"Our objective has been to write a textbook that would uncover all the excitement and richness found in cities, while tackling the wide variety of urban challenges. We offer a comprehensive treatment of urban geography, to include the most current research in urban studies, to introduce elements of urban theory and methodology, and to address the urban experience as a global one. This book is self-consciously oriented around particular topics, and it introduces some subjects not typically found within existing urban geography texts. We hope that the reader will discover just how much cities matter - to urbanites and nonurbanites alike."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Changing Field of Urban Geography. Chapter 2. The Origins and Development of Cities. Chapter 3. The Evolution of the American Urban System. Chapter 4. Globalization and the Urban System. Chapter 5. Telecommunications and the City. Chapter 6. Urban Land Use: The CBD and the Growth of the Suburbs. Chapter 7. Landscapes of Production. Chapter 8. Foundations of Urban Social Landscapes. Chapter 9. Urban Housing Markets: Sprawl, Blight, and Regeneration. Chapter 10. Segregation, Race, and Urban Poverty. Chapter 11. Immigration, Ethnicity, and Urbanism. Chapter 12. Metropolitan Governance and Fragmentation. Chapter 13. Planning the Better City. Chapter 14. Cities in the Developed World. Chapter 15. Cities in the Less Developed World. Chapter 16. Regional Variations in Urban Structure and Form in the Less Developed World.
