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This timely textprovides a comprehensive overview of the dramatic and rapidly evolving issues confronting the cities of North America. Metropolitan areas throughout the United States and Canada face a range of dynamic and complex concerns-including the redistribution of economic activities, the continued decline of manufacturing, manufacturing, increased social polarization and how to plan a sustainable future. The book explores how the combined processes of urbanization and globalization have added new responsibilities for city governments at the same time leaders are grappling with planning, economic development and finance, justice, equity, and social cohesion. Introducing contemporary spatial arrangements and distributions of activities in metropolitan areas, this clear and accessible book covers economic, social, political, and ecological changes. It is also the only text to include the physical geography of urban areas. Bringing together leading geographers, it will be an ideal resource for courses on urban geography and geography of the city.
List of contents
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Cities of North America
Lisa Benton-Short
Chapter 2: Changing Approaches to Urban Geography
Katie Wells
Chapter 3: An Urban History
Robert Lewis
Chapter 4: Border Cities
Lindsey Sutton
Part I: Urban Economies
Chapter 5: Urban Economic Restructuring
David Wilson and Matthew Anderson
Chapter 6: Globalization and the City
Yeong-Hyun Kim
Part II: Urban Governance
Chapter 7: Urban Governance
Thomas J. Vicino
Chapter 8: Planning and Politics
Amanda Huron
Part III: Urban Social/Cultural Challenges
Chapter 9: Urban Inequities
Deborah G. Martin
Chapter 10: Urban Demographics and Identities
Nathaniel M. Lewis
Chapter 11: Suburban Challenges
Bernadette Hanlon
Part IV: The Urban Environment
Chapter 12: Cities and Pollution
Lisa Benton-Short and Christopher DeSousa
Chapter 13: Cities and Hazards
John P. Tiefenbacher
Chapter 14: Urban Sustainability
Geoff Buckley
About the author
Edited by Lisa Benton-Short
