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Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Fyfe is Reader in Human Geography at the University of Dundee and Judith T. Kenny is Associate Professor in Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Klappentext Drawing on a rich diversity of theoretical approaches and analytical strategies, urban geographers have been at the forefront of understanding the global and local processes shaping cities, and of making sense of the urban experiences of a wide variety of social groups. Through their links with those working in the fields of urban policy design, urban geographers have also played an important role in the analysis of the economic and social problems confronting cities.Capturing the diversity of scholarship in the field of urban geography, this reader presents a stimulating selection of articles and excerpts by leading figures. Organized around seven themes, it addresses the changing economic, social, cultural, and technological conditions of contemporary urbanization and the range of personal and public responses. It reflects the academic importance of urban geography in terms of both its theoretical and empirical analysis as well as its applied policy relevance, and features extensive editorial input in the form of general, section and individual extract introductions.Bringing together in one volume 'classic' and contemporary pieces of urban geography, studies undertaken in the developed and developing worlds, and examples of theoretical and applied research, it provides in a convenient, student-friendly format, an unparalleled resource for those studying the complex geographies of urban areas. Zusammenfassung Capturing the diversity of scholarship in the field of urban geography, this reader presents a stimulating selection of articles and excerpts by leading figures, addressing the changing conditions and responses to contemporary urbanization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Foundations 1. The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project Edward W. Burgess 2. The Structure and Growth of Residential Neighborhoods in American Cities Homer Hoyt 3. A Theory of Location for Cities Edward L. Ullman 4. The Nature of Cities Chauncey D. Harris and Edward L. Ullman Part 2: Globalization & Transnationalism 5. Social Polarization in Global Cities: Theory and Evidence Chris Hamnett 6. The World City Hypothesis: Reflections from the Periphery D. Simon 7. Cultural Globalization and the Identity of Place: The Reconstruction of Amsterdam Jan Nijman 8. World-City Network: A New Metageography? Beaverstock et al Part 3: Restructuring 9. The Urban Process Under Capitalism David Harvey 10. Beyond the Crabgrass Frontier: Industry and the Spread of North American Cities, 1850-1950 Richard Walker and Robert D. Lewis 11. Gentrification, the Frontier and the Restructuring of Urban Space Neil Smith 12. Postmodern Urbanism Michael Dear and Steven Flusty Part 4: Governance, Politics and Inequality 13. Local Governance, the Crises of Fordism and the Changing Geographies of Regulation Mark Goodwin & Joe Painter 14. Local Politics in a Global Era: Thinking Locally, Acting Globally Susan E. Clarke and Gary L. Gaile 15. Territoriality, Politics and the 'Urban' Cox 16. Retooling the Machine: Economic Crisis, State Restructuring and Urban Politics Jessop, Peck and Tickell 17. Yuppies, Yuffies and the New Urban Order Short 18. From Urban Entrepreneurialism to a 'Revanchist City'? On the Spatial Injustices of Glasgow's Renaissance McLeod Part 5: Difference 19. The Idea of Chinatown: The Power of Place and Institutional Practice in the Making of...
