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The article deals with the development trends and problems of industrial sector in Latvia and its major cities and towns. In Latvia, there is a marked difference between the levels of economic development of separate administrative areas. The inequality exists between different regions and local governments in terms of incomes and economic activity as well as availability of the services that create distinctly different quality of life for population in various territories. The article shows that in Latvia and its major cities the industrial sector is developing and the manufacturing industry output continues to increase.

Challenging existing assumptions about how our towns and cities are structured and formed, Julian Hart provides an engaging and thought-provoking alternative theory of urban design. This is not urban design in the sense of the practice of design; rather it is a theory of the form of the town at all scales - why towns and cities happen to be structured the way they are as a result of the social, political, legal and (especially) economic forces that create them. The shape of the city at every scale, from the internal configuration of dwellings all the way up to the superstructure of the whole

Challenging existing assumptions about how our towns and cities are structured and formed, Julian Hart provides an engaging and thought-provoking alternative theory of urban design. This is not urban design in the sense of the practice of design; rather it is a theory of the form of the town at all scales - why towns and cities happen to be structured the way they are as a result of the social, political, legal and (especially) economic forces that create them. The shape of the city at every scale, from the internal configuration of dwellings all the way up to the superstructure of the whole.

Main Description: What is the best way to govern ourselves? The history of the West has been shaped by the struggle to answer this question, according to Pierre Manent. A major achievement by one of Europe's most influential political philosophers, Metamorphoses of the City is a sweeping interpretation of Europe's ambition since ancient times to generate ever better forms of collective self-government, and a reflection on what it means to be modern. Manent's genealogy of the nation-state begins with the Greek city-state, the polis. With its creation, humans ceased to organize themselves solely by family and kinship systems and instead began to live politically. Eventually, as the polis exhausted its possibilities in warfare and civil strife, cities evolved into empires, epitomized by Rome, and empires in turn gave way to the universal Catholic Church and finally the nation-state. Through readings of Aristotle, Augustine, Montaigne, and others, Manent charts an intellectual history of these political forms, allowing us to see that the dynamic of competition among them is a central force in the evolution of Western civilization. Scarred by the legacy of world wars, submerged in an increasingly technical transnational bureaucracy, indecisive in the face of proliferating crises of representative democracy, the European nation-state, Manent says, is nearing the end of its line. What new metamorphosis of the city will supplant it remains to be seen

A pioneering study of early trade and beach communities in the Pacific Islands and first published in 1977, this book provides historians with an ambitious survey of early European-Polynesian contact, an analysis of how early trade developed along with the beachcomber community, and a detailed reconstruction of development of the early Pacific port towns. Set mainly in the first half of the 19th century, continuing in some cases for a few decades more, the book covers five ports: Kororareka (now Russell, in New Zealand), Levuka (Fiji), Apia (Samoa), Papeete (Tahiti) and Honolulu (Hawai'i). The

My Town: Writers on American Cities features 12 American authors describing how the U.S. cities where they live contribute to their creativity. Pete Hamill offers a touching reminiscence of growing up in New York, Washington Post critic Jonathan Yardley introduces the reader to his hometown of Baltimore, and best-selling author Jonathan Kellerman describes "the sprawling, inchoate alternative-universe" that is Los Angeles. Also featured are portraits of Boston, Houston, Atlanta, Chicago, New Orleans, Memphis, Miami, and Washington, D.C.

Chapter 1. Debi Durga From Idol to Icon (Mrinmoyee Deb) -- Chapter 2. Memorialising Tradition, Constructing Heritage : Work, Life and Social Transformation among the Kumbhakars (Shoma Choudhury-Lahiri) -- Chapter 3. In Search of the Prototype – An Art Historical Enquiry into the Evolving Form of Protimas' in Kumartuli, West Bengal (Soujit Das) -- Chapter 4. Kumartuli Durga as Heritage: a Study in Iconography (Debdutta Gupta) -- Chapter 5. Durga Puja, Kitsch and the Politics of Popular Entertainment (Pradeep Kumar Bose) -- Chapter 6. Re-imagining Kumartuli- the cultural politics of artisanal production and the shaping of urban imaginaries (Madhumita Mazumdar) -- Chapter 7. Durga Puja in Glasgow (John Reuben Davies) -- Chapter 8. The Rhyme of Color and Clay (Rong Matir Panchali).

The novel Coronavirus SARS-2 represents a major global challenge since the first cases were diagnosed in China and reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on 31 December 2019 (1). On 9 January 2020, WHO issued a statement warning of the 'risk' of human-to-human transmission, although China did not report such a meth-od of transmission (2). WHO officially declared a Public Health Emergency on 30 January 2020 and the disease was named COVID-19 on 11 February 2020. On 11 March, it was characterized as a pandemic when the number of cases increased 13-fold. At this point, it had spread to over 60 countries across all continents except Antarctica, with an immediate and profound effect on societies and brought social and economic life to a virtual standstill. As of 30 April, 2020, 3 271 892 cases of COVID-19 were report-ed globally with 232 817 deaths (3). More than one-third of the world population was locked down (4), as part of the 'suppression' strategy first proposed by Imperial College London, United Kingdom (5). Such a strategy is aimed at reducing the spread of infection, protect health services and save lives. However, it has a major economic impact globally and has had a deep social and psychological im-pact on many people. Therefore, it is not feasible to main-tain the current lockdown indefinitely. This commentary aims to define the public health principles and the meas-ures that must be considered for a science-based political decision to unlock towns and cities.

1. Politics and Public Administration -- 2. Military History -- 3. Policing -- 4. Cold War and Decolonisation -- 5 Built Heritage -- 6. China's Intellectuals and Chinese Culture in Hong Kong -- 7. Culture and Identity -- 8. Re-thinking Popular Culture -- 9. Football -- 10. Chinese Martial Arts -- 11. Public Health and Infectious Diseases (1842–1970).

From the ancient glories of Bam and Varanasi to the teeming conurbations of Tokyo and Sao Paulo, cities are amongst our greatest creations. Yet at the start of the twenty-first century, with cities now home to more than half the world's population, there is increasing concern over their unchecked expansion and the detrimental effect this is having on the planet. This unfettered growth is affecting every ecosystem on Earth, from the deepest oceans to the highest mountains, as induced climate change and ever increasing demands upon the world's resources take effect. As the pace of urbanization

1. Introduction -- 2. Northern India -- 3. Gujarat -- 4. Malwa and the Deccan -- 5. Vijayanagar -- 6. Goa -- 7. Bengal -- 8. Agra -- 9. Fatehpur Sikri -- 10. Shahjahanabad (Delhi) -- 11. Lahore -- 12. Sirhind -- 13. Surat -- 14. Calicut -- 15. Cochin -- 16. Golconda -- 17. Bijapur -- 18. Burhanpur -- 19. Patna -- 20. Bengal -- 21. Denouement.