Handbook of urban geography / edited by Tim Schwanen (School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, UK) and the late Ronald van Kempen (formerly Utrecht University, the Netherlands).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schwanen, Tim, editor.

Kempen, Ronald van, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Research handbooks in geography

Research handbooks in geography series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban geography.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (512 pages).

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2019.

Summary:

This Handbook provides an authoritative overview of the diversity of contemporary geographical research on cities and urbanization. It demonstrates the vibrancy of current research, and the exciting future of the field. Bringing together different philosophical, theoretical, and methodological approaches to the study of the city and the urban, chapters incorporate elements from different disciplines with international perspectives to create an extensive reference on contemporary urban geography research. The Handbook of Urban Geography consists of thirty chapters written by the leading experts and recognized specialists in the field. Organized into seven parts, this Handbook explores recent theories and methodologies, urban networks, redevelopment, inequality, socialities in the city, urban politics, and sustainability. Recognizing the interdisciplinary nature of the field, contributing authors are from across disciplinary boundaries, expanding the horizons for future geography research. Researchers and academics in geography, urban studies, and related disciplines will find this Handbook offers succinct overviews of recent developments in the literature. Graduate and undergraduate students will also find this an accessible and useful reference work.

Contents:

Contents: Preface: Introduction to the handbook of urban geography / Tim Schwanen

Part I: Urban theories and methods

2. Worlding cities and comparative urbanism / Laura Cesafsky and Kate Derickson

3. Urban political ecologies of and in the city / Joshua J. Cousins and Joshua Newell

4. Urban cosmopolitics / Anders Blok and Ignacio Farías

5. Big data and the city / Matthew Zook, Taylor Shelton and Ate Poorthuis

Part II: Urban networks

6. Multiple geographies of global urban connectivity as measured in the interlocking network model / Ben Derudder and Peter J. Taylor

7. Inside mobile urbanism: cities and policy mobilities / Cristina Temenos, Tom Baker and Ian R. Cook

8. Metropolitan mobilities: transnational urban labour markets / Cathy McIlwaine and Megan Ryburn

9. Refugee mobility across networks and cities / Ilse Van Liempt and Francesco Vecchio

10. Urban infrastructures: four tensions and their effects / Tim Schwanen and Denver V. Nixon

Part III: Urban redevelopment

11. Emerging city regions: urban expansion, transformation and discursive construction / Markus Hesse

12. The cultural economy in cities / Tom Hutton

13. Urban regeneration through culture / Jonathan Ward and Phil Hubbard

14. Developing a critical understanding of smart urbanism / Andrés Luque-Ayala and Simon Marvin

15. Terrorism, risk and the quest for urban resilience / Jon Coaffee

Part IV: Urban inequalities

16. Urban inequality / Chris Hamnett

17. Segregation: a multi-contextual and multi-faceted phenomenon in stratified societies / Masayoshi Oka and David W. S. Wong

18. Neighbourhood effects on social outcomes / Sako Musterd, Roger Andersson and George Galster

19. Gentrification and displacement: urban inequality in cities of late capitalism / Agustín Cocola-Gant

20. Urban informatics and e-governance / Barney Warf

Part V: Urban socialities

21. Sociality, materiality and the city / Sophie Watson

22. Spaces of encounter: learning to live together in superdiverse cities / Nick Schuermans

23. Children's geographies: encounters and experiences / Peter Kraftl

Part VI: Urban politics

24. Exploring insurgent urban mobilizations: from urban social movements to urban political movements? / Lazaros Karaliotas and Erik Swyngedouw

25. Urban governance: re-thinking top-down and bottom-up power relations in the wake of neo-liberalisation / Mike Raco and Sonia Freire-Trigo

26. The right to the city: theoretical outline and reflections on migrants' activism in post-reform urban China / Junxi Qian and Shenjing He

27. Contextualizing neighbourhood activism: spatial solidarity in the city / Katherine B. Hankins and Deborah G. Martin

Part VII: Urban sustainabilities

28. Urban sustainability transitions / Jonathan Rutherford

29. Eco-cities / Robert Cowley

30. The governance of climate change in urban areas / Vanesa Castán Broto

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781785364600 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.