Product Description: Changing Landscapes of Singapore illuminates both the social and the physical terrains of modern Singapore. Geographers use the term landscape to refer to visible surfaces and to the spatial dimension of social relations. Landscapes arise from particular historical circumstances, and in turn help shape social arrangements and possible courses of future development...read more

Signs exist as fundamental markers of the urban landscape. Whether in the form of street signs offering directions, the airbrushed promises of advertising media or the vandalized détournements of street art, signs pervade urban spaces and provide a tangible ‘text’ upon which the logics of both cities and ourselves are written. Cities of Signs charts the way that signs exist as key elements of contemporary urban space, and explores what it means to live within these spaces, amongst cities of signs. This refreshing take on the way that urban space is lived and experienced is a timely contribution to the literature in urban studies, sociology and education alike. In decoding the cultural production at play in urban environments, Cities of Signs presents a dynamic approach to understanding how culture is produced and consumed within the cityscape.

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As a coalition of major Western industrial nations battle an Arab alliance for control of the oil monopoly, the Peacekeepers--an elite, military force--must identify the enemy and bring about peace. Original.

Product Description: Every American living or working in a metropolitan area is aware of and affected by one or more conditions caused by urban sprawl, stressful traffic congestion, dangerous neighborhoods, air pollution or housing problems. Nationally-known urban planner and developer, William E...read more