This edited book examines why what happens in Detroit matters for other cities around the world. Bridging academic and non-academic voices, contributions from many of the leading scholars on Detroit are joined by some of the city’s most influential writers, planners, artists and activists.

The challenges rapid urbanisation encompasses are manifold, so are the efforts addressing sustainable and inclusive development frameworks. "Reclaiming Public Space through Intercultural Dialogue" is an intercultural and interdisciplinary initiative, which focuses on how social and spatial segregation can be overcome in metropolitan areas. Through joint research and teaching activities in

How did American cities change throughout the 20th and early 21st century? This timely publication integrates research from American Literary and Cultural Studies, Urban Studies and History. The essays range from negotiations of the »ethnic city« in US literature and media, to studies of recent urban phenomena and their representations:

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Weltweit gibt es nur wenige Länder in denen Ikat-Textilien produziert werden. Eine Gruppe besonders farbenfroher Ikat-Textilien ist die der zentralasiatischen Ikats. Dies ist das erste Album mit einer großen Anzahl an bildlichen Darstellungen der am weitesten verbreiteten Kompositionen und Einzelmotive zentralasiatischer Ikatstoffe. Es wurde auf Forschungsbasis der historischen und der