A contemporary introduction to urban geography by a renowned scholar in the field. As the growing world population increasingly comes to live in cities, the field of urban geography will continue to expand in numbers and significance. This book encompasses both systems of cities and the internal geography of metro areas.

Part I. Introduction to Cities and Urban Geography

An Introduction To Urban Geography
The Origins And Development Of Cities

Part II. Metropolitan Systems

The Evolution Of The American Urban System
Globalization And The Urban System
Cities in an Information Economy

Part III. The Economic Landscape of the City

Urban Land Use. The Changing Functions of Central Business Districts and Suburbanization
Landscapes of Production 218

Part IV. The Social Landscape of the City

Slicing the Urban Pie. Models of Social Geography
Urban Housing. Blight, Sprawl and Regeneration
Segregation, "Race," and Urban Poverty
Immigration, Ethnicity, and Urbanism 393

Part V. The Political Landscape of the City

Metropolitan Governance and Fragmentation
Planning the Better City

Part VI. Cities Around the World

Cities in the Developed World
Cities in the Less Developed World
Regional Variations in Urban Structure and Form