Desegregating the City: Ghettos, Enclaves, & Inequality Edited by David P. Varady State University of New York Press. 2005. 310 pages. $75 cloth, $25.95 paper

The author is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at the University at Albany, State University of New York, where he directs the Masters Program in Urban and Regional Planning. He is a member of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE), the American Institute of Certified Planners, the American Planning Association, the International Planning History Society, and many other professional and scholarly associations, and he has served as a consultant with the United Nations, UNICEF, USAID, and various projects funded by the World Bank and AID. His research and publications focus on: the history of ideas in planning and community development; metropolitan and regional development policies; the revitalization of old neighborhoods; disaster avoidance and relief; and, micro-enterprise development. The text that follows is a revised and extended version of a paper presented at the WSE Symposion "Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century," Berlin, 24-28 October, 2001.

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Paula Sanders. Ritual, Politics, and the City in Fatimid Cairo. (SUNY Series in Medieval Middle East History.) Albany: State University of New York Press. 1994. Pp. xii, 231. $49.50

The American Historical Review ◽

10.1086/ahr/100.5.1636-a ◽

1995 ◽

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Middle East ◽

State University ◽

The City ◽

Middle East History

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Remaking the City: Social Science Perspectives on Urban Design John S Pipkin, Mark E LaGory, and Judith R Blau, eds State University of New York Press, Albany, N Y , 1983 409 pp $15 95 (Paper) Professionals and Urban Form Judith R Blau, Mark E LaGory, and John S Pipkin, eds State University of New York Press, Albany, N Y , 1983 367 pp $13 95 (Paper

Journal of Planning Education and Research ◽

10.1177/0739456x8400400208 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 131-131

Author(s):

James M. Mayo

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Social Science ◽

Urban Design ◽

Urban Form ◽

State University ◽

The City

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The City: An Urban Cosmology by John Grange. State University of New York Press, 1999, The Sacred in the City by Lilian Gomez and Walter Van Herck. Continuum, 2012

Implicit Religion ◽

10.1558/imre.v19i2.29781 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 344-347

Author(s):

Paul-François Tremlett

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

State University ◽

The City

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Branding matters: Reimagine your library services

College & Research Libraries News ◽

10.5860/crln.79.3.118 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 79 (3) ◽

pp. 118 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Susan Wengler

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Low Cost ◽

High Impact ◽

Library Services ◽

State University ◽

University Libraries ◽

Reference Services ◽

Penn State ◽

Convention Center ◽

The City

While attending ACRL 2017 in Baltimore, I came upon a poster titled “Cultivating Curiosity: Intersecting Century-Old Services for 21st Century Impact,” which suggested that a simple rebranding of traditional reference services could markedly increase student engagement. I was intrigued by these findings but somewhat skeptical. How could such a low-cost, low-tech strategy generate such high-impact results? Thankfully, presenters Jennifer Hunter and Christina Riehman-Murphy of the Penn State University Libraries-Abington College were on hand to answer all my questions. Hunter and Riehman-Murphy outlined their program and outcomes, and they convinced me: branding matters. I left the convention center inspired, ready to bring their marketing blueprint back to Queensborough Community College (QCC) of the City University of New York (CUNY).

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