The urban geography reader. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Nicholas R. Fyfe and Judith T. Kenny.
• Other Names: Fyfe, Nicholas R; Kenny, Judith T, 1953-
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (424 pages), (19 illustrations)
• Subjects: 307.76; Urban geography; Géographie urbaine; Urban geography; Stadtentwicklung; Stadtgeografie; Stadsgeografie; Aufsatzsammlung; Aufsatzsammlung
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429603860
• Related ISBNs: 042960386X
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.