The new Blackwell companion to the city /
The new Blackwell companion to the city /
Companion to the city
edited by Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson.
- 1 online resource (786 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Wiley-Blackwell companions to geography .
- Wiley-Blackwell companions to geography. .
Revised edition of: A companion to the city, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. City materialities -- part II. City mobilities -- part III. City affect -- part IV. City publics and cultures -- part V. City divisions and differences -- part VI. City politics and planning.
"Drawing together leading scholars from a variety of academic disciplines, this collection reports the leading edge of research and analysis into the contemporary urban condition. With more than half of the world's population living in urban environments, cities are places of huge complexity and diversity and the processes and structures that bind them together reach out across the globe. This volume considers the state of the city and contemporary urbanisation from a range of intellectual and international perspectives. Whilst considering established themes, such as urban divisions and differences, publics and cultures, politics and planning, the New Blackwell Companion to the City also addresses new debates on subjects like materiality, mobilities, and environment. Incorporating international examples, this book explores the economic, social, cultural, environmental and political issues that flow from and within the modern city"--
9781444395112 1444395114 9781444361711 1444361716 9781444395105 1444395106 1118655303 9781118655306
9781444361711 Blackwell http://www.blackwellreference.com
Cities and towns.
Cities and towns--Cross-cultural studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--Urban.
Cities and towns.
Electronic books.
Cross-cultural studies.
HT111 / .C65 2011eb
307.76
Revised edition of: A companion to the city, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. City materialities -- part II. City mobilities -- part III. City affect -- part IV. City publics and cultures -- part V. City divisions and differences -- part VI. City politics and planning.
"Drawing together leading scholars from a variety of academic disciplines, this collection reports the leading edge of research and analysis into the contemporary urban condition. With more than half of the world's population living in urban environments, cities are places of huge complexity and diversity and the processes and structures that bind them together reach out across the globe. This volume considers the state of the city and contemporary urbanisation from a range of intellectual and international perspectives. Whilst considering established themes, such as urban divisions and differences, publics and cultures, politics and planning, the New Blackwell Companion to the City also addresses new debates on subjects like materiality, mobilities, and environment. Incorporating international examples, this book explores the economic, social, cultural, environmental and political issues that flow from and within the modern city"--
9781444395112 1444395114 9781444361711 1444361716 9781444395105 1444395106 1118655303 9781118655306
9781444361711 Blackwell http://www.blackwellreference.com
Cities and towns.
Cities and towns--Cross-cultural studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--Urban.
Cities and towns.
Electronic books.
Cross-cultural studies.
HT111 / .C65 2011eb
307.76