xii, 404 pages : 26 cm

"Drawing on a rich diversity of theoretical approaches and practical strategies, urban geographers are 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 urban policy makers, urban geographers have also played an important role in the examination of the economic and social problems confronting cities. 'The Urban Geography Reader' captures this diversity by presenting a stimulating selection of articles and excerpts by leading figures in the field organized around seven themes: the changing economic, social, cultural, and technological conditions of contemporary urbanization and the range of personal and public responses. Bringing together in one volume classic and contemporary pieces of urban geography, studies undertaken in the developed and developing worlds, and examples of theory and practice, this reader provides an unparalleled resource for those interested in the complex geographies of urban areas." -- Publisher description

Includes bibliographical references and index

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

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