babies to vanishing hitchhikers to housewives in football helmets, this exhaustive and highly readable encyclopedia provides descriptions of hundreds of individual legends and their variations, examines legend themes, and explains scholarly approaches to the genre. Revised and expanded to include updated versions of the entries from the award-winning first edition, this work provides additional entries on a wide range of new topics that include terrorism, recent political events, and Hurricane Katrina. Entries in Encyclopedia of Urban Legends, Updated and Expanded Edition discuss the presence of urban legends in comic books, literature, film, music, and many other areas of popular culture, as well as the existence of "too good to be true" stories in Argentina, China, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and several other countries. Serving as both an anthology of stories as well as a reference work, this encyclopedia will serve as a valuable resource for students and a source book for journalists, professional folklorists, and others who are researching or interested in urban legends.

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820

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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159884721X

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9781598847215

Lectures on Urban Economics

By: Jan K. Brueckner

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Lectures on Urban Economics

By: Jan K. Brueckner

A rigorous but nontechnical treatment of major topics in urban economics. Lectures on Urban Economics offers a rigorous but nontechnical treatment of major topics in urban economics. To make the book accessible to a broad range of readers, the analysis is diagrammatic rather than mathematical. Although nontechnical, the book relies on rigorous economic reasoning. In contrast to the cursory theoretical development often found in other textbooks, Lectures on Urban Economics offers thorough and exhaustive treatments of models relevant to each topic, with the goal of revealing the logic of economic reasoning while also teaching urban economics. Topics covered include reasons for the existence of cities, urban spatial structure, urban sprawl and land-use controls, freeway congestion, housing demand and tenure choice, housing policies, local public goods and services, pollution, crime, and quality of life. Footnotes throughout the book point to relevant exercises, which appear at the back of the book. These 22 extended exercises (containing 125 individual parts) develop numerical examples based on the models analyzed in the chapters. Lectures on Urban Economics is suitable for undergraduate use, as background reading for graduate students, or as a professional reference for economists and scholars interested in the urban economics perspective.

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MIT Press

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0262016362

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9780262016360

Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends

By: Jan Harold Brunvand

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Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends

By: Jan Harold Brunvand

If you enjoy these too-good-to-be-true tales, Brunvand's new book will give you hours of pleasure."—Chicago Tribune A fabulously entertaining book from the ultimate authority on those almost believable tales that always happen to a "friend of a friend." Alligators in the sewers? A pet in the microwave? A tragic misunderstanding of the function of cruise control? No, it didn't really happen to your friend's sister's neighbor: it's an urban legend. And no matter how savvy you think you are, you are sure to find in this collection of over 200 tales at least one story you would have sworn was true. Jan Harold Brunvand has been collecting and studying this modern folklore for over twenty years. In Too Good to Be True he captures the best stories in their best retellings, along with their latest variations and examples of how the stories have changed as they move from person to person and place to place. To help you find your favorite, Brunvand has arranged the tales thematically. "Bringing Up Baby" is full of episodes of child-rearing gone wrong, including the grisly tale of the drugged out baby-sitter who mistakes the kid for a turkey. "Funny Business" showcases stories of infamous lapses in customer service, such as the story of the shockingly expensive chocolate chip cookie recipe. And "The Criminal Mind" features both brilliant --if they were real --scams, as well as the purported antics of the less mentally gifted. Whether you want to become an expert debunker or just have plenty of laughs, this book will surprise and entertain you. Illustrated throughout. "Informative and entertaining.... Brunvand has collected more than 200 of the most-repeated and best-known examples of modern folk-myth."—Tampa Tribune "[N]ot only an entertaining anthology, but an excellent introduction to the study of folklore itself."—Publishers Weekly "A fun read... . All the classics are here from the killer upstairs to the Kentucky Fried Rat."—New City "Resonant stories that express our hidden anxieties ... make us laugh, [or] arouse our fascinated horror."—San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "Informative and entertaining... . Brunvand has collected more than 200 of the most-repeated and best-known examples of modern folk-myth."—Tampa Tribune "[N]ot only an entertaining anthology, but an excellent introduction to the study of folklore itself."—Publishers Weekly

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485

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393104168

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9780393104165

Urban Cooperation and Climate Governance

How German and Indian Cities Join Forces to Tackle Climate Change

By: Jan Beermann

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Urban Cooperation and Climate Governance

How German and Indian Cities Join Forces to Tackle Climate Change

By: Jan Beermann

Jan Beermann addresses persistent research gaps in urban climate governance and North-South cooperation. He compares the form, processes and outcomes of four local climate protection projects conducted as part of German-Indian urban cooperation and explores the conditions associated with the success and/or failure in these initiatives. The study concludes that North-South city partnerships struggle to fully realise their potential to foster global climate protection efforts, specifically in terms of post-project sustainability, multi-level governance coordination, and mutuality. On the basis of these findings, practical policy recommendations on how to maximise the outcomes and broaden the scope of urban climate cooperation are provided.

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Springer

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3658171464

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9783658171469

Essays on the Impact of Urban (Dis-)Amenities on the German Real Estate Market

By: Jan de Graaff

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Essays on the Impact of Urban (Dis-)Amenities on the German Real Estate Market

By: Jan de Graaff

Understanding the relationship between urban amenities and real estate prices is a key for the future of our cities. Location choices depend on a variety of urban amenities that eventually determine demand for a specific location. Identifying the impact of these urban amenities on the people’s preferences allows policy makers and developers to increase quality of life. Jan de Graaff therefore quantifies the impact of crime and migration on residential real estate prices and identifies the location choice preferences of Germans by applying innovative methodologies to unique German data sets.

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156

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Springer Nature

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3658316233

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9783658316235

Urban Integration

From Walled City to Integrated City

By: Jan Polívka

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Urban Integration

From Walled City to Integrated City

By: Jan Polívka

In the context of Transforming City Regions, phenomena such as globalization and digitalization accelerate change and bring several aspects of life into motion. If used in a smart way, such developments might trigger a promising dynamic for local people, their living environment, and regional economy. "Urban Integration: From Walled City to Integrated City" reflects on the challenges such dynamics encompass and also on the significance of social integration in urban contexts. The book compiles contributions from researchers, practitioners, and students to an international symposium held at Essen Zollverein in May 2018.

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104

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LIT Verlag Münster

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3643911793

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9783643911797

Economic Development

By: Jan S. Hogendorn

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Economic Development

By: Jan S. Hogendorn

Analyzes the basic theories of development and explores current issues relevant to less developed countries, emphasizing international economic aspects of development. Contains chapters on measuring development and poverty; financing development; foreign aid, the World Bank, and the IMF; technology; population; labor and human capital; rural development; trade policy; and the environment. For students who have taken a first-year course in the principles of economics. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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HarperCollins Publishers

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0673994759

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Encyclopedia of Urban Legends [2 volumes]

Encyclopedia of Urban Legends [2 volumes]

Lectures on Urban Economics

Lectures on Urban Economics

Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends

Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends

Urban Cooperation and Climate Governance

Urban Cooperation and Climate Governance

Essays on the Impact of Urban (Dis-)Amenities on the German Real Estate Market

Essays on the Impact of Urban (Dis-)Amenities on the German Real Estate Market

Urban Integration

Urban Integration

Economic Development

Economic Development

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