Urban Behavior

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Konstantinos Chatzis
Forecasting Travel in Urban America: The Socio-Technical Life of an Engineering Modeling World (The Engineering Studies)
A history of urban travel demand modeling (UTDM) and its enormous influence on American life from the 1920s to the present. For better and worse, the automobile has been an integral part of the American way of life for decades. Its ascendance would have been far less spectacular, however, had engi...
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Sandra D. Lane
Belief, Behavior, and Health
This book uniquely examines, across cultures, the health benefits and detriments of religious beliefs, with important implications for individual wellbeing and human survival. Belief, Behavior, and Health takes the reader through journeys of the author’s research in the Middle East, Africa, and...
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Herb Larson
How to Train a City Dog for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide to Raising a Well-Behaved Urban Canine Companion
City life can be overwhelming for dogs — and even more overwhelming for the owners trying to teach them how to behave in it. Imagine raising a calm, confident companion who can walk beside you through crowded sidewalks, ignore city chaos, and feel at ease in your apartment — no matter how busy ...
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Meyer Friedman
Treating Type A Behavior--And Your Heart
For over a decade, "Type A" has been a household term, thanks in large part to Meyer Friedman, M.D., co-author of the original bestselling Type A Behavior and Your Heart. Now, in collaboration with Diane Ulmer, R.N., M.S., Dr. Friedman tells Type A personalities -- the more than half of urban Americ...
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Marlon G. Boarnet
Travel by Design: The Influence of Urban Form on Travel (Spatial Information Systems)
Can transportation problems be fixed by the right neighborhood design? The tremendous popularity of the "new urbanism" and "livable communities" initiatives suggests that many persons think so. As a systematic assessment of attempts to solve transportation problems through urban design, this book as...
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Glen Dunlap Ph.D
Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Families: A Model of Individualized Positive Behavior Support for Home and Community
The popular, research-based Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR) model is used in schools and child care settings nationwide to address challenging behaviors in children with and without disabilities. Now, with the Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Families (PTR-F) model in this accessible guidebook, you can u...
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James Q. Wilson
Varieties of Police Behavior: The Management of Law and Order in Eight Communities, With a New Preface by the Author (Joint Center for Urban Studies
The patrolman has the most difficult, complex, and least understood task in the police department. Much less is known of him than of his better publicized colleague, the detective. In this important and timely book, James Q. Wilson describes the patrolman and the problems he faces that arise out of ...
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JEFF EDDIE
THE ARIZONA BARK SCORPION: Arizona Bark Scorpions Behavior, Habitat, Selecting, Feeding, History, Temperament, Sting Prevention And Much More.
The Arizona Bark Scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus) is one of the most fascinating and misunderstood arachnids of the American Southwest. Known for its venomous sting, nocturnal behavior, and adaptability to harsh desert environments, this small yet formidable creature plays a crucial role in its ...
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Rebecca K. Marchiel
After Redlining: The Urban Reinvestment Movement in the Era of Financial Deregulation (Historical Studies of Urban America)
Focusing on Chicago's West Side, After Redlining illuminates how urban activists were able to change banks’ behavior to support investment in communities that they had once abandoned. American banks, to their eternal discredit, long played a key role in disenfranchising nonwhite urbanites an...
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Denise Z. Davidson
France after Revolution: Urban Life, Gender, and the New Social Order (Harvard Historical Studies)
The decades following the French Revolution saw unprecedented political and social experimentation. As the Napoleonic and Restoration regimes attempted to build a stable order, ordinary city dwellers began to create their own sense of how society operated through everyday activities. Interactions be...
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Ella Howard
Homeless: Poverty and Place in Urban America (Politics and Culture in Modern America)
The homeless have the legal right to exist in modern American cities, yet antihomeless ordinances deny them access to many public spaces. How did previous generations of urban dwellers deal with the tensions between the rights of the homeless and those of other city residents? Ella Howard answers th...
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Adam Michael Auerbach
Migrants and Machine Politics: How India's Urban Poor Seek Representation and Responsiveness (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior)
How poor migrants shape city politics during urbanization As the Global South rapidly urbanizes, millions of people have migrated from the countryside to urban slums, which now house one billion people worldwide. The transformative potential of urbanization hinges on whether and how poor migrants ...
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Charles Montgomery
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
A globe-trotting, eye-opening exploration of how cities can―and do―make us happier people Charles Montgomery's Happy City is revolutionizing the way we think about urban life. After decades of unchecked sprawl, more people than ever are moving back to the city. Dense urban living has been p...
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Thomas K. Ogorzalek
The Cities on the Hill: How Urban Institutions Transformed National Politics (Studies in Postwar American Political Development)
Over the second half of the 20th century, American politics was reorganized around race as the tenuous New Deal coalition frayed and eventually collapsed. What drove this change? In The Cities on the Hill , Thomas Ogorzalek argues that the answer lies not in the sectional divide between North and S...
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Adelaide M. Lusambili
Environmental Sanitation and Gender among the Urban Poor: A Case Study of the Kibera Slums, Kenya
Revision with unchanged content. This book monograph is a comprehensive study on environmental sanitation among the urban poor in developing countries. Using a case study of the Kibera slums in Nairobi, the study looks at Kibera’s existing water and waste disposal infrastructure and considers how ...
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DONALD REGINA
PEREGRINE FALCON HANDBOOK: The Ultimate Guide to Behavior, Anatomy, Hunting, Conservation, and Urban Adaptation of the World’s Fastest Raptor.
Discover the ultimate guide to one of nature’s most extraordinary birds of prey. Peregrine Falcon Handbook offers an in-depth exploration of the world’s fastest raptor, revealing its fascinating behavior, unmatched hunting skills, intricate anatomy, and incredible adaptations that allow it to ...
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Adelaide M Lusambili
Environmental Sanitation and Gender among the Urban Poor
This book monograph is a comprehensive study on environmental sanitation among the urban poor in developing countries. Using a case study of the Kibera slums in Nairobi, the study looks at Kibera's existing water and waste disposal infrastructure and considers how current conditions shape sanitary b...
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JUDITH REO
THE CROWS HANDBOOK: The Ultimate Guide To Understanding, Observing, And Caring For Crows – Intelligence, Behavior, Conservation, And Citizen Science
Introduction to Crows Crows have long captured human imagination, from the myths and legends of ancient civilizations to modern studies highlighting their astonishing intelligence. They are more than just black birds perched in city trees or flying across rural landscapes—they are members of one ...
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Ash Nyelle
Baddie Behavior Vol. 2: A Bougie Coloring Book of Sassy, Stylish, Urban Queens (Baddie Behavior coloring book series)
Step into the ultra-bougie world of bold lashes, fierce fits, and unapologetic confidence with Baddie Behavior Vol. 2 — the next must-have coloring book in the iconic baddie series by Ash Nyelle. Designed for the girl who turns heads without trying, this book is filled with 40 bold, expressive,...
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Victor Moody
PBIS Playbook: The Best Way Schools in Urban Areas Improve Student Behavior and Academic Results
Drawing on experience in general and special education, Victor Moody - Dean of Students, presents the PBIS Playbook , revealing the #1 school-wide positive behavior intervention system (PBIS) designed to improve student behavior, academic achievement, and school culture. This practical resource off...
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