Key Concepts in Urban Geography

Informationen zum Autor Alan Latham is a Professor of Human Geography at University College London. His research focuses on sociality, social infrastructure, and the public life of cities more generally. He has undertaken research in Germany, America, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Sweden on cities as diverse as Auckland, London, New York, Eugene (OR), Malmo, Berlin, and Champaign-Urbana. Before moving to UCL he held academic positions at the University of Southampton, and the University of Auckland. Klappentext An accessible and cutting edge introduction to - and overview of - the key concepts defining contemporary urban geography in 20 lively and informative essays. Zusammenfassung An accessible and cutting edge introduction to - and overview of - the key concepts defining contemporary urban geography in 20 lively and informative essays. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I Location and movement 1.1 Centrality 1.2 Mobility 1.3 Global Cities 1.4 Transnational urbanism II Constructions 2.1 Nature 2.2 Materiality 2.3 Infrastructure 2.4 Architecture III Envisioning and experience 3.1 Diagram 3.2 Photography 3.3 Body 3.4 Virtuality 3.5 Surveillance IV Social and Political Spaces 4.1 Segregation 4.2 Urban politics 4.3 Community V Sites and practices 5.1 Consumption 5.2 Media 5.3 Public space 5.4 Commemoration

List of contents

Introduction
I Location and movement
1.1 Centrality
1.2 Mobility
1.3 Global Cities
1.4 Transnational urbanism
II Constructions
2.1 Nature
2.2 Materiality
2.3 Infrastructure
2.4 Architecture
III Envisioning and experience
3.1 Diagram
3.2 Photography
3.3 Body
3.4 Virtuality
3.5 Surveillance
IV Social and Political Spaces
4.1 Segregation
4.2 Urban politics
4.3 Community
V Sites and practices
5.1 Consumption
5.2 Media
5.3 Public space
5.4 Commemoration

Report

This extraordinary collage of sophisticated essays on key terms in urban geography both provides a conventional basis to and recasts innovatively a burgeoning field in the discipline.


Roger Keil

Product details

• Authors: Alan Latham, Alan Mccormack Latham, Alan/ McNeill Latham, Dr. Alan (University College London) Latham, Derek Mccormack, Derek (School of Geography McCormack, McCormack Derek, Kim McNamara, Kim (University of Western Sydney) McNamara, McNamara Kim, Donald Mcneill, Donald Mccormack Mcneill, McNeill Donald
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.12.2008
• EAN: 9781412930413
• ISBN: 978-1-4129-3041-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Key Concepts in Human Geography; Key Concepts in Human Geograph; Key Concepts in Human Geography; Key Concepts in Human Geograph
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Regional Geography, urban;city;cities;urban studies;urban sociology