<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book>
  <id>6215976</id>
  <title><![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[1596915668]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9781596915664]]></isbn13>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <description><![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]></description>
  <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">6215976</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">1</books_count>
  <desc_user_id type="integer" nil="true"></desc_user_id>
  <id type="integer">6396612</id>
  <media_type nil="true"></media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer">19</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">5</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2009</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:7|5:3|4:3|3:0|2:0|1:1|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">7</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">28</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">30</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[4.00]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[7]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[2]]></text_reviews_count>
  
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World]]></link>
  <authors>
    <author>
    <id>2829805</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Jeb Brugmann]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2829805.Jeb_Brugmann]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="30">
      <review>
  <id>72938255</id>
    <user>
    <id>356012</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Michael]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brookline, MA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/356012-michael-grogan]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1193201325p3/356012.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1193201325p2/356012.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6215976</id>
  <isbn>1596915668</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781596915664</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 29 17:05:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 01 21:48:06 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Initially Brugmann seems to offer a thesis about how the logical outcome of combining an ever-increasing urban majority worldwide with globalized technologies, information networks, and commerce will result in a comprehensive “Citysystem.” “The City” is no longer that place with the Empire S...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72938255">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72938255]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72938255]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>64793137</id>
    <user>
    <id>113576</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Andrew]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Westminster, CA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/113576-andrew]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1185689063p3/113576.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1185689063p2/113576.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6215976</id>
  <isbn>1596915668</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781596915664</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 24 10:03:44 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 29 22:03:38 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[One of my new favorites on modern urbanism...truly something I wish everyone would read, its take on the changing urban nature of our world and how to prepare for it provides insights that redefine my goals in going into urban planning.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64793137]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64793137]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>80162308</id>
    <user>
    <id>2704018</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Kristin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Lawrence, KS]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2704018-kristin]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252092058p3/2704018.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252092058p2/2704018.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6215976</id>
  <isbn>1596915668</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781596915664</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 07 07:33:48 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 07 07:33:48 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80162308]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80162308]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>76338709</id>
    <user>
    <id>2345568</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Elise]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Davis, CA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2345568-elise]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1243029656p3/2345568.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1243029656p2/2345568.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6215976</id>
  <isbn>1596915668</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781596915664</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Dec 06 10:26:54 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Oct 31 19:41:24 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 06 10:26:54 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76338709]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76338709]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>76293668</id>
    <user>
    <id>1598384</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Jim]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Nashua, NH]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1598384-jim]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1251547997p3/1598384.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1251547997p2/1598384.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6215976</id>
  <isbn>1596915668</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781596915664</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="unfinished" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Oct 31 08:28:16 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 02 03:41:15 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76293668]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76293668]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>72210448</id>
    <user>
    <id>42794</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Gaurav]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Singapore]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/42794-gaurav]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1212056181p3/42794.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1212056181p2/42794.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6215976</id>
  <isbn>1596915668</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781596915664</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="currently-reading" />
        <shelf name="non-fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 23 03:15:59 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 13 19:01:03 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72210448]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72210448]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>72087244</id>
    <user>
    <id>2763529</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Abhi]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New Delhi, 07, India]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2763529-abhi]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6215976</id>
  <isbn>1596915668</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781596915664</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 22 01:39:03 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 22 01:39:03 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72087244]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72087244]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>71945481</id>
    <user>
    <id>2418677</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Derrick]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Calgary, AB, Canada]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2418677-derrick-plotsky]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6215976</id>
  <isbn>1596915668</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781596915664</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 20 20:02:15 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 20 20:02:15 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71945481]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71945481]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>70903332</id>
    <user>
    <id>350949</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Felix]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Dallas, TX]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/350949-felix]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6215976</id>
  <isbn>1596915668</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781596915664</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Sep 11 18:06:00 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Sep 11 18:06:00 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70903332]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70903332]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>69562258</id>
    <user>
    <id>1702713</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Michael]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1702713-michael]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6215976</id>
  <isbn>1596915668</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781596915664</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 31 09:18:34 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 31 09:18:34 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69562258]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69562258]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>69546800</id>
    <user>
    <id>1121948</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Meredith]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Montgomery Village, MD]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1121948-meredith]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1211740725p3/1121948.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1211740725p2/1121948.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6215976</id>
