Umfang:
1 online resource (xxiv, 289 pages)
Ausgabe:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9780203122402
,
9781136332371
,
9781136332418
Inhalt:
1. Encountering the city -- 2. The foundations of urban theory : Weber, Simmel, Benjamin and Lefebvre -- 3. The city described : social reform and the empirical tradition in classic urban studies -- 4. Visions of utopia : from the garden city to the new urbanism -- 5. Between the suburb and the ghetto : urban studies and the search for community in Britain and the United States after the Second World War -- 6. Urban fortunes : making sense of the capitalist city -- 7. The contested city : politics, people and power -- 8. From pillar to post : culture, representation and difference in the urban world -- 9. The majority urban world : the growth and development of cities in the global south -- 10. Cities under stress : the uneven geographies of urban vulnerability -- 11. The information city : linking the virtual and material urban worlds -- 12. Putting the city in its place : urban futures and the future of urban theory.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780415520690
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780415520706
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415520690
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.4324/9780203122402
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