The urban geography reader / edited by Nicholas R. Fyfe and Judith T. Kenny.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fyfe, Nicholas R.

Kenny, Judith T., 1953-

Series:

Routledge urban reader series

The Routledge urban reader series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban geography.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Physical Description:

xii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Summary:

Drawing on a rich diversity of theoretical approaches and analytical strategies, urban geographers have been at the forefront of understanding the global and local processes shaping cities and of making sense of the urban experiences of a wide variety of social groups. Through their links with those working in the fields of urban policy and design, urban geographers have also played an important role in the analysis of the economic and social problems confronting cities.

The Urban Geography Reader captures this diversity of scholarship by presenting a stimulating selection of articles and excerpts by leading figures in their fields organized around seven themes. The themes address the changing economic, political, socio-cultural, and technological conditions of contemporary urbanization and the range of individual and collective responses. The Reader provides an unparalleled resource for geography and urban studies by offering a selection of original source material on a range of issues related to contemporary cities. Designed to aid understanding, the Reader features extensive editorial input in the form of general, section, and individual extract introductions.

Bringing together in one volume "classic" and contemporary pieces of urban geography, studies undertaken in cities in different parts of the world, and examples of theoretical and applied research, The Urban Geography Reader will prove invaluable for those studying the complex geographies of urban areas.

Contents:

pt. 1. Foundations

The growth of the city : an introduction to a research project / Ernest W. Burgess

The pattern of movement of residential rental neighborhoods /Homer Hoyt

A theory of location for cities / Edward L. Ullman

The nature of cities / Chauncy D. Harris and Edward L. Ullman

pt. 2. Globalization

World-city network : a new metageography? / Jonathan V. Beaverstock, Richard G. Smith and Peter J. Taylor

Social polarisation in global cities : theory and evidence / Chris Hamnett

From colonial city to globalizing city? : the far-from-complete spatial transformation of Calcutta / Sanjoy Chakravorty

Cultural globalization and the identity of place : the reconstruction of Amsterdam / Jan Nijman

pt. 3. Restructuring

The urban process under capitalism : a framework for analysis / David Harvey

Beyond the crabgrass frontier : industry and the spread of North American cities, 1850-1950 / Richard Walker and Robert D. Lewis

Gentrification, the frontier, and the restructuring of urban space / Neil Smith

Postmodern urbanism / Michael Dear and Steven Flusty

pt. 4. Politics, governance, and inequality

Local politics in a global era : thinking locally, acting globally / Susan E. Clarke and Gary L. Gaile

Retooling the machine : economic crisis, state restructuring, and urban politics / Bob Jessop, Jamie Peck and Adam Tickell

Local governance, the crises of Fordism and the changing geographies of regulation / Mark Goodwin and Joe Painter

Yuppies, yuffies and the new urban order / John R. Short

From global to local : the rise of homelessness in Los Angeles during the 1980s / Jennifer Wolch

pt. 5. Difference

The idea of Chinatown : the power of place and institutional practice in the making of a racial category / Kay J. Anderson

An archaeology of environmental racism in Los Angeles / Laura Pulido, Steve Sidawi and Robert O. Vos.

On the links between home and work : family-household strategies in a buoyant labour market / Geraldine Pratt and Susan Hanson

Gender, class, and gentrification : enriching the debate / Liz Bondi

(Re)negotiating the 'heterosexual street' : lesbian production of space / Gill Valentine

pt. 6. Form and symbolism

The restless urban landscape : economic and sociocultural change and the transformation of metropolitan Washington, D.C. / Paul Knox

The 'magic of the mall' : an analysis of form, function, and meaning in the contemporary retail built environment / Jon Goss

Styles of the times : liberal and neo-conservative landscapes in inner Vancouver, 1968-1986 / David Ley

Portland's comprehensive plan as text : the Fred Meyer case and the politics of reading / Judith Kenny

Sunshine and shadow : lighting and color in the depiction of cities on film / Larry Ford

pt. 7. Technologies

Fetishizing the modern city : the phantasmagoria of urban technological networks / Maria Kaika and Erik Swyngedouw

Telecommunications and the changing geographies of knowledge transmission in the late 20th century / Barney Warf

City watching : closed circuit television surveillance in public spaces / Nicholas Fyfe and Jon Bannister

GIS use in community planning : a multidimensional analysis of empowerment / Sarah A. Elwood.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415307015

9780415307017

0415307023

9780415307024

OCLC:

56198818

Publisher Number:

9780415307024

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