  <isbn>1596915668</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781596915664</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 31 06:48:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 31 06:48:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69546800]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69546800]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>67832582</id>
    <user>
    <id>2195056</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Becky]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2195056-becky]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6215976</id>
  <isbn>1596915668</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781596915664</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="currently-reading" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 17 20:31:50 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 17 20:31:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67832582]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67832582]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>65527467</id>
    <user>
    <id>1399297</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Jim]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1399297-jim]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1218142784p3/1399297.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1218142784p2/1399297.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6215976</id>
  <isbn>1596915668</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781596915664</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 30 07:55:35 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 30 07:55:40 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65527467]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65527467]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>63927390</id>
    <user>
    <id>2533721</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Left Bank Books]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Saint Louis, MO]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2533721-left-bank-books-st-louis]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247865691p3/2533721.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247865691p2/2533721.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6215976</id>
  <isbn>1596915668</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781596915664</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 17 18:42:33 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 17 18:42:33 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63927390]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63927390]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>60678080</id>
    <user>
    <id>1931642</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Monica]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Atlanta, GA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1931642-monica]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1244916494p3/1931642.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1244916494p2/1931642.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6215976</id>
  <isbn>1596915668</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781596915664</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 22 14:13:15 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 22 14:13:15 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60678080]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60678080]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>60650636</id>
    <user>
    <id>185805</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Emily]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New Brunswick, NJ]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/185805-emily-violet]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1191369190p3/185805.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1191369190p2/185805.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6215976</id>
  <isbn>1596915668</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781596915664</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 22 11:05:18 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 22 11:05:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60650636]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60650636]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>59604978</id>
    <user>
    <id>1229</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Chris]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Granite Springs, NY]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1229-chris]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6215976</id>
  <isbn>1596915668</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781596915664</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="analysis" />
        <shelf name="economics" />
        <shelf name="environment" />
        <shelf name="follow-up" />
        <shelf name="government" />
        <shelf name="lifestylequalityoflife" />
        <shelf name="relationships" />
        <shelf name="resources" />
        <shelf name="structure" />
        <shelf name="system" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jun 14 07:18:35 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 14 07:20:10 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59604978]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59604978]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>59514432</id>
    <user>
    <id>146993</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Jason]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Arlington, VA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/146993-jason]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1182650936p3/146993.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1182650936p2/146993.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6215976</id>
  <isbn>1596915668</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781596915664</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Jun 20 13:23:39 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jun 13 09:34:32 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jun 20 13:23:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59514432]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59514432]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>58644195</id>
    <user>
    <id>128301</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Kate]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/128301-kate]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1234631770p3/128301.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1234631770p2/128301.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6215976</id>
  <isbn>1596915668</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781596915664</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="currently-reading" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jun 06 08:38:36 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jun 06 08:38:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58644195]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58644195]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>58553849</id>
    <user>
    <id>2260067</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Shanna]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Montreal, QC, Canada]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2260067-shanna]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247280578p3/2260067.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247280578p2/2260067.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6215976</id>
  <isbn>1596915668</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781596915664</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6215976.Welcome_to_the_Urban_Revolution_How_Cities_are_Changing_the_World</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A powerful reappraisal of the role of cities and their inhabitants in solving global problems, from a leading expert in urban development.<br/><br/>In the second half of the twentieth century, revolutions reshaped our world—the civil rights movement in America, the fall of the shah in Iran, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, and the end of apartheid in South Africa. All of these revolutions were fundamentally urban. They were the revolutions of Detroit, Gdansk, Berlin, Tehran, and Johannesburg, uprisings of city dwellers intent on ending their marginalization and securing their place in the world economy.<br/><br/>In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann draws on two decades of fieldwork and research to show how the city is now a medium for revolutionary change. Not just political upheaval but technological, economic, and social innovations are forged in our cities. We may think of cities as hotbeds of crime or engines of globalization, but Brugmann shows how cities are becoming laboratories for solving major challenges of the twenty-first century: poverty, inequality, and environmental sustainability.<br/><br/>Bridging urban studies, economics, and sociology, Brugmann gives us a new way of looking at cities, giving shape to the emerging practice of urbanism. His positive, unconventional analysis turns traditional ideas about the city on their head.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="activism-justice" />
        <shelf name="non-fiction" />
        <shelf name="to-read" />
        <shelf name="wishlist" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jun 05 11:07:39 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jun 19 17:59:09 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58553849]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58553849]]></link>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
          <shelf name="to-read" />
          <shelf name="currently-reading" />
          <shelf name="social-change-activism" />
          <shelf name="unfinished" />
          <shelf name="non-fiction" />
          <shelf name="general-non-fiction" />
          <shelf name="system" />
          <shelf name="structure" />
          <shelf name="resources" />
          <shelf name="relationships" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link>
  <id>8</id>
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6215976</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>