A research agenda for cities / edited by John Rennie Short.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Short, John R.

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Series:

Elgar research agendas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban geography.

Cities and towns.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages) ; cm.

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2017.

Summary:

Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Nowadays, the majority of people live in cities, and these cities constitute the heart of the global political economy. In a time of planetary urbanization, this contemporary and visionary book provides a critical assessment of the key areas of urban scholarship across the globe. Following a comprehensive introduction, 11 stimulating chapters from expert contributors examine a range of important topics, including: sustainability, gentrification, feminist interventions, globalization, security and food issues. Ensuring a global coverage, a further eight regionally informed expert reviews examine recent urban research in sub-Saharan Africa, South America, South and East Asia, the Middle East, Australia and Eastern Europe. These chapters show how urban growth and resurgence unfolds in different ways across the different regions of the world. This Research Agenda provides polemical assessments of current work and signposts for future research. This book will be an indispensable and accessible guide for students and scholars working in urban studies, urban geography, urban sociology, urban planning and comparative urbanization. City leaders will also find the case studies enlightening and informative.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction to the urban moment / John Rennie Short

Part I: The global city

2. The global city and its discontents / Yeong Hyun-Kim

3. The city of global flows / Jonathan V. Beaverstock

4. Urban surveillance after the end of globalization / David Wood

Part II: The lived city

5. The queer city / Gavin Brown

6. Sex and the city: sexuality and urban order/disorder / Phil Hubbard, Andrew Gorman Murray and Catherine J. Nash

7. Feminism and the urban / Linda Peake

8. Urban foodways: a research agenda / James Farrer

Part III: Changes in the city

9. Gentrification / Elvin Wyly

10. Suburbs / Bernadette Hanlon

11. The creative city / Tom Hutton

12. Towards more sustainable cities / Lisa Benton-Short and Melissa Keeley

Part IV: Cities in place

13. The urban pulse of the Global South: the case of Cali, Colombia / Lina Martinez

14. The city in Brazil / Thomas J. Vicino

15. Cities in China and India: disjuncture, master-concepts, and comparisons / Xufei Ren

16. Mobile cities, modelling policies: importing/exporting the singapore 'model' of development / Orlando Woods and Lily Kong

17. The city in sub-saharan africa / Edgar Pieterse

18. Main trends in contemporary urban studies of the Middle East and North Africa / Ahmed Kanna

19. Defining and refining the research agenda for Australian cities / Rob Freestone, Bill Randolph and Andrew Wheeler

20. The post-socialist city: insights from the spaces of radical societal change / Oleg Golubchikov

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contributors include: J. Beaverstock, L. Benton-Short, G. Brown, J. Farrer, R. Freestone, O. Golubchikov, A. Gorman-Murray, B. Hanlon, P. Hubbard, T. Hutton, A. Kanna, M. Keeley, Y.-H. Kim, L. Kong, L. Martínez, C.J. Nash, L. Peake, E. Pieterse, B. Randolph, X. Ren, J.R. Short, T.J. Vicino, A. Wheeler, D.M. Wood, O. Woods, E. Wyly.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781785363429 (e-book)

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