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LIT - Academic Publishing LIT Verlag has established itself as one of Germanys leading academic publishers. LIT publishing program presents a fast growing English language list. It offers original research, stimulating and innovative contributions to major academic disciplines. All titles are distributed in North America through well established American academic publishers. We kindly invite scholars to join our successful English language programme. contact: london@lit-verlag.de Distributors: Global Book Marketing Book Depository International Specialized Book Services Catalogues Academic Books Seasonal catalogues: Ethnology African Studies Asian Studies East European Studies History Religion Geography Literay and Languages Education Philosophy Political Sciences Sociology Economics Law Anthropology	New Publications Die Wahrnehmung des Anderen in der arabischen Welt und in Deutschland -- Abdo Abboud, Ulrike Stehli-Werbeck (Hg.) Governance in Conflict -- Blanka Bellak, Jaba Devdariani, Benedikt Harzl, Lara Spieker (Eds.) Governance in Conflict -- Blanka Bellak, Jaba Devdariani, Benedikt Harzl, Lara Spieker (Eds.) Tracks and Traces of Violence -- BIGSAS-Workgroup "Tracks and Traces of Violence" (Ed.) Marriage - Constancy and Change in Togetherness -- Aldegonde Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn (Ed.) US American Expressions of Utopian and Dystopian Visions -- Saskia Fürst, Yvonne Kaisinger, Ralph Poole (Eds.) Prospects and Future Tasks of Universities -- Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development (Ed.) Prospects and Future Tasks of Universities -- Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development (Ed.) Marginalised and Endangered Worldviews -- Lidia Guzy, James Kapaló (Eds.) Marginalised and Endangered Worldviews -- Lidia Guzy, James Kapaló (Eds.) Ethics and Justice. Éthique et justice -- Peter Kemp, Noriko Hashimoto (Eds.) Ethics and Justice. Éthique et justice -- Peter Kemp, Noriko Hashimoto (Eds.) A Point of No Return? -- Thomas Knieps-Port le Roi (Ed.) Love against all Reason -- Helene Krulich-Ghassemlou Love against all reason -- Helene Krulich-Ghassemlou Unity in Diversity -- Olivier Mentz, Tracey McKay (Eds.) Unity in Diversity -- Olivier Mentz, Tracey McKay (Eds.) The Religious Men in Jebel Marra -- Bakheit M. Nur Mohammed Cities in Flux: Metropolitan Spaces in South African Literary and Visual Texts -- Olivier Moreillon, Alan Muller, Lindy Stiebel (Eds.) Cities in Flux: Metropolitan Spaces in South African Literary and Visual Texts -- Olivier Moreillon, Alan Muller, Lindy Stiebel (Eds.) Materiality in Religion and Culture -- Saburo Shawn Morishita (Ed.) Materiality in Religion and Culture -- Saburo Shawn Morishita (Ed.) Towards a Catholic theology in the African context -- Denis Mpanga Dealing with Death -- Oliver Nahm Dealing with Death -- Oliver Nahm Luther on Jews and Judaism -- Steven Paas Luther on Jews and Judaism -- Steven Paas Historiography and Identity -- Jens Röhrkasten, Coralie Zermatten (Eds.) Urban Mobility in a Global Perspective -- Oliver Schwedes Even the Dogs -- Cloe Taddei-Ferretti Even the Dogs -- Cloe Taddei-Ferretti more...	Recommendation Oliver Schwedes Urban Mobility in a Global Perspective An international comparison of the possibilities and limits of integrated transport policy and planning more...	News / Events 03.12.2014 Book launch: BEYOND URBANISM Urban(izing) Villages and the Mega-urban Landscape in the Pearl River Delta in China When: 10.12.2014; 6 pm Where: TU Berlin Institute of Architecture Room A409 Strasse des 17. Juni 152 10623 Berlin What: Welcome by Peter Herrle 30 min. video with Detlev Ipsen on Urban(izing) Villages and the Mega-urban Landscape in the Pearl River Delta Discussion: The results of a DFG-funded research project on urbanization and informal dynamics Large urban agglomerations have emerged over the past decades and, in some cases, entire rural regions were urbanized in less than a decade. These trends not only reflect an unprecedented quantitative dimension of urbanization but also the emergence of new urban forms - beyond urbanism - thus posing new challenges to regional planners, politicians and urban governance actors. The book has been published in the HABITAT - INTERNATIONAL Series. Beyond Urbanism further informations...